Massachusetts Promise Fellowship Recruitment Opportunities

Creators: Paola Rodriguez, Anthony Rizzo, and Arjun Chintalapati Course: Information Presentation and Visualization (Borkin) Abstract: Our project has the goal of identifying the main characteristics of the MPF’s fellows in order to identify opportunities in the recruitment process. Our stakeholder, the internal staff of the Massachusetts Promise Fellowship, will use our insights to implement changes…

Virtual STEM Workshops – Making Machines Jr.

Creator: Jaidah Morales Course: Cornerstones of Engineering 2 (Freeman) Abstract: This year not only was I proud of the kids who showed up every week ready to learn, I was also proud of the mentors who each planned and led a different workshop this semester. I thought a scrapbook would represent the lessons we learned…

Emotional and Cognitive Engagement at MPF

Creators: Mahir Kabir and Krish Sharma Course: Information Presentation and Visualization (Borkin) Abstract: In partnership with MPF, our project is focused on creating a visual understanding of the emotional and cognitive engagement changes for youth that MPF fellows engaged with – compared to youth that MPF fellows did not engage with – during OST interventions…

Supporting the Food Security Mission of Lifeboat Boston

Creators: Garrett Smith, Kristin D’Angelo, Grace Nobile, Natalie Marra, Aidan McDonald Wojciechowski, and Aleksandr Gritsinin Course: Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing: Food Justice (Garrett) Abstract: In this video artifact, student Garrett Smith describes his opportunity to work on the Lifeboat Community Website along with his peers to create a space of nutritional learning for the Boston community,…

A Service-Learning Photo Book

Creators: Samantha Cordeiro, Madison Dahlberg, Gabriel Guon, Matthew Skolnik, Melanie Hassoun, Michael Nessralla, and Hikari Shaver Course: Connections & Decisions (Leavitt) Abstract: This is a photo book capturing the service experiences of the students in Sara Leavitt’s FSEM 1000: Connections & Decisions S-L class. This medium was chosen as a way to showcase different poignant…

Social Media Strategy for St. Mark CEP

Creators: Emma Salters and Molly Swanton Course: Media & Advocacy in Theory and Practice (Wihbey) Abstract: This artifact contains a detailed social media strategy developed for the St. Mark Community Education Program in consultation with their staff and volunteers. As our class focused on the use of media skills and knowledge to further the missions…

Communication Assessment Project

Creators: Jingwen Wang, Yanzhen Du and Yueming Wang Course: Projects for Professionals (Zangler) Abstract: Girls’ LEAP is a girls’ empowerment organization that partners with community-based organizations and schools to deliver self-defense and empowerment programs at no-cost for girls aged 8-18 in Greater Boston. Their programs are based on a curriculum that stresses physical safety skills…

St. Mark’s Community Education Program (SMCEP) Website Implementation

Creators: Katerina Tsakirellis, Joe Yang, Justin Streicher, Aakash Bolisetty, Dilara Sever and Dawon Kang Course: Engineering Project Management (Bleakney) Abstract: Our presentation includes a project description, video walkthrough of the website, and a link to access the website. It represents the work that was done over the course of the semester, both by our team…

BCYF: Understanding COVID and Asynchronous Engagement

Creators: Abigail Galeota, Sarah Kim, Julianne Lombardi, Anna Nguyen and Brayden Tokuyama Course: Marketing Research (Smith) Abstract: Due to the current pandemic, the Boston Centers for Youth and Family have been closed for the past 7 months. There are a lot of uncertainties regarding the future of the Family Gym program, including what the business…