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Katie Grosteffon '09 blogs about being a GM engineering intern

Thanks to a Sullivan Fellowship she will spend her summer at the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Center

My first week working for General Motors was exciting... and overwhelming! Over the first few days, a lot of people I met would say, "Welcome to the exciting world of automobile manufacturing" with a hint of sarcasm in their voice. For me, the world of automobile manufacturing is exciting... so much is going on in the assembly center, it amazes me. But I can see how it might get boring after you've been working there awhile. The cars move down the line, pieces get attached, more cars move down, more pieces get attached... I'm sure it gets quite repetitive after some time. But I'm still in a wide-eyed phase.

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