Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Lisa Michelle Ford Hays
Michelle's big day is Saturday. I'm sure she would love it if anyone wanted to leave their congratulations on this blog.
Congrats Michelle!
Congrats Michelle!
Monday, March 9, 2009
The Art of Donor Relations
Hello all!
I'm so glad to see more people posting, I love to hear what you all are up too. Also, I can't wait to see a bunch of you for graduation week! I just wanted to show off a website that I made as a donor relations tool. valpo.edu/christopherchina
Upon my arrival to my new job at VU I found that the Campus Museum had inadvertently angered the University's single largest donor...oops! (you may know him as the founder of Pampered Chef). He is a very nice gentleman and both he and his wife are very dedicated philanthropists to more institutions than just Valparaiso University. I have a great deal of respect for their efforts in the area of education. His collection of Railroad China is on display at the campus museum and he was displeased with the amount of publicity that it was receiving. I'd love to see what you all are up to as well. If you have pictures of functions or theatrical events or an impressive press release or bulk email I'd like to see it. I love the visuals!
Best,
Lexie
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Hello from New York City!
Hello everyone! How is everyone doing? I miss you all so much! I hope the internships and jobs are going well for all of you.
So this blog took a little longer than I had wished..but here it comes..
I had a great vacation in Taiwan, for six weeks, spending a lot of time with my family and friends. It felt good to be home, eating all the good food and taking a long break from school. But then it was hard to leave and come to New York, a whole new city so different from our lovely little town Bloomington (it was because of you guys, of course). I got in on 2/13, Friday, spent 24 hours to find an apartment (man it was not fun), moved into the place on Sunday and started working on 2/17 Tuesday. All was a bit crazy and like a dream. My place is in Sunnyside, Queens and I share the apartment with a 20-year-old, Japanese-Taiwanese, NYU girl. Too bad she's underage--no going out together--other than that, she's great.
My internship at the New York Public Library, "LIVE from the NYPL," is a series of conversations and debates among authors, artists and many other professionals about books, art and culture. It's great to work in the beautiful Library, though our office is in cubicals built inside of the Library, I feel a little special wearing the Library ID when walking in Astor Hall which is always filled with tourists--I used to be one of them. My supervisor is a great person to work with; she's always so delightful and energetic. My first two weeks of work was accompanied by the intern of last season; he's German, and he indeed is the best German I've ever met (well, not that I know a lot of German..). He helped me and guided me through lots of administrative work and event preparation. Everyone loved him, he's very humble and capable, which puts a little pressure on my part to take his position.. But I think I'm handling it ok :)
This work itself is pretty interesting. Daily admin is daily admin, nothing too exciting (well..I'll write about that later). But the events are fun and I've enjoyed the topics a lot. I've survived the first two events are there are 10 more to go. I'm about to write my first report, I'll definitely write another blog then.
I've met up with Hu and Tracy, haven't got a chance to see Jen, but it does feel good to have friends here. Overall, I'm liking the life here, the apartment, the work and the city (expect that everything's expensive like crazy). Nothing's more rewarding than coming home on the train and look back the lights and skyline of Manhattan--I'm glad I'm here. I miss you all, including Dr. Rushton. Susan and Megan; seriously, I think I now miss Bloomington more than Taiwan. I'm going back to Bloomington on April 3-5 for my visa, hopefully I can meet those of you who are in town and close by! Take care everyone!
So this blog took a little longer than I had wished..but here it comes..
I had a great vacation in Taiwan, for six weeks, spending a lot of time with my family and friends. It felt good to be home, eating all the good food and taking a long break from school. But then it was hard to leave and come to New York, a whole new city so different from our lovely little town Bloomington (it was because of you guys, of course). I got in on 2/13, Friday, spent 24 hours to find an apartment (man it was not fun), moved into the place on Sunday and started working on 2/17 Tuesday. All was a bit crazy and like a dream. My place is in Sunnyside, Queens and I share the apartment with a 20-year-old, Japanese-Taiwanese, NYU girl. Too bad she's underage--no going out together--other than that, she's great.
My internship at the New York Public Library, "LIVE from the NYPL," is a series of conversations and debates among authors, artists and many other professionals about books, art and culture. It's great to work in the beautiful Library, though our office is in cubicals built inside of the Library, I feel a little special wearing the Library ID when walking in Astor Hall which is always filled with tourists--I used to be one of them. My supervisor is a great person to work with; she's always so delightful and energetic. My first two weeks of work was accompanied by the intern of last season; he's German, and he indeed is the best German I've ever met (well, not that I know a lot of German..). He helped me and guided me through lots of administrative work and event preparation. Everyone loved him, he's very humble and capable, which puts a little pressure on my part to take his position.. But I think I'm handling it ok :)
This work itself is pretty interesting. Daily admin is daily admin, nothing too exciting (well..I'll write about that later). But the events are fun and I've enjoyed the topics a lot. I've survived the first two events are there are 10 more to go. I'm about to write my first report, I'll definitely write another blog then.
I've met up with Hu and Tracy, haven't got a chance to see Jen, but it does feel good to have friends here. Overall, I'm liking the life here, the apartment, the work and the city (expect that everything's expensive like crazy). Nothing's more rewarding than coming home on the train and look back the lights and skyline of Manhattan--I'm glad I'm here. I miss you all, including Dr. Rushton. Susan and Megan; seriously, I think I now miss Bloomington more than Taiwan. I'm going back to Bloomington on April 3-5 for my visa, hopefully I can meet those of you who are in town and close by! Take care everyone!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Conner Prairie Returns!
Hey All!
So I just got reinvited to the blog (Sorry Sarah...i forgot to sign up when you sent it out like 3 months ago). Things are going well at the IRT...i'm very busy organizing a Playwriting Symposium (Called the Bonderman) that is coming up in a few weeks...Anyway, I thought I would share this little tidbit. As you all may (or may not) remember our awesome marketing plan for Conner Prairie...well guess what...the last show of the season here at the IRT is Interpreting William...all about William Conner (the founder of Conner Prairie!). It seems that Conner Prairie is following me everywhere! I've even been hired (yay!) to work on the run crew for the show. Oh and in case Steve hasn't shared this with everyone...in his research for Interpreting William...Steve uncovered the super secret marketing plan of Conner Prairie...it's a hot air balloon! If anyone needs a job they are looking for balloon pilots (or whatever they are called) Hope this made your day as much as it made mine :)
Kelly
So I just got reinvited to the blog (Sorry Sarah...i forgot to sign up when you sent it out like 3 months ago). Things are going well at the IRT...i'm very busy organizing a Playwriting Symposium (Called the Bonderman) that is coming up in a few weeks...Anyway, I thought I would share this little tidbit. As you all may (or may not) remember our awesome marketing plan for Conner Prairie...well guess what...the last show of the season here at the IRT is Interpreting William...all about William Conner (the founder of Conner Prairie!). It seems that Conner Prairie is following me everywhere! I've even been hired (yay!) to work on the run crew for the show. Oh and in case Steve hasn't shared this with everyone...in his research for Interpreting William...Steve uncovered the super secret marketing plan of Conner Prairie...it's a hot air balloon! If anyone needs a job they are looking for balloon pilots (or whatever they are called) Hope this made your day as much as it made mine :)
Kelly
Blog permissions
I "reinvited" a few of us whose email addresses were not showing up as authors (I think the invite expired from the first time, if you hadn't written yet) - so everyone can write if they want to. No pressure, but FYI that's why some of you got a new blog permissions email. -Sarah
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
AFTA Convention
Hi all,
A couple of things:
1) The Americans for the Arts convention is in Seattle this summer: June 18-20. Both Jessica and I will be attending, and it would be great if some of you would come out.... not only for the convention, but to visit! I would love to see all of you.
2) Would anyone be willing to share their internship reports with me? I think it would be really interesting to read them. I would love to hear more about all of the organizations you're working with and the details of your jobs. It just seems like a good and easy opportunity for sharing these interesting experiences. Anyway, just an idea.
Hope all is well with everyone!
Clare
A couple of things:
1) The Americans for the Arts convention is in Seattle this summer: June 18-20. Both Jessica and I will be attending, and it would be great if some of you would come out.... not only for the convention, but to visit! I would love to see all of you.
2) Would anyone be willing to share their internship reports with me? I think it would be really interesting to read them. I would love to hear more about all of the organizations you're working with and the details of your jobs. It just seems like a good and easy opportunity for sharing these interesting experiences. Anyway, just an idea.
Hope all is well with everyone!
Clare
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