{"id":24325,"date":"2022-08-11T15:48:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T19:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=24325"},"modified":"2022-08-16T15:00:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T19:00:03","slug":"co-op-program-in-marshalls-college-of-engineering-and-computer-sciences-names-west-virginia-division-of-highways-its-employer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/co-op-program-in-marshalls-college-of-engineering-and-computer-sciences-names-west-virginia-division-of-highways-its-employer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Op program in College of Engineering and Computer Sciences names West Virginia Division of Highways its Employer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Marshall University\u2019s College of Engineering and Computer Sciences Co-Op program has named the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) its 2022 Employer of the Year, after the state agency has provided hands-on learning opportunities for dozens of students in the fields of civil, mechanical and electrical engineering.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe West Virginia Division of Highways does an incredible job of providing co-op experiences and employment opportunities to CECS students,\u201d said Tanner Drown, co-op coordinator for the College of Engineering and Computer Sciences. \u201cThe WVDOH was selected based on \u2026 student feedback as well as the number of opportunities they have provided to our students. This summer, they have hired 20 students and several of those will move on to full-time positions after graduation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is beneficial for both the WVDOH and the students to participate in the Marshall co-op program, said Alan Reed, WVDOT state highway engineer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt introduces the students to the incredible opportunities DOH offers to develop\u00a0their skills and give them a real-world feel to how WVDOH operates as an organization and a team,\u201d Reed said. \u201cCo-op also opens up future employment opportunities with DOH.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The West Virginia Division of Highways has connected with the co-op program since the program\u2019s inception in 2021, and the partnership has provided valuable real-life work experience in which they can apply academic training into industry, Drown said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this successful initiative, Marshall University can provide a well-rounded program that results in quality, future employees in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) fields. It is a win-win for everyone,\u201d Drown said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are exceptionally pleased to be named Marshall University Employer of the Year,\u201d said Jimmy Wriston, P.E., West Virginia Secretary of Transportation. \u201cOne of the Justice administration\u2019s primary goals is to utilize partnerships to build a workforce for the future\u2026We appreciate this recognition very much.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s College of Engineering and Computer Sciences Co-Op program has named the West Virginia Division of Highways (WVDOH) its 2022 Employer of the Year, after the state agency has provided hands-on learning opportunities for dozens of students in the fields of civil, mechanical and electrical engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":14941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,45,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cecs","category-featured","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24325"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24339,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24325\/revisions\/24339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}