F.M. Kirby Experiential Learning Stipend Recipient Blogs

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…

Over the hill! Week 6 updates

I can’t believe I’m just a little over half-way over with my internship- this summer, as per usual, has just flown by! For my post this week, I’ll discuss the work environment and overall culture of Ronald McDonald House Charities as an organization. Due to its philanthropic nature as a nonprofit organization, RMHC is dedicated…

Extending Compassion 6.24.18- Payton Calvert

Good Shepherd’s Fold was started in 1994 as a smaller children’s home with close to 200 kids. Not long after its birth, Franklin Graham visited GSF and felt convicted that Samaritan’s Purse needed to buy land for the organization to expand. The compound is now over 100 acres and has many more components of community…

Week 5: Progress Update

Its week 5 and I am still learning new and fascinating things about marketing, market research, and running a business. I feel like I have learned so much in these last five weeks, it has been amazing. The way my internship is structured I have been given multiple small projects that are a part of…

Week 5: In the Swing of Things

This week I can proudly say that I have felt as though everything has come together. I can now pretty much carry myself without any assistance or the need to ask questions or anything. I am confident in and know what I am doing. It has surprised me how quickly I have come to enjoy…

more of the usual (sort of)

Back from vacation, and right back into it! My week at the beach was great, and honestly i needed a break (I was still just a little burned out from last semester). But it felt good to dive back into the lab! My week has been spent trying to go down a list of…

Week 4 at Hangar

This week we have opened two shows, one Kidstuff and one Wedge. The Kidstuff production is Playing Peter Pan and the Wedge production is A Brief History of America. Both Productions opened yesterday and will close Saturday when Fortune, the main stage production, also closes. This weekend will consist of striking the Fortune set and…

Week 4 at CrossRoads (blog 5)

So far, my internship has been going well! I have gotten to learn a great deal about the work that CrossRoads does and the way in which they are seen in the community and the way in which they work with other organizations in the community. I have been working a great deal on the…

Week One: Shoreline Entertainment, Beverly Hills

Hi Everyone! My name is Courtney Geiger. I’m a rising senior at Wake Forest originally from Lexington, South Carolina. On campus, I’m pretty heavily involved in filmmaking. I’ve served as co-president/treasurer of Wake Studios (our on-campus student-run film organization) for the last two years, as well as produced many independent narrative and video art projects…