New Smyrna Museum of History (NS MOH) Internship Blog by Thomas Manoly

Welcome to the fifteenth and final week of my internship under the New Smyrna Museum of History (NS MOH) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). In-between Friday and Monday, I scored a 64% for the first part of my second exam for CGS3269-0001 (Computer Architecture Concepts) for Section 1 (16 Weeks) on Sunday (April 19). Monday (April 20) was the seventy-first day of my internship, and I dealt with a sore left upper-arm and eyelid. Because of that, I did metadata work for my entire shift and devised a new "scaling" technique for tracking page numbers that was extremely flawless. Tuesday (April 21) was the seventy-second day of my internship, and I was very drowsy after taking two Benadryl tablets in four hours to help with the soreness. Because of that, I self-barred myself from operating the scanner and did more metadata work instead, alongside presentation work for the Spring 2026 Internship Showcase. Wednesday (April 22) was the seventy-third day of my internship, and...

Welcome to the fourteenth week of my internship under the New Smyrna Museum of History (NS MOH) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). In-between Friday and Monday, I was very stressed out on Sunday (April 12) because of an overwhelming workload from my other courses. For this week, I decided to exclusively do metadata work for two hours each day because I still wanted to help out the other team members in some way even with the stress I was facing. Monday (April 13) was the sixty-sixth day of my internship, and at the beginning of my shift, I thought about the possibility of going to Dr. James C. Clark's memorial service on Thursday (April 16) at 5:00PM if my workload situation improved. His death took place during the Fall 2025 Semester, and he had been teaching two course sections of AMH2020 (U.S. History: 1877-Present) for Section 1 (16 Weeks) when it occurred. Other than that, my shift was very uneventful. Tuesday (April 14) was the sixty-seventh day of my internship, and...

Welcome to the thirteenth week of my internship under the New Smyrna Museum of History (NS MOH) at the University of Central Florida (UCF). In-between Friday and Monday, I was at my brother's apartment on Sunday (April 5) with him and one of his friends. I also studied for another two-part exam for CGS3269-0001 (Computer Architecture Concepts) for Section 1 (16 Weeks) on Wednesday (April 8) and Friday (April 10). Monday (April 6) was the sixty-first day of my internship, and I did scan work after Nathan Gregg scanned more than one-hundred newspaper pages. While he was doing that, I made sure to get as much homework done as possible so I would be less stressed. Although my shift was much more tedious than usual, I did not have any major issues throughout. Tuesday (April 7) was the sixty-second day of my internship, and I did metadata work. My shift was only two hours because of more office hours for CGS2545C-0001 (Database Concepts) for Section 1 (16 Weeks). One interesting ad I not...