Internships
Fisher Wallace, senior at McNeese State University, completed an internship with Cameron LNG in Hackberry. This company works to transform natural gas into liquified natural gas. The management major learned the importance of teamwork and communication within supply chain industry throughout his internship. “Everyone relies on one another to complete processes and achieve the final…
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Rachel Hawsey interned at the SWLA Economic Development Alliance in Lake Charles while seeking a second degree at McNeese State University. The senior finance major holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Montana State University. The well-rounded student stayed near her hometown of Billings, Montana, to obtain her real estate license before making the…
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Semilore “Semi” Bashorun, senior at McNeese State University, spent his summer interning at Ernst and Young. His time at the financial firm in Dallas, Texas, allowed him to experience routines beneficial for his potential career. “The internship gave me the chance to rotate across different business areas. That experience helped me identify where my real…
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McNeese State University junior, Christabel Simon-Alade, got an early start working in the medical field conducting research at Louisiana State University. Simon-Alade, a biological sciences major from Nigeria, chose to study at McNeese because of its academic rigor and affordability for an international student. “I want to study medicine to become a symbol of hope…
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McNeese State University senior, Elijah Adediran, spent his summer immersed in biotechnology as an intern at Roche Diagnostics. Roche Diagnostics is a corporation developing diagnostic products for cancer, cardiac health, infectious diseases and women’s health. Adediran, an electrical engineering major from Lagos, Nigeria, interned for one of the company’s teams. “I became familiar with software…
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McNeese State University civil engineering students Francis Chukwuemeka, Brant Courville and Tyler Tran laid the groundwork for their future careers during their summer internships. Chukwuemeka, a junior from Nigeria, interned for AECOM, an infrastructure consulting firm, in Michigan. He explained that asking questions in class helped him learn quickly during his internship. “I gained valuable…
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McNeese State University senior, Logan Jones, caught a glimpse at all the moving parts of a successful business during his summer internship at Crying Eagle Brewing Co. in Lake Charles. Jones is a management major with an entrepreneurship minor from Moss Bluff. Jones worked under the president of the company, Eric Avery, who graduated from…
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McNeese State University senior, Damilola Iguwe, worked alongside leading cancer researchers during her summer internship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, where she took part in scientific research. Iguwe, of Lagos, Nigeria, has a passion for understanding the biological mechanisms that drive human health and disease. This led her to study biological science…
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McNeese State University computer science majors scored spots in the professional tech world interning for Meta, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Google. The students are Gabriella Toby, Oluwatobiloba Onimole, David Majekodunmi, Yvonne Ariri and Jeremy Richard-Ikediashi. Both Ariri and Richard-Ikediashi completed their internships for the second time. These students study computer science at McNeese because of their…
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McNeese State University student Carly Davis’ summer internship took her to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Davis, a senior chemistry major from Kinder, spent her summer working with the Europa ICONS (Inspiring Clipper: Opportunities for Next-generation Scientists) internship program that supports the NASA Europa Clipper mission. She worked in the Southwest Research…
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