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entergy forges pathway for future engineers
04/15/2025
for many team members, the phrase “always learning” is a mantra in most daily conversations, but seeing this value being taught to the future engineers of tomorrow is an important one to witness. recently, students from the madison central high school academy of engineering were able to visit entergy facilities and take full advantage of their partnership with the company.
“the partnership between mchs and our company began in 2018,” said paul “scotty” campbell, transmission control center training supervisor. “i saw that there was a need to develop the talent in this area and show them why they should come work at entergy.”
this realization led to the establishment of a partnership that would lead hearts and minds of young engineering interests at madison central high school to see that amazing career fields are right in their backyard.
the mchs academy of engineering has a three-week learning unit with entergy to help students understand how engineering plays a role in their daily lives. about 20 students were given the opportunity to put their learned knowledge into action and see firsthand how all parts of electricity work, including clean nuclear power. one student shared, “seeing the schematics for the power grid was really neat since i’ve been exposed to that in digital electronics.” another said, “i finally understand the process of getting electricity from fossil fuels to a home, and about all of the people required to get it accomplished.”
“career readiness is an essential skill that is needed on day one to get a job,” says rosalyn howard, entergy program manager for diversity and workplace strategies. howard served as the organizer for this event and said, “there must be a focus through stakeholder engagement, meaning that we are sharing knowledge with the community and nurturing the future workforce.”
the students were also able to gain valuable insight from our chief nuclear officer kimberly cook-nelson as well.
“we spend a lot of time at entergy focusing on volunteering in local schools,” she said. “we start in the middle schools, then continue through high schools, trade schools and colleges to help people see and know what a career at entergy looks like.”
as part of the program, students were able to visit the hinds power plant, transmission control center and transmission headquarters. “seeing real-world applications of power generation, transmission and control helped bridge the gap between classroom concepts and industry practices”, said michelle robinson, academy director and science department chair at mchs. “thank you to entergy for providing such a comprehensive and impactful experience.”
