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title: Now
date: 2024-08-13
date: 2024-08-26
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description: "Find out what I am doing now: What I'm learning or reading, what I'm working on in my free time, and where I'm at professionally."
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## Recent academic and professional progress
In May 2024, I graduated from Rutgers University School of Communication and Information with a [Master of Information (MI) degree](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information) and the [data science concentration](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information/concentrations/data-science).
In May 2024, I graduated from Rutgers University School of Communication and Information with a [Master of Information (MI) degree](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information) and the [data science concentration](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information/concentrations/data-science). I returned to full-time employment with the [Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), where I started a [Pathways Internship](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/students-recent-graduates/) in June 2023. I was [converted](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-5/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-362/subpart-A/section-362.107) to a position in the competitive service during August 2024.
I returned to full-time employment with the [Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), where I started a [Pathways Internship](https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/students-recent-graduates/) in June 2023.
I visited Washington, D.C. in mid-August to support [the inaugural convening on disaster human services](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr/event/shaping-future-disaster-human-svcs).
## In my free time
* I'm preparing to apply for doctoral (PhD) programs, primarily in sociology, later this year.
* I'm running [AnythingLLM](https://useanything.com/) with Docker to test the capabilities of several different AI models and LLM API providers.
* I've been spending time with friends from Swarthmore; I went with one friend to [The Newark Museum of Art](https://newarkmuseumart.org/).
## What I'm learning
I am continuing to attend monthly training sessions as part of the [State of the States Data Ambassador Program](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/news/njlend-fellow-ethan-yoo-selected-as-state-of-the-states-data-ambassador).
# In previous months
## July 2024
* For the first time since the emergence of COVID-19, I went with several friends to [Blobfest](https://thecolonialtheatre.com/blobfest/), an annual event commemorating the 1958 film [*The Blob*](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-blob/).
* I attended an [NJLEND](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/student-experiences/njlend) reunion at The Boggs Center on Disability and Human Development (formerly The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities).
## June 2024
* I wrapped up my second year as a fellow with [The Boggs Center](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/). I will continue representing New Jersey in the [State of the States Data Ambassador Program](https://stateofthestates.ku.edu/data-ambassadors).
## May 2024
* I graduated from Rutgers University School of Communication and Information with a [Master of Information (MI) degree](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information) and having completed the [data science concentration](https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/graduate-programs/master-information/concentrations/data-science).
* I graduated from the [Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program in Politics and Government](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/grad-fellowships/).
## April 2024
* My appointment as a research assistant with the Department of Library and Information Science ended in mid-April.
* My placement with the [New Jersey Early Intervention System (NJEIS)](https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/eis/) in the Division of Family Health Services ended on April 30.
## March 2024
* I attended the [RU Running? Political Campaign Training](https://cypp.rutgers.edu/young-leaders/) held by the Center for Youth Political Participation at the Eagleton Institute of Politics.
* I visited the [Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR) in Washington, D.C. during my spring break.
## February 2024
* I went to Annapolis, MD with the Eagleton Graduate Fellows.
## January 2024
* I took the GRE General Test.
* I started an internship with [New Jersey Early Intervention System (NJEIS)](https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/eis/) in the Division of Family Health Services, New Jersey Department of Health as part of the [Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/grad-fellowships/).
* I started my last semester in the Master of Information (MI) program.
## December 2023
* I finished my second-to-last semester in the Master of Information (MI) program.
## November 2023
* I was selected to represent The Boggs Center on Developmental Disabilities and New Jersey as part of an inaugural cohort of "Data Ambassadors" led by the federally funded [State of the States in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities](https://stateofthestates.ku.edu/) project and the [Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)](https://www.aucd.org/template/index.cfm).
* I went to the [Museum of Sex](https://www.museumofsex.com/about/) with a friend.
## October 2023
* I attended the [Princeton Prospective PhD Preview (P3)](https://graddiversity.princeton.edu/prospective-phd-preview-p3) program, "a nationally recognized program that focuses on engaging scholars from diverse academic, research, and non-traditional backgrounds around the path to the Ph.D."
* I returned to work with a professor from the Department of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University School of Communication and Information.
* I attended the Eagleton Institute's [Future of Democracy Networking Reception](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/event/future-of-democracy-networking-reception/).
* I went to the [Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)](https://www.moma.org/) with a friend.
## September 2023
* I started the fall 2023 semester at Rutgers University, including the [Eagleton Graduate Fellowship Program in Politics and Government](https://eagleton.rutgers.edu/grad-fellowships/).
* I wrapped up my role with the Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV) at Rutgers School of Social Work.
## August 2023
* I returned to [The Boggs Center's NJLEND program](https://boggscenter.rwjms.rutgers.edu/student-experiences/njlend) as a Second-Year Fellow.
* I visited Washington, D.C. in early August.
* I was invited to continue working at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) as a part-time intern. I will remain in the [Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR).
## July 2023
* I started a new project at the Center for Research on Ending Violence (REV) related to sexual misconduct by physicians.
## June 2023
* I attended the annual New Jersey Library Association (NJLA) Conference.
* I completed an [8-week introduction to grant proposal writing](https://www.fhsu.edu/sociology/grant-writing-certification-program/) offered by the Sociology Program at Fort Hays State University.
* I started a full-time summer internship at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where I am working with the [Office of Human Services Emergency Preparedness and Response](https://www.acf.hhs.gov/ohsepr) (OHSEPR).