Today was my first day at my internship. Starting a new career, job, or internship feels like the first day of school. I couldn’t seem to fall asleep last night and was up early this morning.
I got the chance to explore the city that the internship is located at. I have lived in this general vicinity for half of my life and have never really stopped and visited these places. I feel like that is the case with a lot of the local areas.
Today was general orientation, I had to take an IT test and a Safety test online – which took an hour. I also had to sign a lot of papers, and couldn’t keep the dates straight (I had to write my birthday so many times and today is my sister’s birthday, so I kept mixing those up). I also got a tour of the building – which has many facets of public health, including the physicians, dentists, WIC, and environmental health. The HR person working with me on the paperwork and then showed me around was super nice.
We have a major research center close by my school and home that ties together different colleges known for their research. I am hoping this summer I can talk to someone at the research about touring the different buildings, but I am unsure of how likely they will be open to me shadowing. However, I will have the opportunity to shadow other departments where I am interning at, which also happens to be affiliated with the research center.
My goal with this internship is to see if it will be a career path I can take. As of now, I am thinking of taking the GRE’s, and applying to graduate schools OR ideally working at the research center for a year and applying to graduate school and finding a job working as a lab technician or in environmental health. I would ideally like to go to a school in another state, but it will be cheaper to go in-state. I think Western or UNCC might work for either a Masters in Biology or Public Health (UNCC).
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