Mary Elmquist, Retired, Ford Motor Company

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Mary Elmquist, Retired, Ford Motor
Company Member of Lima/Allen County Chamber of
Commerce Education Committee Serving as Liaison
for FORD PAS with Lima/Allen County Schools
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Process for Obtaining Internships

• Interviews With Students
• Compile List of Businesses Mail Letters
• BEAC Committee Members Phone for Meeting
• Meet with Business
• Business Fills Out Paper Work
• Job Descriptions Prepared
• Letters to Businesses/Students for Breakfast
• Breakfast Held
• Students Interview

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• Types of Businesses Contacted
• Banks Credit Unions
• Manufacturing, e.g. P G, Rudolph Foods, Ford
• Non-Profits, e.g. Goodwill, Council on Aging,
  MRDD
• Chamber of Commerce
• Media, e.g. Clear Channel, Corp Comm
• Educational Institutions

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• Internships Obtained
• 9 Paid
• 4 - P G
• Rudolph Foods
• Lima Public Library
• Chamber of Commerce
• Superior Credit Union
• University of Northwestern Ohio
• Pay Through Chamber, if necessary

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11 Unpaid 5 - Allen County Council
on Aging 2- Lima Public Library 2 - Lima/Allen
Council on Community Affairs 1 - Allen County
Board of MRDD 1 Goodwill Industries
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• Improvements Planned for Next Year

• Letter to Parents in Fall Concerning Internships
• Time Frame of Internship Flexible
• Open to both classes 10th 11th
• Letter to students from business with results
• Carbon Copy to Coordinator
• Students to have Business Cards/Resume at
  Breakfast
• Student Interviews Before Sending Out Letters to
• Businesses
• Contact Business based on Interviews Interest
• Start Process Earlier Than January

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Breakfast With Students, Businesses and Education
Committee
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Evaluation Process
One for Student on Business Experience (Refer to
Packet) One for Business on Student (Refer to
Packet)
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Rick Gross, Proud Principal Bath High
School Lima, OH
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• Benefits of BEAC Collaborative Effort
• Ford
• P G
• Chamber/P G Speakers
• Baths View of Internships
• Students View of Internships
• Results
• General Comments on Things Gone Right/
• Things Gone Wrong