F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

Week Seven: I’m Torn

Hi everyone, Things are going well at MBIB, like at said last week I’ve been offered a job when I return from my Fall semester abroad. The reason I’m torn is because I’m starting to like the work environment more, for example I’m starting to learn more about psychiatry and psychology from my boss and…

Week 8: Progress Update at the Charlotte City Council

This summer has flown by! On a positive note, it truly has been rewarding. This week, my tasks were more on the administration side which was informative to see the kind of work that Councilwoman Ajmera’s assistant does for Ajmera. By creating and updating a new events spreadsheet, I was able to see all the…

Week #10!

I wanted to save my last post to write after my internship officially ended, so I apologize for the delay! I had my last day at RMHC yesterday, and I am grateful for this learning stipend and how it allowed me to rediscover my passions for a philanthropic future career. I finished up all of…

Week 9

This is my ninth week at The Hangar Theatre and my schedule has begun to pick up. Previously I had been working as an assistant while designing theoretical productions or working on Seussical Jr. However, as Seussical tech has gotten closer i have been given more and more responsibility. I am very much enjoying my…

Week 7: Working Environment of the Charlotte City Council

At the Charlotte City Council, council members are in charge of representing specific zones, however they come together every Monday for council meetings–closed and public sessions. I personally have only worked closely with Councilwoman Ajmera and sometimes her assistant, Amanda. For this representation of government, I think working independently for some tasks but coming together…

Week 10

Officially finishing up my last week of research! I’ll be continuing once the semester begins. In terms of notes, I’ll have notes for all the people in the lab who have helped me throughout the summer. I just made a list so that will be taken care of. I enjoyed the internship overall but it…

Endings are hard

Sorry for the delay for this post, I’ve not felt amazing this weekend, and didn’t just want to rush this out. This last week was my final one at the Shaw research group. I head in this week only to clean up/out my station, and turn in my lab notebook. It fee=ls strange to be…

Encouraging Words – DeacLink

This week was supposed to be my “posting” week. I so far have conducted five interviews but have yet to post one on to the DeacLink site. After long nights of transcribing audio and plenty of editing, I received feedback from my interviewees. The transcriptions could not be approved because they need major editing. Editing…

Week Six: Same Old, Same Old

Hi everyone, As the title of this post suggest I’m still doing the same things week after week and because of this I’m really looking forward to the end of this internship. I’ve been given so more responsibilities, for example I’m not only hearing PTSD cases but some cases about other mental illnesses. Interestingly enough…

Week Six: Shoreline, Beverly Hills

Like most of the film industry, Shoreline keeps a pretty relaxed company culture. Dress is casual, we’re all on a first name-basis, we leave for lunch/breaks whenever we want, we play music throughout the office, etc. Getting work done is still the top priority at Shoreline, however, the more relaxed company culture allows everyone to…