Week 7:
Matthew 25
March 4, 2013 | Without further delay, a photo essay. The entrance to the Matthew 25 Ministry Hub headquarters at 225 K Ave. NW in Cedar Rapids. This building is also the home of Block by Block, the multi-organization partnership headed by Matthew 25 that renovated more than 270 homes in the wake of the 2008 flood. Most of […]
Week 6:
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
March 1, 2013 | Friday, Feb. 22. So today is the big day, the one that I’ve been waiting for this entire internship. Today’s the day I get to see a full-length participant interview for Dr. Dindo’s husband’s (Dr. Calarge) lab. The opportunity was originally offered to me by Dr. Dindo at this Monday’s meeting, after I had expressed wanting […]
Weeks 3-6:
Matthew 25
February 24, 2013 | The long-awaited third blog post! See, the thing about my fellowship is that it’s basically just a two-month exerpt from a normal-person job, and there are reasons that novels and Oscar-winning screenplays don’t get written about normal-person jobs. They are not very glamorous, and they involve a lot of me sitting at my desk and […]
Week 5:
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
February 22, 2013 | I tried hard to come up with something other than just a summary, but there’s not much in the fifth week that stuck out to me. This isn’t to say that this is an inherently bad thing, it just means that I’ve gotten more into a solid groove at work (although, as you’ll see next […]
Week 4:
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
February 15, 2013 | NOTE: My internship site is at the Medical Education Building, I park across from the Biomedical Research Center on the Newton Parking Ramp, and I often will explore the General Hospital. I’m aware that this can be confusing. Arriving & Leaving/Newton Parking Ramp Interning/Medical Education Building Exploring/General Hospital
Week 3:
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
February 8, 2013 | Part 1 – What I’ve been doing So I started out week three with three main projects: read and critique the book ACT with love, read some of a seminar transcript (see part 2), and continue my literature search (which I’m pretty far-along in, assuming that what I think a literature search is is actually […]
Weeks 3 & 4:
University of Iowa Office of Sustainability
February 4, 2013 | The end of Block 5 marks the end of my internship as a Cornell Fellow in sustainability. My fellowship at the University of Iowa Office of Sustainability was an informative and interesting look into a particular industry. I learned many things during my internship, and I look forward to applying them practically in my everyday […]
Week 2:
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
February 1, 2013 | My second week at the internship was fairly similar to the first – a LOT of reading. The majority of Dr. Dindo’s staff was scrambling to finish off preparations for a seminar on Saturday that they had been spending the past few months preparing, and so most of my work concerned tasks I was already […]
Week 2:
Matthew 25
February 1, 2013 | You know, this winter thing is really throwing off my groove. Matt, my boss, told me last week that since so much of the work I’m doing is computer-based, I didn’t absolutely have to come in to the office every day. “Careful,” I said. “Give me an inch…” Except I was kidding! I actually LIKE […]
Week 2:
University of Iowa Office of Sustainability
January 28, 2013 | Week two here at the University of Iowa’s Office of Sustainability was a bit busier than the first. There was more traffic in the office and around campus since everyone was now back from winter break. There were many people who stopped by who were completely unaffiliated with the sustainability efforts at the University of […]