I began my internship in the CLD Department last Monday. The first day my advisor, Dr. Rick Maurer, introduced me to as many people in the department as we could find. I learned some basic office procedures and who to ask certain questions. That first day I also met with the people involved in CEDIK. It was an informative meeting and I was given a task. I was oddly excited to be given something to do. I entered 337 surveys from Bath County high school students which revealed their intentions on staying in or returning to Bath County after graduating. The data was eye opening and very interesting. I hope to be doing more work with CEDIK soon concerning this research.
The third day of my internship I attended a meeting for MITT at the Fayette County Extension Office. I enjoyed this meeting because I was able to contribute to the discussion and give a different point of view due to me being a student and of a different generation than those in the group. I look forward to seeing more from MITT in the future and would be interested in helping them in any way I could.
Next week I plan on traveling to Carter County with Lori Garkovich to sit in on a meeting to discuss drugs in the county. I am very interested to see how this will go. Drugs and their effect on the community has always been a topic of interest to me.
I have also started working on some tasks for Kris Ricketts for KCCL. I will conducting interviews of agents and programs which have contributed to efforts in Community Leadership. I'm excited to get in contact with these people and hear their stories. I will then write several website articles to spotlight these interviewees on the KCCL website during the year.
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