Administration Student Interns Join DOT ‘Ohana After a hiatus during summer 2020, HDOT was able to resume our annual program to recruit local students for real-world work experience to augment their ongoing education. Several students were hired this summer, and with the approach of the new school year many have now moved on, but we want to take the opportunity to highlight a few of the students whose contributions and accomplishments were of great help to some of our HDOT offices this summer:
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The Oahu District Office of Highways Division had two student interns working on site this summer: Isaaq Branson (left) and Ray Valdez (right). Both Isaaq and Ray are students at Waipahu High School, Class of 2022 and will be starting their senior year this fall. Both are interested in attending UH Manoa after graduation. Isaaq plans to major in Civil Engineering, while Ray is interested in Mechanical Engineering.
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When asked about their work experience this summer, Issaq said “I’ve experienced desk work and the different duties as an engineer” and Ray said he “learned how engineers communicate with each other and contractors.” Issaq and Rey were welcomed members of the HWY-O team, and have their best wishes for great success in their future academic pursuits.
Pallas Beddow joined HDOT as a student intern after graduating from Kamehameha Schools this summer. Pallas has been working for Administration Division’s Business Management Office (BUS) - Office Services section. Pallas been helping with several projects supporting our digital documents archive, the DOT Content Management System (DOTCMS), and also assisting the BUS mail messengers, including a few ride-alongs on their daily routes around HDOT facilities on Oahu. He’ll be attending UCBerkeley campus See INTERNS on page 5 PAGE 4
