I realized today that I have 70 of the required 180 hours completed to fulfill the capstone internship experience. That puts me halfway through, appropriately, as it is now mid semester. Today I emailed the Aquatic Manager of the Student Rec Center at WVU, Sandra Peppin, about questions I had pertaining to pool water content and contamination corrective procedures. I need her expert responses to add to my article about pool water, as they will help my readers with their own pool issues. I also asked Ms. Peppin what the national or local requirements for pool water content are and if they vary from state to state, or county to county.

Today I want to begin a draft of a promotional letter, the assignment Sandra here at the NESC has given me. I am very anxious/excited about this, it will be a unique and challenging opportunity. I must get the reader's attention, but not overwhelm them. The Water We Drink promo letters must hook different and new audiences more effectively than in the past. I need to identify and prepare for my audiences, and separate letters go to NACo, NATaT, and NLC. I must encourage readers to check out further resources and especially use of current articles.

I was considering using the option we have in class to meet with our classmates and discuss ways to write things required of us during our internships. Collaborating with my fellow peers may help me gain perspective on this assignment and would definitely help the NESC in accomplishing their goals. Communication is critical through these promo letters, we really want feedback from their receivers. We no longer want to preach to the choir, we need to access new audiences.

Shots Fired

Today was a really good day at work. I arrived on time of course and immediately got to work on the pool water safety article, which still has no title. Before I finished the last paragraph though, one of my supervisors told me about a meeting about violence in the work place. The presentation was for the entire NRCCE building, many faces I had never before seen were present. Jokes were already being made about the topic, but there were some serious warning in the video and from the campus police officer who spoke. Hilarious was when the officer told the audience he had an explosive canine, as in a k-9 police dog who could smell dynamite, not one that explodes ha. The video just wanted employees of offices to be aware that that kind of thing occurs, although as often and lightning striking a person, but does occur, and to be calm, get away, or take out the attacker. Pretty serious stuff. So after that I finally completed the pool article! It needs to revisions I am sure, and I am waiting to hear if it needs to be shorter, or longer. Already I have begun looking at the most recent assignment I received Friday from Sandra, letters I need to write and format to interested businesses about what we do at the NESC. Also, we are requesting feedback on the materials we give them to use. Going in again in Wed and will be more descriptive about that assignment. Then there is also the kids article about water I need to pick back up on. They keep me busy over there!