{"id":6771,"date":"2020-08-31T07:58:52","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/seagrantscholars\/?p=6771"},"modified":"2020-08-31T07:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T14:58:57","slug":"the-summer-of-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/seagrantscholars\/2020\/08\/31\/the-summer-of-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Summer of Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What I have learned on the job:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This summer, I\u2019ve been able to learn a lot about what it is like to work in a field setting and what all goes into it. I had not done much formal field work prior to this internship so; it has been nice to see how scientists operate in the field. I\u2019ve learned how to collect different organisms and more about how to work on a boat as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am also learning how to use R statistical software and I\u2019ve come a long way from where I was at the beginning of my internship although there is still a lot to learn. My project supervisor has helped me immensely when it comes to R and I have learned so much more about it from her than I did through my undergraduate courses. It is helpful to work with actual data and be given the time necessary to work through R that I haven\u2019t had up until this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to work with government scientists has allowed me to learn about what it\u2019s like to be a scientist in a non-academic setting. Since I eventually want to be a government scientist, this has definitely made this area of work less mysterious to me. I also feel my supervisors have done really well at including me in their process of research as a whole. In past internships and positions, my supervisors often didn\u2019t include me in certain aspects of the work and I\u2019ve often felt I was left out of the loop or didn\u2019t understand fully what I was working towards. My internship this summer has been quite the opposite and I\u2019m grateful for that as it has allowed me to understand more how research works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surprising aspects of my work:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Surprisingly, I like field work more than lab work. I didn\u2019t think I would feel this way because field work is labor intensive and exhausting but, as the summer went on, I found myself wanting to be in the field vs. the lab or working from home. I was sure I\u2019d be loving spending my time in the lab but that ended up not being the case for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also realized how little I really knew about operating boats or working on boats. As part of my project, I have worked on boats several times to collect minnow traps of staghorn sculpin. Below, there is a picture of my self pulling up one of these traps. Although I\u2019ve been a passenger on boats many times in my life, I had never even tied a boat to a dock, so this was a learning curve for me. As an aspiring marine biologist, I feel I should definitely make an effort to learn how to operate a boat so that is a new goal for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What I might have done differently:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I might have utilized my free time better and explored Newport more. I\u2019m coming close to the end of my internship and trying to cram a lot of exploring into my last few weeks. I do wish I would\u2019ve gone out and explored more than I have but, I still have time left so I will be cherishing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For my internship itself, I don\u2019t think I would\u2019ve done much differently. I\u2019ve been able to learn a lot in my short time here. I\u2019ve also been going to all the webinars that I\u2019m able to and working on my professional goals as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One thing I might have done differently is scheduling more meetings with other Sea Grant scholars from the beginning so we could have gotten to know each other more. Other than that, I have had a fantastic experience with Oregon Sea Grant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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