Simmons officially welcomed 31 high school and college students joining the company for summer internships on May 30. After hearing directly from senior leadership about the mission and vision of Simmons, interns each had the opportunity to introduce themselves and share about their summer project.
Internship projects ranged from LED lighting installation work to developing nursing and safety training to optimizing inventory management systems.
Along with lunch, each intern was given a gift bag including a limited edition Simmons T-Shirt featuring the theme “Do Real Work”.
“Part of our Put People First value is the underlying belief that every person on our team has value and is critical to our shared success,” said Michael Owens, Simmons’ Sr. Director of Talent Acquisition. “Our interns don’t do coffee runs. We expect them to make real contributions to our bottom line. It’s a tremendous real-world learning opportunity for both the student and the Simmons manager.”
Students watched short clip about Pet Food Buyer Mason Lemmons who started as an intern at the company. Mason was recently promoted from Warehouse Supervisor to his current position.
“It has been exciting to see Mason grow his career at Simmons. We hope to provide that opportunity to many more interns in the future,” said Melisa Robrahn, Talent Acquisition Manager at Simmons.
Congratulations and welcome, interns!
- Shaina Denton, University of Arkansas
- Emily Adams, University of Arkansas
- Zack Cain, University of Arkansas
- Kerrigan Kissinger, University of Arkansas
- Austin Miller, University of Arkansas
- Charley Rayfield, Oklahoma State University
- Josh Bender, University of Arkansas – Fort Smith
- Ben Griffin – Arkansas Tech University
- Nichole Frear, University of Arkansas
- Storm Skyrme, Fayetteville High School
- Andrew Kamisato, Siloam Springs High School
- Tim Stults, University of Arkansas
- Logan Dunn, Lyons College
- Issac Lopez, University of Houston
- Rene Caraveo, University of Arkansas
- Shelby Calico, University of Arkansas
- Madison Spence, John Brown University
- Megan Culpepper, University of Colorado
- Quincy Gao, University of Arkansas
- Allison Torres, Texas A&M University
- Kaylie Jones, Arkanas Tech University
- Erin Lorch, University of Arkansas
- Katlynn Martin, University of Arkansas
- Carolina Taylor, Emporia State University
- Amanda Dainton, University of Illinois
- Leslie Lewis, University of Arkansas
- Grant Thornton, University of Arkansas
- Emalee Copeland, Northeastern State University
- Darryl Nichols, University of Arkansas
- Kylee Mai, University of Arkansas
- Samantha Varela, University of Arkansas
