Dallin Jenkins – Do I Belong? Life as a Gay Latter-day Saint

Dallin Jenkins – Strategic Organizational Communication emphasis Project Summary Do we belong? If so, to whom do we belong? What or who can we lean on when we’re confused and frustrated with what we’re hearing? These are some of the questions that Preston Jenkins addressed in his fireside talk on January 10th, at the RexburgContinue reading “Dallin Jenkins – Do I Belong? Life as a Gay Latter-day Saint”

VOICE Volunteers Website & Remote Volunteer Program

Bekah Jarnagin, Strategic Organizational Communication Project Overview Last semester, I had the pleasure and opportunity to volunteer with an organization called VOICE Volunteers. They focus on making a difference in the community mainly through education and conversation about relevant topics such as addiction and mental health. With my Strategic Organizational Communication emphasis and penchant forContinue reading “VOICE Volunteers Website & Remote Volunteer Program”

Visuals For BYUI Admissions – Josh Hadden

Strategic Organizational Communication Every year, the BYU-Idaho admissions office connects with students and tries to help them understand the legacy of BYU-Idaho. The university is always seeking to increase enrollment and the Admissions office works hard to show people the great success they can find here at BYU-Idaho. As part of these ongoing efforts toContinue reading “Visuals For BYUI Admissions – Josh Hadden”

Marissa Harrison – Self-defense for the Defenseless

“You healed a broken community.” Paul Frank, Leader of Fort Hall MMIP Group My name is Marissa Harrison, I am a Communication student with an emphasis in Strategic Organization. The project I chose to develop in my last year at BYU-Idaho was to work on the Fort Hall Indian Reserve to help with Missing andContinue reading “Marissa Harrison – Self-defense for the Defenseless”

Ali Valdez Bridge- QPR: Ask a question, save a life.

Strategic Organizational Communications Summary Throughout my college career, I have been heavily involved with QPR suicide prevention training. It all started with a beginner-level class, COMM 100, and Andra Hansen introduced the training to us. Since then, I have assisted her with being in the class and being a moderator as she did them overContinue reading “Ali Valdez Bridge- QPR: Ask a question, save a life.”

Katie Card — Family Relief Resources

Family Relief Resources (FRR) is a family-owned medicaid agency in Oregon. Basically, the state will pay for support workers to help clients or families with children who have intellectual/developmental disabilities. FRR is a go-between, hiring support workers and matching them to clients in need.  Most of my project was devoted to creating the following resourcesContinue reading “Katie Card — Family Relief Resources”

Emily Christman – Chook Bar’s Internet Presence

For my senior project, I have been working with the popular Australian chicken restaurant Chook Bar. The Chook Bar is very popular with locals, and their popularity is mainly due to word of mouth. However, the Chook Bar has no internet presence at all. I feel like if the Chook Bar has a strong internetContinue reading “Emily Christman – Chook Bar’s Internet Presence”

Brittany Gray: I-Mediate

I-Mediate My project, I-Mediate, is focused on court-appointed mediation in the 7th Judicial District for small claims. The project consists of a mediation training manual, training presentation, my experiences in mediating, and takeaways I’ve gained from professional mediators. In my project, I worked with the 7th Judicial District Mediation Coordinator, Jenn Neermann, in rewriting andContinue reading “Brittany Gray: I-Mediate”

Kate Moots – A Business in the Making

Kate Moots | Strategical Organizational Communication Summary Most people’s dreams are to own their own business in the future. This is a dream that I have for myself. I want to run and own a photography business. Like most college students, we all hit that first step of not knowing where and how to begin.Continue reading “Kate Moots – A Business in the Making”

Olivia Peterson – The Faces of Adversity

Strategic Organizational Communication For my senior project, I coordinated with VOICE Advocacy to design an eBook discussing the decreasing levels of empathy in the United States and how that affects Idahoans. This project required me to design consent forms for interviewees to fill out, conducting interviews, researching scholarly articles for information about empathy and wellness,Continue reading “Olivia Peterson – The Faces of Adversity”