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Monday 

Description

Megan is not in the office this week but left clear instructions on what I will be doing this week. I was assigned the job of a research project. This means that a faculty member requested articles that they were mentioned in. I had to flip through 7 binders worth of media scans and recorded articles that this faculty member was mentioned in. It was a tedious task, but it will be easier now that I can use excel to search his name in the next step of the project.  I also put up events for the signboard today.

Reflection

I feel good after my shift today because even though Megan wasn’t there, Gaby and I were very on top of things and things were running very smoothly.  Wednesday should run smoothly as well. This research project seems interesting, but is a lot of work. I am excited to be able to gain this experience and have this as "my own" project. 

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Wednesday

Description

Today I continued to work on my research project on Jeff Schoyen for the entirety of my shift except for one break to put up the sign board. I had trouble putting up the sign board because I ran out of letters, but I figured out what would fit and what wouldn't. 

 

Reflection

This is different than what my peers are working on and I am happy that i get to have this experience. I think that having this as my own "thing" is definitely a benefit because it is letting me take a step back from normal tasks. Although flipping through all of these binders is not the most interesting task in the world, it is still a good experience.