Andrea's Adventures Weekly Blog Post 7

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 ðŸ–¤Andrea’s Adventures🖤

Start Date: July 9-19th 


This week I reflected on the last few weeks of the internship! One of my favorite things that we have been able to do is go to mini conferences with our mentors. I was able to go to several across the state and I have another coming up before the end of the internship. I love learning and listening to the lectures that these conferences have. The first conference that I attended was a Biocontrol Pest conference in Carroll County and I attended it with my mentor Nathan Glenn and we got to observe several different lectures on beneficial insects as well as industry standards in the state. I really enjoyed one of the lectures done by one of the plant pathologists from Rutgers University.

As I look at all that’s been accomplished throughout the summer - I reflect on the skills that I’ve been able to nourish thanks to this lovely internship. I’ve learned from extension- that absorbing knowledge is and going to be a continuous thing in this field! And that you can learn so much from your peers. It just takes saying hello and you’ll be able to learn and also share with them. I’ve learned that within extension it's like the tide- listening and learning, as well teaching and sharing. I’ve learned that I truly love to work collaboratively- I just need to break out of my shell of shyness that holds me back at the start of social interactions. I know one thing I need to work on is - since I love to volunteer and help on new projects , I need to better implement my sense of prioritization on projects so that I don’t hit burnout. In college, I would grind and work myself to the bone- till I was stretched thin and I wasn’t able to enjoy certain projects or activities.

Here's a headshot that we were able to do after our networking luncheon. 
Here was my table that had professors, deans and a couple interns. We got to share a little bit about where we were stationed across Maryland.
Here was the last activity we got to do - it was so nice seeing the campus farm.

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