Why Cooperative Education & Internships?
Students participating in the Cooperative Education and Internship Program (CEIP): • gain practical experience in their chosen career fields; • have the opportunity to apply skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to actual on-the-job experiences; • earn money for school tuition and expenses; • work on state-of-the-art equipment; • learn how to work in teams and adapt to different employment situations; • learn how to work with colleagues in a professional atmosphere by acknowledging the expertise of their mentors and supervisors in the workplace; • develop technical skills specific to their major and the workplace “know-how” essential for successful employment in a high performance workplace – that which, cannot be taught in the classroom; • establish contacts for letters of reference and begin networking for future employment; • have the opportunity to form decisions about job compatibility; • acquire significant work experience to list on their resumes and increase the value o
