Internships often serve as an important stop along the path toward a successful career. For one, it paved the way to a first job. Another credits it with helping her choose a profession. And others say it taught them about the kind of place they want to work, the specific job they want to do […]
If the Michelle Stallard of today had the opportunity to give advice to her younger self, she would likely offer one note of encouragement and one tangible directive. “I think the biggest piece of advice I would have given myself years ago is to have more confidence,” she said. And the tangible directive? You […]
You could say Keegan Stewart’s love for advanced manufacturing started about a half-dozen years ago with a train ride to Chicago. Then a junior at Alexandria-Monroe High School, Keegan struck up a conversation with a fellow passenger who happened to work in robotics. “It was very eye-opening,” said Keegan, who is now pursuing a graduate […]
Initially, then-high-schooler Jacob Coffing saw signing up for machine trades simply as a way to “get out of class.” Later he realized it was the first step toward his career in advanced manufacturing … a career that has evolved into a passion. “Manufacturing is more than just a job for me,” says the graduate of […]
When Marideth Boswell was a freshman in high school, she needed a class to fill a gap in her schedule. On a whim, she chose “Introduction to Engineering." That whim has led to opportunities she couldn’t have imagined and a career path that, at the time, she didn’t know existed. “I just loved the way […]
It’s how internships are supposed to work. A high school student takes an internship at a company, grabbing the chance to learn about the company and its industry while getting some real-world experience. Meanwhile, the company introduces itself and its industry to a member of the future workforce, assesses whether the student’s a good worker […]
When Morgan Montgomery first started thinking about what she might do as a career, the job she has now wasn’t even on her radar. Nonetheless, the Continuous Improvement Leader at Rolls-Royce feels like she’s exactly where she’s supposed to be. She did take an indirect route to get here. When she was a student at […]
Ankit Dhandhania didn’t grow up dreaming specifically of becoming an engineer tasked with injecting technology into the world of manufacturing. But his path to that role probably couldn’t have been any more direct if he had planned it all along. Now a Manufacturing Systems Manager for Global Manufacturing at Cummins Inc., Dhandhania believes his experience […]
Terrance Harrell grew up in a family of tinkerers. Some of his earliest childhood memories are of working on cars, RVs and motorcycles with his uncle and cousins in their garage. “It was all about figuring out how things go together so we could pull them apart,” he says. His love of building and curiosity […]
