UW-Madison student steps into the internship his brother died before completing
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Colin Peck, a senior computer engineering student at UW-Madison, is completing a summer internship at Medtronic.
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Brian Peck, left, with Colin Peck, right. Colin, is interning at Medtronic, a medical device company that serves 74 million people globally. "I like to picture that (Brian is) my mentor here, as he could have been if he was still here. And I see him in everything I do here," Colin said.
Colin Peck
An early family photo of Brian, left, and Colin Peck. The brothers had a rule once Brian left for college at UW-Madison: Neither would arrive home or leave the house without giving the other a hug. Colin woke Brian up as he left for school just weeks before he died in 2019, for the last hug the two would share.
Colin Peck
Colin Peck, left, with his older brother, Brian. After Brian's death in December 2019, Colin organized EKG drives at his high school, sharing the story about how Brian, an otherwise healthy 20-year-old, suffered cardiac arrest after his heart tissue weakened after a bout with a virus.
Brian Peck, left, with Colin Peck, right. Colin, is interning at Medtronic, a medical device company that serves 74 million people globally. "I like to picture that (Brian is) my mentor here, as he could have been if he was still here. And I see him in everything I do here," Colin said.
An early family photo of Brian, left, and Colin Peck. The brothers had a rule once Brian left for college at UW-Madison: Neither would arrive home or leave the house without giving the other a hug. Colin woke Brian up as he left for school just weeks before he died in 2019, for the last hug the two would share.
Colin Peck, left, with his older brother, Brian. After Brian's death in December 2019, Colin organized EKG drives at his high school, sharing the story about how Brian, an otherwise healthy 20-year-old, suffered cardiac arrest after his heart tissue weakened after a bout with a virus.