Sunday, June 9, 2019
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This week has been full of work, yoga, and fun. Keeping myself busy has definitely made the time go by very fast.
My work week started off with the question of whether we wanted to use a medium other than playing cards for advertising different physics careers through my project. We thought that a calendar might be a good alternative because it could fit more information about each featured physicist. I spent a lot of the week asking my classmates, fellow interns, and co-workers which option they thought would be more successful. Crystal and I ended up settling on playing cards, mainly because one deck will last for several years, and we can continue to sell them on the APS store.
I spent the rest of the week collecting contact information for potential candidates that I plan to feature, and I started to write some content for their profiles. On Thursday, I finally got to meet my awesome mentor, Crystal, which was very exciting! I’m looking forward to being able to communicate much more easily with her back in the office. By the end of the week, once we had settled on the playing card option, I began reaching out to the candidates to schedule phone interviews to gather information for their online profiles. I already have two calls scheduled for next week; I’m really grateful for this amazing opportunity to talk to successful scientists coming from such diverse backgrounds.
After work, I spent most evenings going to yoga with Meg. On Tuesday, we tried out acroyoga, which we thought would be the same thing as aerial yoga-- it was not! Acroyoga is essentially partner yoga, involving sharing weight and balancing on/lifting one another. We learned a lot; we were able to successfully do a hanging bat pose! We plan on trying out aerial yoga at a different studio soon.
This weekend was full of fun social activities at Froggy Bottom Pub, BTS, Captain Cookie, and back at the apartments. Most of us went to the Optical Society to celebrate Pride and watch the parade. I’ve really enjoyed spending time with the people I’ve met here, and I can already tell that parting ways at the end of the summer is going to be bittersweet!
Jacqueline Blaum