Coming into this internship Dr. Tyler asked me to
think about goals to accomplish through this internship. After some
consideration I decided that there were three things I would like to improve
on. First is learning how to effective network.
This is something that I was thrown into right away! During week one I
sat in on many meetings and was introduced to a lot of people. Among these
people are Dean Cox (College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science)
and Terry Allen (associate vice president for
employment equity). I was also given the opportunity to join a student subcommittee
for the first year experience subcommittee! Highlights of week two I was given
the task of teaching a workshop during the Kentucky Youth Seminar (KYS). In the
workshop I spoke to high school scholars about transitioning from high school
to college. It also consisted of trivia about UK and the college of Ag. I had a
lot of fun with the kids! Though there were set back during the week due to
weather and fire alarms, it was great to see the kids get into their board scenarios
and rise to the challenge. This past week I had great time exploring Louisville
with the Kentucky State University Ag Discovery Program. Starting here in Lexington
I got the chance to check out the Farmers Market. It was interesting to find
out that they have a system that allows people to purchase from the market
using their debit and credit cards. If a station does not have their own card machine
you can find the farmers market table and they’ll swipe your card for the
amount and give you tokens to give to the farmer you wish to purchase from! They
also are able to take food stamp cards, which I find very congenial. After the
farmers market we drove down to Louisville to visit Churchill Downs. This was
my first experience with the equine side of Kentucky. My favorite part of this
visit was the video they showed us. The video was meant to enwrap us into a race
day experience. I think they did a perfect job of it as the screen fully
surrounded us with 360 degree show! Our last stop of the Louisville Slugger
museum, this was quite interesting to me as well. Baseball is a big part of my
family so it was cool to see how an essential part of the game was made. I have
learned a lot the past couple of weeks and this is only the beginning!
Until next time!
-Tiara Fripp
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