We have a couple of closets in the animal department. One of them we refer to as our “cleaning closet” and this is where scrub brushes, mops, disinfectants, and the like are kept. The other one is called our “tool closet”. This closet is in our office area and our work scheduling calendars are on the door. Inside, as I am sure you can imagine, we keep tools (and more: tape, extension cords, locks, tarps, bungees, cable ties… this listRead more
Posts tagged: #Interns
Interns Learn A Lesson
Being an Animal Keeper requires you to carry certain items with you throughout the day. One of these is a large key ring full of keys. Every once in awhile you will stumble upon a set of keys that have lost their owner. When this happens usually the Keeper who found the keys will relocate them to make it even more difficult for the owner of the keys to find them. This is exactly what happened when a certain KeeperRead more
New Interns are here
Our interns for the semester arrived on Wednesday. Welcome Jillian and Katherine. They go by Jill and Katie which is very confusing since we already have a Jill and Katy in the department. Nickname suggestions are welcomed! We get first year students from the Zoo and Aquarium Science program at Davidson County Community College and we love having the work with us. Read more
Interns in a month.
We’re one month away from having our new interns here for the spring semester. For the past few years we’ve had a couple Zoo and Aquarium Students from Davidson County Community College completing their intern hours with us. Last spring Jamie and Jessica were here. We’ve even hired a past intern! A couple students from the photo will spend Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays with us from mid-January to mid-April. We’ll introduce them to you in January when they arrive. Read more
A Goodbye Present!
Interns Jamie and Jessica finished their work with us last week and gave us a goodbye present. We were happy and impressed with our present: We’ll miss Jamie and Jessica and wish them well at their summer internship sites (Jessica is heading to the Western NC Nature Center in Asheville and Jamie is heading to the Knoxville Zoo).Read more
Zookeeper or Hair Stylist?
Our current interns have been mentioned a few times. One of my favorite things about having interns is when they have been here awhile and really relax and let you see who they really are. (actually I think these two were relaxed from day 1) I walked into the office the other day and witnessed this… Wait for it…Read more