F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

Week 5!

I’m largely independent on my projects now. I’ll have 2, if not 3, sets of immuno slides ready for viewing by the end of the week and the practice for DASPEI continues. While the DASPEI is building off of previous research, the immuno is largely exploratory. I’m excited to see whether there are any similarities…

Week 4: Royalty Marketing

Royalty Marketing is a full-service digital marketing agency that was started by an entrepreneur named Daryl Shaw. Daryl is a Wake grad and began his career working in corporate for a plethora of companies. He specialized in advertising and data analytics but eventually gained an interest in creative design from a friend who was a…

Week 3 at Hangar

Week 3 has consisted of design and production meetings. We have officially opened our first show, Fortune. On the second night of performances the four design apprentices, myself included, designed a Cabaret. The theme was “Artist’s Experience” so the design was a small Parisian cafe feeling that emphasized the individuality of the actors performing. I…

Week #3 in the ED

I am working for Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and the School of Medicine in Emergency Medicine Research. Our two offices are in the hospital, as well as our lab where I process blood. I work mainly with 4 different women on a day-to-day basis. Their names are Rachel, Lauren, Maggie, and Stephanie. They are…

Week three (What an amazing moment and view!)

The Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy recently had its 50th anniversary in 2017. The organization, previously known as Legal Services of Southern Piedmont, was created in 1967 as part of the efforts to end poverty. The organization has the mission of providing legal services to members of society who do not have the resources to…

A Coffee Break-DeacLink

This week was special because I got to meet one of my bosses in person. In case you are not aware, I am required to work from home. I never got to meet any of my bosses in person because we all live in different states. This week I traveled to Atlanta, GA to visit…

Week 3 with CrossRoads (blog 4)

CrossRoads was started by a small group of 15 women who advocated for a woman over 40 years ago who was raped by a police officer in Burlington, this group was then called the Rape Crisis Alliance of Alamance County. The woman who had been sexually assaulted went to these women who she knew would…

Week Two at Charlotte City Council

So far, Councilwoman Ajmera has put me in charge of her social media outreach as well as tracking what is being said about her in the media. I attend many different types of events in the city and take photos and videos of the councilwoman in action. I am also tasked with writing an op-ed…

Week 5

And we’re back after another week! Unfortunately, this week was plagued with me being sick with a pretty nasty head cold, so all of my projects went on hold. Otherwise, things around here are kind of set up to be different on a day to day basis, as I only really have one over-arching project…

A Place of Love 6.17.18- Payton Calvert

Good Shepherd’s Fold is a secluded campus in the Buundo Village of Uganda, neighboring several villages. It is home to 65 children and employs a number of Ugandan as well as Western individuals and families. There is a Ugandan primary school that performs above the neighboring school average and a tailoring school that conducts sewing…