First and foremost, hello my friends…for the second year students, congratulation on the getting closer to the graduation date and I …..share your endless pains. Well, I have been missing in action for awhile due to many reasons (I know..but I am still a student..and student can have many reasons), but at least I am on my way to catch up with everything now.
Life has been up-and-down for the last several weeks; I completed my internship at the City of St. Louis Park yesterday……yayyyyyyy…now I can have the extra two days to work on my school works and catching with my friends. My experiences at the City of St. Louis Park were uniquely indescribable. Okay, okay..let me tell you in detail, I just wanted to make it sound mysterious so you will get curious.
Well, I spent about 130 hours interning at the city Hall doing many things. My SPH mentor is a supervisor of the Environmental Division and he was the one who connected me with his opportunity. On a side thought, make sure you stay connect with your mentor or if you don’t have a mentor yet, do connect with the Mentor program. You will not expect what your mentor will connect you with! So, my internship experiences allowed me to learn many things both personally and professionally. I was able to attend many professional meetings within and outside of the division. I attended different workshops and conferences on environmental related topics. I accompanied food/housing/facility inspectors to residential and commercial facilities for routine inspection. I enjoyed going to different food facility to conduct inspection because it is so cool to see how different restaurants operate behind scene. So, that’s the brief executive summary of my internship; I enjoyed it very much!
I will be busy with this week and throughout next week with so many activities. I am looking forward to attend the Alum & Student Reunion today and the Student Research Day tomorrow. I am a bit proud and excited for the Research Day because I am among one of the judges for the Student Choice Award (okay..Thuy…humility..sorry, just feel like giving myself some positive encouragement!) Next week I will participate in my first Relay for Life; I am very excited for this first experience as I fully dedicate the whole night for my deceased McNair Scholar’s adviser Dee and my friend who is struggling with cancer.
Besides that many things going on, myself along with almost forty other SPH fellows are working vigorously on planning for Taste Diversity – Global Fusion approaching in two weeks. If you are planning to go…good for you, if you not sure….do something good for yourself and invite your friends to go. This is a fantastic celebration for you, friends along with your family to end the year and experience other cultures existing in SPH. There will be food from around the world…students and faculty talent shows (includes singing, dancing..and who knows!) , souvenirs..and many other one of the kind activities..We guaranteed you!
Well, that should be good for now..see you all later…!