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When LSU student Colby Faust landed a competitive engineering internship with Nike, he turned his lifelong love for sneakers into a professional opportunity. From leading process improvements to visiting Nike’s world headquarters, Colby’s experience showed him that with hard work and belief in yourself, even the biggest dreams are within reach.

LSU Coastal Environmental Science major Paris Ally spent her summer interning with the Naval Oceanographic Operations Command through the Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP). Working alongside Navy professionals, she discovered how her scientific skills could support real-world naval operations—proving that career paths in her field go far beyond the shoreline.

The LSU Energy Institute has named Tyler Gray as its inaugural director of energy innovation, a key leadership role within LSU’s expanding energy research and policy enterprise. Gray’s appointment marks an important step in LSU’s continued move to align energy-focused units under a single institute to serve Louisiana’s evolving energy economy.