What interesting facts have you uncovered in your research? I’ve been reading transcripts of radio communications of different space flights of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs. Reading quotes that have just been recently declassi- fied has been fun, and it is interest- ing to see famous figures like Jim Lovell, Buzz Aldrin, and John Glenn exclaiming “Oh boy!” when they see Earth for the first time from space.
What’s your favorite part of the Smithsonian? The door I walk into every morning lets you see into the Milestones of Flight gallery, which has the Spirit of St. Louis, the lunar module, and so many amazing planes and space- craft. That’s a great initial view to see just walking into work every day. But my personal favorite gallery is
“Moving Beyond Earth,” which talks about the space shuttle era and has one of the launches of the space shuttle Discovery projected on a huge screen. It is very contemporary of what is happening in space now.
Michelle King stands in front of the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia INTERN PROFILE
Ready for takeoff
Loyola senior Michelle King is spending her summer as an intern at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
What attracted you to this internship? I’ve done internships at museums in the past, most recently at the Field Museum. I want to go into museum work, so it seemed natural to keep progressing on that ladder.
What interests you about working in museums? It is a mixture of working with physi- cal historical objects and educating a wide variety of audiences. I enjoy
bringing both real-life objects and real-life stories to people.
What are you currently working on at the Smithsonian? The exhibition I’m working on now isn’t going to open to the public until 2021, so we’re in the very early stages of researching artifacts, images, quotations, and other aspects of the exhibit. The topic of the exhibit is how images of Earth from space have changed our perception of ourselves.
How will this internship help you in your career? I would love to build and design exhibits, so working in the space his- tory department here helps me un- derstand how to develop content for an exhibit. I’ve learned that it is not just knowing a lot about the content but trying to think about how people will connect with that content so it can be personalized and interesting for a great variety of visitors.
If you could work on any exhibit, what would it be? I personally like American history, and I’ve taken a lot of classes at Loyola about German history and World Wars I and II, so those are par- ticular interests of mine. Somehow being able to address World War II in an exhibition would be really excit- ing for me personally. But when I was little I wanted to
be an astronaut, so I really love what I’m doing here at the Smithsonian.
ARRUPE COLLEGE
By the numbers
This fall Arrupe College, Loyola’s two-year college designed to make a Jesuit education affordable and accessible to a diverse population, welcomes its second incoming class. Here are some facts about Arrupe’s newest students:
901 183 2.83
AVERAGE GPA 61%
Hispanic/ Latino
30% African American
3% WHITE 3% ASIAN
3% OTHER GRADUATED FROM:
54% PUBLIC SCHOOLS
46% PRIVATE/CHARTER SCHOOLS
All numbers as of June 8. Final enrollment statistics may differ.
SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS
DEPOSITS FOR ENROLLMENT
DEMOGRAPHICS OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE SUBMITTED DEPOSITS:
SUMMER 2016 9
QUINLAN PHOTO BY GLENN KAUPERT;
INTERN PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM
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