One winter day, a Student Prince decided to go on a little adventure. “It won’t be long before I have a career,” the Prince said, “so I’d better start preparing now.“因此,在他们的帽子下有一些'伯格教育', 还有一些幕后关系, the Student Prince began forging their way through an internship.
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第21章:自我的意外扩展
Lily Roth是俄亥俄州托莱多综合媒体专业的大四学生. 他们对媒体充满热情, and are excited to create media at a level that leaves a positive impact on their community, 无论是艺术上的还是实践上的. 这学期,他们在圣. 弗朗西斯社区 in the Mission Advancement Office, in Tiffin, Ohio.
How did you find your internship, or how did the internship find you?
I attended the Fall 2022 PALS Lecture Series dinner where I was randomly sat at a table with Sisters and partners of the St. 弗朗西斯社区. Previously, I completed over 40 hours of volunteer work for the Franciscan Earth Literacy Center--a ministry of the St. 弗朗西斯社区--for a semester, so I was familiar with a few of the faces at my table. Andria Marquis, the Mission Advancement Office's Communications Coordinator and my current boss, 在邻桌坐下. 晚餐结束后, I stuck around to catch up with a person I worked with during my volunteer hours, 并向我遇到的修女们告别. 安德里亚听说我很熟悉圣. 弗朗西斯社区 and campus and made her way to me to promote the Mission Advancement Office's internship opportunity. I was humbled to have been thought of, and very excitedly completed the initial interview process. I feel greatly appreciative to currently be working with Andria, who has graciously taught me invaluable processes and functions of her position that I will undoubtedly use in my future.
你最初对实习有什么期望?
根据职位描述, I knew I was expected to create promotional materials for events, 拍摄节目, 更新社交媒体网站, 并参与各种营销活动.
你在日常工作中真正发生了什么?
我做了职位描述中列出的所有事情,甚至更多! 在撰写本文时, the Mission Advancement Office has been gearing up for the campus-wide Mardi Gras Fundraiser event. This annual program is the community's largest and most anticipated fundraiser of the year, so a great deal of preparation is required in order to ensure that all operations run smoothly, 并向更大的午餐区宣传活动. Andria and I have asked almost every small or large business in Tiffin to donate materials or gift cards for the silent auction, reverse raffle, 还有礼品卡树. I am most proud of contacting the Toledo Mudhens for ticket vouchers, 一开始我觉得这个任务很艰巨.
在联系企业寻求捐赠之外, I create a lot of marketing material for campus events and programs. Most recently, I designed and published flyers advertising a viewing of "The Letter", a documentary following five leaders and their interactions with The Pope regarding concerns about climate change. After Andria and I create flyers, I hang them all around Tiffin. 如果你看到宣传单上的St. 弗朗西斯社区活动,我可能挂了!
Andria and I also post to the Facebook pages for each ministry of the St. Francis社区,并更新他们的个人谷歌日历. We promote events, share pictures of campus life, and celebrate holidays with graphics and images.
I additionally do odd-jobs that help Andria check things off her to-do list, 比如复制和更新标识. Even the small jobs are rewarding because I am able to gain experience and create relationships with people all around the campus.
你找到了什么联系?
Not surprisingly, I have met a large number of Sisters in my time in the Mission Advancement Office. 姐妹们对蒂芬社区非常熟悉, as most of them were raised locally and have watched the town grow alongside them. This has allowed me to create connections through the Sisters and partners of the St. 弗朗西斯社区 I would not have otherwise had the privilege to create. For example, Andria and I interviewed a 97 year old Tiffin resident for the annual report magazine that chronicles Tiffin's do-gooders and contributors. 我学会了运用记者的技巧. 朱莉·奥莱利在我的新闻学课上. It was thrilling to use content I learned in class in the real world with high stakes. With requesting donations for a fundraiser comes meeting business owners you might not have ever had the chance to speak with. I have met dozens of local business owners who were more than willing to help the Sisters raise funds for their programs that give directly back to the community. 在实习之前,我以为我对蒂芬很熟悉. However, 我第一次挂传单的时候, I realized there were a great number of roads I had never traveled, 还有我没去过的地方. My internal map of Tiffin is growing not only interpersonally, but physically.
What is the most valuable thing you’ll bring back to the classroom after this experience?
My confidence in myself and my capabilities has astronomically grown, as well as my awareness of my community and the impact I have on it. 通过我所做的推广工作, partnering, 内容收集, I have learned useful skills that I will use in my career and gathered experience in networking and problem-solving. 很难用语言来表达我所学到的东西, but I am already aware of the growth I have undergone that is hard to teach in a classroom setting.
If your internship was a book or a chapter in a book, what should it be titled?
“自我的意外扩展”
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