* Headlines/April 1, 1999

for work experience

Four UCFV students are finding out what
life’s like south of the border as part of
an exchange program with other
educational institutions in the southern .
United States and Mexico.

The students are all enrolled in the
UCFV co-operative education program in
either business administration or
computing, and are completing part-time
co-op terms in their exchange
communities while attending classes
part-time.

The federally funded project covers
airfare and homestay costs for _
participants, as well as travel for faculty
from the partner institutions to attend
coordination meetings. The other partner
institutions are Auburn University in
Alabama, Daytona Beach Community
College in Florida, St. Clare’s College of

and Universidad Vera Cruzana and
Universidad del Carmen, both in Mexico.

“The neat thing about this exchange is
that it provides an opportunity for our
students to work and study in another
country, but upon their return, they
receive UCFV credit for the courses they
take,” notes Dexter MacRae, .
Co-operative Education manager at
UCFV.

Janet Falk of Business Admin. and
Duncan Jeffries of Computer Info.
Systems are the faculty liaison members
for the project. .

Several dozen UCFV students applied
for the exchange. The successful
applicants were Cormac Gaughan of
Chilliwack, who is working in Mexico
for an oil company, developing web
pages and web-based staff training
material; Kristy Byers of Abbotsford,
who is working in Vera Cruz with
Pricewaterhouse in new business
development; Angela Afaganis of ~~
Abbotsford, who is doing .
computer-related work for the campus
radio station at Daytona Beach, and Sara
Jensen of Abbotsford, who is working as
an accountant for a conference centre in
Auburn, Alabama.

“The students are having a great time,”
reports Dexter. “Sara is filling Auburn
students in on the importance of hockey
in Canadian life, and the students in
Mexico are learning to adjust their eating
habits, such as having the main meal of
the day at about 2 pm. All four are

thoroughly enjoying the experience and

Applied Technology in Windsor, Ontario, .

UCEV students head south, way south,

overcoming any feelings of
homesickness they may have had.”

The students in Mexico went down
a bit early to take some extra Spanish
immersion, after having studied
Spanish for two semesters at UCFV.

The exchange program continues
next semester, with six student, two
from Mexico, two from Alabama, and
two from Florida, slated to come to
UCFV.

This isn’t the first international
exchange that UCFV co-op students
have been involved in. Two students
completed co-op terms in Nicaragua in
1997. And in a related vein, UCFV
administered a federally funded
program last year that saw 26 recent
graduates, most of them from UCFV,
placed in three-to-six month
international work terms.

“Most participants benefitted
tremendously from the experience,”

‘notes Dexter. “Some stayed on for

further travel and work, others came
back and started related jobs, and
others came back for further related
studies.

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