After taking the time to first identify the importance of research, and then to create a definition of research, I have spent time reading up on Athens’ Own to become well acquainted with their history by completing research that will be imperative for my internship. While conducting this research, I have been reading information that […]
Intern: Halley Davidson Facilitator: Constantine Faller Assignment: Use SMART Goal tool to document with explanation the assignments for the last 5 internship assignments. Date Received: June 20th, 2016 SMART: S – Specific M – Measurable A – Attainable R – Related T – Timeliness Purpose: My internship experience so far, making use of 5 most current […]
After conversations with both Constantine and Kathy about the importance of knowing your stuff before beginning an experience, they asked me to take the time to define research, and to elaborate on the importance of reading the possible materials presented to you. To define research, I first thought of the countless research projects that I […]
Con and I were chatting about the different things I think of when I think of Local. We created a list, which is as follows. “Community”: Members Geographic community: the people who live close to you (farmers market, neighborhood, school district.) Relationships: The people with whom you interact within your geographic location. (Friends, family, classmates, […]
Over the past few days I have been trying to get Athens’ Own’s twitter up and running again. I think that twitter is an easy way for local businesses to connect with students, the majority of which use this form of social media. I first went through and followed a large number of local businesses, […]
I began my day Friday by having a discussion with Kathy on the reflection I posted about my FEMA training test. I received my certification, and we were discussing the ways I applied it both to my life and to working with Athens’ Own. We talked about how you can look at the incident response […]
I took a minute to think about the impact of the FEMA Incident Response Training, and how it could apply to a business. It reminded me a lot of how my job at Chipotle was ran, with different managers for different employees to respond to, and a type of horizontal and precise lineage of command. […]
The past few days with Athens’ Own we spent brain storming the ways we could get Constantine’s vision out in to the community and to help get students interested in partaking in the unique internship experience that Athens’ Own offers. With breaks to try samples of maple syrup, we had a long discussion about what […]
I began my day at the Broadwell Hill Learning Center being greeted by Shiloh and Tala, and of course getting covered in hair as they begged for attention. Once they got their hellos, I began talking with Kathy about how she raises her worms and the concepts of verma-compost. I had never known that worms […]
My time at Ohio University has opened my eyes to some of the privileges I’ve had in life. The most substantial being my availability to food. There has never been a time in my life where I have not been able to feed myself, and this is something I believe has blinded many of my […]