Overall I enjoyed the profile project. When we first began pitching our ideas, I didn’t know who I wanted to write about for a profile. I tried to find someone I knew who was interesting, but as a first-year student, I didn’t know many of the staff. I pitched Prof. Klak, who taught my environmental class, and Gennaco, UNE’s DigiSpace coordinator, who I didn’t know. I ended up getting Gennaco, which made me a little nervous. I wasn’t sure how…
Here is the final draft of the first profile story I ever wrote:
Overall I enjoyed this round of workshops, and it was interesting to compare the feature and profile feedback. The feature feedback was tentative initially, but eventually, the class became comfortable with critiques. However, the comments on the profiles were well-developed and delivered with more confidence. One informative and fun moment was when we edited Madi’s piece. Madi needed help cutting her article down, so the class discussed what to remove from an article over word count. We talked about eliminating…
After having my profile workshopped, I feel I have a better understanding of what to do going forward. My first step will be to conduct and add in a second interview with someone who knows Gennaco. Hopefully, this interview will provide more perspective and help flesh out my piece. I will also need to either break up some of the quotes or simply remove parts of the quotes. This will reduce some of the wordiness of my piece and make…
Professor Thomas Klak- Professor Klak is a passionate environmentalist. Focused on forestry and plants, Prof. Klak has a personal connection to the native plant species in New England. He assisted a group of students in planting a butterfly garden on campus to help the monarch population. Along with the garden, Klak also enjoys raising flocks of monarchs in his kitchen annually. Prof. Klak’s professional work is specialized towards the restoration of the American Chestnut tree. Currently Prof. Klak is working with…
INTRODUCING EARLY LIFE?? In 1991 Jennifer Gennaco graduated with her Bachelors IN WHAT from Colby College, ten years later Gennaco graduated again this time with a Masters IN WHAT degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Gennaco had always had a passion for English and for teaching. “QUOTE HERE” With experience teaching students ranging from middle school to post-secondary education. This broad background “QUOTE”. In 2010 Gennaco began teaching English composition at the University of New England. She then progressed…
