Co-op Perspectives
There are aspects of every profession that cannot be learned in the classroom but must be learned where that profession is practiced…Judgment based upon experience must supplement theory.
~ Herman Schneider, engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati
“I look at the coop program this way. I am helping the school, and the student, and my facility. I get an extra pair of hands for the summer for those projects that never get done. I also get to look at a prospective employee; it’s a three-month job interview.”
~ Alumnus, Class of 1988
“There is a course we teach that you won’t find in the course catalog. It’s called ‘confidence’ and our students learn it from cadet shipping, co-op courses and internships.”
~ Alumnus, Class of 1973
“My internship was the best course in my major.”
~ IBL student, Class of 2006
“If you keep….your ears open and learn from the people you work with, things seem to work out.”
~ VOT Student, Class of 2008
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