Internship #7: Friday 1/15

Project description

Internship site: Arena Pharmacueticals

Department: EH&S (Environmental Health & Safety)

Project Title: EHS Technical Support

General Description: Provide basic technical support for a regulatory related tasks. I will learn about the task, perform the work, and be able to describe the regulatory impacts of the work.

Learning Objectives:
Variety of EHS related skills (Tech./Admin)

Organization/Company Objectives & Benefits: Help to catch EHS up on over-due tasks. (Signage, inspections, shipping)

Schedule: Whatever comes up during the day aside from my daily tasks, such as: fixing a chemical storage door under a fume hood, counting up gas tanks in storage for chemical inventory, taking a tour of the CGMP plant, learning about the equipment on site.


Academic Skills: My interest for biology, my understanding of chemistry, and the knowledge of harmful chemicals I have learned through my chemistry class and through my own research.


Technical Skills: I can use all sorts of labor related experiences to accomplish tasks thoroughly and on time. I am capable of thinking of a decent to a pretty good solution to a problem on the spot, and I believe that will come in handy.


Collaboration—Skills and Opportunities:

Exhibition Plans: Take pictures and write captions or descriptions of what I did during the project, how it was done, and what that looks like. I will compile these onto a powerpoint display and talk through it during my presentation.

Schedule & Timelines:


Next, provide a summary of your week.
Use these questions as a jumping off point for a well-written and thoughtful summary of the week:
What were the highlights? What challenges did you face and how did you manage them? How did you work with others? What did you see and/or experience that you did not expect? How would you describe your first week to someone who has never had an internship?

The highlights of my week had to have been the first few days. Getting to know everyone, seeing everything new that I got to see on a daily basis, finding out new tasks. It was just an awesome intro to an interesting workplace. I faced confusion on some of my tasks, but I simply asked my mentor or another person what I should do and they gladly gave advice and were proud that I asked instead of jumping right in. I was not expecting to go into the vivarium. It was something I was kind of trying to avoid, it wasn't as bad as I had expected but I can understand why. Internship is very hard. You have to stay on top of things and be presentable. I don't have time to slack off, But that doesn't mean that it can't be fun and rewarding.