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

Progress at CCT

I can’t believe that this is already my third to last post for the summer! I have learned so, so much from my time at CCT and I keep soaking in more information that will help me with whatever career I end up doing in the future. Like usual, I spent the week keeping up…

Week #7

This week, we came out of Runner’s Camp mode and were faced with the effects of such a great week spent with kids. Runner’s Camp, a free track and field event for children in the community that is put on by the Dream Center of Gaston County, ended last Thursday and we were all pleased…

My Favorite Museum!!

Washington D.C. is definitely one of the most exciting places to celebrate the 4th of July! It was also probably the hottest, most humid day I’ve experienced so far this summer. My friends and I celebrated by going to the dress rehearsal for the A Capitol Fourth concert where The Beach Boys and the National…

Second to Last Week!

Late again! I can explain, I had a packed day on Thursday again! My cousins, Mom, and Grandma all came up on Wednesday night to explore the city. We tried to make the most of it; we hit a lot of the monuments Wednesday night, and saw the Capitol, Library, and museums on Thursday. Even…

Teamwork, Fireworks, and JFK

Happy belated 4th of July! It was very interesting to celebrate in Washington D.C. and to observe what America and independence mean to different people. Despite the holiday, it was not a slow week at the Ayuda office. This week, our team was very busy working together to prepare a report for the Office of…

Now Our Tale has Reached its End, Just as it Begins

This final blog post comes at you live (live-ish, anyway) from an airplane over the Atlantic! It breaks my heart to know that Hood officially opens tonight, and I’m not there to celebrate with the SM team, cast, and crew. Everybody talks about theatre being a family, but I never expected to truly be a…

Week #5 at Pruitt

I apologize for the delay, as I have had an extremely busy couple of weeks. I am loving Pruitt more and more as the weeks go on. It hardly feels like it has been so long, but here we are at the halfway point. All of the transition nurses that I work with are super…

Week #5

Hey all, Another exciting week here at EPI. As I’ve become more familiar with the field that we’re dealing with, I’ve been able to dive a little deeper into the weeds. This week was my first foray into the actual evidence base for many of the theories that we’re dealing with, and I spent a…

Week 7 and we’re almost in heaven!

And yet another week is in the books at CCT! I had a really busy weekend with a couple friends coming into town to visit, so I apologize for the delay in posting a day late! Because the team as a whole is pretty small as it is, we all tend to work individually within…

Sometimes it Takes a Phonecall…

So this past week, I had my first emergency call at work. A prospective patient called the office because she was interested in getting her bipolar diagnosis reevaluated by one of our doctors because she was not clicking with her current one. I took down her information and began the process of scheduling an appointment…