Journal Week One

Lexie Moffett

KINS 4306

Georgia College and State University

May 17, 2020

Journal Week 5/11-5/15

Monday:5/11 (9am-1am (1) 1pm-4pm (3)) Total: 4 Hours

Today started a little rough, this is because after attending the 9 am orientation Dr.

Graham had not returned my email. This was okay though because the week early we discussed

the type of work we would be doing. So, I got started brainstorming, Dr. Graham wanted us to

come up with a list of potential ideas that we could be working on. I choose to focus my attention

on body image, advocacy, and support for victims of sexual assault. So, I looked up different

programs that we could do in the fall. Around 12:40 I received my welcome email from Dr.

Graham, in her email she discussed how she would like for us to have a Zoom meeting tomorrow

at 1. This meeting would be an orientation where she would introduce us to the site we would be

using and some of the work we would be doing. Also, include in her email were articles she

wants us to read about the purpose of women center on college campuses. Also, our learning

contracts were included. I sat down and took notes on the content within the articles. They spoke

about the importance that women centers play and how that is a safe space for many students in

the LGBTQ+ community (1 pm-4 pm).

Tuesday:5/12 (1:00pm-2:00pm (1) Lunch 4pm-8pm (4)) Total:5 hours

Today official started my first day of real work. We had our internship orientation (1 pm-

2 pm), where we discuss what we would be doing throughout our time with the women’s center.

We discussed our goal for the week and the time in which Dr. Graham would like them to be

completed. This week's task is to complete our "get to know you" presentation, goal/learning

contracts, and to would on updating the board on Trello. Tello is the site that they have been

using to track their activities and is also the place where we got to brainstorm ideas. During our

orientation, Dr. Graham explained how to work Trello and when each bord was meant for. I also
got to meet the other intern working at the women’s center. We also discussed which task from

the Trello board should be completed as soon as possible, Dr. Graham wanted the resource list

and the website cards taken care of. I stared first with the resource list, Dr. Graham wanted us to

find the websites for each of the facilities and companies and their goal or mission statement.

This would help her determine if the organization is worth looking at and to have a direct link to

the organization site. Next, I started my all about me I went in and formatted my slides and

answered some of the questions.

Wednesday: 5/13 11am-2pm (3hrs) 6pm-8pm (2hrs); Total: 5hours

I start my work today by completing the "all about me", took the Myers bridge

personality test Dr. Graham wanted us to take. My result showed that I’m INFP-T which is the

mediator personality. Dr. Graham wanted us to complete this questionnaire so she could see how

our personality would affect our work, and how best approach each of us a task. I finished the all

about me and uploaded it to Trello (11 am-1 pm). I also played around with Trello, I wanted to

make sure I was comfortable using the website. After that I finished going over the article Dr.

Graham sent us on Monday, I was able to take note and pull out important points from each

article in order to be prepared for our discussion next week(1 pm-2 pm). After taking a break I

got started again at 6 o’clock, at this point I started to read through the women’s center website.

Dr. Graham asked that we read thought the website with a fresh set of eyes and see if there were

things that need to be changed, reduced, or add. I took my time and read through each page to

make sure the information was easy to understand and was applying to look at. I took notes on

each page and made suggestions if needed(6 pm-8 pm).

Thursday: 5/14 (11pm- 2pm (3); 3pm-5pm (2) Total: 5 hours)

I started my day by completing the resource list that I had been working on. It wasn’t too

difficult, but it was time-consuming. I wanted to make sure that I had the right information and

make sure it was completely up to date. After I finished the list, I joined our zoom meeting,

where I got to meet the rest of the team. This includes the wonderful women over the amazing

project like the LGBTQ+ programs, project BRAVE, and women’s leadership program. In the

meeting, we were able to talk about what made us want to start working with the women’s center

and make connections on who to call if we want to get started on a program. We were also able

to talk about the website and the changes need to be made, the conversation focused on gender-

neutral bathrooms and how we can change the map that showed the bathrooms. We also

discussed how we could link different resources to the website. Lastly, I started working on the

learning contract. I thought it would have been an easy task, but it’s causing so much frustration!

I already have my goal written out but completing the learning objects is difficult because with

COVID-19 and the internship being remote coming up with programs and activities is difficult.

Friday:5/15 (11pm-2pm(3); 3pm-5pm(2) Total: 5 hours)

This learning contract is going to be the death of me! I have found a couple of examples,

but I still have to change them to fit my situation. Also, I’ve contacted one of the other interns to

see how it was going for them. They said they also found the task to be difficult, and this brought

me comfort because I wasn’t the only one. Finally, I started to think about the programs I would

have wanted to be a part of, and it brought me back to a conversation I had with Dr. Graham a

couple of weeks ago. I love books and when I could relate to them it was impactful. For

example, the book “Fangirl” by Rainbow Rowell helped me through my freshman year. This

book's narrator is an introverted freshmen girl who is terrified of stepping out of her comfort
zone. Which got me to think about different activities we could do, like a book club for the

different marginalized communities. Creating a place where people could come and freely share

their experience and meet others who share the same views. After that writing, the learning

objective became a lot easier, and once I was finished, I emailed them to Dr. Graham. Later I

went over the article she gave to us at the beginning of the week. I wanted to make sure I was

prepared for our discussion.  

Total Week Hours:24 hours

Total Hours: 24 hours