Cinderella

Poor poor interns, forced to do manual labor. The office floor is probably one of the grossest floors we have in our department. Its not because we don’t clean it, it gets swept and mopped a lot. All of us keepers in one confined space just make for a very dirty floor. I remember when I first started working, the floor was carpeted. It was a grey carpet until I learned by moving a cabinet that a pink hue wasRead more

Intern Update and Goodbye

As the Spring Semester winds down, we say goodbye to Interns Carrie, Jana, and Mae. Since January, they have contributed over 900 hours of work to the Museum as they learned what it was like to be an Animal Keeper at the Museum. They will be missed. We wish them well as they move on to their next internship placements this summer.    Read more

Intern Update

Our three interns are doing great and we’re really happy to have them. They’ve been a huge help. I found them each Monday afternoon working on different projects. (Sorry about the blurry photos, but taken through glass and wire as to not disturb them.)    Read more

QuikPic: new interns coming

Our spring semester interns arrive later this week. We usually have two students during the spring semester, but we’re lucky to have three starting on January 14. They are all smiles now… we’ll see what happens once we put them to work.Read more

Volunteer Groups.

Thanksgiving is coming so it’s important to remember and send out our gratitude to our volunteers. We’ve got lots of people who help us get our work done- we couldn’t get our work done without volunteers. We’ve got regular animal department volunteers, like Annie and Donald. We’ve got interns, like Jill and Katie (who are still helping out), or Jessica and Jamie. We’ve also have groups that come. For the most part they are here 2-4 hours. We set upRead more

Interns continue to help us out.

Davidson County Community College has a zoo keeper program. We typically get student interns every year. We help train them on what it is like to be an animal keeper.  I received an email from former intern Jill Sharp recently about their Haunted Trail event next week. The students are earmarking the funds they raise to help support the care of the animals at the Museum. YAY FOR OUR INTERNS FOR CONTINUING TO HELP US OUT.    Read more