A program that provides career experience is benefitting both students and southwest Michigan businesses. As part of the Monroe-Brown Foundation Internship Program, 29 WMU students are gaining valuable work experiences while Southwest Michigan businesses reap the benefits of the students’ work.
The Monroe-Brown Foundation Internship Program provides paid internships for full-time college students, while offering them scholarships in the fall to help defray the cost of schooling.
“We are pleased to learn that 83 percent of the internship/scholarship recipients are students from WMU,” says Linda Ickes, director, Career Center, Haworth College of Business. “We worked strategically to alert our students of this valuable opportunity.
The Monroe-Brown Foundation Internship Program is a result of the collaboration between Southwest Michigan First in partnership with the Monroe-Brown Foundation. The program was launched in 2007 as a way of helping to keep the region’s most talented students in Kalamazoo after graduation. The internships are offered by local companies to currently enrolled college students and are paid for and supported by the southwest Michigan business community. Positions encompass such areas as engineering, business, marketing, information technology, management, sales and graphic design.
The program requires that applicants are limited to incoming juniors, seniors or graduate students at WMU, Kalamazoo College, Michigan State University or the University of Michigan. Second-year students a Kalamazoo Valley Community College are also eligible. Student attending MSU and UM must have attended high school in the greater Kalamazoo area.
Once hired, interns typically work full time for 10 weeks and receive hourly wages, valuable networking opportunities and applied career experiences.
Upon successful completion of the program, as decided by the employing company and the Monroe-Brown Foundation, interns also may receive scholarships from the Monroe-Brown Foundation worth up to $5,500.
Congratulations to the following Western Michigan students who have accepted internships with one of the Monroe-Brown Internship Program employer participants.
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First Name | Last Name | Major |
| Albert | Allison | MBA - Masters of Business Administration |
| Derek | Bahri | Computer Information Systems |
| Kenny | Befus | Mechanical Engineering |
| Zachary | Bohley | Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Case | Bonebrake | Mechanical Engineering |
| Westin | Brake | Finance |
| Michael | Bruny-Groth | Graphic Design |
| Michael | Caskey | Accountancy |
| Andrew | Dobbs | Construction Engineering |
| Geoffrey | Doctor | Accountancy |
| Kelsey | Ford | Advertising & Promotion |
| Daryn | Forrest | Civil Engineering |
| Matthew | Fraser | Mechanical Engineering |
| Andrew | Machacek | Engineering Graphics & Design Technology |
| Nicholas | Mikesell | Biology |
| Matthew | Moran | Civil Engineering |
| Adam | Mueller | Civil Engineering |
| Elizabeth | Myers | Sales & Business Marketing |
| Jason | Norman | Human Resource Management |
| Kevin | Peabody | Engineering Graphics & Design Technology |
| Brittany | Saddler | Mechanical Engineering |
| Samantha | Sanford | Sales & Business Marketing |
| Eric | Schwabauer | Marketing |
| Patricia | Smith | Human Resource Management |
| Alexander | Thelen | Computer Science |
| Courtney | Ward | Human Resource Management |
| Brandon | Weeda | Mechanical Engineering |
| Kyle | Wheeler | Aeronautical Engineering |
Participating employers· American Village builders, Inc.· Access MedicalBASIC· Borgess Health· Bronson Healthcare Group· Consumers Credit Union· CSM Group· Eaton Corporation· Fabri-Kal· Harold Zeigler Automotive Group· Humphrey Products Company· Jasper Clinical Research & Development, Inc.· Kalamazoo Gazette· Knight Watch, Inc.· Landscape Forms· Miller-Davis Company· Mol-Son LLC· Northwestern Mutual Financial Network· Parker Hannifin-Fluid System Connectors Division· Proteos, Inc.· Schupan & Sons, Inc.· Skanska USA Building, Inc.· Southwest Michigan First· Southwest Michigan Innovation Center· Tekna, Inc.· Treystar Holdings, Inc.· Wolverine Pipe Line Company· Workforce Strategies, Inc.. For more information about the program, visit http://www.southwestmichiganfirst.com/monroe_brown_internship_program.cfm |
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