Week One 🎈
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I arrived at Iowa State on Tuesday May 28, 2019. Today is June 1st and I have experience more in these past days than in any other educational experience. Many people say that each day brings a new adventure, well that saying can be expanded on at SPIRE-EIT. Here, I would say that each moment can bring a new adventure, maybe even two. We haven’t been able to blog everyday so I and going to have to catch up on all of the amazing opportunities that the past few days have brought me.
May 28~ This was a day of travel, 12 students from all over moving around the country headed to Iowa St. This day was full of first impressions, repetition of names, and the dreaded unpacking of my 3 suitcases. This is when we met our roommates, our teammates, and some of the faculty that will be helping us throughout the program. We all had a welcome dinner at Stephen’s home, got a few more details on the program and got to know either other a bit more. After travel, introductions, the welcome dinner, and the Walmart visit we ready to get back and prepare for day 2.
May 28~ This was a day of travel, 12 students from all over moving around the country headed to Iowa St. This day was full of first impressions, repetition of names, and the dreaded unpacking of my 3 suitcases. This is when we met our roommates, our teammates, and some of the faculty that will be helping us throughout the program. We all had a welcome dinner at Stephen’s home, got a few more details on the program and got to know either other a bit more. After travel, introductions, the welcome dinner, and the Walmart visit we ready to get back and prepare for day 2.
May 29~ This is probably more like our “First Day”. Here we formally met faculty, we toured the campus and our new workplaces, and also got our badges. We had somewhat of first day of school feels, in a new place with unfamiliar people, my mind ran rampant with multiple what-ifs and worries. Today we were also able to formally meet our team for the 10-weeks that we are here. I am exited to work with such a great group and our program is extremely diverse. The diversity has already lead to some great conversations.
May 30~ Project Kickoff!! We finally got introduced into the project that we will be working on this summer. The things that I have seen on my project are amazing and I already know that I am going truly enjoy this summer. I have already learned so much and I can only imagine what else I will learn throughout the summer. The mentors and grad students and amazing and have been great with introducing our team to Iowa St., research, and multiple types of tech. Ready for tomorrow!
May 31~ Our first Friday and a memorable one. Today we did a lot of things that, until today, I did not know existed. I was able to do three separate things in three different virtual reality environments. The environments were amazing, the graphics are so real and the experiences feel so natural. This is definitely something that I am interested in and want to work on in the future.
June 1~ Saturday!! Bike day Helping the bike shop today was a great experience. Getting out and seeing Ames was a revolutionary experience just in comparison to my hometown. I have never seen so many trees and flowers at one time.




I love how you organized the days. I also like how you spiced up your post with some color!
fun pictures