Student Journals
Wingate University
When I first got to Southern 8ths I noticed how nice the weather was. There were gray skies above and a bit of a breeze but it was comfortable. I spotted Smiley the hound lounging outside the Learning Center. I quickly gave her a pat on the head before heading…
The weather at the farm this week wasn’t exactly fall weather, but it was the closest we have come yet. On the drive over I had the windows down and thought, it may actually feel like fall today. But once we…
It was nice to come back to the Southern Eights property after a second week-long break. The trees are already turning red and yellow, and the plant life in the prairies is adopting a spectrum of brown. This week was fairly straight forward, we were…
Meet the Fall 2024 Wingate University Intern
We are so pleased to announce our Fall 2024 Field Biology Interns from Wingate University’s Department of Environmental Biology: Sasha Fongging, James Pittman, and Charles Hawkins.
This week, we wrapped our field days by going to the creek and collecting the last samples. The weather was nice and fairly warm. Everyone seemed to be in such a great mood, especially with how the weather was. The height of the creek…
This was our last day in the field. It’s kind of hard to believe, 9 weeks went by so quickly. We were back in the creek collecting macroinvertebrates again. Dr. Niland mentioned difference in our confidence while collecting with the kick net was…
Today was our last day of going out to Thompson Creek and collecting Macroinvertebrates. At our first location we collected using the kick nets and attempted to use the D-net to try and see if we were able to find more individuals or new Macroinvertebrate species…
It is Saturday afternoon; I am preparing to write this journal knowing that it is my last one. The sadness of not being at the paradise of Southern 8ths yesterday as well as the thought of never working with the same group of people again is…
It’s hard to believe that this will be my last ever journal entry for this internship, and my second to last visit to the farm. It seems like the weeks went by so fast. I can’t make sense of the fact that we have been going out almost…
This was our last time visiting the kayak put- in and take-out locations, and the last time we will be going out into the field to do research. It will feel weird not showing up to Southern Eights and examining the transects or trying to…
Unlike the other presenters at Southern 8th’s I am a history major. I didn’t apply for my internship but was asked by Professor David Mitchell. I am currently only a sophomore at Wingate University, so the opportunity was…
Well this was it, the last day on the property of Southern 8ths. It was most certainly the most unique experience I’ve ever witnessed in my whole life. I had a very informational, engaging, and relieving time at the wonderful…
This was our intern group’s final field day at Southern 8ths Farm, and I’d have to say it was a great way to end our 2023 internship. We got a warning before we arrived that there was an equestrian event being held on the property, so…
Today at the internship Brianna introduced me to Earth Hour which is from 8:30-9:30 on March 25th where the lights are turned off for an hour to help reduce light pollution. I was amazed to learn about Earth Hour and wondered how…
On my final visit to the Southern 8ths Farm we started the day by going back to Thompson Creek for the last time to observe the water. There was a huge difference in the scenery from our first visit to our last. While making our way to our woodland transect…
Friday was a short day. We got to meet a group from Winthrop University who are studying Eastern Box Turtles. We traveled to Prairie number 4 to track the turtle named Sam. It was interesting to watch…
Today, we didn’t really do as many observations as we normally would. We focused mainly on the different types of technology that we can use for our research. When we first got out there…
