Week 5

Going into college, my writing skills were subpar at best. Because of this, I decided to apply to the Lloyd Hall Scholars program my freshman year. A friend of mine did this previously, and told me it helped her with her writing a lot. She was right. I really felt like I learned how to write my freshman year of college, not perfectly, but definitely much improved. Everything I learned in my writing classes through the Lloyd Hall Scholars program was put into action during this internship. Surprisingly, I was often given assignments that involved writing or editing different things for Barr-Harris. For example, not only did I edit grant applications that are really important to Barr-Harris due to the fact that they are a non-profit organization, but I also was asked to write out certain parts of their grant applications. Additionally, I helped write up reports on their art therapy program: why the children were taken out of class for art therapy, why it was beneficial, and the positive outcomes it had on these children. Furthermore, although I only took some 200-level Psychology classes, I most definitely put the knowledge from those classes towards my internship. Knowing the basic information of Psychology—developmental specifically—was helpful in meetings as well as just talking with my boss or other coworkers. Overall, the University of Michigan is a prestigious school and requires students to be responsible, conscientious, and hardworking. All of these traits that I practice at school have helped me tremendously throughout this internship.