{"676694":{"#nid":"676694","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Enterprise 6 Internship Cohort Completes 2024 Session","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETaking a summer internship in economic development, Stephanie Galicia, a graduate student at Kennesaw State University, didn\u2019t expect she\u2019d be saving lives.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut Galicia, who is pursuing master\u2019s degrees in business and public administration, found herself doing just that as an Enterprise 6 Intern in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oshainfo.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESafety, Health, Environmental Services\u003C\/a\u003E group at Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/innovate.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEnterprise Innovation Institute\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBecause some of her family members work in manufacturing, construction, and landscaping, she felt a strong personal connection to the group\u2019s mission to help employers reduce workplace hazards.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTo come to work, learn the educational side, and go home and educate my family is something I\u0027ve been very fortunate to do,\u201d Galicia said. \u201cEveryone who works in these environments works to be able to feed their family and have a place to live. They don\u0027t know how serious these hazards are that they come across each day. We\u2019re able to tell people, \u2018This chemical\u2019s harming you, this air is harming you, this safety hazard is harming you.\u2019 It\u2019s saving lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGalicia was one of seven Enterprise 6 students from Georgia universities who put the skills they\u2019ve honed in labs and classrooms into a host of dynamic economic development projects across the state this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELaunched in 2021, the Enterprise 6 program allows University System of Georgia undergraduate and graduate students to work in the economic development space. In the past three years, 31 interns have been selected.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Enterprise Innovation Institute is the nation\u2019s longest-running and most diverse university-based economic development organization. Since launching its founding program more than 60 years ago, it has expanded to serve a wide range of businesses of all sizes while also increasing its focus on socioeconomic development, providing resources, support, and skills to local communities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnterprise 6 interns receive practical, real-life work experience and $25 an hour for a 20-hour work week, as well as mentorship from a research faculty member and biweekly check-in meetings. The program is made possible by funding from the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur Enterprise 6 internships immerse students from Georgia Tech and other universities in the work of socioeconomic development across our programs that serve communities and business,\u201d said Enterprise Innovation Institute Vice President David Bridges. \u201cStudents don\u2019t always see direct parallels between socioeconomic development and their courses of study, but this experience is designed to help make those connections.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat was the case for Anshika Nichani, who interned with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gamep.org\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Manufacturing Extension Partnership\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cCybersecurity, supply chain, and Industry 4.0 projects provided me with invaluable experience and have been instrumental in my development across multiple domains,\u201d said Nichani, a computer science major.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI learned more here than in some of my classes. It was also fascinating and enjoyable to learn about general workplace practices and dynamics.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor Shreya Dudeja, an undergraduate studying business administration in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scheller.gatech.edu\/index.html\u0022\u003EScheller College of Business\u003C\/a\u003E, the internship enabled her to learn about the inner workings of university finance, tracking processes, and delving into research and policy. What she especially appreciated about the internship was \u201cthe fact that I could work with so many different people. It\u0027s a very collaborative environment.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECiera Hudson is a Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Emechanical engineering\u003C\/a\u003E student who will graduate in December. Hudson, who grew up singing and playing the flute, chose an Arts Innovation internship and has discovered some overlap between her major and her creative passions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs an engineering student, she said, \u201cI\u0027ve had a lot of opportunities to learn about how products are developed and the whole life cycle from concept to completion.\u201d She sees similarities between that process and designing an arts program that meets a client\u2019s particular needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESamuel Hutto, an economics major at Georgia College and State University, worked with Georgia Tech\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cedr.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Economic Development Research\u003C\/a\u003E (CEDR), building surveys and collecting and organizing data on municipalities throughout the state.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat he enjoyed most about his experience was CEDR\u0027s team. \u201cThey\u0027ve been very accepting and relaxed. They\u0027re very easy to work with,\u201d said Hutto, who added, \u201cI\u0027ve learned more about how research can truly affect people\u0027s lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStudents participated at various stages in their educational and career paths. EI2 Global intern Ejaz Ahmed, for example, is a Ph.D. student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E with previous work experience, and Georgia Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing intern Byron Fair enjoyed a successful military career before joining Scheller\u2019s MBA program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKrystle Richardson, program operations manager for Enterprise 6, supports students throughout their internships, helping them to fine-tune goals and navigate challenges while connecting them with relevant resources at the Enterprise Innovation Institute and Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019m thrilled when interns extend their time with us as student workers or graduate research assistants,\u201d she said. \u201cSome even secure full-time positions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOne such intern is Hanyu \u201cHannah\u201d Lu. After her experience in the 2023 Enterprise 6 cohort, she completed a master\u2019s degree in computational science and engineering at Georgia Tech. Lu then went on to work as a student employee at the Enterprise Innovation Institute, and she\u2019s recently been hired as a data analyst in the organization\u2019s Office of the Vice President.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe success of the Enterprise 6 Internship program stems from both our exceptional interns \u2014 bright, driven individuals who eagerly apply their classroom knowledge to real-world projects \u2014 and our dedicated leaders who provide them with meaningful and valuable experience that shapes their career paths,\u201d said Richardson.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe hope the interns\u2019 experiences will have a lasting, positive impact on their careers and lives.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESince the program\u0027s launch in 2021, 31 students from University System of Georgia schools have participated.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Seven students from Georgia universities worked on dynamic economic development projects this summer."}],"uid":"36604","created_gmt":"2024-09-10 20:13:49","changed_gmt":"2024-09-23 14:04:21","author":"etolpa3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-09-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674980":{"id":"674980","type":"video","title":"Enterprise 6 Summer Interns Class of 2024","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThree University System of Georgia students \u2014 two from Georgia Tech and one from Kennesaw State University \u2014 share their experiences as E6 summer interns at Georgia Tech\u0027s Enterprise Innovation Institute, where they married their skills and classroom learning to solving challenges in economic development. 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