HOWARD UNIVERSITY

School of Communications
Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication
Internship Site Supervision

Week of : 2/18- 2/22, 2019

Responsibilities: Assist in the set up, including setting the room and adding insight into
presentation visuals, and drafting social media promotion of the BLACK IN TECH: THE
HIGHS AND LOWS - A BLACK HISTORY MONTH EVENT and LOVE TRAVELS:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MILITARY SPOUSES at the Washington D.C. campus
of General Assembly.
Comments/Reflections: A lot of putting smaller campus events on like this one consists
of actually mingling and entertaining the attendees as well, not solely the promotion and
the set up. Also finding the best wording for engagement with education centered
organizations on social media is considerably more difficult than constructing an
engaging tweet for entertainment centered organizations like I am used to. The marketing
team also told me that the events I will work will slow down in the beginning of March.

Week of: 2/25- 3/01, 2019

Responsibilities: Assist in the content and design of weekly Admissions team shoutouts,
assist in the setting of the room and handing out flyers and documents at the FIND
WORK THAT MATTERS General Assembly D.C. campus event.
Comments/Reflections: Looking over the comments for the Admissions team and
deciding which good ones to use assisted me in my own technique as an Admissions
Counselor. It also helped me with giving feedback to the marketing team about what the
students want.

Week of 3/04-3/08, 2019

Responsibilities: Assist in drafting tweets for the General Assembly DC twitter account,
and assist in the content and design of weekly Admissions team shoutouts.
Comments/Reflections: I’m getting a little better at drafting General Assembly’s
language, I wish they could update their use of hashtags but they find it useful.

Week of 3/18 - 3/22, 2019

Responsibilities: Assist in drafting a goodbye announcement for my supervisor in my
Admissions team position, Allison Cresswell, and assist in planning and promoting next
week’s event with the marketing team.
Comments/Reflections: It was a bittersweet moment to draft a goodbye version of our
weekly announcements, but I also enjoyed trying to capture the feelings of the entire
Admissions team in one big message for her. Also this week I got to see a bit of the
earlier process of running an event at General Assembly, including email outreach and
choosing catering and interior design options.

Week of 3/25 - 3/29, 2019

Responsibilities: Assist in the set up, including setting the room and adding insight into
presentation visuals, and drafting social media promotion of the BUILDING BRANDS
PEOPLE LOVE: FOOD EDITION event on the Washington D.C. campus of General
Assembly. Assist in the creation and design of Admissions team announcements
slideshow.
Comments/Reflections: This week was really busy with corresponding with various
departments to finalize the new changes for the Admissions team to include in the
presentation, assisting with the event, and making my target goals for my admissions
position as well.

Week of 4/1 - 4/5, 2019

Responsibilities: Assist in the creation of the April Admissions team contest rules and the
planning of the TALK TO ME: CELL PHONES — A MILLENNIAL MYTH OR
PASSING TREND? PANEL DISCUSSION at the Washington D.C campus of General
Assembly.
Comments/Reflections: We had to change the event date to Wednesday because someone
dated it wrong at first. Last minute changes always make things a little more complicated,
but it is great preparation for the future.

Week of 4/8 - 4/12, 2019

Responsibilities: Assist in finding relevant articles for the marketing team to use on
Twitter, assist them in their drafting of the tweets, and assist in keeping up with contest
standings for the admissions team.
Comments/Reflections: I learned many specialized skills about working in an office
while working at General Assembly, I learned tech jargon and how to navigate “techie’
millennial spaces. I learned what General Assembly’s audience looks for, and to provide
it to them before asking.