My Very Own Cubicle

Today my three week internship at Medtronic began. And I mean really began. At around 9:00 I met my mentor Alice Hwa face to face for the first time. Alice and everyone surronding my cubicle has been so sweet, friendly, and nice. I was toured around the buildings that I will be working in which are oh so interestingly named Building A and B. I was taken to security and given a temporary badge because almost all the doors here require a badge to get through. I learned that Medtronic is monitored by the FDA because they manufacture medical devices that enter into people's bodies and thus they have to be regulated. Also with the help of Mary Vega, one of the people that I am working with,  I finally got computer log in information at around 2:00 pm. For lunch today I worked with Alice, and we went to a Diversity conference which is what I am trying to help promote with the Intranet site that I am creating for my project. I also found out today that another aspect of my project will be to create short messages that can be shared over social media to talk about diversity, the need for it, sharing quotes, or other cute messages to get people involved in promoting diversity at Medtronic both in Santa Rosa, California and worldwide. Tomorrow Alice and I are going to work thorugh lunch again and attend a discussion about Black History Month and learn about the meaning of Black History Month. I am really excited for this opportunity and to get to hear people speak about Black History and the opportunity to think about how that history is impacting us now. Thanks for listening and you can catch the blog again tomorrow. Same time, Same place.