Student Success Stories: Abigail Halls
Abigail Halls is a Woodstock HS Work-Based Learning student who works as a paid engineering intern at Roytec Industries, LLC. Through the WBL program, Abigail has been afforded a fantastic opportunity to learn hands on engineering and manufacturing skills that are not able to be learned in the traditional classroom. Just to name a few, she has had the opportunity to learn engineering sales including quoting and setting up Bill-of-Materials for customers, completing cell production and assembly tasks, and performing hands on production and inspection of materials. She has also been able to communicate with customers from all across the globe – different time zones, tariffs, cultures, and countries – which is an amazing opportunity that not all grown adults are even afforded.
Abi’s supervisor and mentor, Dan Zendzian, stated “She is an extremely fast learner, very motivated, and has progressed to a level over the last few months where I am comfortable assigning her projects that would normally be given to seasoned engineering technicians here. While Abi has always exhibited a strong work ethic, that has become even more apparent in the recent weeks. When school was cancelled for the remainder of the school year Abi approached me and asked if she could work additional hours beyond the 10 hrs per week she was working while in school. Because of her aptitude and demonstrated ability to complete projects I was happy to accommodate her request. She is now working 30+ hours per week and she has helped my team keep up with the increased demand of expedited quotes we have seen from our customers in the last few weeks.”
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