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STEM STEAM

Summer Internships

2019 STEAM Summer
Internship Employers:
• Boys and Girls Club
• City of Douglas
• City of Douglas Parks and
Recreation Department
• Coffee Board of Education
Technology Department
• Coffee Regional
Medical Center
• CRH Physician Practices
• Coffee County Sheriff’s
Department
While most teenagers whiled away the summer of businesses and industry, • Douglas-Coffee County
2019 with beach trips and leisurely pursuits, 30 Coffee conducted classes on Chamber of Commerce
High students gained experience and knowledge of the resumés, job interviews, and • Magistrate Court of
working world in local business and industry worksites. workplace communication Coffee County
along with skills training on • Optima Chemical Group
Sixteen companies their knowledge and experience obtaining and keeping a job. • PCC Airfoils
and organizations made with a new generation in the As a result of the advisement • Southeastern Orthopedics
commitments to employ workforce after they complete sessions, students became • Southwire
students in Science, Technology, their post-secondary education. more confident in the process • South Georgia State College
Engineering, Arts, and Math This is a real testament to the of applying and interviewing • Surcheros Franchising
(STEAM) internships. During business/industry community for a position with the Corporation
June, each of the participating who want to have a hand in companies and organizations.
16 employers mentored producing home-grown talent. During the month of April,
young people by offering In preparation for the STEAM the participating company within their organizations.
them real world experiences Summer Internship 2019, representatives conducted In addition to the work
in accounting, manufacturing, every student who met grade formal job interviews on experience, interns attended
engineering, financial services, point average, attendance, and the campus of Coffee training sessions on Friday
chemistry, medical, equipment behavior criteria submitted High. In 2019, 55 students afternoons. The Friday training
maintenance, video production, an application and completed applied for a position and sessions focused on topics
marketing, and technology. the interviewing process. The 35 were interviewed by the that are paramount to success
The STEAM program, now process began with seminars representatives. At the end in college and the workplace.
in its seventh year, exists to during Coffee High advisement of the afternoon, companies Students explored leadership,
incentivize young people to sessions. Human resource selected the students whom teamwork, communication
return to Coffee County to share managers representing local they felt would work well skills, and workplace diversity.

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