Anyway, I walked in thinking that it was going to be a formal interview/interest session to see what it would be like if we ended up working together, but I was terribly nervous. Maybe it was something that I had said in my telephone or email correspondence with Piper's Office Manager, Stacy Young; or maybe they were just excited to have a little help, but she and President John Merinar were incredibly eager to jump right into a discussion about what they would like for me to do during my time with them. I was a little caught off-guard with their high levels of adamancy, particularly since I had been communicating with a few other organizations about a Spring internship, but when I considered how much this small-town, non-profit museum needed help in their PR department, I knew that this was an ideal opportunity for both of us. And heck, the other organizations that I had been talking to were in other towns and hadn't really been panning out into much anyway. I need experience and they need help, why not try to do something for my college's community through the process?
Maybe the museum's board of officers hadn't considered the student population to be a good source of interest, maybe they looked at advertising in the residence halls as a waste of efforts and funds, and maybe they were right. I guess we'll find out soon enough. That's why I'm here: to help them with their publicity in any way that I can come up with, through utilizing the skills I've acquired through coursework, taking advantage of all of my resources both on and off the university, and using financial discretion.
