The first day of shadowing Courtney consisted of mostly meetings, but I was able to meet some interesting people including someone who was in the first graduating middle school class from Cary Academy. Courtney travels every other week of the month, so it was cool to see her planning with people all over the world for her upcoming travel plans. She filled me in about her current focus being on setting up public profiles on business-type accounts such as LinkedIn and how businesses and individuals connect with it. I was then set on a project of analyzing the 1,500+ employees involved in the social selling aspect of SAS, and considering how professional their profile looked. It was surprising to see how many people had a very sloppy profile but a very important title, and Courtney reinforced how much those individuals might be missing out on because potential business investors will look for their information online and not find it. The entire SAS environment is very welcoming and I’m looking forward to the week ahead!
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Liza Day 1: “The Intern”-Coming To Theaters Near You
Today was such an educational and successful day at McKinney Advertising in Durham! As soon as I walked into the office, I was given my own desk, a MacBook Pro to use for the next two weeks, and a personal key card to get me in and out of the space. They welcomed me as one of their own with lots of assignments and tasks to complete! Josh Eggleston, the VP Executive Producer, introduced me to the staff and updated me on McKinney’s current projects. We had a meeting at 11:30 to discuss the 14 commercial rips McKinney is currently preparing for a new pitch. Although I’m not allowed to discuss the content of the commercials until they are complete, I did have the opportunity to work with their real scripts and search for stock footage to use for their rips. This is an essential process of creating a commercial because it is what an advertising agency presents to their clients before actually going out and filming the commercial. I used a website called Getty Images to gather hundreds of clips and create a “mock” commercial which would be sent to the editors and then presented to the possible client as an outline.
Around 3:00, I realized I was getting pretty hungry, so I walked across the street to Only Burger and ordered a delicious Veggie Burger. McKinney’s location is phenomenal as it is right across the street from DPAC and the Durham Bulls Stadium. I’m walking distance to such fabulous cafes and restaurants, so I know I’ll never go hungry working at McKinney.
I decided to stay a little later and continue working on my assignments, so the day ended around 6:00 pm. I’m looking forward to continuing the pitch and starting a documentary later in the week!
-Liza
Evie Day 1- Learning how to ‘ adult’
As my first day at Centerline comes to an end, I believe It’s safe to say that things are looking promising. Entering the professional world was daunting to me, and for a multitude of reasons. My age and lack of direct experience with the marketing industry especially, are two examples that probably make me the most apprehensive. That being said, however, I think the opportunity to learn about something beyond anything I’ve experienced Is far more important than my anxiousness for being pushed out of my immediate comfort zone. Fortunately for me, centerline didn’t make the transition difficult. On my first day I’ve already seen some of Centerline’s strongest attributes in all their glory. The unique architectural style, urban vibe and welcoming employees stand out the most to me. Work spaces here are surrounded by white board walls, and egg shaped chairs dangle from the ceilings. The building is devised pretty much into departments, ranging from animation and video production to editing and client recruitment. As my first day was ultimately focused on getting settled in I got to do a bit of research on Centerline’s marketing work as well as watch one of their round table discussions on retargeting. I learned quickly that centerline’s largest focus and almost mission statement, if you will, is on content based marketing and creating a product that tells a story. I’ve gathered that the work that goes on at centerline is an absolute synthesis of department upon department that eventually results in one cohesive product. Throughout my day I also had the opportunity to sit down for a thai curry, walk around downtown raleigh and talk to one of the agency writers about her time at NYU. Throughout my weeks it looks like I’ll potentially be doing a Snap chat takeover on the Centerline account and maybe even go to one of the production shoots. From the wise words of Annie- I think I’m gonna like it here! 
Running Through Day 1
Today was a very interesting day. I couldn’t take too many photos since I am not allowed to take photos with patients in it.
First, I took a short tour around Raleigh Orthopedics, which is connected to Athletic Lab. I wish I could have learned more about their partnership with Athletic Lab. I spent all day watching Mr. Meszler work with patients to recover from a variety of injuries. One patient has been recovering from ACL surgery that he had 6 months ago. Today the patient got tested to see how much he progressed over the past few months. I could tell right away which knee he was trying to strengthen because of the huge disparity in ability during each exercise. It was interesting to see all of the different jumps and exercises Mr. Meszler had the patient do in order to access his progress.
Today wasn’t the most exciting day because I wasn’t able to help out with the patients. I just had to sit back and watch all day. I am hoping I can do more interactive activities as I increase my knowledge throughout the next few days.
The only thing I did beside watching the patients was cleaning a table off after each patient left. 
Day 1 – So Many Screens! (FOX50)
Today I visited the FOX 50/WRAL studios in downtown Raleigh. There I met Kevin Kolbe who showed me around the studios a bit. First Stop was the master control room. All of the channels run by this station are controlled by the people in these rooms. These are the people who change between the program and the commercials, as well as make sure everything is working properly. After the brief tour of some the other facilities such as the small and large scale studios, Kevin took me to a meeting where he and his co-workers meet every Monday. There I met Sierra, Pete, Gayle, and Mark. I listened to a fascinating presentation about color and psychology. 
I spent the rest of the morning with Sierra seeing how she edits the website and how she goes about adding new pages and promoting the shows on the site, funny enough they use WordPress for their website. She also went over how she runs the FOX50 facebook page. I then worked with Pete for a while after lunch. He handles the some of the promo editing. He showed me how they go about doing their editing, at least for the Steve Harvey Show Promos. I also got an early look at the new season of So You Think You Can Dance: Next Generation. To finish off the day I met David Crabtree, an anchor for WRAL. He introduced me to a whole bunch of people in the News Room, from other anchors to editors and others in production.
Over all it was an amazing day, and I really look forward to going back tomorrow!
-CJ
Day 1: Patients with Patience
Day 1 at the Carolina Ear and Hearing Clinic was already a restless one… Dr. John McElveen had over 40 patients to attend to, and we were at his side in the examination rooms the entire time! When Jonathan and I arrived to the clinic at 8:00 AM we were first suited up with lab coats so that we at least looked the part of doctors (even though we didn’t fully understand all of Dr. McElveen’s medical jargon). The morning started with a staff meeting that we sat in on where the upcoming month pertaining to all of Dr. McElveen’s surgeries was discussed (mostly at least… an engagement was also announced during the meeting which provided some well-needed excitement to wake everybody up on an early Monday!). After the meeting, Dr. McElveen had to rush to get on a conference call, so some of his nurses took Jonathan and me on a tour of the office and let us sit in on some of the hearing tests performed by the audiologists. The audiologists were very good at explaining what they were doing as they went along, and what all of their charts indicated in the patient’s file. After Dr. McElveen’s conference call had ended, he pulled us out from the hearing test rooms as it was time for him to begin examining patients. We hopped from room to room as Dr. McElveen examined the patients’ ears. Conveniently, on his magnifying device that he looked into to see the ear canal better was a camera that displayed and enlarged Dr. McElveen’s procedure on a television screen. Most of the times it was really cool to be able to see real-time footage of Dr. McElveen scanning the ear with his instruments (he was very good with pointing out certain things in the ear to explain stuff to us as he went along); however, some of the times it was kind of gross, like when he removed all of a patient’s ear wax or scraped away their dried-up ear fluid. The worst was when he used a suction tool to suck up all of the patient’s pus-like ear fluid. Jonathan and I stood there staring at the screen pretending to be professional and unfazed by the nauseating pus-fluid, but we later admitted to each other that we were both repulsed by it. After seeing all of these repulsive and gross bodily substances, it was time for our lunch break… perfect! Despite this, lunch was actually really enjoyable because we became much more acquainted with Dr. McElveen’s staff who is a really fun group of people. After our lunch break, Dr. McElveen had Jonathan and me research some common medical procedures and terms such as cochlear implants and otosclerosis. One of the nurses then explained to us how some of the advanced hearing aids worked and how to custom-program them to meet a specific patient’s needs. After this, we rejoined Dr. McElveen and continued shadowing him in the examination rooms until the office day was over at 5:00. Although Jonathan and I complained to each other throughout the day about standing up for too long without sitting (it’s actually a pretty challenging task that we are not accustomed to doing on a daily basis), we have absolutely nothing to complain about regarding our day as a whole, or the Carolina Ear and Hearing Clinic. It was truly an amazing and informative day, and we cannot wait to shadow Dr. McElveen in the operating room tomorrow during a surgical procedure! – Kiran W.
Introduction to Alliance Medical Ministry
Today I met with Dr. Lewis at Alliance Medical Ministry. I had the opportunity to shadow her and meet her patients. I also met the volunteer coordinator, Ms. Daniel, who gave me a tour of Alliance and talked to me about the facility. This clinic is a nonprofit clinic that is funded by donations. These donations allow working uninsured adults in Wake County to get healthcare. AMM focuses on treating “the whole person” (a phrase used multiple times today). In addition to primary care, the clinic provides counseling and wellness programs (yoga, cooking classes, etc.). Everyone I met at AMM was very kind and welcoming. I can’t wait to go back tomorrow!
-Biruk
Civil & Environmental Engineering @ Cornell
Today I mainly was just dipping my toes in the water. I met Joe, the post doctoral student I will be helping, as well as some of the technicians that will be helping us. I did some basic programming in the free version of matlab to try to get a little experience. I was introduced to all of the equipment that we will be using and the plans of what we will use the equipment for. I also received some background reading that I started to work on and will continue to work on. I am looking forward to tomorrow. — Iain
Katie Day 1-I’m Official
Today was a crazy busy day! First I met with Ms. Karkare, a nutrition consultant and registered dietitian. Later, I had a tour of the Interfaith Food Shuttle building and an overview of what they do there. I met the team of interns, and even experienced a webinar of how the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans will impact Cooking Matters (one of Interfaith Food Shuttle’s programs). Plus, I got this pretty sweet official-looking nametag above. Then, I interviewed the outpatient dietitian at Wakemed Cary, Ms. Kharod. Each interaction I had today gave me a different example of all the ways nutrition experts impact the world. Ms. Karkare works with her clients in a one-on-one setting, while Interfaith takes more of a community-centered focus around improving the diets of impoverished Americans in the Triangle. Ms. Kharod’s work is similar to Ms. Karkare’s, but in a more clinical setting. I look forward to experiencing and exploring many different aspects of this diverse field of study!
Day 1- The Autism Umbrella
Today was my first day working at Camp Royall: a camp that specializes in working with kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder. My first job was helping set up for a Special Needs class from Carrboro High School that was coming in as a field trip. The first activity was boating which consisted of helping the kids into either a big row boat or smaller paddle boats and letting them boat around the small lake. Then, we set up a campfire and sang campfire songs which all of the students loved. My favorite part though was the hayride we took all around the camp. I wasn’t expecting to be able to interact directly with these amazing kids, but I’m so glad that I was able to hang out with them. What I learnt was how wide the spectrum is for kids with Autism. The varying symptoms and degree of the neurological disorder is why Autism Spectrum Disorder is often referred to as an umbrella term for different types of diagnosis including Asperger’s, classical autism, and high-functioning autism. After the school group left around 1:00, I was assigned to sorting out binders for every counselor that comes to camp this summer. It was quite a tedious job, but an important one as the binders allow counselors to create a visual schedule for each individual camper.
I learnt that kids with autism are often very visual and might really like the structure and order which they get through schedules. Overall, I had a great first day!
-Fiona
CA Work Experience Program 2016 