This internship has been very fulfilling and I enjoyed being able to  converse and learn from such amazing and educated people of color. While here, a challenge I faced was not knowing much about the history of FarmVille or the museum before I started working. Many people would ask me questions and I wouldn’t know the answer and would have to find someone else to answer it for me. But as the weeks progressed I learned more about the people who endured his hardship and I learned how FarmVille and Moton students created a big impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

This internship didn’t change my career search, mores widened it. Because of this I would not mind working at or for a museum in the future, doing research or marketing for them. One of my assignments here was creating a survey for the Moton. This was in order to receive feedback from visitors and find out what else they would like to see from the museum. I created two different surveys, one for general visitors and one for educators who brought students to he museum. I will include the question list in the submission of this blog.

Referring back to Journal 1 I didn’t use my social media skills as much as I would have hoped. I did do research on other museums and looked through they social medias platforms and I went through the Moton’s social media and advised them on how to utilize them to their advantage. Also with building a better relationship with their audience. With more picture and other interactions, which I helped with in my2nd and 3rd projects. For they Barbara Johns Day celebration I took pictures for them to capture the pure genuine essence of the Moton and their staff and the capture the family feel they give off.  Then a their annual Moton Banquet I talked to multiple people and they spoke with me about what they loved and learned from the Moton and why they supported them so much. which helped guide me in how they could better display their better qualities through social media.

I feel I started on a lot of the tasks laid out in the evaluation. But I feel is I had more time or if this evaluation was done earlier in the semester I could have implemented the Night at the Museum event. However for my 4th assignment, as learn from COMM 430, I landed out a plan to set and execute the event. With everything written out all they would have to do is follow the steps and initiate it.

My last project was assisting with editing audio for a podcast the Moton education manager is attempting to start. I learn and utilize resources from my COMM 240 Digital editing class. I took the files and cleaned up the background noise and cut out any statements he did not want in the audio file. I liked doing this because I do want to work with audio and music so this project was a way of testing the waters with what I want to do in the future.

I loved working with the staff at the Moton. Especially because they were all highly educated people of color. Which motivated me to strive harder for what I want to accomplish in life. We had plenty of conversations and they were always willing to help me and assist me in anyway I needed. They always asked questions to get to know me personally and to make sure I was getting the most out of the internship. if any task needs to get done they did not hesitate to ask me. And any idea they had they always asked me if I wanted to be a part of it. I felt like I fit in so well at the museum and I am glad I chose to do my internship with them.

I would definite

ly motivate other minority students to work here. Being that this is a predominately white school its rare to see people of color in teaching or leadership positions. And this being the case being able to work under them, especially people who went to Longwood and know exactly how we feel and what we go through, its so much easier to relate to them an build relationships and connections. Not only with the staff but with volunteers and people who come to tour the museum. They are so willing to talk with you and share experience. They always asked my opinion on matters because I am a young college student so they want to know my standpoint on issues while they express their point of view.

This internship was eye opening and enlightening to other peoples perspective and watching people in awe of the history that took place here in FarmVille was so amazing and I will never regret interning with the Moton Museum.