I am doing an internship in my hometown: Reserve, NM. I am working at the Catron County Courthouse, as a County Manager intern. The county manager works along with the three elected county commissioners to make all decision regarding the entire county of Catron County, which is the largest county by size in the state. The county manager deals with issues from financing new projects, such as a new all-purpose building to be built at the local rodeo grounds to the budget for all the counties money, and even small things as to what the county should do with solid waste. So far, I have learned alot about the overall economic world of how a County is run, where revenues come from, what type of expenses are made, and the type of issues that arise within a rural county such as Catron County. I will also be spending one day a week working with the Village of Reserve office, which is a small branch of the County. There I will also be working on budgeting and issues just within the town of Reserve, rather then the county. So, I am getting to become infomed about what goes on at the State, County, and City/Village level.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Pioneer Summer Internships
Every summer, Pioneer football players disperse across the country for their exciting summer internships. Throughout the course of the summer, they will share their experiences here. Today's entry comes from economics major and tight end Joey Snyder '10:
I am doing an internship in my hometown: Reserve, NM. I am working at the Catron County Courthouse, as a County Manager intern. The county manager works along with the three elected county commissioners to make all decision regarding the entire county of Catron County, which is the largest county by size in the state. The county manager deals with issues from financing new projects, such as a new all-purpose building to be built at the local rodeo grounds to the budget for all the counties money, and even small things as to what the county should do with solid waste. So far, I have learned alot about the overall economic world of how a County is run, where revenues come from, what type of expenses are made, and the type of issues that arise within a rural county such as Catron County. I will also be spending one day a week working with the Village of Reserve office, which is a small branch of the County. There I will also be working on budgeting and issues just within the town of Reserve, rather then the county. So, I am getting to become infomed about what goes on at the State, County, and City/Village level.
I am doing an internship in my hometown: Reserve, NM. I am working at the Catron County Courthouse, as a County Manager intern. The county manager works along with the three elected county commissioners to make all decision regarding the entire county of Catron County, which is the largest county by size in the state. The county manager deals with issues from financing new projects, such as a new all-purpose building to be built at the local rodeo grounds to the budget for all the counties money, and even small things as to what the county should do with solid waste. So far, I have learned alot about the overall economic world of how a County is run, where revenues come from, what type of expenses are made, and the type of issues that arise within a rural county such as Catron County. I will also be spending one day a week working with the Village of Reserve office, which is a small branch of the County. There I will also be working on budgeting and issues just within the town of Reserve, rather then the county. So, I am getting to become infomed about what goes on at the State, County, and City/Village level.