The final week has arrived! This summer was amazing to say the least. This last week has been full of preparations for our poster symposium on Friday. Putting together the poster was really difficult because there was so much information that I wanted to include but I had a limited amount of space to fit everything. I’m grateful for the advice of Richard, Maya and Nicole. They helped me condense my information down to a manageable size while still retaining the important information of my study. I think for my first poster it turned out nicely and I’m quite happy with the outcome. On Wednesday we got a break from our preparations and went out to Hall Lake. Gina, Sebastian, Colleen, J’mie, Chloe, Annika, Sherlyn, and I had ourselves an adventure in the dunes by the lake. We got to see a beautiful view of Oregon and swim in the lake. We had a really fun time hanging out in the water and also walking around the sandy dunes. I think that was probably the highlight of this entire week, being able to enjoy our remaining time in Oregon basking in the sun. If I ever find myself back here, I would definitely make sure to stop by Hall Lake again. There was no professional development this week or seminar and although it was nice to have time to work on our final posters, it was also sad. I enjoyed the weekly seminars and always learned a lot of new information each time, so not being able to sit in on a seminar this week was sad, but I’m planning on attending some back at my home institution. The day we all prepared for cam on Friday, our poster symposium. Nicole printed out our posters on Wednesday for us and on Friday afternoon I got to see mine on paper for the first time. I think it was really amazing to be able to see all of my work on this poster after obsessing over it for days leading up to our final due date. I was relieved to see how nicely it turned out, and once the initial shock of seeing it, I immediately became nervous about the poster session. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to explain my project clearly or that my poster would be confusing, but it was well received. Once I began to talk to people I started to feel more comfortable about it. Everyone had really wonderful questions and while I was able to answer most of them, there were some questions that I was unable to answer and got me thinking more about future ideas for my particular study. I stopped to see other posters from my fellow interns and it was cool seeing their final products after seeing their poster drafts some time ago. Although I am happy to go home I am certainly going to miss OIMB and all of the friends I made while I was here. I know I’ll also miss Mia (my mentors dog) barking every time me or someone else enters the lab, and learning more about sand dollar larvae each day. I’m so thankful for everyone at OIMB, the mentors, the kitchen staff who kept us well fed, the custodian who made sure everything was taken care of and all others who worked in the background that allowed us to live here comfortably on a day to day basis. Thank you OIMB!
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AuthorMy name is Victoria I am from Palmdale, CA but over my life I have moved around a lot and lived different places. I love to travel and explore, especially along the coast. I am a Zoology major studying at Cal Poly Humboldt and like to spend time reading about animal behavior. Archives
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