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INTERNSHIPS = OPPORTUNITIES Ethan Myers participated in a summer internship program at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Myers also received a scholarship sponsored by Northrop Grumman to help pay for classes at HCC, Physics Laboratory (APL) while he was an where he earned three associate degrees – in engineering student at HCC. He's now studying computer science, engineering, and math. electrical engineering at Stanford University in California. "In sixth grade, I got involved in botball – a worldwide robotics competition where teams compete using a limited amount of parts and time – which Internships for college students increase the probability that they will continue in a STEM career after graduation, help them build a professional network, develop their marketable job skills, and improve their appeal to potential employers. led to my interest in computer science," says Myers. "I started taking classes at HCC when I was in the eighth grade. The internship was the next step for me that sparked my interests." Chris Iglehart is on track to earn a bachelor's o ering degree in mechanical engineering from UMBC. "I started taking classes at HCC when I was in the eighth grade. The internship was the next step for me that sparked my interests." – ETHAN MYERS "I was proud of what I a accomplished that summer. On the business side, it involved so many people and i He participated in the James W. Rouse departments – it was a very good overview of what e Scholars Program, a selective and challenging happens behind the scenes of a project." m honors and leadership program at HCC, and ss was a member of the first class of the STEM Learning Community. "I grew up on a farm, Both students agre that internships are an important agree part of the learnin process. "Internships help you learning learn som things that simply can't be some so as a child I learned how to build taught in a classroom," Iglehart says. "And and fix things and make them work. they ope doors that would take a lot longer open Engineering came naturally." to open o your own." on As an intern at Northrop re Grumman, his job was to figure out what was wrong with certain procedures, talk with the departments affected, and create a new process that would meet the needs of the various stakeholders. "I grew up on a farm, so as a child I learned how to build and fix things and make them work. Engineering came naturally." – CHRIS IGLEHART C Howard Community College Spring 2011 | Pathways 9