sb1597@txstate.edu

Everyone in college has a story, and one of the most asked questions to fellow students is, “What’s your major?” The second most asked question, “Why did you choose that?” and usually the third question is, “What are you going to do with that?”
Whether you’re an engineer, a journalist, pre-med, an artist or even an aspiring traveller, there’s always an interesting story that goes behind the ideas for our life plan after college.

Students enjoy a concert in the quad.

Pages will include:
(Homepage)
-About
-Featured
-Anonymous (forum)
-Media (videos, photos)
-Contact

Media:

A slideshow will appear on the banner of the website – images in the slideshow will be added from the images used in each of the stories. A video on the homepage or about will be a self-made video montage of the team, examples of interviews and shots of campus (explaining the purpose of this project). An inspiring playlist will run in the background with the option to skip or pause.

For engaging visitors to the website:
A twitter will be created. A forum will allow for discussion – which may be conducive. those who volunteer to have their story video documented will be available in the Media page for viewers to see. Every story will have a location (google maps) pinned to it along with their university. Polls will cycle through on the homepage that ask questions about preferred majors, your preferred adventure after college, etc. The Anonymous page will allow visitors to write and post their own stories anonymously (monitored by website admins).

Featured page will show stories written by the team about select individuals.

This will be a website to inspire and encourage as well as to bring students together as they share their stories.

It was hard for me to some up with a topic, because there are so many things that I love. I wanted to find something that I would actually be passionate about. One of those things is: getting to know people.
While I was in New York on a business trip this summer, I learned of an Instagram account called Humans of New York. (http://www.humansofnewyork.com)

An anonymous person would stroll through the concrete jungle and talk to random people to find their story, or ask them a significant question about themselves. Afterwards they would add a picture to Instagram and put their dialog underneath. It was so inspiring to me and I love that they used social media this way. With New York being such a big city, there is no possible way you could meet them all, but by featuring a plethora of individuals on social media and telling a bit of their story, you feel like you are more in touch with the city.

Little boy being featured by Humansofny

(http://instagram.com/p/t8XmaOtrEA/?modal=true)

I would like to do something similar for Texas State. Rather than just a few sentences about someone or a group of people, I’d like to give them paragraphs. A way that even the most unnoticed and yet most interesting of students can have a word.

I would like my color scheme to be my own take on the Texas State University colors, not so bland as maroon and gold but perhaps a combination of various shades of maroon and gold with other colors added in, because it will be unique, like the people I’m writing about.

Pages will include:

1. About
2. Blogs
3. Gallery
4. Contact Information