Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
Training Week
Welcome back all! It's a new year, with new goals and new interns. After selecting new interns for the year, we quickly got started with a very informational training week.
Day 1: We all arrive to the same location to begin learning about each other, and begin our team building activities. We also learned the history of East Lansing. After lunch the "gringling" began. Gringling consists of greeting and mingling. We would later find out that gringling is a very integral part of being an intern at the CRC.
Day 2: To start the day, we met at City Hall to meet with East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt. We were educated on many common fire issues that no one really notices. We then met Police Chief Tom Wibert to learn about the community and the relation between the community and the university. After lunch, we traveled up to The Department of Public Works to learn about its role in keeping the community functioning- getting the details about recycling within the community.
Day 3: This day consisted of meeting many important figures within the community. There are many to talk about but it consisted of meeting and talking with the city board to understand what goes on behind the scenes of the city, and truly find out how the community feels about itself.
Day 4: My favorite day by far. It consisted of all team building at an off-site location. It was in the middle of the woods, where we had to work together under many different scenarios in order to accomplish a goal. Some of the tasks included wall climbs, being "imprisoned" with ropes, and high ropes course. All proved to be demanding of our wit and cooperation. A very long day to say the least.
Day 5: Our last day. To sum it up, we talked about financial policies within the CRC to help us get a better understanding of where it comes from. It was a bunch of small business info that is important to us, but not many others. After that we were done and graduated!
Day 1: We all arrive to the same location to begin learning about each other, and begin our team building activities. We also learned the history of East Lansing. After lunch the "gringling" began. Gringling consists of greeting and mingling. We would later find out that gringling is a very integral part of being an intern at the CRC.
Day 2: To start the day, we met at City Hall to meet with East Lansing Fire Marshal Bob Pratt. We were educated on many common fire issues that no one really notices. We then met Police Chief Tom Wibert to learn about the community and the relation between the community and the university. After lunch, we traveled up to The Department of Public Works to learn about its role in keeping the community functioning- getting the details about recycling within the community.
Day 3: This day consisted of meeting many important figures within the community. There are many to talk about but it consisted of meeting and talking with the city board to understand what goes on behind the scenes of the city, and truly find out how the community feels about itself.
Day 4: My favorite day by far. It consisted of all team building at an off-site location. It was in the middle of the woods, where we had to work together under many different scenarios in order to accomplish a goal. Some of the tasks included wall climbs, being "imprisoned" with ropes, and high ropes course. All proved to be demanding of our wit and cooperation. A very long day to say the least.
Day 5: Our last day. To sum it up, we talked about financial policies within the CRC to help us get a better understanding of where it comes from. It was a bunch of small business info that is important to us, but not many others. After that we were done and graduated!
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