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Recent Internships Completed by CNU Students
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Alumni in Public History
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| Fernando Morgan working on a museum panel at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum in Fort Eustis, Virginia. |
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| Samantha Wessel worked in the Department of Collections at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Her responsibilities included organizing, cataloging, and archiving various historical memorabilia, images, and books. |
| Christopher Allen interned at The Mariners' Museum and produced podcasts based on the upcoming exhibition, "The Art of Shipbuilding." |
| Holli Sawyer worked in the lab cataloguing artifacts for Archaeological & Cultural Solutions, Inc. |
| David Porter, who interned at the Virginia Historical Society, factchecked journal articles set for publications in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography. |
| Justin Richter interned at the Virginia War Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Justin had a variety of responsibilities, including cataloging artifacts, writing text for didactic panels, accessioning artifacts, working on exhibit construction and layout, and assisting with education programs. |
| William Paulus interned at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum in Fort Eustis, Virginia. He assisted the curator with creating new exhibits and the archivist in reorganizing the photo files. |
| Amanda Roth interned at the Millinery at Colonial Williamsburg. She researched historic cloth production and imported fabrics and goods in the New England colonies, and learned to sew historic costumes while working with interpreters. |
| Crystal Willett worked with the director of collections management at The Mariners' Museum. She worked on the textile re-housing project, as well as object documentation and exhibition production. |
| Chris Ball inventoried and evaluated holdings at The Mariners' Museum Library. He created an index for articles in their collection on the Monitor, Merrimack, and the Battle of Hampton Roads. |
| Hyun-Woo Kang worked on the restoration on interior and exterior artifacts at the Virginia War Museum. He also researched artifacts for display and collection purposes. |
| Sabina Crane completed an internship at the Virginia Historical Society, where she catalogued the Virginia House collections and conducted guided tours for various educational groups. |
| Fernando Morgan interned at the U.S. Army Transportation Museum in Fort Eustis, Virginia. He assisted the archivist with the organization and cataloguing of the map and photo collections, as well as assisted the staff with researching and writing museum exhibit panels. |
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Alumni in Public History |
| After receiving his B.A. in history with a public history focus and interning at the virginia War Museum in Newport News, Justin Richter (08) is now working as a historical interpreter and site manager at Pamplin Historical Park and The National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia. |
| Crystal Willett (08), who interned at The Mariners' Museum, was accepted to George Washington University where she will be pursuing a masters' degree in museum studies. |
| Emily Martin (08), who interned at The Mariners' Museum Library, was accepted to George Mason University where she will be pursuing a masters' degree in public history. |
| Bethany Austin graduated from CNU with a B.A. in history and completed the practicum. She is now the registrar at the Hampton History Museum in Hampton, Virginia. |
| Josh Graml, while working on a B.A. in history at CNU, received an internship with The Mariners' Museum Library and Archives, and later turned it into a full-time job as a researcher and archivist. He is currently working for Colonial Williamsburg. According to Josh, "It's a non-profit success story!" |
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