So, I got the job. I found out last Thursday morning that they were offering it to me and I accepted right away. It's only four to six months, but I figure it'll be a decent paycheck while I'm looking for something more permanent. Today is my first day and I'm taking a second from my already busy schedule to blog. I am employed by the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center on Michigan State University's campus. The goal of the center is to look at the sustainability aspect of biofuel production, in terms of biodiversity and impacts to soils and plant communities. My job is to start up the biodiversity side of the project. We need to communicate with landowners to find suitable fields to conduct insect surveys on. Once we've gotten permission from the landowners to use their fields, I have to help develop a sampling protocol and then do some preliminary surveys (that's what I'm particularly looking forward to!). Why, you might ask, would Lauren be hired to work with insects? First, I have a bit of a background with arthropods; I've spent one year working as a tour guide at MSU's BugHouse. In addition, this job is more focused on the communication and administration of the project rather than the biology of insects, so I was told I'd be fine. Let's hope that remains the case!
Anyhoo, that's what's going on here...
OH,YEAH, not to mention the awesome football game last night. Our Giants came back at the very end (2 minutes left in the game) to kick some Patriots butt. It was a sweet victory over Tom Brady. I got a kick out of the Manning family in the stands for Eli. Great game and a well-deserved win for the hardworking Giants.
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