Jessica Dotson

( 6/25/01 ) Jessica Dotson '02 Gets Working Experience through Internship at Merck & Co.Jessica Dotson '02 Gets Working Experience through Internship at Merck & Co.

Jessica Dotson '02 Gets Working Experience through Internship at Merck & Co.

Lafayette Campus News ( www.lafayette.edu ) , June 25 , 2001 - Chemical engineering major Jessica Dotson '02 ( Frostburg , Md. ) is gaining insight into how employees in her field interact through a summer internship at Merck & Co. , Inc. in West Point , Pa..

Since June 4 , Dotson has been working in the vaccine operations department within the company's sterile manufacturing division.Her job includes validating several pieces of equipment , designing new equipment racks for the labs , and various other small projects.

Most of what I have learned so far involves how to deal with people , she says.The projects that I am working on require me to work with people in several other departments , both supervisory personnel and union workers.I am learning a great deal about how a large company such as Merck operates on a daily basis , and I feel that this is very valuable experience for me..I am hoping to be hired full-time by the company after I graduate next May..

Dotson secured the job through contacts she made at Merck during a January externship arranged through Career Services and the Alumni Association.Her internship concludes Aug. 17.

Doton was part of the Alternative School Break Team that built homes in Johns Island , South Carolina this year through Habitat for Humanity.She is a member of Tau Beta Pi ( the engineering honor society ) , the American Institute of Chemical Engineers , and the Society of Women Engineers.She also was vice president of membership for the Delta Delta Delta sorority last school year.

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