Tigers spend the summer gaining invaluable hands-on experience in various areas Dayvon Goddard, accounting, Brooklyn, N.Y., Class of 2012 Dayvon will be interning this summer with T-Coombs Associates, a company that specializes in accounting and information technology. Goddard said the internship, which will be in Springfield, Va., will enable him to combine the knowledge that he has learned at Voorhees in the area with real business practices in the field of accounting. The internship will last 10 weeks. “It is a great honor to have the opportunity to represent my great institution,” said Goddard. “I look forward to gaining real world experience in my field.”
Devon David Eilts, mathematics, Lithonia, Ga., Class of 2014 Devon will be spending his summer at an internship in Fort Collins, Colo. He will be interning with Mountain View Systems, a company that specializes in Microsoft Accelerated Certification training. Eilts‟ duties will include assisting the company with hosting Microsoft Certification exams and participating in the Microsoft boot camp. The internship will be 10 weeks. “I am very blessed to have this opportunity,” Eilts said. “This is not an opportunity that comes to often, so I plan to do my best and not take this opportunity for granted.”
Brittany Lawrence-Lemon, business administration, Charleston, S.C., Class of 2013 Brittany Lawrence-Lemon will be returning for a second year to intern with the U.S. Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. Lawrence-Lemon will be working in the records management office. She will gain more experience working with the budget for the Information Technology and Cyber Security departments and making presentations on the best ways to conserve energy. “I feel that I represented Voorhees well last summer, and I am happy that I was invited back for another summer,” Lawrence-Lemon said. -Continued on next page The Voorhees Voice
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