Wabash County, IN (Jan. 19, 2021) – Grow Wabash County would like to welcome Southwood
Jr. – Sr. High School student, Skyler Claussen, as the organization’s newest intern.
Skyler is currently a senior at Southwood and considers himself a “numbers guy.” He enjoys
working with data and statistics and has plans to expand his knowledge on these subjects at
Purdue University in the fall where he intends to major in Actuarial/Data Sciences.
At Southwood, Skyler is also part of the National Honors Society, the school’s pep band as well
as the Wabash Community Band where he plays the bass clarinet.
During his internship at Grow Wabash County, Skyler’s love of numbers and data will be put to
good use. Many of his projects will help the organization develop metric tracking systems,
create the 2020 Annual Report and maintain databases that are crucial to Grow Wabash
County business development efforts.
Grow Wabash County is a strong supporter of internships and truly believes that the
connections made between students and employers during these internships are invaluable to
both parties. Local business interested in hiring local interns can contact the following
internship coordinators:
• Manchester University: Leslie Marlatt 260-982-5242 LPMarlatt@manchester.edu
• Heartland Career Center: Brian Evans 260-563-7481 bevans@staff.hcc.k12.in.us
• Northfield & Southwood High School: Kari Johnson 260-563-8050
johnsonk@msdwc.k12.in.us
• Manchester Jr-Senior High School: Shelly Leifer 260-982-1034
shelly_leifer@mcs.k12.in.us
• Wabash City Schools: Emily Tracey 260-563-2151 tracye@apaches.k12.in.us
About Grow Wabash County
Grow Wabash County (legal name Wabash County Business Alliance Inc.) is a not-for-profit corporation
that spearheads economic and community development efforts in Wabash County, Indiana. GWC is
designed around five pillars of service – assisting business development needs, promoting livability,
fostering entrepreneurship, supporting workforce development, and offering programming and investor
services. GWC was formed with the merger of the EDG of Wabash County and Wabash County Chamber
of Commerce in July 2017. For more information about GWC, please visit www.growwabashcounty.com
or call us at 260.563.5258