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Ask An Intern: Advice from a SciTech Alumni

Jun 16, 2023

Back in May, we heard from SciTech Participant Hannah Lender about how she overcame hiring roadblocks and successfully secured a paid internship in her field. While her determination and perseverance carried her far, Hannah also had a lot of valuable advice around the...

Passion Over GPA: A Model for STEM Recruiting in Minnesota

May 22, 2023

How many entry-level candidates are overlooked based solely on their GPA? And what do employers risk losing when all they consider is a number and not the person behind it? Take, for example, Hannah Lender, a biomedical engineering major at the University of Minnesota...

Biomedical Major Branches into Industry with Medtech Company BlueSky Designs

Mar 27, 2023

Emma Bouwman’s interest in STEM started when she was a kid, attending a summer camp called, Nuts, Bolts, and Thingamajigs- a week of engineering for elementary schoolers. On their last day, Bouwman and her fellow campers visited Medtronic’s headquarters where they got...