Congratulations to approximately 20 members of the BEAM class of 2004 for successfully completing 125 hours of part-time work this past summer at Cordis Corporation in Miami Lakes, a medical device corporation that is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.  

   2003 marked the seventh year for this program, which pairs BEAM students with Cordis employees.  The employees act as the students’ supervisors, usually on a one-to-one basis, for six weeks from early July to mid-August.  Students assist their supervisors with their daily work, ranging from administrative duties in Cordis’s Human Resources Department, to writing cardiovascular catheter quality control standards for the Engineering Department.

   This latter job was that of BEAM student Veronica Herrera, who says she and her supervisor spent most of her hours analyzing the various ways catheters and stents could be defective, and classifying them as either “acceptable,” “defective,” or “failing.”  Veronica’s work will make it possible for Cordis to save money by clarifying the quality control process.

   Veronica says her summer job at Cordis gave her “an inside view into what the outside world is like,” and that all of the Cordis employees were very supportive. Even though she plans to study veterinary science and not go into manufacturing, she feels her time at Cordis was well spent.

   It is worthwhile to note that two previous BEAM interns have been hired to work at Cordis during the school year - one in the Legal Department and one in Engineering.

   All of the participants appreciate the efforts of BEAM Anatomy and Physiology teacher Peter Saponaro, who coordinates the program for the BEAM students.  He recruited the 20 students primarily from his Anatomy/Physiology class this past May.

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