UVM Student Testifies for Legislation on Youth and Tobacco Use

For his Public Communication Capstone Project, PCOM Senior Marcus Aloisi partnered with the Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community to help launch their tobacco prevention campaign, BHS Elevate, at Burlington High School. The capstone project, led by Community Development and Applied Economics Lecturer Ben Dangl, gives public communication students the opportunity to work with nonprofit and municipal community partners, to develop professional level communications strategies and materials. Aloisi, along with Chantal Finley, also a PCOM student, conducted interviews with high school and UVM students to create a sense of understanding between high school and college age tobacco use. Continue reading “UVM Student Testifies for Legislation on Youth and Tobacco Use”