F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

Building 7.1.18-Payton Calvert

This week marked my third week here as an intern. I have been making progress with letter writing and obtaining biographical information. I have been surprised by the cultural difference that extend to many aspects of everyday life. Visiting an African country, I knew before that many cultural differences would be present but I wasn’t…

Week 7 at RMHC

And here we are after another successful week of interning! We’ve been having a dangerously intense heat wave in Chicago for the past couple of days, so I apologize in advance for any incoherancies that may be caused by excessive heat exposure – the heat index is 100 degrees with 69% humidity… excuse me while…

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…