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Poland Shows Off Its Culture and Aviation Prowess to Students in GE Aerospace–Sponsored Program

Caroline Morris
July 18, 2023

This past May, 20 undergraduates from top American universities, half selected by GE Aerospace, headed off to visit Poland to get more familiar with the country’s huge economic potential, its culture, and its role in the region. GE Aerospace and the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union, in cooperation with the Polish Presidential Palace, sponsored the 10-day Poland Immersion Trip. The trips began in 2017 and restarted again this year, the fourth excursion after a three-year break because of the COVID pandemic. “Thanks to this program, in their future roles it will be easier for [the students] to do business not only in our country but the whole region, especially with regard to the aviation industry,” says Izabela Oszust, GE Aerospace Poland board office manager.

 

Poland group shot
The official kickoff took place on Friday, May 26, in the Presidential Palace with Polish President Andrzej Duda, GE Aerospace Poland Site Leader Marcin Wasilewski, and other officials, such as U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, meeting the young visitors. Top: President Duda. Both images: Grzegorz Jakubowski/KPRM

 

GEA facility Poland
The students visited cultural sites and aviation facilities throughout the Masovia, Subcarpathia, and Lublin regions. They also visited U.S. troops in Rzeszów, near the Ukrainian border, and took region-specific cultural workshops to learn about the country’s geopolitical situation and history, in addition to touring the Lockheed Martin production facilities in Mielec and the GE Aerospace Warsaw campus. Credit: Maeve O’Connor, University Recruiting Manager, GE Aerospace

 

Warsaw engineering center
Poland is home to five GE Aerospace facilities that cover the whole product life cycle, from design through testing and manufacturing to service. The Warsaw engineering center is the largest, with more than 1,300 employees. As one of the big trip highlights, the students got to visit the site’s FBO Whirligig Test Laboratory, which tests the durability of the fans of aviation turbine engines in the event of a bird ingestion. Credit: Izabela Oszust

 

Duda and student
A student receives her diploma from President Duda. Credit: Grzegorz Jakubowski/KPRM