During fall 2015, I interned with the San Marcos River Foundation (SMRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the quality, flow, and beauty of both San Marcos Springs and San Marcos River. As an intern with SMRF, I was a participant in public outreach, land restoration through conservation, volunteer work days, Price Center maintenances, and… Continue Reading Kelsey Lee, San Marcos River Foundation
In the fall of 2015, I conducted internships with Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation in San Antonio, Texas and with All Things Wild Rehabilitation in Austin, Texas. Both organizations aid injured and orphaned wildlife by offering medical treatments and a safe location to grow to an appropriate release size. This report will describe both organizations, discuss… Continue Reading Lora LaPree, Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Internship Report: The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State I conducted my internship at the Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State University (FACTS). This report will describe FACTS; discuss my activities: labeling bones, skeletal inventory, dental inventory, photo inventory; my calcaneus research; and my overall experience. OVERVIEW OF FACTS FACTS’s mission is to advance forensic… Continue Reading Daniella Alexandria Rodriguez, Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State
INTERNSHIP WITH THE WITTE MUSEUM This final report outlines in detail my three-month internship during the fall of 2015 at the Witte Museum in San Antonio with their curator of Anthropology and Health, Dr. Bryan Bayles. I participated in museum meetings, helped collect research for an academic essay, observed museum programs for kids, and cataloged.… Continue Reading Victoria Lanas, the Witte Museum
Repository Experiences at CAS The Students at CAS usually sit on lab tables covered in protective paper hunched over boxes of lithics while sorting through debitage and projectile points. When their not getting their fingers covered in grime, one can find them typing away, entering numerous artifacts in Pastperfect, a museum cataloging software. In addition,… Continue Reading Priscilla Ortiz, Center for Archaeological Studies