Day 3

     Today when I came in everyone was in the conference room having a meeting. When they saw coming up the stairs they all said hello and that I was welcome to come in and sit on the meeting if I was interested. Of course I said yes, went to put my stuff down and then went into the conference room with a pen and paper. Just in case I might have needed to write things down. It was an interesting meeting, everyone was going around the table and letting everyone know where they were with things and what things still needed to get done.

     The biggest topic that dominated the conversation was NCSAM. NCSAM stands for National Campus Safety Awareness Month. It has been going on for the last six or more years. Amy explained that her, Abby and myself were all working on the toolkit and coming up with new exciting ideas for the program. As well as getting a sign-up to help get donors/sponsors for this year's NCSAM. I learned how to use Adobe InDesign, which is the program that they use in order to create documents for certain events.


~ Kaitlan

Day 2

     Today was a much interesting day then yesterday. Today I got here around 1 and Abby and Amy were in the middle of a small meeting. I went in and said hello. They explained that they were getting read to test drive and application for the PAVE company. PAVE stands for Promoting Awareness and Victim Empowerment.  The application is called Shatter the Silence. Since they are still creating the application for smart phones it needed to be looked over in order to get all of the kinks out.
     We looked through all of the tabs and it appears to be a very useful tool for helping victims or in a crisis situation. It gives all the information that you could possibly need. We finished that at around three o'clock. It took us two hours to go through all of the information, however it was very helpful to me because I had never know how much time went into creating these smart phone applications.
     Then once we were finished Abby had to leave for a reason that I can not remember.  But it was definitely important. Once Abby left Amy and I decided that it would be best for me to finish the task that I started yesterday. I only had a little to do and it would be helpful the sooner I got it done. I am learning a lot from reading all this information. I had no idea that there were so many areas where you could go for help or organizations that you could call that were dedicated to this cause and helping people.

~Kaitlan

Day 1

     So for the first day of my internship, I met a few of the other interns. For some reason their names escape me, I will find out their names and type them in a later entry. Now back on track. Once I walked in the door and said hello it was time to work. Amy brought me to the room I was going to be working on and explained that she needed me to get familiarized with the NCSAM (National Campus Safety Awareness Month) program that was created for last year.
      NCSAM NCSAM received the unanimous support of Congress in 2008. Each September, the Clery Center for Security On Campus partners with colleges, universities, and other agencies to offer campus safety programming.NCSAM received the unanimous support of Congress in 2008. Each September, the Clery Center for Security On Campus partners with colleges, universities, and other agencies to offer campus safety programming.
     Then I was to create a word document or hand written account of what I thought of the program and if there are any changes that could be made in order to reach the students and schools better. Instead of hand writing it I decided to create a word document. Since I was only there for a couple of hours I spent the day reading all of the information and writing down any criticisms/thoughts I had about the program. Then I left and went home.
     All in all I felt that it was a good two hours spent. I do wish that there had not been so much reading because it was a lot of information to process. However, since my title is development and outreach intern it is part of the job. Also since I am going to be helping create the program for NCSAM for this year it is important for me to get caught up so I am able to help in the planing.

~Kaitlan

Introduction

      I am a senior at Gwynedd-Mercy College. As part of the psychology program we are required to keep a log or journal of some kind. With social media being all the rage I decided to create a blog and keep an online journal instead of a paper one. So, with that being said I figured that I would give a little bit of background information on the company that I will be working with for this internship.
     For my internship I will be at The Clery Center for Security on Campus. It deals with violence on college campuses and helping to spread awareness, as well as making them safer for the students. I will be starting there next Tuesday, January 29th. I have not found out exactly what it is I will be doing just yet but Amy, my supervisor assures me that they will have a project for me when I come in on Tuesday at three o'clock. I think that this is going to be a really great experience for me and I can not wait to get started!


~Kaitlan