tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49808409234343845152011-11-27T16:47:48.539-08:00My adventures at the Public Information Office <br>at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and TechnologyR.R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14635122260856735337noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980840923434384515.post-80243844445220166712008-08-26T10:53:00.000-07:002008-08-26T14:03:28.870-07:00

After an entire summer, I'm glad to conclude that I'm done with my internship. I'm not done blogging 'tho. It would be quite silly that I would stop there. I have so many other reflections and thoughts that I would like to write down about my internship experience.I think that after an entire summer in Socorro, I can finally say that I spent the best summer in contributing the most I could to the

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One of the limitations in writing press releases and articles is understanding the culture and the kind audience that I'm writing for.For example, my job entails writing stories that bring good public relations to Tech. That doesn't mean I'm ignorant to the realities and actualities that face us. To be quite honest, we acknowledge them and find solutions to resolve them.I guess when I was

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The more and more I stay here, the more interesting these articles get to be.I'm currently working on a couple of articles that bring Tech in light of the awesome things that they are doing.Last week was a total waste of time. I was without a computer for a couple of days because ISD was replacing it with a better and faster machine. Additionally, we were shifting around the office layout to make

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Everyone is not perfect. There is one thing that I really enjoy about working here at the Public Information Office is honing down on my skill to write well and not be as so cursedly redundant with my articles.One thing is for sure, I've been accustomed to writing long essays in which I repeat myself to get the point across in as many examples as possible. I also am accustomed to writing short

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Last week, Thom and I went to Merritt Mine. Part of my assignment was to take photos of the mine and ask questions. Phil Kozushko, an alumni and adjunct professor with Tech, took us on the excursion down to the mine.Kozushko is a valuable resource for information and gave us a detailed histories surrounding the mine. There is so much information, I wish I had time to hear it all again. Thom took

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One of my largest topics and favorite interest story happens to be about the Summer Science Program (SSP) high school kids who are here at New Mexico Tech for six weeks.Thom suggested on Monday to talk to the program facilitators for SSP and find some way to do an in-depth article about them and what they are doing. I thought it would be nice to see what it was like to be a SSP student for the

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My last interview before heading out to Philly was with Facilities Management. The next day I was on a plane heading to the other side of the country.Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love, is a unique city to visit. Albuquerque and the similar West Coast contrasts with the East Coast and Philadelphia.Four members, including myself, from our STC student chapter went the national STC conference on

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After interviewing Ms. Guo, I had another interview with Dan Jones from Facilities Management the next day. Yes, I might be crazy to extensively remember so much stuff from a month ago, but I'm trying my best to catch up.I went to see Dan Jones to get an update on the construction projects that Tech is doing for the summer. Having something about the construction on the main Tech website is

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Okay, so I should have heeded Dr. Ford's insistence that I keep an updated blog of my adventures at PIO. At least I can remember pretty far back that it is scary to even think that.To recall, I went to interview Ms. Guo for the Langmuir award. Thankfully that was quite an easy task to accomplish. She seemed to be very shy for an interview. I really didn't mean for it to be that way. But I guess

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Today was the day I began on a different story. I was assigned to write about the Chinese Ph.D. student, Ms. Yanyan Guo, who recently won the Langmuir Award in Research Excellence.This was a new mission. I had to research what the Langmuir Award was, who Ms. Guo was, and find out who to contact. My first bets were to find emails of all of these people, the professor who nominated her, graduate

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I had an interview with Annine Gabaldon at Physical Recreation today. She was my second interview for the Student Association Appreciation Awards. I was quite happy getting her interviewed. My previous work with Annine has been with the Student Association and she is familiar with me and my line of business.I spent a good half-hour interviewing Annine and getting some good quotes for the

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My first day at the Office for Advancement was quite interesting. I arranged my paperwork in order to get paid for the job. Thomas Guengerich is my internship boss and he is the Public Information Officer for New Mexico Tech.After getting the paperwork to Thom, we discussed a few topics of interest to begin writing articles on behalf of the school. I jotted down a few ideas, among them were the

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This post is to inform anyone who visits this blog about the disclosure of information.I will try to keep this blog as professional as possible and maintain a high level of quality while blogging about my internship at the Public Information Office of New Mexico Tech.It is noted, we are people and we act in a familiar fashion--make mistakes, work in teams, express emotions, and communicate.Most

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