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INTERNSHIP INSIGHT Meet Josie Position: Product Integration Intern at Getman Corporation Education: Michigan Technological University Major: Mechanical Engineering Expected Graduation: December 2021 This Is No Desk Job I’m working with the operations and product integration team here at Getman to figure out how we can make the floor run more efficiently. When we’re building a […]

BEN JEGLIC IS GETTING HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AT KAISER ALUMINUM Position Engineering Intern at Kaiser Aluminum    Education Western Michigan University (WMU) Industrial and Entrepreneurial Engeneering   Graduation Date May 2020 Keeping Pace With Production I work on the engineering and maintenance team. Our main goal as a team is to maintain our equipment, though I […]

USING EMPATHY AND PLENTY OF POST-ITS A Q+A WITH ALISON SHIELDS __________________________________ What is your role at Stryker? I’m a user experience (UX) researcher on Stryker’s product development team. My job is to advocate for the people who will eventually use our products. I work to understand the needs of the end-user by gathering authentic […]

Patricia Provot North American Continental Leader at Armstrong International 1978 | Born in Belgium I was the first of four children born to a French-speaking dad and Dutch-speaking mom. My delivery happened while my parents were on vacation for a month in Belgium. My father was a diplomat for the Belgian government, and my parents […]

When it comes to Kalamazoo, history is all around you! Walking tours from Gazelle Sports are helping the community see it. Picture this: It’s Friday morning on the Kalamazoo Mall. A group gathers outside Gazelle Sports, congregating around Lynn Houghton as she adjusts her fanny-pack microphone in preparation of leading a historical walking tour throughout […]

With several brand new events this summer, Kalamazoo Downtown Partnership is making the city “the place to be!” Imagine: Coachella-scale masses of people flood the sidewalks of Kalamazoo’s downtown each afternoon. People talk and laugh; they make purchases from shops, dig into delicious food from restaurants up and down the streets. Some gather together to […]