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Taylor Brown, Junior STS Major<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To be honest, when I applied for the Operational Excellence Internship at GlaxoSmithKline, I did not really know what I was applying for. Nevertheless, I applied, interviewed, and received the position. I began working on May 20, 2013 and immediately started learning all about the company, my department, and what it means to be part of the workforce. \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During my summer at GSK, I worked closely with the manufacturing and packaging departments in the TUMS factory, which is located in St. Louis, MO, only thirty minutes from my house. I quickly learned that I would not be treated as an \u201cinnocent intern\u201d and would be held to the same standards as the full-time employees. Because GSK must abide by FDA and OSHA guidelines, I had to complete many standard operating procedures, SOPS, and undergo extensive training on how to handle the product and wear the proper protective gowning.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 During my time as an intern, I was able to utilize the technical writing skills I have learned during my Butler career. I authored two manuals that are currently being used a points of reference during site-wide training. I was also able to write a new SOP, which will be used in the manufacturing departments. I completed daily operations tasks, such as efficiency analysis, participating in safety meetings, and performing quality experiments in the site\u2019s chemistry lab.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the end of my internship, I left GSK with an awareness of what it means to be part of the workforce as well as a strong sense of accomplishment in the science-writing field. The experience also opened my eyes to the manufacturing world which I hope to be a more permanent part of in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Taylor Brown, Junior STS Major<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To be honest, when I applied for the Operational Excellence Internship at GlaxoSmithKline, I did not really know what I was applying for. Nevertheless, I applied, interviewed, and received the position. I began working on May 20, 2013 and immediately started learning all about the company, my department, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2520,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11723],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2520"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/sts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}