Some Background On Us
We want to help. Funded by an endowment from the McConnell family, to WVU’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences and Professor Melanie Booth-Butterfield, Communication Studies, the objective to use communication to improve health and safety behaviors so people can live longer and be happier. Important note! We are not the "food police", or trying to take here away all your fun in life. People can be healthier and have a really nice time.
Heres how it works....

Step 1 > Health communication classes teach university students how to use communication to change our thinking and actions about health and safety.

Step 2 > They DO things. Using health communication fundamentals, these students create campaigns, projects, community events that aim at reducing dangerous behaviors or increasing positive health-related behaviors. They DO the communication project and analyze the results.

Step 3 > Taking it to the streets! We're getting the word out. Whether it's to public school classes, community health fairs, civic organizations, or professional conferences, the results of these studies about health and safety will be communicated in various ways, depending on the audiences.

Step 4 > Annual McConnell Conference on Health Communication with leaders in the field, research outcomes, and demonstration projects. Think creatively. We're open to ideas for presentations and formats.
 
For more information and background on how the McConnell Project came about, check out these sites.
www.nis.wvu.edu/2006/booth_butterfield.htm

www.bluejackets.com/team/office/bio.php?id=8

www.wvutoday.wvu.edu/news/page/1864/

https://www.bluejackets.com/ice/foundation.php#Columbus%20Blue%20Jackets%20Foundation
Melanie Booth-Butterfield email: mbooth@wvu.edu