Now in pursuit of a master's degree in Museum Studies from the University of Oklahoma Online, Attisen McCorkle of Kansas City, Missouri has begun an internship at Olathe's Ensor Park and Museum that will have her working at the city-owned historic site through May as part of the ongoing effort to adequately preserve and protect the various photographs, letters, documents and other artifacts that comprise the valuable collection there.
According to Marty Peters, KE0PEZ, the secretary of the Olathe Ensor Foundation, the treasurer of the Santa Fe Trail Amateur Radio Club and a regular tour guide for Ensor Park and Museum, Attisen will need to log a total of 135 hours as an intern to satisfy the University of Oklahoma Online's requirements for the degree she is after. Attisen is pictured here as she works with Marty the afternoon of Sunday, February 8, Super Bowl Sunday, in the kitchen of the Ensor home, but she is planning to spend the better part of her Mondays, not Sundays, at Ensor Park and Museum in the weeks to come.
Attisen is already familiar with Olathe having once worked at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop & Farm. She has also worked at Constitution Hall in Topeka.
Currently employed at Kaleidoscope in Kansas City, Attisen holds a bachelor's degree in Art History and Cultural Anthropology from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She earned that degree in 2024 and, according to Marty, was able to study abroad in Glasgow, Scotland for six months during her junior year at Creighton.