Larissa’s Top 10 Need to Know for Next Year’s Interns

10. Complete your blog posts early, you never know what might come up later in the week.

9. Clean up the office. Most likely when you come in it will be in need of some interior designing, do this because it will make working in the office a lot easier.

8. Wise up to Ben Guest’s sarcasm early, I mean for the first week don’t believe anything he says, save “My name is Ben Guest”—not even that’s entirely true.

7. Start your summer project (most likely continuing the oral history project) early and add to it regularly. This includes transcribing the interviews within a few days of conducting them.

6. Get to know the teachers but remain cognizant that you are not a teacher, you’re an intern; therefore, you might not be able to do everything that the teachers do.

5. Join the gym. Join a group fitness class (I recommend indoor cycling a.k.a spinning). Check out the trainers—oow!

4. Treat the internship like a class: put some effort into the reading and writing assignments.

3. Check some of the amazing organizations, facilities, and other things that the University of Mississippi has to offer.

2. Engage the speakers, all the speakers, and you will be enlightened.

1. Open yourself to the experience, you won’t leave the same person, you’ll be better.