Constantine’s Log

Today I headed out to the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks, otherwise known as ACEnet, to help Constantine and Alyse package Athens’ Own products. Alyse explained that ACEnet is a business incubator; in other words, they help support and assist other businesses in their endeavors. There are multiple ways in which they accomplish this goal, [...]

Today I headed out to the Athens Farmer’s Market to help Constantine and others at the Athens’ Own booth. By the time I showed up, the Farmer’s Market had just begun, and both Alyse and Constantine did their best to catch me up on their processes on market day. Sweet beef bologna, hot spiced cashews, [...]

Today I headed out to the Broadwell Learning Center with Alyse. The first thing I learned about the center was that it was completely off the grid. While I had learned about such buildings in theory, I had never had the opportunity to visit one personally. When we pulled up to the house, it seemed [...]

When I initially applied for the Athens’ Own internship I honestly had no idea what to expect. I had recently come home to Athens for Christmas break after a long semester at Tulane University and was looking forward to relaxing. Of course, this relaxation period included finding a summer internship, but that was the exciting [...]

Athens' Own Winter Newsletter December 2012 In this issue: Wellworks holiday gathering Website and Web store New Products Other updates Intern news  WellWorks Holiday Gathering Athens' Own attended the annual WellWorks Holiday Gathering on December 18, 2012. This was Athens' Own's 5th year attending this event. Constantine and Alyse were present to hand out samples [...]

Report: Newsletter The farmer’s market was another hot-spot of activity for the Athens’ Own team. I gave a brief report on my recent visit to the Do The Math! Tour. In talking about the divestment plan activated by the students at Ohio University, we noticed that many of the participants of the event have common [...]

What to expect from an Athens' Own internship The Athens' Own motto is: "Vision, act on your vision, network your actions". We have a vision of creating an educational internship program, which helps to address some of the "teaching to the test" gaps of the traditional education system, and to nourish a thorough understanding of [...]

Ready for day 1? I am about to start an internship with Athens' Own, and as of now, I don't have any idea what I am getting myself into. Knowing from the application and the website that this will not be a "traditional" internship is both intimidating and exciting. When I think about an "internship" [...]