Hello everyone! My name is Kaitlyn Williams and my
internship placement for the summer is at Denver’s Department of Environmental
Health focusing mostly on water quality and mosquito control. So far, my
biggest project has been community outreach. I’m working on creating plans so
that the community can know everything Denver is doing. A big part of this is
taking scientific documents and translating them to a language someone with no
scientific background can understand. I find this particularly exciting because
it’s a great combination of my chemistry and communications majors!
I think the best part of my internship was yesterday. I
got to go up to Summit Lake which is very close to the peak of Mount Evans.
There I assisted and was trained on taking samples. It was absolutely gorgeous
weather and the view was amazing. We were watching the snow melt off the peak
and run into the water we were sampling. On the way down we even got to see a
pack of sheep running. I can’t believe how lucky I am to get to do things like
that for my internship.
Denver itself is absolutely amazing. I love that I’m able
to do so many different things whether it's attending that weekend’s festival,
going hiking, or eating dinner at a piano bar with friends. Wartburg West is an
experience I will never forget and I’m having such a good time. I’m very glad I
came out to Denver this summer.
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