Friday, July 20, 2018
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This week has gone a lot slower than the past few. The intern group hasn't had anything planned particularly, but that doesn;t mean we haven't gotten things done!
This week I spent working on editing my teaching guides. The intros of them didn't flow very well. Katie, a graduate student here waiting to defend her defence, is helping me make them flow like a story better. I have learned a lot about flow and grammar. I am not particularly good at it, but I am learing.
We had the AIP chatters picnic, a monthly community building a check in event the organization hosts. The interns were all asked to give short presentations about our progress. I was really proud to be able to talk about my work and express my gratitude for all the different experiences I have had working here. I have been able to see some amazing places, like the capital and the Optical Society of America. I have been able to learn about wonderful people who did making things in history and tell their stories. because I live close by there is a chance I could even continue working on some of the projects I have started and wont be able to finish before the end of the summer. I may be able to conduct some of my own oral history of Physics interviews!
I am also preparing for the workshops i am helping out with at the American Association of Physics teachers conference next weekend. I am so excited to be a part of it and even go, i love conferences, but now I actually will be a part of it! a lot of the other interns are going to the conference as well, but I am not sure they will be able to stop by my workshops. I am speaking at one about the teaching guides we have available about African-American inventors throughout history. Sunday I will be helping Greg Good give a workshop on the teaching guides as well, and helping teachers understand the resources I have worked on all summer.
We also have 2 tours planned next week at NIST and NASA. I am also going to be helping out with the local Summer Girls Summer Camp program at UMD on thursday, speaking on a panel.
Oh before I forget about all the awesome opportunities I have had, Bridgette invited a few of us to a Women in STEAm festival ion the hill the other day, and it was great networking! I met soe people from NSF who are helping me apply to the pathway program. They told me that they can help me get a job working in diversity there and the pathways program. The woman there said joining the pathway program is the best way to get a long-term job at NSF. I got a t-shirt and a tote bag and coloring book and a way to get a job! pretty good day if i say so myself!
all the best, see you next week!
Stephanie Williams