I began my senior project intending to answer the question, “How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic?” and thinking about how my own experiences will help me understand[…]
Category: Wellness & Community
Sophie Kielian CR #6
Essential Question: How are the limitations on exercise and physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic impacting mental health? Throughout the six weeks of senior project, my essential question has[…]
Jane Olsen CR#6 – Final Reflection
Going into a senior project I had a lot of preconceived notions of wellness. I knew that the word itself meant some state of health beyond physical health, but I[…]
Cassia Soodak’s CR#6
Take a look back at your essential question. Did you answer it? Do you think that question was a good frame for your Senior Project? If not, how would you[…]
Sophie Kielian Blog Post Week 6
I had a successful final week of senior project. I did a lot of culminating work and reflection, so it was interesting to think and look back on the everything[…]
last blog post Cassia Soodak
Here are four outfits I have created. I also made the jean shirt and red top. Both are made out of pants. Here is also my article draft:[…]
Molly – Week 6 Post
How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic? This week, I have been touching base with different communities and people about their experiences in their communities being engaged. I[…]
Jane Olsen Post #8 Wellness Exploration
Recently I have been thinking more about how to maximize the wellness of those around me, as this is an important part of my essential question. Through the research I[…]
CR # 5 Cassia’s Metacognition
I have realized that I have used the same method to complete both my upcycled shirts and my article. At first, for sewing, I tried to jump into sewing without[…]
Sophie K. CR #5
Essential Question: How are the limitations on exercise and physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic impacting mental health? After completing 5 weeks of senior project, I have learned a lot[…]
Jane Olsen CR #5 – Metacognition
A large part of my project has been about exploring myself and my habits and how I can improve them to improve my wellness, so in theory I have been[…]
Molly- CR #5
Going into Senior Project, I initially wanted to do something hands-on to learn about a topic I’m interested in. I planned to spend the six weeks volunteering on various farms[…]
Molly- Week 5 Post
How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic? This week, some members of the track team had a virtual “track meet” over Zoom. While I was initially skeptical about[…]
Sophie K. Blog Post Week 5
This week of senior project, I focused my research on outdoor vs. indoor exercise. Throughout the rest of this project, I have been doing only indoor workouts, so it was[…]
learning how to edit my photos
This week I learned how I am going to be editing the photos of my outfits. This is just one of the outfits that will be presented in my final.[…]
sewing CR # 4
This week I learned an important lesson: sewing is hard. While listening to music, I had sewed red shorts into a crop top. It has taken many hours and I[…]
Jane Olsen Post #7 Wellness Exploration
I just finished watching the Heal documentary on Netflix. I knew nothing about it before beginning, only that it showed up when I searched wellness and seemed interesting. The film[…]
Sophie Kielian CR #4
Essential Question: How are the limitations on exercise and physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic impacting mental health? Recently, I have been trying to focus my senior project research[…]
Jane Olsen CR#4
My theme for this week is occupation, finances and how they relate to one’s wellness. The first source that I read about the dimensions of wellness included subjects such as[…]
Molly- CR #4
When I was looking at my first source on April 8th, I was considering my essential question, “How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic?,” with the assumption that[…]
Cassia cr #3 posted late
I got out the scissors around 9pm last Tuesday. I took out a pair of red boy basketball shorts. No one had legitimately worn them in at least five years.[…]
Sophie K. Blog Post
This week of senior project, I did a combination of research, interviews, and tried out new types of exercise. I continued with the Science of Exercise course that I have[…]
Jane Olsen Post #6 Wellness Exploration
Two significant things I experienced this week were watching The Pursuit of Happyness movie with Will Smith, and attending a vedic meditation intro talk. The movie made me feel extremely[…]
Molly- Week 4 Post
How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic? This week Jess brought a lawyer named Maggie Carlyle from the PAC-12 conference to our cohort meeting to talk about how[…]
Molly- CR #3
Reflecting on my project at the halfway point has made me realize that while I have learned a lot about how communities are continuing to engage online, I still have[…]
Jane Olsen CR#3
My theme for the week is how other cultures and countries approach wellness. This is in relation to my essential question: what is wellness and how can I maximize the[…]
Analyzing my outfits week 3
While going through my closet I created three new outfits. This outfit is my favorite out of the three. I love it because no one expects a girl to[…]
Sophie Kielian CR #3
Essential Question: How are the limitations on exercise and physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic impacting mental health? As a part of my project I have been conducting interviews with[…]
Molly- Week 3 Post
How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic? This week our cohort heard from another speaker during our meeting named Brooke Hurley, a ceramics teacher in Chicago. She talked[…]
Sophie Kielian Blog Post #5
Since I completed a lot of interviews last week, this week of my project has been more focused around research and writing. This week, the type of exercise I focused[…]
Jane Olsen Post #5 Wellness Exploration
Today as a part of my weekly theme of exercise, I watched youtube videos about runners (and non runners) processes to prepare for and eventually run marathons. I began watching[…]
Sophie Kielian CR #2
Essential Question: How are the limitations on exercise and physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic impacting mental health? With the social isolation, inability to get outdoors, and lack of[…]
Jane Olsen CR #2 – exercise
This week my theme is exercise and how it relates to my essential question (what is wellness and how can I maximize the wellness of myself and others). I began[…]
Molly- CR #2
Monday night, April 20th, was the beginning of Yom Hashoah, the Jewish holiday for Holocaust Remembrance. Every other year on this day, my synagogue’s held a service to honor the[…]
Cassia CR2
Essential Question: How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with my own? Describe a moment: This past Monday I spent one[…]
Analyzing my outfit: The Modern Iris
This outfit is called modern Iris for three reasons! I named it Iris after Iris Apfel because she wears a lot of heavy jewelry. Here is a picture of Iris[…]
Sophie Kielian Blog Post #4
The second half of this week went well for me. I was able to complete most of my research, long articles, and organizational work at the beginning of the week,[…]
Jane Olsen Post #4 Wellness Exploration
During my week focused on nutrition and food, I have also come across the concept of intuitive eating. This practice, that many people claim is resistant to diet culture, promotes[…]
Jane Olsen Post #3 Wellness Exploration
This week my focus is on nutrition, diet, the emotions behind food and how this relates to wellness. One of my biggest takeaways after exploring this theme for some time[…]
Molly- Week 2, Post 2
Community in the Time of COVID-19 Yesterday in my cohort meeting, I heard from a speaker named Sandra about how her art communities have been moved online. Sandra lives in[…]
week 2, post 2
Essential Question: How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with my own? A few days ago I learned an important lesson.[…]
Week 1 post 2 (posted later)
essential question: How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with my own? Last week I got all my materials.[…]
Analyzing a Outfit: Week 1, Reflection 1 (Posted Later)
Essential Question: How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with my own? While reading the introduction to Overdressed: The Shockingly High[…]
Cassia’s #1 reflection for WEEK 2
Essential Question: How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with my own? For the wellness and community cohort, we had Sandra,[…]
Sophie Kielian Blog Post #3
The first few days of the second week of senior project have been successful and productive for me. On Monday, I was able to get a lot of research done[…]
Cassia Soodak CR #1
Essential Question: Using What I Wear as Political Warfare: The Power in Secondhand Sourced Personal Style I’ve spent the past few days collecting all of my research and I realized[…]
Sophie Kielian CR #1
The essential question that is guiding my senior project is “how are the limitations on exercise and physical activity during the coronavirus pandemic impacting mental health?” This topic has been[…]
Molly- Week 2, Post 1
Community in the Time of COVID-19 Since I last posted, I have continued to explore online community engagement. On Sunday evening, I led a workshop online for the jGirls magazine[…]
Molly-CR #1
In trying to answer my essential question, “How can communities stay engaged during a global pandemic?,” I am constantly reminded of why this topic is important to me. Along with[…]
Using What I Wear as Political Warfare: The Power in Secondhand Sourced Personal Style
Essential Question This should be the current, clearest version of your essential question. How can I explain the importance of personal style in an eco-friendly manner while simultaneously experimenting with[…]