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Gayle Elliott earned BS and MS
degrees from University of Cincinnati, and is
currently assistant professor in the Division of
Professional Practice. She is responsible for the
University's International Co-op Program (ICP), and
for placing one-third (100 annually) of UC’s
mechanical engineering students in co-op jobs in the
US. Initially part of the College of Engineering,
Gayle has worked with the International Engineering
Co-op Program since 1993. In 1998 she created and
began working with similar programs in the College
of Business and the College of Design, Architecture,
Art and Planning. Under her direction the ICP has
grown from ten engineers, working in Germany and
Japan, to over 30 students, working annually in
Germany, Japan, Mexico, and Chile. Gayle's
responsibilities with the international program
include:
- Teaching Orientation to
International Co-op, a class to prepare students
for the challenges and opportunities of living and
working abroad.
- Development of
international co-op learning modules.
- Individual student teaching
to help guide students toward integrating
classroom and co-op learning experiences with
personal goals for an international co-op
assignment.
- Identifying companies and
developing partnerships to create co-op job
opportunities with international companies in the
US and abroad.
- Working with language
faculty to develop specialized intensive language
and culture programs that prepare students to work
abroad.
- Program evaluation and
assessment.
Gayle has been invited to make
presentations at conferences including the URI IEP
Colloquiums, NAFSA, Ohio Cooperative Education
Association [OCEA], World Association for
Cooperative Education [WACE], and the Global
International Internship Congress. She is co-author
of publications which include: Introduction to
Professional Practice Centennial Edition, McGraw
Hill; "Globalizing Engineers through International
Co-op", Metropolitan Universities; "Professional
Development and Globalization: The International
Co-op Program at the University of Cincinnati",
Proceedings of the 2004 Global International
Internship Congress; “Strategies for International
Internship Placement in Engineering and Related
Technical Fields” (pending), Proceedings of the 2005
Global International Internship Congress;
“Developing Cross-Cultural Competencies through
International Co-op Programs” (pending), Proceedings
of the World Association for Cooperative Education
(WACE), 14th World Conference on Cooperative
Education.
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