The museum benefits from the fresh perspectives of University of Georgia students, who work with us as paid interns and student workers in a variety of roles. Here are the ones who learned from us and whom we learned from this fall semester.
Nikolett Booker (Education)
Nikolett Booker was an outstanding intern with the education department this fall. As a Museum Studies certificate student and a History major earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees through the Double Dawg program, Nikolett brought exceptional research and writing skills as well as a passion for museum work to her role. She was an indispensable asset to our 5th-grade tour program this fall, supporting visits for around 1,000 Clarke County School District kids in October and November alone. Nikolett also developed interpretive content and planned program activities for a range of museum audiences, including interactive stations and hands-on projects for Family Days and Toddler Tuesday. She will earn her undergraduate degree in history in spring 2025 and will finish her master’s degree the following year. It was a pleasure to have Nikolett on our team, and we can’t wait to see where her skills and talent take her in the future! – Callan Steinmann, head of education and curator of academic and public programs
Norin Bortz (Graphic Design)
Norin has helped me with a plethora of various jobs this semester. She designed a very cute poster for Study Break, numerous Instagram slideshows, Family Day assets, the list goes on. Norin is organized, curious and takes direction very well. She has been an asset to the graphic design department this semester, and we’re excited that she will be returning in the spring! – Noelle Shuck, graphic designer
Grace Burns (Registration)
Grace has been interning with the registration department since the summer and in that time, she has become like my sidekick in registration. She has helped me with a number of different projects. From collections photography to condition reporting to data entry, she has done it all and with minimal supervision or assistance. I couldn’t have asked for a better or more attentive intern. It also helps that she is a joy to be around, as much as she doesn’t like to think so. I wish her all the luck in the world in her future endeavors, and I am certain she will be a great asset to any museum that is lucky enough to benefit from her services. – Kevin Roldan, assistant registrar
Christina Colossale, Lucille Hayes, Hien Nguyen, Paul Turjoy and Madison Tovey (Museum Shop)
Big thanks to the shop staff for their dedication and teamwork, making the shop inviting and pleasant for our visitors. – Adam Clark, Museum Shop manager
Isabel Davis (Publications)
Isa brings one of the best attitudes around, especially when she’s tracking down every detail of a task. She’s gone into the weeds on copyright research for several upcoming projects, helped with some library work, written some lovely feature articles and even helped organize a storage room crammed with paperwork. No matter what we ask her to do, she meets the challenge with enthusiasm and competence. – Hillary Brown, director of communications
Campbell Durbin (Development)
Campbell is in her third year with the development department. Currently her internship duties include assisting with development of reports for our leadership groups, prepping for meetings and outreach and engagement tables for public events and finishing Michele Turner’s sentences (seriously…). She’s invaluable to membership and annual giving and we are so grateful she is here. Secretly we are hoping she will decide to be a “double dawg” rather than graduate in May so that she can stay at the museum FOREVER! – Michele Turner, director of donor relations
Mohamed Hadi (Development)
Mohamed is new to UGA and the museum but has jumped in this semester, and the development department is grateful for all of his work. He has trained in UGA’s donor and alumni software and is using that knowledge to register event attendees, track quarterly museum visitation and assist with records upkeep. Additionally, he’s been instrumental in beginning the development of a training manual in these areas so that future development students will have a process template as they train to assist in these areas as well. We are grateful for his diligence, attention to detail, patience and humor. – Michele Turner, director of donor relations
Caroline “CJ” Johnson (Registration)
CJ has been a great asset to the registration department in the time that she has been here. During her time here, she mainly focused on helping us update hundreds of files in TMS [The Museum System, our collections database] that needed updating with classifications, departments and other vital information necessary for making our database more easily accessible and searchable. CJ is currently in her third year as a history and anthropology major and we wish her luck not only in attaining her degree but also in her future endeavors! – Kevin Roldan, assistant registrar
Amanda Khang (Education)
Amanda Khang joined the education department as a student worker in fall 2024, shortly after starting her freshman year. She has been an invaluable asset, supporting a variety of programs, including Family Days, K – 12 tours, Student Nights, workshops, artist talks and lectures. Amanda’s initiative and organizational skills have been instrumental in maintaining art supplies, teaching materials and gallery interactives in an orderly and thoughtful manner. Always ready and willing to assist, Amanda is a vital member of our team, and we are fortunate to have her. – Mallory Lind, associate curator of education
Winston Lovelace (Exhibition Design)
Winston has been the best addition to the exhibition design team, being the inaugural exhibition design intern. He brings fresh ideas and an artist’s eye to his work. He quickly learned the 3D modeling design programs and has worked on all the exhibitions coming up this spring in some way. His comprehensive design work on the reinstallation of the Boone and George-Ann Knox Gallery II is slated to be a striking new addition to our permanent collection. I am very impressed by the work that Winston has done here and can’t wait to see what he does next semester. – Elizabeth Marable, exhibition designer
Avery Lowhorn (Registration)
Avery has been interning with the registration department since the beginning of the year and in that time, she has helped me with countless projects. She has helped me with collections photography, unframing, condition reporting and data entry. She has done so much work in helping us process all our new acquisitions, and I am eternally grateful for all her assistance! Avery is continuing to work her way toward attaining her bachelor’s degree in art history, and we wish her luck in her quest! I am sure that in the future she will be an amazing member of any museum, and I look forward to having her as a peer. – Kevin Roldan, assistant registrar
AJ Mathis (Special Events)
AJ Mathis has been a true asset to me this past semester. He’s always on time and willing to work diligently. He enjoys working my events as well as all of the behind the scene tasks such as putting batteries in 200 tealights for Elegant Salute! Without a complaint, he’s up for all the small tasks that make my events happen. – Cassie Hawkins, director of special events
Adam Miller (Curatorial)
Adam Miller is a graduate student in UGA’s historic preservation program. He has assisted in curatorial activities related to American art, compiling information and image assets for our upcoming exhibition projects. He has assisted with other objects in the permanent collection, preparing checklists, researching, and writing some initial drafts of many of the object labels. – Shawnya Harris, deputy director of curatorial and academic affairs and Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art
Caroline Moore (Preparators)
Caroline’s duties have included participating in various ways pertaining to gallery prep and art installation of the exhibitions that were on view this semester. She has learned painting and art hanging techniques, as well as cutting matts and framing works on paper. She also assisted in several projects with the permanent collection, most specifically setting up for classes in Collections Study, art transport and the Ceseri unframing project. – Todd Rivers, director of exhibitions
Nishat Nayla (Public Relations)
After a break to do study abroad, Nishat came back to the museum, and we’re so glad. As a Terry student, she brings a really different perspective to the museum, and we think we do the same for her. This past semester, she’s been working on her photo skills, covering some of the many tours and events we do during the year. She’s also continuing to write engaging stories, some of which you’ll see in our upcoming newsletter. – Hillary Brown, director of communications
Rachel Palmer (Public Relations)
This is the second year we’ve been lucky enough to have Rachel on our team, and her skillset continues to grow. She’s adept at getting our calendar listings out there and at creating lots and lots of emails in Mailchimp, but she’s also researched Google Adwords, hung posters across campus, run the Family Day photo booth and done a ton of writing. We’re especially proud that one of her blog posts ended up being the cover story for the Southeastern Museums Conference magazine. Yay, Rachel! – Hillary Brown, director of communications
Kristina Washington (Business Office)
Kristina Washington joined the museum business office as a first-year student business operations assistant this fall. Kristina’s professionalism and positive approach to her work have made her an invaluable addition to the department. Extra kudos to Kristina for singlehandedly undertaking a project to pull over 650 books from the museum library for use by curators and staff in their research. We look forward to continuing to work with Kristina next semester. – Kathy Hufford, museum business operations specialist
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