Today Rick Smith was our guest lunch speaker. His previous job was at Rockwell Automation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he worked as a systems engineer. His main role there was to help bridge the communication gap between the heavy technical/design engineers, the customer, and upper management. He made sure that the engineers had designed the controls in an aircraft's fuselage the customer had expected. One of the things he strongly encouraged us students to do was to step out of your box or comfort zone, and experience the different opportunities life may provide us with. The second thing he strongly encouraged, was to try and create those opportunities for yourself by not only promoting yourself, but putting yourself in the right place at the right time. Rick recently has moved back to the area as a automation engineer at UPM-Blandin paper company in Grand Rapids.
Alex, Erin, and myself cooked and served chicken wild rice soup along with cake in honor of Dan Ewert's birthday tomorrow.
Proofed by Christine and Richie
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