Patrick In­dus­tries Re­cruit­ing Bethel Stu­dents for Lead­er­ship De­vel­op­ment Pro­gram

MISHAWAKA—On Wednes­day, Nov. 4, Patrick In­dus­tries will be host­ing an event in room 342 of the Aca­d­e­mic Cen­ter to in­form stu­dents about their 2-year fast-tracked lead­er­ship de­vel­op­ment pro­gram. The pre­sen­ta­tion will last from 5:30-7 p.m. and Patrick In­dus­tries will pro­vide food for at­ten­dees. Bethel’s stan­dard COVID-19 so­cial dis­tanc­ing and safety pro­ce­dures will be in place. 

Stu­dents who wish to at­tend should RSVP to Jenny Werten­berger, Bethel’s com­mu­nity en­gage­ment and part­ner­ships co­or­di­na­tor, who is help­ing over­see prepa­ra­tion for the event. This will help Patrick In­dus­tries know how much food to bring; to RSVP, email Werten­berger at jenny.werten­berger@bethelu­ni­ver­sity.edu. 

“[Patrick In­dus­tries] re­ally loves to hire Bethel grad­u­ates, and they have come an­nu­ally for sev­eral years now,” Werten­berger said. “They re­ally value our stu­dents, so they like to come in and pro­vide din­ner and pre­sent about op­por­tu­ni­ties through their fast-track lead­er­ship pro­gram. Their val­ues and mis­sion fit re­ally well with ours.” 

Tan­ner White, a 2018 Bethel grad­u­ate, en­joyed his time in the pro­gram and is cur­rently em­ployed by Fore­most Fab­ri­ca­tors, one of Patrick In­dus­tries sub­sidiaries.  

“It’s sort of a ro­ta­tional ex­po­sure pro­gram where you get to meet a lot of high-level lead­er­ship who have years of ex­pe­ri­ence un­der their belts,” White said. “Be­ing in­volved in a pro­gram that pays you out of col­lege and pours into you was very at­trac­tive to me.” 

White said that the pro­gram has un­der­gone some changes since his time in it, so stu­dents should at­tend the pre­sen­ta­tion to learn about the specifics of what they can ex­pect. He en­cour­ages stu­dents to pur­sue var­i­ous busi­ness op­por­tu­ni­ties that arise, whether with Patrick In­dus­tries or else­where. 

“With any po­si­tion that you’re think­ing about, it does no harm to pur­sue an in­ter­view,” White said. “You don’t re­ally know what you are go­ing to like out­side of col­lege ... I would say just to con­tinue to leave as many doors open as you can.” 

For more in­for­ma­tion about Patrick In­dus­tries, visit patrickind.com.