In a piece for the Small Business Association of Michigan, GVSU President Philomena V. Mantella explains how Laker Accelerated Talent Link pairs students with companies for enhanced paid internships that embed high-demand certificates (e.g., digital marketing, project management) alongside employer-sponsored scholarships and a good-faith work agreement; founding partners include Acrisure, Amway, Cascade Engineering, Corewell Health, and Michigan Software Labs, and new tracks like ERP and asset management have been added as the program scales statewide. Click here for the full story.