This Tuesday, I went to Ann Arbor for my first bi-weekly seminar on Green Energy with U of M’s Energy Institute (UMEI), which compliments my project, research on the Detroit Public Schools’ GO GREEN Challenge, quite nicely. I’m stoked about having an opportunity to continue to learn about Sustainability, because before I changed my major …
First post! It’s been an interesting first week. I was a little surprised to find out that I am the only person at my physical office working for Food System Economic Partnership (my placement)– everyone else is involved in MSU Extension, which FSEP is involved in, but no one else in the office works directly with …
I am working at the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation which is a non-profit organization that works to revitalize and better the Grandmont Rosedale community. GRDC works to increase safety and decrease crime in the neighborhoods, renovate vacant homes, beautify the neighborhood, as well as put on many programs and volunteer opportunities for the community to …
It has been an amazing first week at MSA. As soon as I arrived, I absolutely fell in love with downtown Ferndale and the office space. I did get a little lost in finding the space but luckily my supervisor came to the rescue. The Ferndale office (since there is a Ypsilanti office as well) …
I had a fresh first week. I spent most of my time outside of the office. Thank God himself that I was not strapped to my laptop doing research most of the time. The employees are cool and relaxed. A plus to this week was being able to play with a coworker’s kids, especially the …
I was placed at the Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation and could not be happier! The GRDC is a community nonprofit that works for the residents of five neighborhoods: Grandmont, Grandmont #1, Rosedale, North Rosedale, and Minnock Park. While they do organize community events like a Farmer’s Market and engage in beautification, they are not simply …
My first week of Focus:HOPE has been full of learning about my project and the organization as a whole. Walking in on the first day, I began to understand just how big the organization was. With cubicles, a receptionist table, and many buildings, FocusHOPE definitely felt more like a small corporate business than a non-profit …
Well, this first week has truly been something. I would say my transition was much easier than some of the other interns because one, I am from Detroit and two, I did not have to move into the dorms (hope you all are adjusting well by the way!) Monday at our seminar was my first …
It’s only been a week with Nortown Community Development Corporation (Nortown CDC) and I know this is the place I should be in this summer. I’ve had quite a week here and I am excited to see where this goes. A little bit about Nortown — their big ongoing project right now is called RESTORE …
Well, no wonder it feels like it’s been so much longer. I’m in a new city, surrounded by new people, doing new things, trying to survive off of my own attempt at “cooking” for the first time. Not to mention the extraordinary amount of learning that’s only just begun. I could go off on winding …
