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Intern Update: Kealie Vogel

Environmental Intern, Kealie Vogel, has spent her summer at Prairie State ensuring environmental compliance and working to reduce environmental degradation across campus. Kealie has spent a significant portion of her time at Prairie State transitioning compliance records from physical files to online records, recording water levels, updating emissions spreadsheets, updating waste management inv… More

Intern Update: Jeff Hightower

Accounting and Finance Intern, Jeff Hightower, has spent his summer at Prairie State getting hands-on experience in auditing, analyzing, reporting, and recording financial data. Jeff has been helping with multiple projects in the finance and accounting department. He has assisted in property tax recording, internal control and auditing, reporting accuracy, and analyzing many different projects.… More

Meet the Intern: William Lisota

Prairie State is pleased to welcome William Lisota as one of our Mechanical Engineering Interns this summer. William is from Crete, Illinois. This fall, he will be entering his senior year in the mechanical engineering program at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. William is the captain of the Saluki Quidditch team; this team competes in tournaments in the fall and spring. In past summ… More

Meet the Intern: Adonis Barnes

Prairie State is excited to welcome Adonis Barnes as one of our Mechanical Engineering Interns this summer. Adonis is from Calumet City, Illinois, and he currently attends Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIU). He will be entering his senior year of studying mechanical engineering. At SIU, Adonis is a member of the National Society of Black Engineers, and he occasionally tutors other… More

Meet the Intern: Mehran Mustafa

Prairie State is excited to welcome Mehran Mustafa as our Electrical Engineering Intern this summer. Mehran is originally from Pakistan, which is where he completed his bachelor’s degree. In 2015, Mehran moved to Carbondale to pursue further education at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale (SIU). He completed his master’s degree in electrical engineering in 2017, and he is currently … More