Dave interviews App State students to discover what their plans are for the summer. Will they study abroad? Will they work retail? Will they go to summer school? There is one sure fire way to find out. Listen to the podcast! 

Transcript:

Dave

Hey, friends, it's me, Dave Blanks, and I'm back with another Day by the Bell. I'm joined by our photographer, Kyla. Hello, Kyla.

Kyla

Hello, Dave.

Dave

And so today what we're going to talk about is, we're going to interview students, asking them, what are you doing this summer? It's reading day. There are students on Sanford Mall, so hopefully we'll find some people to talk to. Let’s do it

Caroline Allred

I’m Caroline Allred. So, when I go home, I'm going to be doing an internship with my church and babysitting and taking some summer classes.

Becky Foley

I'm Becky Foley,

Dave

And who do we have here?

Sean

I'm Sean.

Becky Foley

I'm going to stay in Boone. Go on a couple of vacations and swim in rivers.

Dave

Cool. what about you, Sean?

Sean

Pretty similar.

Dave

Also swim?

Sean

Yeah. Take a summer class.

Dave

You know what you're taking?

Sean

Differential equations.

Dave

All right. Is that something you have to take or something you want to take?

Sean

No. I have to take it. So, yeah.

Dave

Well good luck with differential equations.

Abigail McDonald

I'm Abigail McDonald. I am taking summer classes.

Dave

What!? Are you excited about the classes?

Abigail McDonald

I'm excited to be learning new stuff.

Dave

Cool.

Abigail McDonald

I'm kind of done with the section of classes I'm in.

Abigail McDonald

All right.

Abigail McDonald

I'm ready to pivot and learn new things.

Madison Swink

I'm Madison Swink. I'm going to go to Colorado for a week and then the beach and then just work and some online classes.

Dave

Nice. What about you? Can you tell me your name?

Enid Walker

Enid Walker. I'm going to work.

Dave

Where are you working?

Enid Walker

Aerie.

Dave

What is Aerie?

Enid Walker

It's like a women's athleisure store. Yeah.

Dave

Where's that?

Enid Walker

In Raleigh.

Dave

So are you going? Is that where you're from?

Enid Walker

Yes.

Dave

Okay. So you're going back home?

Enid Walker

Yeah. And I think that's all I'm doing. I might go to a concert.

Dave

Just working? Okay. Concert. Do you know what show?

Enid Walker

Hopefully the Pixies/Modest Mouse show. Fingers crossed.

Dave

Oh, that's. That would be amazing. I've seen Modest Mouse, but I've never seen the Pixies. I love the Pixies. Where are they playing?

Enid Walker

I believe Charlotte, my mom told me about it, so.

Dave

Yeah, right. Is your mom a Pixies fan?

Enid Walker

Big time.

Dave

Are you going with her?

Enid Walker

Yes.

Dave

Oh, that's so cool. You got a cool mom.

Enid Walker

Yeah, I do. I have cool parents.I

Katie Rogers

I'm Katie Rogers. I'm working two jobs, so...

Dave

Like, right now while you're in school, you're working two?

Katie Rogers

No. I have two jobs over the summer, so I'll be working at a shoe store and then a local coffee shop.

Dave

Are you doing anything fun over the summer? Because maybe your jobs are cool.

Katie Rogers

I was gonna try to plan to go to the beach with some friends.

Emma Rogers

I'm Emma Rogers. So hopefully a summer internship, and I'm hoping to work for a nonprofit and help with homelessness in Boone as well as food insecurity.

Dave

Nice. So you're staying up here and you're doing some good. Yeah. You know, the internship.

Emma Rogers

At the Hospitality House in Boone.

Mefer Yzaziga

I am Mefer Yzaziga. This summer, I'm going back home for 15 days, and then I'm coming back and I’m going to work in Boone and do some research.

Dave

Nice. Well, where's home?

Mefer Yzaziga

Peru.

Dave

Oh, cool. I've been to Peru.

Mefer Yzaziga

Really?

Dave

Yeah, I've been to Cusco and we went to the top. I went with, the geology department of Geology.

Mefer Yzaziga

Oh that's awesome. I study environmental science and geology.

Dave

Oh, cool.

Mefer Yzaziga

I’m from the capital. So...

Dave

I loved Peru. I thought it was fantastic. So you get to spend 15 days there? Yes.

Dave

Nice.

Xaviera Rodriguez

I'm Xaviera Rodriguez. I'm going back to Charlotte and work and be with my family. Yeah, my plan is to work.

Dave

Nothing fun.

Xaviera Rodriguez

probably.

Dave

Maybe a couple of fun things?

Xaviera Rodriguez

Yeah, yeah.

Dave

Okay, cool. Well, thank you all for your time. I really appreciate it.

Artie Bradley

I'm Artie Bradley. I have a fellowship with Equality NC that I'll be working on. So that's probably mostly what I'll be doing.

Dave

So what does Equality NC do?

Artie Bradley

So, it's an organization based in North Carolina. They’re largely focused on policy work and policy advocacy and education for the LGBTQ plus community in North Carolina. So they do a lot of ground work in that area.

Dave

Right on. Well, it sounds like you have a very effective summer on tap.

Artie Bradley

I hope so, yeah. I hope it works out.

Dave

What are you doing this summer, Kyla.

Kyla

I'm staying here and working.

Dave

Are you doing anything cool?

Kyla

Traveling with the solar vehicle team.

Dave

Well, that's very cool. Where are y'all going this year?

Kyla

We're going to Bowling Green, Kentucky for the track race.

Dave

Okay.

Kyla

And then for the cross-country race, we're going to Nashville, Tennessee, all the way up to Casper, Wyoming.

Dave

Cool.

Kyla

I'm stoked to be gone and doing that for three weeks.

Dave

Where do you find out more information about the Solar Vehicle team at App, Kyla?

Kyla

You could follow @appstatesvt on Instagram.

Dave

All right, do it.

Markell Samuel

My name is Markell Samuel. My plans for the summer is I will have an internship with Watauga Rec Center.

Dave

Nice.

Markell Samuel

And I'll also be doing football. So, I’ll have workouts, player led practices and stuff like that.

Markell Samuel

Do yall workout all summer long?

Markell Samuel

All summer.

Dave

Dang! So, you don't get a break, man.

Markell Samuel

Not really!

Dave

Oh, no. Are you doing anything fun? I mean, Parks and Rec is cool and the internship is cool. Are you going anywhere? Are you traveling anywhere?

Markell Samuel

Not really. I'll just probably go home, see the family right before we get back into the swing of things with football and my internship.

Alexis Chavez Gonzalez

I'm Alexis Chavez Gonzalez. It's mostly work and probably, like, have, like, a little vacation for myself. Maybe go to the beach.

Dave

What beach do you go to?

Alexis Chavez Gonzalez

I'm not really sure. I think my family is planning to go to Florida. I'm not sure where.

Dave

Okay, so you're going with them there?

Alexis Chavez Gonzalez

Yeah.

Dave

Nice. We're going int the library. What floor is the “you can talk on it” floor?

Kyla

First and second.

Dave

Okay.

Audrey Reeb

I'm Audrey Reeb. This summer, I'm probably just going to work a lot. I’m going to work with some kids, and I'm going to go visit my family in California. I work at a preschool. It's in Greenville, South Carolina.

Dave

So you work at a preschool in Greenville, South Carolina, but your family's in California, and you go to school at Appalachian State.

Audrey Reeb

Yeah, yeah, I've moved a lot.

Dave

That’s stressing me out, man!

Audrey Reeb

I know! Yeah. Uh huh. Three different high schools.

Dave

Wow! Geez. Louise.

Emma James

I'm Emma James.

Dave

Emma. James, what year are you?

Emma James

I'm a senior. Just going to work up here, probably in Blowing Rock. I want to go to grad school. I haven't decided if that will be next year or the next. Taking my time.

Dave

What have you been studying?

Emma James

Psychology.

Dave

Okay. Yeah, right. So where do you want to take that?

Emma James

I want to be a school counselor.

Corin Palmer

Corin Palmer, I got a study abroad internship and summer school.

Dave

Where are you studying abroad?

Corin Palmer

Portugal.

Dave

What makes you want to go to Portugal?

Corin Palmer

Sustainable living. Very interested in that.

Dave

Yeah. Okay. You have an internship. Where is that?

Corin Palmer

It's through the UNC system doing PCI security protocols.

Dave

Right on! And then the last thing was, what was the last thing?

Corin Palmer

Summer school.

Dave

Summer school. All right, so, when are you going to graduate? You're going to school in the summer. That must be pretty soon. Feels like.

Corin Palmer

It’s supposed to be December 2025, but I’m double majoring now, so you got to see how that's going to look.

Dave

Okay, so you're a double major, so you're tell me what it is. What are they?

Corin Palmer

Computer information systems and then a bachelor of science in cybersecurity.

Dave

Do you want to keep it in North Carolina? Would you be willing to go anywhere when you graduate? What do you think?

Corin Palmer

I'm just going to go where the money is.

Dave

Yeah, right.

Alex Powers

I'm Alex Powers.

Dave

Okay. So what are you studying for? We're here in the library. I assume that's what you're doing.

Alex Powers

we are currently working on a geography project on the new River Gorge National Park.

Dave

Right. that's the the newest national park in existence, right?

Alex Powers

I believe so.

Dave

Yeah, I was just reading about the new River. It goes so far, it's like 300, and I don't know how many miles, but. Okay, here's a here's the question. What do you do in the summer? You're almost done with the school year. So what you got? What you got coming up?

Alex Powers

I'm going to go kayaking, and I'm going to work.

Dave

Nice. Where where do you want to go kayaking?

Alex Powers

mostly around the new river places in blowing rock.

Dave

That checks out! Yeah.

Angel Dominguez

I'm Angel Dominguez...just working.

Angel Dominguez

That's it?

Angel Dominguez

Just working alot...Yeah.

Dave

That's the only thing?

Angel Dominguez

Yeah. pretty much.

Dave

Angel, you you got to take it easy a little, man. Where are you working?

Angel Dominguez

I work in retail.

Dave

Okay? Are you staying up here in Boone?

Angel Dominguez

No, I'm moving back home.

Dave

Okay. Where's home?

Angel Dominguez

Asheboro.

Ellie Bartis

My name is Ellie Bartis. I am studying abroad in Italy this summer, so I'm really excited about that.

Dave

Yeah. What are you going to study?

Ellie Bartis

I'm studying communications, so I'm an advertising major, and we're studying, basically just international communications. And how they differ from communications within the United States.

Dave

Is this something you have to do or something you just wanted to do?

Ellie Bartis

This is something I just wanted to do for the communications major. You don't have to study abroad. It does count as an elective.

Dave

Nice.

Ellie Bartis

But obviously you don't have to if you don't want to. It is kind of expensive, but I've just really wanted to study abroad my whole college career and now seems like the perfect time.

Alex Brand

I'm Alex Brand. I’m traveling with my mom.

Dave

Cool. Have you ever done that before?

Alex Brand

Oh, yeah. Every summer. Yeah, she takes me out since I was little. We'll go out west and, go to the national parks.

Dave

Nice. What's your favorite national park?

Alex Brand

I'd have to go with Arches. The whole landscape is orange, which is really different from anywhere else that you go. Like, it's just the formations are really, unique and not like, anywhere else. And so I like being there.

Luke Reed

My name is Luke Reed. I'm, senior here at App State. To start off this summer, I'm going on a trip for, I'm going to Alaska for a week. It's like a little abroad thing, and, it counts as three credits for my, electives in, the business school, which is pretty cool.

Dave

Nice. That's really cool. We're in Alaska are you going?

Luke Reed

Anchorage. Anchorage. Yeah.

Dave

So, what are you doing up there?

Luke Reed

So we're going up there as a class, and it's, it's a leadership class where you develop your leadership skills and how you can apply them to real world and the job force and team environments, things of that nature go in with about eight other students, and we're all going up there spending a week and a half up there.

Luke Reed

And so yeah, I'm super excited about that.

Dave

So yeah, that's great.

Jaeda Harris

I'm Jaeda Harris. This summer I will be working here and also training for track season. Cool. Yes. So I’m a athlete here.

Dave

What do you, What what are you working? Where are you working is what I'm trying to say.

Jaeda Harris

To be working with university housing. I'm going to be a conference assistant.

Dave

Okay, cool. So what do you do on the track team?

Jaeda Harris

I'm a thrower on the track and field team.

Dave

Okay. What's your favorite thing to throw?

Jaeda Harris

Hammer throw. That's my favorite.

Dave

Hammer is so cool.

Jaeda Harris

Hammer is cool. It is. The reason why it's my favorite is because it's something that I just learned. I've been doing track since I was three, so it's kind of rare for me to learn something new, and I turned out to be pretty good at it.

Dave

Excellent. Do they have hammer in in, like, high school?

Jaeda Harris

No they don't actually. So I'm from North Carolina. In some places, like in South Carolina, they do have hammer, but unfortunately we don't.

Dave

Awww, man. Well, enjoy your hammer time. Thank you. Is that what you call it?

Jaeda Harris

I mean, I guess you could put it that way.

Dave

Don't. Lets don't. Let's agree not to.

Maggie Slade

I am Maggie Slade. Yeah. So I am going to be working, at Over Yonder restaurant over the summer while I'm applying for some salaried jobs. and kind of just taking a little bit of a break from academics while I kind of replenish, like, my soul a little bit, and then go into the workforce and see how I feel about where I'm working.

Maggie Slade

And if I want to go back to grad school, and possibly try to find a position that might, like, fund grad school for me.

Dave

Cool! Yeah, yeah. So, are you from Boone?

Maggie Slade

I'm not from Charlotte, North Carolina.

Dave

You're sticking around and working over yonder? Yes, I am, oh, well, good for you.

Dave

So we got so many good answers. Kyla, don't you agree?

Kyla

I agree, especially that one guy who said he's, interning, studying abroad and then doing summer school. That's a lot.

Dave

And he's. And I was like, where where you hope to take this? And he's like, wherever the money is. So he's got his eye on the prize for sure. But, some exciting summers for all of our mountaineers that we spoke to today. Thanks to everyone. Thanks to Kyla so much for taking pictures. All right. And we'll do it again.

Dave

I'm Dave Blanks and this has been Dave by the Bell! Bye!