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2018 Intern Class

This week Prairie State welcomed its 2018 Intern Class to campus. Interns will work in the corporate office, mine, and power plant, focusing on special projects in each of their areas of study. We look forward to a great summer!   More

Intern Check-in: Andrew Williams

IT Intern Andrew Williams was a late addition to the Prairie State team, he started just over a month and a half ago. Despite that, Williams has made up for missed time by being a productive member of the IT team. “Working with IT and the help desk has given me an opportunity to work with a lot of different things,” Williams said. “Sometimes I have to work with infrastructure. Sometimes I… More

Intern check-in: Kathryn Torre

Electrical engineering intern, Kathryn Torre, likened her time at the Prairie State Generating Company to drinking from a fire hose. A lot of information can come at interns very quickly, but she adapted and learned a lot this summer. “I loved it here. I thought it was really interesting,” Torre said. “I think I’ve learned 10 billion things and I think there are still… More

Intern check in: Tony McDaniel

Public and government relations intern, Tony McDaniel, has spent his summer with Prairie State updating how PSGC interacts with employees, member-owners and community members. Two of the main projects that McDaniel has worked on this summer have been laying some of the groundwork for PSGC’s updated company website and building a Facebook page to help the company communicate with employees as … More