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Intern check in: Alec Jackson

Corporate safety intern Alec Jackson has had a productive internship this summer at Prairie State. This has been her third internship in her short career. Jackson said this has been her favorite and most hands-on internship yet. “This has been a lot of fun. I wanted this internship to give me an experience where I got to get my hands dirty,” She said. “I really love the c… More

Intern check-in: Kara Husmann

Accounting intern Kara Husmann has spent more time working with Prairie State than any of the other interns – this was her second stint in the Prairie State Internship Program. Last summer, Husmann got to know how the accounting team with Prairie State goes about their daily tasks. This time around, she was given the freedom to handle some of those tasks on her own. “I had a go… More

Intern Check In: Carmen Keller

Legal intern Carmen Keller described her summer as a busy one. She’s attended depositions regarding active cases that Prairie State is affiliated with, worked to help prepare for November’s ethics and compliance week and researched Federal Aviation Administration regulations regarding unmanned aircraft. Her experience at Prairie State this summer has taught her about working in… More

Intern check-in: Linda Lee

Power Plant safety intern, Linda Lee, has spent the majority of her summer working on a big project that could help keep employees at Prairie State safer for years to come. Lee has been working on an emergency action plan in the event of a chemical spill to provide guidelines of how to approach and handle a spill in a safe manner. To do so, she has gathered information on where all of the c… More

Intern check-in: Hannah Dhom

Prairie State Generating Company’s environmental intern, Hannah Dhom, has spent her summer making sure that PSGC remains compliant in its new and continuing projects around the campus. Dhom’s summer has been busy and hands on. From ground water sampling to overseeing the construction of cell four with the coal combustion residuals group at the Near Field Site she has gone through a dive… More