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Meet the Intern: Alyssa Lohmann

Prairie State Generating Company is excited to welcome Alyssa Lohmann as the public relations intern for the summer of 2018. Lohmann was born and raised in Nashville, Illinois.  She is a senior studying marketing at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.  Her interest in marketing grew from her experience in sales at the Buckle.  While working there, Lohmann promoted the store through s… More

Prairie State Interns Tour Energy Campus

On May 30, Prairie State’s 2018 Intern Class took tours of both the power plant and the mine. During the power plant tour, they learned about the process in which turbines generate electrical energy, and the state-of-the-art environmental technology in place. Their underground mine tour took them 250 feet below ground.  During this tour, they saw first-hand how the mine operates and watched … More

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