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Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is your background? I hail from New England where I was born and raised in Connecticut. I attended the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and studied History, with minors in American Studies and Classics. During my time at UNH, I accepted a semester-long internship at the Smithsonian Institution Archives here in Washington, DC, and …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Posted by: Angel Vu
What is your background? I was born and raised in the Virginia Beach area. I was accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University (Go Rams Go!) as pre-physical therapy and spent my first year heavily immersed in physical science courses. However, there was a general requirement history class that fascinated me and completely changed the course of …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions, ST&B Division
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post features Business Reference Section intern Mamadou Cherif Simpara’s answers to the Five Questions. What is your background? I was born and raised in Mali, a landlocked country in western Africa. However, I spent most of my vacations traveling to other countries such as France and Morocco. After graduating in 2012 with a high …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions, Guest Blog Posts
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is your background? I am a proud native Texan that grew up in and around the City of Houston. I earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Texas Tech University in less than four years and moved to Dallas upon graduation. I took a position as a “writer” for a technical staffing firm then …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
Our beloved colleague and dear friend, Margaret “Peg” Clifton, a physical sciences and military science research specialist with the Library’s Science Reference Section, has retired after 31 years of service in the Federal Government. She has been a frequent contributor for Inside Adams writing about egg collecting, astronomy, Carl Sagan, time and Antarctica. Science Section …
Posted in: Five Questions
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
What is your background? I’m a recent graduate of Berry College in Rome, Georgia, where I studied economics and minored in history. I grew up in the Metro Atlanta area, and I’ve always loved books, especially historical novels a la Little House in the Big Woods and Anne of Green Gables. In my third year …
Posted in: Business, Five Questions
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
This post features the Library’s ST&B 2013 junior fellow Camron T. Lee from Utah State University. 1. What is your background I was born and raised in Utah. After graduating high school, I spent two years living in Japan and developed a passion for Japanese language, culture, and history. Since returning to the States, I …
Posted in: Five Questions, Military science, Technical Reports and Standards
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
As summer is winding down and our interns and junior fellows are heading back to school or a new job, the Library is grateful to these students who take time out of their summer break to help with special projects. For the next month we will be highlighting the ST&B interns and junior fellows in …
Posted in: Five Questions
Posted by: Jennifer Harbster
With summer winding down and our interns returning to school, we are featuring a Five Questions post with intern Shayela Hassan. Shayela’s assignment in our division gave her the opportunity to immerse herself in the Library’s collection of cookery and food history books. 1. What is your background? I’m a first-generation American girl born to …
Posted in: Cookbooks and Food, Five Questions