Experience Matters - Grand Valley State University

Internship

Joshua
Major: Sport Management While completing my internship for the Wyoming Wolves Athletic Department, I was in charge of mass scheduling for different sports and the corresponding conference championships and tournaments through MHSAA. I was also able to assist some Gameday preparation duties for basketball during the course of my internship.

Associate Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Welfare & Development

Megan
Major: Sport Management I learned very valuable information from Mr. Moore. Different tasks that I completed were NCAA Bid Portal Submissions, Laker Impact Series Flyers, Budget for NCAA Bid Portal, Travel aspects for NCAA Bid Portal, GVSU Student-Athlete Welfare and Development Brochure, Social Media Production, Senior Spotlights, Careers In Public Service Fair, GVSU Job Listings Document, Varsity Jackets Spreadsheet, Listened on a conference call, GLIAC Track & Field Championships and other tasks.

Athletic Administration Intern at Holland Public Schools

Brian
Major: Sport Management Assisted head Athletic Director at on-site events and during school days Involved in game management, crowd control, and event preparation Verified athlete eligibility, officials scheduling, and tournament rosters Helped manage MHSAA state tournaments Assistant coach of Holland High School junior varsity baseball team

2nd Rotation Co-Op

Michael
Major: Computer Engineering I was tasked with completing a large variety of projects big and small. The primary task I was assigned was doing circuit design. This is where I was given a project and I was tasked will design circuits to function with the guidelines and requirements provided. These circuits were then to be laid out but a PCB layout engineer. Many other tasks were also assigned to me including doing soldering work, thermal testing, ESD testing, EMC testing, research, and debugging of hardware failures. I was fortunate enough to gain experience with thermal cameras, thermal chambers, environmental chambers, heat guns, microscope imaging, and several other engineering tools and equipment.

GVSU Athletics Internship

Matthew
Major: Sport Management -Enhance fan game day experience through implementation of game and event promotion -Strategically promote athletic events to the local community, primarily students on campus -Develop relationships with local partners and sponsors -Liaison between the athletic department and on and off campus organizations -Work with other departments to create a seamless gameday experience

First Tee Program Intern

Katie
Major: Sport Management During my internship I was given many different tasks to complete. Excel spreadsheets and transferring numbers over, addressing/ mailing letters, cold calls, emailing school districts, set up/take down/running golf sessions, organizing equipment donations, creating social media content, brainstorming creative ideas, and creating First Tee flyers. I also was working hands on with the students delivering the Life Skills Experience.

Interning for a Congressman

Cory
Major: Political Science The prioritized task of my internship was answering all incoming phone calls and either directing them to the appropriate caseworker or recording the constituent's opinion. In addition, each morning I would compile a list of relevant news articles from various sources in the 2nd District that is emailed to all of Congressman Huizenga's staff (both in the district and in Washington D.C.) as well as the congressman himself. Outside of these activities, I conducted various projects such as writing congratulatory letters, organizing and updating the office's database, writing memos, and creating a travel brochure.

Co-op Rotation 2

Jake
Major: Mechanical Engineering At IPM I was given many opportunities to learn about business, conveyors, and CAD. At IPM i was able to work with AutoCad and SolidWorks every day. Hands on experience for me is extremely important and IPM was a perfect learning opportunity and a great co-op decision.

Game Night Intern

Jason
Major: Sport Management "Work the Griffins box office selling tickets through the AXS ticketing software, redeeming vouchers, and assisting fans to provide them a great experience while using exemplary customer service skills. "Reconcile cash drawer after the box office closes. "Participate in in-game promos and assist staff & customers in any way.

EGR 390 Co-Op Rotation

Jordyn
Major: Mechanical Engineering I worked with the design team. My duties include supplier parts test support & closure, design issues support & closure.

Sales and Marketing Assistant

Calvin
Major: Sport Management I had came up with an event that took me all semester to get information for. I met with a lot of people to get their opinions on the event I created. I also helped prepare games to be played for the basketball teams during their season. I also help clean at the end of the games as well. During this time I also help with advertisement around the school. Making sure the school was fulfilling the contracts they have with sponsorships.

GVSU Club Sports

Jordan
Major: Sport Management -Assist in the planning, organizing, and supervision of home events both on and off campus. -Assist with risk management oversight and travel coordination. -Manage social media pages. -Keep Club Sports updated with current information. -Create press releases for competitions and program announcements.

Athletic Director Internship

RJ
Major: Sport Management I completed a variety of tasks that were both inside and outside of the office. Some of these tasks included putting winter/spring schedules into ScheduleStar which is website that we use for all scheduling, I put summer camps onto Byron Centers website for parents to sign their kids up at, I attended board meetings with Brady and got to meet other ADs in the conference, I also got to attend coaches meetings about how to handle a variety of situations including hiring as well as moving players up to varsity. Finally I was helping put on Roundball Bash which is a large annual event at BCHS to fundraise money

Co-op Rotation #2

George
Major: Computer Engineering I worked closely with engineers to fix bugs, develop support for machine vision libraries, and test software before release. I helped the marketing team update the company website and give presentations to current and potential customers.

Second Controls Engineering Co-Op

Katey
Major: Electrical Engineering All of the work that I did this semester went towards customer projects. This was certainly different from last semester where much of my work went towards process improvement. I was primarily tasked with working on the human machine interface (HMI) displays for multiple cells. In addition to this, I gained experience working with programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and updated the parts of the PLC programs that involved HMI displays. I also created the lock out tag out (LOTO) documentation for multiple projects and updated many print packages. Overall, much of my job involved paying attention to details, finding, and resolving inconsistencies between the documentation and the programs.

Round 2

Nicholas
Major: Computer Engineering A couple of projects I worked on have included designing a Bluetooth mesh network for street lights as well as learning about and working with a WiFi and Bluetooth dual radio module in a separate project. I have worked a lot with the command line environment, setting up environments in command line, and working with the Bluetooth and WiFi API.

Rotation 2

Kathryn
Major: Electrical Engineering Throughout my second rotation at DISHER, I assisted on multiple billable projects. The types of billable projects were customers from varying industry backgrounds. That is one aspect that is awesome about DISHER, there is so much project variety! For this semester I was able to work on both hardware and software projects. When I wasnýt on a full-time customer project, I had many training opportunities to complete. One of my bigger tasks, not for a customer, was working on Altium Concord Pro. Altium is a PCB design and schematic program. Some other tasks I was able to work on was automation training and customer site visits.

Cooped Up at Koops

Daniel
Major: Mechanical Engineering During my rotation I modified the design of an overhead cage for use in assisting the assembly process of vehicle headliners. During this project, the design was reviewed, prints were drawn, and a bill of materials was created and kicked off. After Kick off, I had the opportunity to build the cage I had designed to experience some of the issues that could come up in the assembly process when not caught by the mechanical engineer. Later in the semester, I worked on a team designing stations in an automation cell that assembled vehicle components. Design reviews were held twice a week to try to keep things on track for kickoff. This involved a lot of problem solving and team work to try to meet customer specifications and keep costs down.

EGR 390 Co-op experience

Greg
Major: Mechanical Engineering For this rotation, I was assigned to the quoting department. I would put together full quotes that would be sent out to customers for potential work.

Co-Op 2

Brianna
Major: Mechanical Engineering I primarily worked on project management. This included organizing meetings and communicating with customers and suppliers, tracking document status, performing testing, etc.

Second Co-op Rotation at Genesis Seating

Daniel
Major: Mechanical Engineering During this rotation I was tasked with designing a layout for a cell where a new product would be assembled. This included creating many drawings and ideas for how the cell would be arranged, as well as creating carts and racks to hold different tools and parts that would be used to assemble the chair.

Helix Steel Engineering Co-op

Andrew
Major: Mechanical Engineering For this semester, I was a machine operator. This meant fixing machine wire breaks, changing wire spools, and pulling and replacing full product boxes from the machines. I also completed excel quality reports for unmachined product and machined product for meeting testing standards and record keeping.

Test Engineering Co Op

Brendan
Major: Computer Engineering While working at GHSP this winter I worked on flashing of ICs for police cruisers, and the testing of embedded systems controlling the transmission pump of automobiles.

Second Co-op Rotation - L3Harris

Michael
Major: Electrical Engineering Working in test engineering, my main tasks involve making sure test stations stay up to date and fully functional, as well as updating any test software and making quality-of-life improvements to make the software better in some way. Besides doing run of the mill updates, I also worked on new test systems for future products, as well as big changes to how software is loaded onto the products that are made.

Woodward FST Inc - 1st Rotation

David
Major: Mechanical Engineering Some of the tasks/projects that I worked on included coming up with new processes to aid in the production of parts. I was also apart of a few CAD design projects to either create new processes or improve existing ones. On a daily basis, the tasks varied to working with different engineers on projects or running with my own project. i also did some shadowing on the floor. There was always lots of collaboration with different engineers and operators and that created a great work environment where new ideas were always encouraged.