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Numerous Employment Opportunities For LU Cooperative Education Students

Jan. 24, 2022

Lakeland’s Cooperative Education program has rolled into the new year with numerous employment opportunities for LU students.

Shortly before the Christmas holiday break, Lakeland held a Co-Op signing ceremony for students and their employers. The following is a list of students working in Co-Op positions this semester and their employers:

• Gabrielle Barefield, Lakeland Environmental Safety Department
• Tracy Beniger, Vollrath Company
• Aronita Blakqori, Kohler Co.
• Chassity Bradford, Wisconsin Herd
• Curtiss Dokey, Fromm Accounting LLC
• Mackenzie Dvorachek, Hawkins Ash CPA
• Ashley Esser and Lurian Soto, Lakeland Muskie Mart
• Emily Federspiel, Maria Paradiso and Ashley Trapp, CliftonLarsonAllen
• Mariah Fox, Anchor Lanes
• Sahara Gardner, Generations Intergenerational Center
• Rebekah Goodacre-Reinke, Inspiring Minds
• Elizabeth Groonwald, Suttner Accounting
• Katelynn Gunderson, St. Nicholas Hospital/HSHS
• Jody Hartwig, North Star Casino Resort
• Nathan Hemmerling and Sam Wright, Lakeland Athletics
• Kallie Hoeft, Masters Gallery Foods
• Mercades Jager, Blue Harbor Resort & Conference Center
• Riley Jahnke, Launch: Lakeland Student-Run Businesses
• Brian King, United States Air Force
• Jessica Leicht, Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra
• Noah Lutzke, Lakeland Track & Field program
• Cheyenne Mathas, Lakeland Admissions Office
• Sierra Muth, Lakeland Dining Services
• Tayler Otten, Chris & Sue’s
• Duane Peterson, Veolia North America
• Joriana Rivera, Kiel Veterinary Clinic
• Mitty Schwartz, Huberty
• Mackenzie Seeber, Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department
• DJ Tomlinson-Mathis, Lakeland Co-Op & Career Readiness Office
• Toua Vang, Charter Communications
• Haley West, Lakeland Dining Services
• Emma Wigand, The Boys & Girls Club of Sheboygan
• Gunner Williams, Millipore Sigma.

Two new leaders are part of LU’s Co-Op program. Britanni Meinnert is associate vice president for Cooperative Education, and Hillary Young is LU’s director of Cooperative Education.

Meinnert leads Lakeland’s Co-Op and career readiness team, focusing on external engagement efforts, coordination of Co-Op from acceptance to the program through post-graduation success and promoting career readiness for the entire student population. She is also continuing in her role as a Lakeland faculty member in LU’s hospitality management program with revised teaching duties to accommodate her new responsibilities.

Young focuses on student engagement, Cooperative Education coursework and supervision of the on-campus student employment program. She meets one-on-one with students who need assistance with Co-Op planning and will meet frequently with on-campus site supervisors and faculty to build relationships and support the professional growth of Lakeland students.

Learn more about Co-Op at the program’s website.