As a student, you want to get as much knowledge as you can, before actually going into the workforce, but not many Universities offer you this chance.

The University of Cincinnati is one of the only colleges in the United States that has co-op programs and gives the students the possibility of graduating with two and a half years of work experience. Through the Academic Partnership Program, Siemens is collaborating with UC, offering students summer internships, thus giving them the chance to apply the information they learn in school.

Greg Barker and Chase Ashby are third-year Computers Science students at the University of Cincinnati and they are benefitting the co-op program inside Siemens, doing software development. They will share with us, today, what it’s like to have this opportunity and what are the benefits they see, as interns.

So, listen to Episode 02 of Innovation In The Classroom, to learn directly from the source about the experience of actually working in your field, before graduating college.

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