Recent Graduates!

What are your plans after graduation?
Renewable Energy Associate II at Sargent and Lundy

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
VA trips and camping

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Managing and working with diverse stakeholders to accomplish goals for EGL

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
No homework

What is something you are proud of (project, event, etc.) from your time at Michigan?
VA!

Any last words you would like to share with the EGL community?
Buy in and build out

What are your plans after graduation?
Rotational Program at Corning in North Carolina

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
Chicago trips

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Professionalism, working through ambiguity, and being able to create a sense of community

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
Warmer weather

What is something you are proud of (project, event, etc.) from your time at Michigan?
Michigan winning the natty

What are your plans after graduation?
Work for SpaceX in Seattle

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
Thailand and South Africa VA

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Feeling comfortable in ambiguous situations

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
I'm looking forward to traveling prior to starting my job.

What is something you are proud of (project, event, etc.) from your time at Michigan?
Proud of the friends I've made and seeing them accomplish great things!

Any last words you would like to share with the EGL community?
Don't be strangers.

What are your plans after graduation?
Working as an Analyst at The Keystone Group in Chicago

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
Hawaii VA!!

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Leadership, global awareness, community building, mentorship

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
Meeting new people and trying new hobbies

What is something you are proud of (project, event, etc.) from your time at Michigan?
Creating the EGL mentorship program – I love seeing how connected everyone is between each class!

Any last words you would like to share with the EGL community?
Don't forget your elders (never hesitate to reach out :) )

What are your plans after graduation?
Designing tiny robots in Montbéliard, France

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
Receiving the email with my Tauber assignment

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Tauber networking was intense but taught me a lot about presentation and putting your best foot forward

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
EGL encouraged me to study abroad. After a semester in France, I will now be moving there for my first job

What is something you are proud of (project, event, etc.) from your time at Michigan?
I put on the first ever student-run Tauber facility tour (Ford tour in February)

Any last words you would like to share with the EGL community?
“Wherever you are, be all there.” – Jim Elliot

What are your plans after graduation?
Capital One in Chicago

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
Spontaneous skydiving stint with the Hawaii VA gang

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Being comfortable through the discomfort

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
Having my own bathroom lol

What is something you are proud of (project, event, etc.) from your time at Michigan?
Tying for 3rd place in the Spotlight! Competition

Any last words you would like to share with the EGL community?
It’s been real y’all, never hesitate to reach out!

What are your plans after graduation?
Moving to Chicago to work for McMaster-Carr in their Management Development Rotational Program

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
Iceland VA, hanging out and having lunch during Day of Leadership in 2023

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Time management, networking, cross-cultural communication

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
Doing a big trip to China and Vietnam

Any last words you would like to share with the EGL community?
Make the most of your time with EGLs and get out of your comfort zone

What are your plans after graduation?
I'm going on Birthright in Israel, then I'll be starting work in July at K2 Integrity as an Associate.

What is one of your favorite EGL memories?
Definitely the 3 VA trips I went on—to Peru, Thailand, and Hawaii. This is how I got so close with many of my friends, experienced amazing travel, and made real impact in communities.

What skills have you gained through EGL that you believe will be most valuable in your future endeavors?
Adaptability. I learned how to make adjustments in difficult situations and always figure out how to get things done (Embracing Ambiguity!). This is absolutely a skill that will be invaluable in my future.

What are you most looking forward to post-grad?
Living in NYC! If any fellow EGLs are in NYC and looking to meet up, let me know!

What is something you are proud of (project, event, etc.) from your time at Michigan?
I'm proud of my time serving on Exec and planning the Chicago Trip 2024.

Any last words you would like to share with the EGL community?
I'm very thankful for EGL and all the experiences I had because of it. I'm grateful to all of the people who made my time in EGL special.