This semester I have secured an internship with Park Pride, a park maintenance and beautification organization that operates with the Parks and Recreation Department of Atlanta. When I first was recruited, my internship coordinator, Lauren King, (who is lovely in… Continue Reading
Although my internship is technically ending regarding course credit, my supervisor at Park Pride has invited me to stay with them until the end of January 2025! I’m really excited to continue working with Park Pride and my supervisors and… Continue Reading
I’m putting my Capstone presentation here in case anyone wants to take a look at it and see an example of some of the work I did while working with Park Pride! In the presentation, I talk about what it… Continue Reading
Victoria Faraon Introduction This fall semester, I had the pleasure of interning for Studies in the Literary Imagination, a biannual scholarly journal focused on special topics in literature, as an assistant editor/proofreader for their 2024 Fall issue. My main role… Continue Reading
My last few weeks with Park Pride have been pretty slow regarding creating new material. However, I’ve still been busy with archiving the past fiscal year’s grant applications and other important material to make room for the new. I’ve really… Continue Reading
Joy Ahn Now that the semester is nearly over, I wanted to take a moment to look back on my experiences. Before this internship, I had little interest in teaching or anything pedagogy-related; though I am not fully converted yet,… Continue Reading
Victoria Faraon So, originally, we were supposed to go into cold reads, but as I’ve come to learn during my time with SLI, sometimes, things don’t go according to plan. This is not to say that SLI is at fault… Continue Reading
Joy Ahn For my capstone presentation, I went for a slide presentation accompanied by an oral recording. I knew I had some specific files from my portfolio that I needed to display, so it was necessary that the viewer could… Continue Reading
The winning submission is “Destined Together,” and the runner-up is “The Ordinary Outing.” Again, these are alternative titles, the submissions are for the 2025 Press53 Poetry Award, so the poets are unaware if they have won. Destined Together begins oddly… Continue Reading
Joy Ahn Now that exam week is underway and the students have concluded their final exams, I wanted to reflect holistically on the works I have observed and given feedback on. From the very start of Fall, the class was… Continue Reading