* 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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