Spring Post #3

 My thesis paper is finally done! It honestly feels surreal since I’ve been working on this for almost a year.  Looking back on it I don’t think I have any regrets with my submission. I preferred the project aspects of it over the writing, but I was nice figuring out how I function with this structure and environment because this is something I will most likely be continuing to do in grad school. I’m excited for the future, and can’t wait to see what the future holds! 

Christis Shepard - Poster Session

This last year has been an absolute whirlwind of a time, and I'm so thankful that I've been able to go through it and learn as much about my topic and honestly myself as I did.  I wouldn't have changed anything for the world.

 I'm thankful to everyone who helped make this all possible, and I'm happy that people thought my work was interesting.  I can't wait to see what happens now as I get ready for the rest of my finals and to walk in a week and a half.

 Thank everyone for everything!!! :D 

Finishing Up Thesis and Working On My Poster

 So, my final thesis was sent in by the end of the day. Now I just need to finish my poster and work on everything else.  Hopefully everything goes well after this and the rest of the semester passes by.  I'm existed for graduation and to be able to discuss my research and my work with people during the poster session.

 I'll get back to work!  It's been a pretty interesting year!

Chrisits

Working on poster

 The educators I am working with are introducing my lessons in to their lesson plans and will be sending me feedback as soon as they can. I have also been taking time to work on my poster on powerpoint and create some images from my example lessons that I created. Once I get the feedback from the high school teachers I will be able to add the results and feedback to my thesis paper.

-Faith Hurst

Spring Post #2

 This semester honestly has felt like a WHIRLWIND! I completed both my runway show and pop-up exhibit and I feel so relieved. I felt like I spent so much time and energy on both of these endeavors (more so the runway) but they came out amazing, and I couldn’t have asked for better people to have worked with. The trips to Buffalo, late nights altering clothing, outfit fittings, makeup trials, and photo print runs were all worth it. Both projects came out better than I envisioned, and I’m so happy I was able to make them a reality. I’m definitely behind on lots of school work, so these next weeks I’ll be locking in, and finishing up writing my thesis paper as well!

Making progress

 Lately I have been focusing on working with the educators I've interviewed and interacted with for my thesis paper. I met with them to discuss them implementing the mini lessons I created into their classes. All of them were able to work the lessons into their upcoming class plans and I will continue to work with them until the paper is finalized.

-Faith Hurst

New Draft and Virtual Exhibition

 I've recently finished another draft for my final thesis.  Bella was so gracious to peer review my Thesis for me so that I could make necessary changes.  Now I just need to finish my Virtual Exhibition.  It's been harder to complete than I anticipated due to other homework getting in my way.

 I'm optimistic though, and rather excited!  I have a vision and style guide for my exhibition as well as a spreadsheet that I can reference.  It's been rather despite the stress!

 Spring break begins this weekend so it'll be fun to just take a break and relax for a week before crunch time hits! 

Second Post of the Semester - Faith Hurst

 I have been working to make adjustments on my paper regarding what may be too complicated to include. I am currently working on getting interviews from high school educators and an RIT professor on the topic of using medieval manuscripts for educational purposes. I am also, working on finalizing the mock-up lesson plans I created and making examples for each one. I have struggled with formatting and footnotes but I have it all sorted out finally. I am eager to talk with Professor Decker and Professor Nasr soon to get more of their insight on my work.