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Galette des Rois, traditional gadz'arts gathering, took place in Saratoga on January 28th
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Dear Alumni! Dear Friends!
We hope this newsletter finds you well. AFAM team is growing as we have new programs available for our community and need more volunteer help. Please check out our AFAM, Shasta, Sequoia, Yosemite news rubric to know about our programs and get some updates.
Besides, today in our February newsletter:
1) interview with our apprentice students who pursued their internships in the US: please meet Fatima and Matteo;
2) the fascinating "gadz'arts" language;
3) research news from PIMM Arts et Metiers lab;
4) we are looking for Sequoia Coaches to help our alumni prepare University applications to study in the United States. If you were a parcours US student or/and successfully accomplished a PhD and want to volunteer as a Sequoia Coach, please contact us to talk about the program and how you can help.
Have a nice week!
Your AFAM team
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AFAM, Shasta, Sequoia and Yosemite news:
1) Please welcome our new West Coast group president - Nicolas Horde ( Ai 214).
Nicolas has been an AFAM board member since 2018. He is currently helping with Shasta and Sequoia programs. We are looking forward to having more events and activities for the West Coast gadz group.
Please contact Nicolas or Albina if you want to become a part of the West Coast gadz group or offer your help with group activities;
2) We would like to congratulate Robert Stelly (Ch 97) on his new role - Shasta committee member. Robert, based in Houston, TX, will be joining other AFAM volunteers developing the Shasta program - Jean Pommier (An 83), Nicolas Horde (Ai 214), Merwan Benhabib (Class 2003) and Corentin Lazarus (Me 209).
3) AFAM organized an online conference to talk about the Shasta program to Châlons-en-Champagne based apprentice students;
4) AFAM is launching a new program - Sequoia - aiming to help alumni willing to study in American Universities. Gadzarts volunteers Valentin, Aurore, Michel, Marc-Joseph, Charles, Louis, Merwan and Nicolas are developing the program to help our alumni and students discover American educational system and apply to universities.
If you are both an A&M and any American University alumnus/alumna and are willing to become a Sequoia Coach, please contact us to talk about it!
If you are an Arts et Metiers student/alumnus/alumna willing to join the program - contact us!
5) Shasta 2022 was a very successful year for AFAM and our students! We currently have 8 Shasta interns who found internships in the US and already started or will be starting them soon.
In our Shasta program there are still several students looking for internships starting in June 2023 or later in September 2023 (Data Science, Project Management, Manufacturing, Energy and other sectors).
If you work in a company which hires engineering interns, please contact us to talk about it and become our Shasta Referrer. Most of our students need an exchange visitor J1 visa which is easy to get approved. Please contact us if you have questions concerning the J1 visa.
#ShastaStudents #ShastaReferrers #InternshipOpportunities
Student #1
Objective: 6 months internship as Supply Chain or Planning Engineering intern
Starting date: September 2023
Skills: CAD/CAM (Catia V5), Lean Manufacturing, Lean Management, Project Management, Industrial Process
Experience: continuous improvement engineering intern at Louis Vuitton and intern at Ford (maintenance department)
Current status: Currently in 2nd year at Arts et Metiers; will apply for J-1 visa
Student #2
Objective: summer internship in fields related to finance or engineering
Starting date of the internship: June 2023
Skills: Materials science, fluid mechanics, data science, microeconomics , Python, Office; French, English.
Experience: Research in acoustic waves, one month internship in a start-up to create websites, find new clients and discuss business development.
Certifications: Financial Markets, YALE
Current status: currently in my second year at Arts et Métiers and bachelor's degree at Paris Dauphine in applied economics; will apply for a J-1 visa.
Student #3
Objective: 6 months (or more) internship in biomedical field
Starting date: September 2023
Experience: A one-year student project working with Proteor on improvements for a lower limb prosthesis; analysis of microplastics in water; fundraising for Ukrainian refugees; volunteer management (300 people) on a crowdfunding festival to build a school in Togo.
Skills: CAD software, Abaqus, 3D printing, laser cutting
Current status: 2nd year at Arts et Métiers, taking a gap year in September. Will apply for a J-1 visa.
Resume and recommendations are available upon request
Please contact AFAM community manager if you are interested in these candidates
Alumni Groups:
Join Gadz'arts au US Facebook group!
Join Houston Gadz' Linkedin Group
Like and join Gadz'Arts de New York Facebook group!
Like the West Coast Group Facebook page!
Contact Sacha Ghebali if you want to join Boston or NYC whatsapp group
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