Intern Archive Post's
Wrapping Up and Moving Forward
This year, I was working with Ogallala Commons as an intern to translate promotional materials into Spanish. With my first and second internships, I had practice working in Spanish as

The community
Common wealth in the community consists of many assets. One of the asset’s begin with soil and mineral. Oklahoma has a lot of oil drilling, and natural gas drilling, and

introduction
Hi, my name is Teresa Rosas. I was born and raised in Hart, Texas as were my 2 older brothers and younger sister. I graduated last spring and I am

Pampa commonwealth
Pampa, Texas Commonwealth Pampa has a clay based soil; as a result the produce that grows best in the area is okra, cabbage, peppers, and tomatoes. Currently, there are no

Commonweath in tulia america
Greetings folks! Although there are twelve Commonwealth Assets provided in every community, today I will discuss four assets I believe are primarily beneficial to the community of Tulia. The Soil

Silver City: Commonweatlh Copper Mine
I love Silver City, NM. I came to this mining town in 2010 for college, and have met so many interesting and unique individuals in my four years here. I

Harvesting our community\’s wealth by micaela enger
A commonwealth is a combination of the word common, meaning “belonging to all,” and wealth, meaning “happiness or riches.” The commonwealth examples that I observed are resources that provide positive

So Easily Taken for Granted
Levelland, TX, the county seat of Hockley County, is on U.S. Highway 385, State Highway 114, Farm Road 330, and the Santa Fe Railroad in the central part of the

My community’s commonwealth assets
Commonwealth is very important for a community. If a community doesn’t have the 12 key commonwealth assets it will be hard for that community to grow and be enriched over

Community Service: Rangeland Restoration at the National Ranching Heritage Center
For my community service project I volunteered at the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas. The National Ranching Heritage Center is a museum and interpretative center that honors the

Catholic Archived History of Texas Panhandle and Nazareth, Texas
In June 2014, I visited the Catholic Museum and Archives Center of the Diocese of Amarillo. This small brick building located in northeast Amarillo holds incredible artifacts of bishops, priests

A healthy introduction
Hello fellow bloggers and the Ogallala Commons community! My name is Mercedez Hernandez and I will be starting my second internship with OC at the High Plains Food Bank in

a new view
Before doing this internship, I honestly had a bad view on my “Podunk” hometown of Pampa, Tx. Growing up, I always told myself I couldn’t wait to get out of