Internship program celebrates another year of great success

Every year, countless Indiana Tech students get invaluable experience and chances to shine in a real-life workplace through internship relationships we create with employers, primarily in northeast Indiana, but throughout the country. Recently, Indiana Tech hosted a breakfast reception to congratulate our interns on work well done and to thank the employers who welcome our students into their workplace “families.” Together, we are helping Indiana Tech students make sure they are firing on all cylinders when they enter the workforce.

If you are an Indiana Tech student and want to become an intern, or an employer who would like to form a working relationship with our internship program, please contact Eileen Lee, Indiana Tech internship coordinator and career advisor, at 422-5561, ext. 2304, or EMLee@IndianaTech.edu.

Also, you can find a wealth of career resources at the Indiana Tech Career Center at careercenter.indianatech.edu.

2015-16 Intern of the Year
This year’s Intern of the Year is Miranda Hill. Miranda was a computer programming intern for Technology Solutions in Waterloo, Indiana. She has interned with this company for the past four years, and her supervisor says she brings a quality to her work that is missing in other programmers in the fact that she understands the technical side of programming and can relate this to non-technical-end users. Her programming skills have improved over the four years, and she is able to communicate with customers, as well as the other staff members. She amazes with a strong work ethic, working scheduled hours as well as asking for additional work. She shows up ready to do her best, so much so that Technology Solutions has offered her a full time job upon graduation this year. Sandy Proud, her supervisor, says Miranda has been an exemplary example of Indiana Tech’s training.

2015-16 Intern of the Year Honorable Mention
Scott Anderson
Rafael Systems, Germantown, Wisconsin
Sam Didion
Indiana Tech and Junior Achievement
Rashaam Hill
Summitline Industries, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Sasha Kabarday
Metal Technologies, Auburn, Indiana
Shawn Yoquelet
Parker Hannifin, Albion, Indiana

2015-16 Intern of the Year Nominees
Brandon Bailey
Ryan Cavender
Annabelle Cordero
Michael Egan
Kayla Feeney
Andrea Ford
Rachel George
Jamie Kilps
Hannah McMasters
Joseph Miller
Breanna Post
Nicole Price
Chelsea Rowe
Wiebke Schlender
Rion Williams

2015-16 Employer of the Year
Three Rivers Federal Credit Union

In the photos, clockwise from top left:

• 2015-16 Intern of the Year, Miranda Hill
• Indiana Tech President Arthur Snyder; Carrie Jones, recruitment and retention manager from the 2015-16 Employer of the Year, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union, and Cindy Verduce, director of Indiana Tech’s Career Center and Regional Career Services
• Representatives from 3Rivers Federal Credit Union with Cindy Verduce, director of Indiana Tech’s Career Center and Regional Career Services: From left to right, Jennie Gerken, Human Resource Development Manager, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union; Don Cates, President and CEO, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union; Julie Goodman, Workforce Optimization Manager, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union; Cindy Verduce; Carrie Jones, Recruitment and Retention Manager, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union; Carolyn Lane, Associate Vice President of Human Resource Development, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union; Leslie-Anne Harants, Chief Culture Officer, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union and Kali Giggy, Human Resource Development Coordinator, 3Rivers Federal Credit Union