June | 2017 | F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

Politics, Bibles, and Finding a Routine!

It’s Thursday already? Craziness. I’ve settled into “Peet’s Coffee” to write this post. I know, it’s not DC specific, but this is my first Peet’s experience! I won’t be here long anyhow, my parking meter maxed out at 1 hour. I’ve found a routine at the Library! Except on days when I have the 3-5…

Week 4 @ PruittHealth

PruittHealth started as a single nursing home facility by a man named Neil Pruitt. Mr. Pruitt, who set up shop in Atlanta, Ga., quickly began buying other nursing home facilities in hopes of creating a system of extremely well-maintained skilled nursing home facilities. As Pruitt began to expand, they company quickly found itself in NC,…

Week 2

Hey all! I’ve had a great first week at EPI, met some very smart people and started on some interesting projects. I will be assisting both Monique Morrissey and Elaine Weiss over the course of the summer, although this week I have been primarily been working with Elaine. In order to understand the broader context…

Week 1

Hey! I am Sebastian, a rising senior at Wake, and will be interning at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC over the summer. More specifically, I’ll be interning with Elaine Weiss, who heads the Broader, Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), and Monique Morrisey, an economist at EPI who focuses on retirement security as well…

Week # 2

Hey there everyone! I know how much you missed me since my first blog post but I was facing some technical difficulties revolving around settling and working in a new country. In spite of all that, the past week at Eyeota and at Singapore has been a rewarding and fantastic one. At Eyeota. I am…

Week 4: Carnivals and Facebook and 7-Eleven runs oh-my!

Hello, blog followers! Week 4 of my internship at CCT was full of mostly getting ready for a huge carnival event called BOING! that we held yesterday (why my post is a little delayed). But before I get into that, let’s discuss how CCT got its start. It was founded in 2005 by Jacqui Russell…

So, What’s an Intake Counselor?

Happy Sunday! As an intake counselor at Arista Counseling & Psychotherapy, I am expected to field incoming patients. When a new patient wants to make an appointment for therapy, I am the first person they talk to. It is my job to gather preliminary information about the new potential patient, from the basics (name, age,…

Bigger isn’t always better

Hello again, This past week has been productive, though frustrating as well. The Biodiesal reaction I have been working with has been stubborn in that it doesn’t seem to work as well when scaled up. This issue has been my work for the week, as I have been trying to tweak the recipe bit…

Deacs in DC: Week #1

Hello everyone! Week 1 in DC was full of transitions and adventures! Something really great about the nonprofit organization I am interning for is that the Vice President and the President/Founder of the organization are working in the office with the interns every day! The office is very organized, has a large, white table that…

Week #3

The company, individuals who work there, and the programs that they implement are all geared towards bettering the families in the community. Their hearts are set towards making a difference in individual families, which later on will result in community changes. By showing love through the behavior of the workers, the organizations I work for…