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Why is your mentor doing this work?
My mentors are doing their jobs at the Komen Tissue Bank to educate people on breast cancer, to evaluate mammograms and to use these mammograms for scientific research involving cancers and diseases of breast tissue. Madison Cochran is a biology major in the School of Science and is interning with Jill Henry at the Komen Tissue Bank…. Read more »
Meet the Staff–Tia and Brandi
Shantia Reese, Student Services Assistant Hello, My Name is Tia and I am the Student Services Assistant for LHSI. I graduated in May of 2015 and this is my second year employed with the program. I have enjoyed my time working for the program because I get to work with students and see them as… Read more »
New Interns’ First Impressions
I LOVE IT. I’m so excited to work in this lab for the year and learn everything that I can! My mentor and the current students there are wonderful people, so they definitely gave me a good first impression. As for as their impressions of me, I will be focused and ready to learn every… Read more »
Early Internship Embarrassing Moments and Advice from Alumni
We asked alumni of the LHSI program to share embarrassing or meaningful stories from the beginning of their internships to help the new interns see that we all make mistakes, especially towards the beginning of new experiences like this. We hope you enjoy them! When I first started if I came to work early I… Read more »
Happy Labor Day!
We hope you’re having a great day off. See below for reminders about important skills of the labor force. http://www.top10onlinecolleges.org/work-skills-2020/
Meet the Ambassadors- Abby and Katie
Abigail Hadley, Intern Ambassador Hey! Im Abby and I was a 2015 – 2016 intern. I was placed at Eskenazi’s Prevention and Recovery Center where I learned about current research in first episode psychosis and new treatment options. This is my first year as an Intern Ambassador for LHSI. I really look forward to meeting… Read more »
Meet the Ambassadors- Lena and Macy
Lena Peters, Alumni Relations Coordinator and Media Assistant Hello, my name is Lena and I am the Alumni Relations Coordinator and Media Assistant for LHSI. I was an intern for the 2014-2015 year and then continued on as an Intern Ambassador for the 2015-2016 year. I am currently a senior pursuing a Psychology degree, I hope to begin my applications to… Read more »
6 word stories
The new interns were prompted at orientation to write short sentences about themselves using only 6 words. Some of these include expectations about the beginning of their new jobs and some are more geared towards personal introductions. As you can see, excitement was the most occurring theme. Here are some of the best 6 word stories… Read more »
Welcome, new interns!
Good luck to the 2016-17 cohort of LHSI interns starting this week. We hope you all have a stellar first week at your individual internship sites. This year has great potential for you and we are looking forward to hearing your stories and sharing them on this blog! Speaking of blogs, LHSI was recently featured… Read more »