What was your role within the department team?
Assist with routine calibrations and maintenance for instruments in the analytical laboratory, assist with troubleshooting activities for laboratory instruments, and support and maintain the qualified state of laboratory instruments in accordance with regulatory requirements.           

Why did you choose Upsher-Smith for your summer internship and what interested you in the position?
The management at Upsher-Smith is amazing and I got a sense of that from my interviews. I also think many engineers often forget about the quality assurance aspect of manufacturing, so I wanted to gain a better understanding of that process. 

What was your favorite or most rewarding part of working at Upsher-Smith?
Working with an experienced sales team and being able to learn from them about how they build relationships and support customers. Nobody is above talking to you. If I was curious about any aspect of how things worked at Upsher-Smith, I had no difficulty finding someone to help me learn about it and tell me more about their job.

What was the biggest take away for you from this experience?
How great all of the people I worked with are and insight into what life at a smaller company would be like and why so many people love it.

What advice would you share with other students who are interested in the internship program at Upsher-Smith?
Be open to trying new things. Just because something doesn’t align perfectly with your major doesn’t mean it isn’t an amazing opportunity. Doing something outside your major gives you the chance to learn and grow in ways you never expected. 

What was your role within the department team?
Making sales calls and assisting with other tasks generated by the Marketing and Sales teams.

Why did you choose Upsher-Smith for your summer internship and what interested you in the position?
I was interested in fusing my passions of the medical field mixed with the social strategy of sales and marketing.

What was your favorite or most rewarding part of working at Upsher-Smith?
Learning about all the different departments.

What was the biggest take away for you from this experience?
Being able to apply all the skills I learned from practice in school and turn it into action. Having quantifiable real world applications heading into graduation is priceless. In addition, learning about all the different job roles/descriptions and forming key contact points for networking has been amazing.           

What advice would you share with other students who are interested in the internship program at Upsher-Smith?
DO IT! And please do not hesitate to ask all the questions you have. Schedule meetings with everyone and learn how their professional career developed.

What was your role within the department team?
Sold migraine medication to healthcare professionals. Also researched current market competition and helped develop marketing material and market access presentations.    

Why did you choose Upsher-Smith for your summer internship and what interested you in the position?
I love the ethics behind Upsher-Smith. They truly care about getting medication to doctors and patients as fast and easy as possible, rather than the profit they are going to make. I have always had an interest in the medical field along with sales/marketing, so I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to combine two of my likings into one job description.              

What was your favorite or most rewarding part of working at Upsher-Smith?
The people you are surrounded by. Everyone at Upsher-Smith is there to support you and help you in your future. They are reassuring, helpful, and have such high confidence in each one of their interns. Also, the opportunity to help lives of others, and that the staff at Upsher-Smith has such high trust in you to do so. Although I was selling/marketing the products to doctors, in the end it will help a patient live a more comfortable life.

What was the biggest take away for you from this experience?
In the pharmaceutical industry, where regulations and market conditions are always changing, you never quite know what will be thrown at you. So you need to learn to “go with the flow.”

What advice would you share with other students who are interested in the internship program at Upsher-Smith?
Take advantage of the short time you have and connect with as many co-workers as you can. Everyone at Upsher-Smith is there to help you, and are always willing to tell you more about their job on a day-to-day basis. Take the initiative to make those connections and learn from each individual.

What was your role within the department team?
Provide support to Operations by designing various improvement projects and moving those projects through the manufacturing process.  

Why did you choose Upsher-Smith for your summer internship and what interested you in the position?
I saw that the position involved working with Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and included many opportunities for hands-on work on the floor of the Upsher-Smith plants. I thought this would be a fun learning experience that fit my skill set.

What was your favorite or most rewarding part of working at Upsher-Smith?
I loved being able to go from concept, to design, to actually seeing my idea created and implemented in the plant.  

What was the biggest take away for you from this experience?
Being able to go to the plant floor and see every step of the manufacturing and packaging process was really eye-opening. I loved learning about all the different processes and how they interact with the API.

What advice would you share with other students who are interested in the internship program at Upsher-Smith?
Jump in! It is a great work environment, and you will learn a ton here. Don’t be afraid to ask questions and get as much out of Upsher-Smith as you can!

What was your role within the department team?
Aid the Product Development team through method testing on various instruments.     

Why did you choose Upsher-Smith for your summer internship and what interested you in the position?
The pharmaceutical industry has always been an industry of interest for me. With all the negative press surrounding pharmaceutical companies, I knew from the beginning that Upsher-Smith was different. They strive to better the industry and better the lives of patients.        

What was your favorite or most rewarding part of working at Upsher-Smith?
I enjoyed learning from everyone within the lab and understanding more about what all goes into quality control for a pharmaceutical company.

What was the biggest take away for you from this experience?
I think gaining any experience you can in the professional world is important. From them, you learn more about what you like or dislike, and it can set you up for future success. This internship showed me what I would want in a future work atmosphere, and that is the best take away possible.

What advice would you share with other students who are interested in the internship program at Upsher-Smith?
It is important to choose an industry that you could possibly see yourself in. It is also important to go into an internship ready to learn and to try your best. The people at this company are extremely kind and helpful; they want to help you succeed. Do not be afraid to have conversations with people to learn more about their experiences within the industry.