Intern Blog Postings

Week 1: Meet and Greet

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Maura Shapiro

Hi audience and welcome to my journal entry! Since you don’t know me yet, and since I was once a campus tour guide, allow me to introduce myself and then we’ll start with an ice breaker. 

Please read the following in the peppiest, most rehearsed, yet slightly tired tone possible: 

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Week 1

Sunday, June 6, 2021

Joseph Watson

This week at SPS:  The first week of my internship with SPS has been exciting.  This summer's internship program is still remote because of COVID-19, but there are still plenty of fun things happening virtually.  We had our orientation this week, and we also had a meet and greet event!

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Headshot of Kirk Kleinsasser, APS Careers Intern

Week 1: Introductions and Metadata

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Kirk Kleinsasser

My internship had a great start this week! I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to get to know my fellow interns and the awesome people at APS. We met with SPS staff on Tuesday for orientation. It was great to learn more about the organization and get some tips for the summer.

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Madison Brewer

Week One: We did it folks!

Saturday, June 5, 2021

Madison Brewer

Welp—we did it folks! Before this week started, I was nervous and excited and had so many questions about what my summer might hold. Would I get to write this week? Would my mentor be nice? Would the other interns be cool? Would I like this job?

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Week One: Cooking Up Some Ideas

Friday, June 4, 2021

Jesse Zeldes


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Week 1: Decisions, decisions, and more decisions!

Friday, June 4, 2021

Zeynep Tuna

My first week as an SPS intern began with a very fun 2-hour virtual orientation. I know, 2 hours on Zoom does not sound enjoyable at all - but believe me I could have stayed for another hour to talk more about bucket hats and listen to staff members’ stories.

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Completion

Friday, August 14, 2020

Maria Stokes

The SPS internship has been over for one week now. The end snuck up on me, but I am excited for my next step. I am moving this weekend to start a year of service, which will be a change of pace.

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Samantha Creech

Week 10: One Last Time

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Samantha Creech

(Please excuse the Hamilton reference; I finally watched the musical and its soundtrack has been incessantly stuck in my head)

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Week 10: That's a Wrap!

Monday, August 10, 2020

Jack Moody

Well, that’s all folks! This will be my last blog post as an SPS intern. This has been an amazing experience! I could not be more grateful for this opportunity to give back to the physics community and to participate in so many fantastic activities at APS Careers.

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Week 10: Connecting the Dots

Monday, August 10, 2020

Paul McKinley

I’m glad I waited a couple days after our symposium to write this. The end of the week was something of a blur, exciting and interesting to be sure, but I think I’m better able to reflect back on the summer, now that things have quieted down.

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