Tag Archives: The Columbus Foundation

The Chronicles of Zora’s House Summer 2025 Internship – Week 1

Hi! My name is Asia Bender, and I’m a Ph.D. student in Arts Administration, Education, and Policy at The Ohio State University, specializing in Cultural Policy and Management. As someone who’s new to Columbus, I was intentional about finding a … Continue reading

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Physiological Difference

Disclaimer: In this piece, the words female and woman refer to people with a menstrual cycle. A menstrual cycle does not determine if you are a female/woman. I feel this post can be best understood by using the words female … Continue reading

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Welcome Home: Week One at Community Housing Network

Hello everyone! I am Karina Burck. I will work for the Community Housing Network (CHN) this summer. Before I delve into my week, I would like you all to get to know me better. Starting with the basics, I am … Continue reading

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My New Journey!

When going into new spaces, your first day is a projection of how forever will go. Walking into this new chapter of life made me nervous, having a fellowship is the step into your future career. Foreseeing the future shouldn’t be … Continue reading

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Week 8: The Importance of Servant Leadership

This past week was set in a pace that I’ve been very familiar with, from going to multiple sites to facilitate to steadily completing another Core Conversations activity for the “Ohio as America” program. This week was essentially my last … Continue reading

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Week 8 with Speak! – Orientation Time!

This week, I wrapped up making the contact list for Speak! volunteers, as well as calling our volunteers. We were able to get more results on the volunteer feedback survey which is great, and we were able to get a … Continue reading

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Week 7 with Speak! The results are in!

This week, I spent a majority of my time creating a contact list of volunteers. This list was beneficial for finding emails and phone numbers for all of out volunteers. I emailed most of our volunteers, as well as calling … Continue reading

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Week 2: Preparation and Experimentation

This week was a pretty busy one. Last Friday, I was tasked with fully acquainting myself with both “Museums in a Box” and preparing different activities for their respective groups. While the boxes already included some activities and games, I … Continue reading

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Week 3 with Speak!

Week three consisted of a ton of meetings and interviews with volunteers of Speak! for the Unspoken. I was able to disperse my survey to the volunteers this week which was very exciting! Reaching out and speaking with all of … Continue reading

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Week 1*: Settling Down!

This was my first official week at the Ohio History Connection as a School & Teacher Support Intern, and what a week it was! Touring the Ohio History Center (OHC) seemed like a scene out of a movie, with the … Continue reading

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