Second to Last Week of Work

It is crazy how fast this semester has flown by. I was just at my uncle's house last night when he asked how many more weeks I was working. I told Lewis only four more days. He said it seems like you just started and I completely agreed.

I'm very sad that my time at the Aquarium is almost over. It has been such an amazing experience for me. I worked for an agency this summer, so I enjoy seeing the different experiences between agency and corporate.

Last week, I continued working on my Meltwater assignment. I also met with the public relations team to discuss upcoming events which included Earth Day, Jazz journeys and Mother's day. The team worked on blurbs about each event that we sent out to numerous media outlets in the area for their calendar listings.

Wednesday afternoon, the Georgia Aquarium partnered with Children's Health care of Atlanta and the Falcons to host a Fishy Fun Day. Seven Falcons players and nine children from Children's Health care of Atlanta did arts and crafts at the Aquarium and went on a behind the scenes tour. It was a great experience, which the kids and players really enjoyed. I was excited because Thomas Brown was one of the players who attended. Thomas graduated from the University of Georgia last year and was in one of my speech communication classes three semesters ago. It was great to see him again!

Journey with the Gentle Giants

This was a short week for me because my aunt got married in Augusta on Sunday, so I could not come to work on Monday.

Wednesday, however, was a very special day. I went on a journey with the gentle giants and got to scuba dive in our largest exhibit, Ocean Voyager, with the whale sharks. This was an amazing experience! I had not been diving in about five years, so I was pretty nervous. Once I got in the water, my nerves went away. It was crazy swimming with 4 whales sharks. The hammerheads were a little frightening! The other divers and I also had some other special guests watching our dive. CNN came to film a segment about the dive program at the Aquarium. Yes, I was on national TV in my wet suit.... The Aquarium also had a swim program for those who were not scuba certified. I strongly recommend this opportunity to everyone- its amazing!!!

I continued working on my Meltwater project as well as set up an interview for a children's TV program, K2TVNews.

Another Week of New Adventures

Last week, I started a new assignment that has taken up a lot of my time. There is a program called Meltwater, which monitors when the Georgia Aquarium is mentioned in the media. I started an excel file with all these articles, so the Georgia Aquarium can track the number of times they are mentioned. I also print the articles out to keep on record.

I also helped with a media tour and swim for Frank Ski and guest. Frank Ski has a foundation to help kids in the local area. He brought a special high school guest to participate in our swim program "Journey with Gentle Giants". A camera man from 11 Alive came to film a segment about the foundation. I stayed with the camera man while he filmed Frank and his guest swimming with whale sharks.

On Wednesday, other girls in the PR/New Media department and I looked at possible intern candidates for the summer. More than 80 people applied. Viewing other people's resumes and cover letters definitely helped me with my own. There were a few applicants who had misspelled words- a big mistake! Other applicants had great cover letters that were tailored to the position they were applying for. Ashley, one of my bosses, did a great job of showing the other intern and I why cover letters and resumes were good or bad.

Friday, we had a special guest. I met Tony, one of the previous interns at the Aquarium. I had heard so much about him, so I was glad I finally got to meet him. He just got an internship in New York. Hopefully I will be up there with him soon!