{"id":4924,"date":"2021-10-04T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/stem-internship-education-exposure-experience\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T15:18:00","slug":"stem-internship-education-exposure-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/stem-internship-education-exposure-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM Internship Program: Education, Exposure, Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10989\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10989\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10989\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tne-lab_cropped-image-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interns in the Waters Analysis and Remote Service Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At Waters, it\u2019s no surprise STEM education is close to our hearts; it\u2019s what we do and a core part of who we are as a company. We are committed to investing in future talent by supporting <strong>STEM education <\/strong>for elementary, middle, and high school students with a special focus on supporting minorities and women.<\/p>\n<p>Our ultimate goal at Waters is to ensure our company is a diverse representation of the society we live in. This will take time, investment, and a commitment to bringing opportunities to those who may not even know they exist. One of the ways we do this, is by increasing access to STEM education in a way that gives students exposure and experience throughout their educational journey.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Partnering with the community to bring STEM opportunities to an underserved population<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This summer, we invited students from Boston\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jebhs.org\/\">Jeremiah Burke High School<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamne.org\">Team New England<\/a>, a youth development program that serves students in the Boston area, to participate in a new pilot program. We saw a big opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind program combining mentoring, education, business, and science all aimed at one goal: to spark students\u2019 interest so they see all the possibilities the future holds.<\/p>\n\t\t<!-- Start of Brightcove Player -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; min-width: 0px; max-width: 100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"padding-top: 56%; \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<video-js\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tid=\"6275495938001\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-video-id=\"6275495938001\" data-account=\"1786731335\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"x5aEzLYoZ\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-usage=\"cms:WordPress:7.1.3:2.8.8:javascript\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" class=\"video-js\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcontrols   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; left: 0;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/video-js>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1786731335\/x5aEzLYoZ_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- End of Brightcove Player -->\n\t\t\n<h3><strong>Six weeks of STEM: A mix of science, business, and hard and soft skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The program ran three days a week during a period of six weeks in July and August. This was enough time for the interns to get a view into all aspects of Waters\u2019 business, explore a wide range of scientific and business topics, and develop a variety of hard and soft skills.<\/p>\n<p>Each week focused on different parts of the business. By the end of the program, the interns were exposed to ten different departments, including Scientific Operations, Manufacturing, Communications, and Service.<\/p>\n<p>As the program\u2019s focus areas rotated weekly from department to department, the curriculum ranged from purely science-focused\u2014introduction to mass spectrometry, pathology, machine operations, and much more\u2014to \u201csoft\u201d skills, such as career planning and presentation skills. Regardless of the topic at hand, each day\u2019s classroom education was balanced with a mixture of activities, including office and lab tours, hands-on experiments, scavenger hunts, group discussions, ideation sessions, and more. There were a few opportunities to step out of the classroom, too, as the students were given a science-based historical tour of Cambridge and even challenged some of their new Waters colleagues to a basketball game.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10984\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10984\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10984 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_0299-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10984\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Udit Batra, Waters President and CEO, in discussion with the Interns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to junior Joshua Jean Charles, one of the highlights was \u201cmeeting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewalliance.com\/pipetting-robot\/\">robot named Andrew<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0 Sean Whyne-Grant, a senior, said, \u201cMost important for me was to step outside my comfort zone, connect and network with people I would have never had an opportunity [to meet] if it was not for this internship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Underscoring Waters leadership\u2019s commitment to creating opportunities and supporting the next generation of STEM professionals, our CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/nextgen\/us\/en\/about-waters\/executive-team.html\">Dr. Udit Batra<\/a>, was involved at multiple stages of the program. During the first week, Udit hosted a \u201cMeet the CEO\u201d session to get to know the students, answer their questions, and share his own perspective on STEM careers, life, and leadership. His presence and passion were felt by each of the students from beginning to end as each student met individually with Udit to share their experience.<\/p>\n<h3>Culminating a STEM curriculum<\/h3>\n<p>As the program culminated, the interns delivered capstone presentations to the Waters executive team, leaders from Team New England, the Burke School in Boston, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonpublicschools.org\/site\/default.aspx?PageType=3&amp;ModuleInstanceID=13642&amp;ViewID=7b97f7ed-8e5e-4120-848f-a8b4987d588f&amp;RenderLoc=0&amp;FlexDataID=23652&amp;PageID=6431\">Dr. Lindsa McIntyre<\/a>, Boston Public Schools Secondary School Superintendent. Many Waters mentors and educators from their school also had the opportunity to tune in virtually.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11022\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11022\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/group-photo_cropped-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11022\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interns with the Waters executive team at capstone presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The power of their presentations captured the impact of their experience, brought tears to many eyes, and elicited spontaneous hugs. Those moments were exactly why we do this. Hearing their personal stories and learnings centers each of us in our purpose and commitment to STEM education and investing early in the talent we need for the future.<\/p>\n<p>A BIG thank you to Mark McAuliffe, Laura Monaghan, Brittney Chabot, Isaiah Davis, Greg Hill, and the team of 70+ Waters participants. Without each of you, none of this would have been possible. We have started something pretty special together. I can\u2019t wait to see where we go next. And to our first class of students, each of you will always have a special place in our hearts as we build this program for years to come. And always remember, there is nothing you can\u2019t do. We are rooting for every one of you and look forward to seeing you all again soon.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waters.com\/nextgen\/global\/about-waters\/corporate-social-responsibility\/philanthropy.html\"><strong>Learn more about STEM and our other philanthropic commitments<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In partnership with Team New England and Jeremiah E. 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