June | 2018 | F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

Final Week

I would like to think 3 people specifically for helping my experience this summer be one of the bests I have ever had. The first is Dr. Jones who ran the field school and who without, I would not be interested in archaeology today. The second is Dr. Jones’ research assistant, Caroline, who made his…

Always good to take a step back

This week has been wonderful. I’ve managed to get experiments running each day. The data hasn’t been exactly what I wanted, but that’s how science works. Dr. Shaw, the professor in charge, has been happy with what I’ve been doing. But what I’m truly grateful for is his insight into my development as a…

Week Two: Shoreline, Beverly Hills

Week two of my internship with Shoreline is off to a great start! Shoreline’s LA offices are located in Beverly Hills, which is nice because I’m able to continue to explore more of LA’s many neighborhoods. Shoreline’s offices, like many work environments in the film industry, are relatively causal and driven by mostly independent work….

The Growning Pains of a Startup Website- DeacLink

Katie and Kelsey have an interesting story when it comes to launching DeacLink. Katie and Kelsey graduated from Wake Forest in 2014 with degrees in Art History and found it difficult to find jobs before graudating. During their senior year they decided to pay for a weekend trip to New York City and meet with…

Week 6

(Reason for being late- I was trying to transfer confocal microscope images to my laptop to insert them into this week’s blog post but the specific program hasn’t been recognizing them. Hopefully they’ll be ready for next week!) As mentioned previously, the Silver and Johnson labs often work together due to the research overlap in…

Week One

Hi everyone, My name is Ludan Gbaye, I am a rising junior and in a couple of days I will be starting my very first internship! This summer I will be interning with the Mind Body Institute Beyond, PLLC, under the direct supervision of Dr. David L. Mount. My duties as an intern at this…

Week #4 – Research and CPR

Baptist was created in Winston-Salem when the will of a President of R.J. Reynolds gave about $750,000 in order to move the medical school from Wake Forest, NC to Winston-Salem, NC. North Carolina Baptist hospital was an 88-bed community hospital in 1923, but merged with the Wake Forest School of Medicine whenever it moved to…

Week 3: Getting to know Councilwoman Ajmera better

This week, I really enjoyed meeting with the Councilwoman one-on-one. Usually, I receive assignments from her via email or text. It was nice that she was able to schedule time to speak to me about me about my current assignments, what I have learned so far, which events I liked/disliked, and future assignments. The meeting…

A fun walk around Uptown Charlotte! (Week #4)

Hello all, As I mentioned last week, Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy began in 1967 to help fight the War on Poverty. The Office of Economic Opportunity gave a grant to the Mecklenburg County Bar to establish a Legal Aid organization to provide civil legal assistance to low-income people. In the beginning, the organization only…

High Heels or Fuzzy Bunny “Slippahs”

A few things that I had always presumed about government jobs have been discredited this week. First off. When picturing a government job I always pictured men in suits and women in heels and discussions around a round table and debates and what not. This is not the case whatsoever in my office. Although the…