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Gayle Elliott is director of the
International Co-op Program at University of Cincinnati. She earned
undergraduate and graduate degrees from UC. As part of the College
of Engineering, she has worked with the International Engineering
Co-op Program since 1993. In 1998 the program expanded, and she
began working with students from the College of Business
Administration and the College of Design, Art, Architecture, and
Planning. Under her direction, the program has grown from ten
engineers, working in Germany and Japan, to over 50 students,
working in Germany, Japan, Mexico, and Chile, with a few engineering
students also working in France. Gayle's responsibilities with the
program include:
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Teaching Orientation to International Co-op, a
class which prepares students for the challenges and opportunities
of living and working abroad
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Individual student teaching to help guide
students toward integrating classroom and co-op learning experiences
with personal goals for an international co-op assignment.
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Identifying companies and developing
partnerships to create co-op job opportunities with international
companies in the US and abroad.
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Working with language faculty to develop
specialized intensive language and culture programs that prepare
students to work abroad.
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Program evaluation and assessment.
She has been invited to make presentations at
conferences such as the URI IEP Colloquiums, NAFSA, Ohio Cooperative
Education Association [OCEA], World Association for Cooperative
Education [WACE], and the International Internship Congress. She
also has a publication, “Globalizing Engineers through International
Co-op” Metropolitan Universities, Vol. 11, No. 1, [Nolan and
Elliott].
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