F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

Final Week: Reflection

This summer has flown by. I am so grateful to the OPCD for giving me this opportunity to intern in DC. Not only did I expand my network and gain internship experience, I made friends and learned to live in a city. Because of my positive experience in DC, I will look for jobs there…

Week 10: Time Flies

Time flies when you’re having fun, and that’s exactly how I would describe my internship with Addison Whitney. I never expected that something labeled as ‘work’ could be so fun. Over the past nine weeks, I have learned a lot about the marketing and branding industry, especially in regards to verbal branding. My internship centered…

Week 8: More work on Solar Energy

Hey! As an intern this summer I have been doing a lot of work on solar energy! To start, I would have to say the highlight of my week, is my meeting with the mayor’s office on sustainability. We were able to discuss Atlanta’s future, and what the city could do with incorporating more solar…

Week 9: One Week Left

This week will be my last as the market research intern at Addison Whitney. I’m going to miss it! What will I do everyday until classes start? Anyways, this internship has taught me a bit about leadership. I wouldn’t say I’m a natural born leader, but if I need to, I’ll definitely step up to…

Week 9: Leadership

Leadership involves inspiring initiative in a group. During my internship with Addison Whitney, I’ve learned that leadership is more than just being in charge. It involves collaboration and compromise within a group. A good leader listens to and takes cues from members of the group. Within the verbal department, each project has a verbal leader….

Week 11: Training and Formatting

This is the prompt from week 8, as I previously completed the week 9 prompt and am not yet on my final week. One of my co-workers has resigned, and will be leaving next week. I will be doing a portion of her work until the NWRA fills her position. So, she trained me all…

Week 8: Professional Leadership

Overall, I would call myself a natural leader. I think a lot of Wake Forest students are, and I definitely think all of the F. M. Kirby Experiential Learning Grant recipients are strong leaders. That’s why we’re here, trying out job experiences in our chosen hopeful-career fields. We are all candidates that showed strong enough…

Week 8: Nearing the End

It is crazy that I only have two weeks left at Addison Whitney this summer! As I’ve said before, it’s truly a bittersweet feeling. I’ve learned an unbelievable amount about the branding world in my time at AW and I hope to squeeze in as much learning as possible with my short time left. The…

Week 8: Uncharted Waters

I can’t believe it’s already week 8 of this project! The summer is flying by. I came into my internship with limited knowledge about branding, and I now feel as though I have a solid understanding of the inner workings within a branding firm. For the past seven weeks, I have shadowed the verbal branding…

Week 10: Lesson from Ayn Rand

This is the prompt from Week 9. Leadership is a balance. There is self leadership and team leadership. You must balance your leadership between the two. Although highly controversial, Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged brings up a good point–you must be selfish, to a point. Putting yourself first in your career is important. After all, it…