Tag Archives: Global Scholars

Hello! My name is Manal Mohib and I am a first year economics major from Orlando Florida! I’m especially passionate about the field of environmental economics, so for my summer experience, I decided to have it revolve around the cause of environmental protection. This summer I am hopefully working with Orange County’s Environmental Protection DivisionContinue reading “Hey! I’m Manal!”

My experience was very positive and it allowed me to see and plan into my future a bit more. I’m the type of person who has a ten year plan. While shadowing, my plan has been reinforced because I continue to be incredibly interested in dermatology. Volunteering at the UHI clinic introduced me to manyContinue reading “Farewell to UHI”

My daily spheres include family, friends and academics. My family sphere includes my parents and my dog, Max. We usually spend time together at home or visiting relatives. My social sphere includes hometown friends, college friends and my boyfriend. I spend lots of time with them at the beach and going out to eat, especiallyContinue reading “My Summer Map”

When the tours for the day were accidentally overbooked, I had the awesome chance to come in on one of my days off to conduct my first solo tour!I led a tour group of older students who were a part of a summer program through the museum. It was wonderful getting to work with aContinue reading “First Tour”

Something incredibly exciting happened this past week of my internship at The Ritz! Two lovely and extremely knowledgeable women— a mother and her daughter— came through to tour the museum. They were both long time Jacksonville residents and were able to accurately identify many people in the historic photos in the museum. The mother, picturedContinue reading “Exciting Guests”

Throughout my experience this summer, I was also involved with a separate project that laid at the intersection of history and culture. I was invited to consult on a project that plans to install informational kiosks commemorating notable Black Florida figures who had traveled north along the highway from the late 1800s to the earlyContinue reading “A Connective Project”

A day in the life of me as a Summer Vista with PeaceJam Southeast typically consisted of me getting to the office at about 9:00 a.m. and leaving to go out to an organization around 10:00 a.m. The organization in the picture below was an organization called “The Oasis” here in Tallahassee. We’d typically spendContinue reading “A Day In The Life Of An AmeriCorps Summer Vista – Eugene Major”

One of the tasks that I was approved to take on during my time at the Ritz was to create a formal tour script for use by docents and community volunteers. The first step I took was touring the museum myself and exploring every detail therewithin, including the animatronic show! The museum was divided upContinue reading “Building a Script”