{"id":2917,"date":"2016-04-21T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2016-04-13T16:36:55","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T21:36:55","slug":"college-field-trips-aka-networking-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2016\/04\/21\/college-field-trips-aka-networking-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"College Field Trips; AKA Networking Opportunities!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Field trips aren’t just for elementary school students. Many professors find taking students on field trips gives them insight on careers and industries they may have never known about, as well as building networking opportunities for students and employers at\u00a0the sites that they visit. On Wednesday, March 30th<\/sup>, Dr. Malcolm Coco took 7 of COBA’s Human Resources track students on a field trip to the TSTC campus in Sweetwater, Texas. Their guide for the day was Hannah Love, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources. Ms. Love has responsibility for the HR function for eleven of the TSTC campuses located across Texas. She presented to the students on the functions of HR and the challenges faced by having so many different\u00a0campuses located in eleven different geographic locations. She also discussed the challenges TSTC faces in providing training programs for businesses across the state of\u00a0Texas tailored for their individual company\u00a0needs.\u00a0 The group enjoyed a tour of TSTC’s\u00a0wind turbine and electromagnetic systems technology training facility.<\/p>\n

Following the presentation and tour, Dr. Coco and the students were treated to\u00a0lunch with the TSTC staff.\u00a0 Dr. Coco said, \u201cThis was a very informative trip and the interaction with the students was outstanding. Too many times, students are unable to connect textbook learning with a real world application.\u00a0 Having the students personally hear from professionals in their field really adds a new and current perspective to the subjects we are studying. I have found that HR professionals are more than willing to share their time and expertise with students and that is greatly appreciated.\u00a0 TSTC is no exception.\u00a0 The other added bonus is that field trips help to establish networks that foster job and internship opportunities.”<\/p>\n

Judith Morales, senior management major from Fort Worth, Texas, said, \u201cWe spoke with the HR manager and she talked to us about the experiences she has had and how\u00a0they\u00a0benefited her in her career. One of my favorite parts of the trip was socializing with the other students in my major and getting to know them, as well as getting to know Dr. Coco, a little better.”<\/p>\n

We’re grateful to TSTC for their hospitality and to Dr. Coco for getting the students out of the classroom and into the working world. Opportunities like this enable our students to grow and develop as well as connect with potential employers as they pursue their career goals.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Coco with students: Judith Morales, Abbie Hamilton, Sarah Stone, Allison Barton, and Kee Ana Ward<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Field trips aren’t just for elementary school students. Many professors find taking students on field trips gives them insight on careers and industries they may have never known about, as well as building networking opportunities for students and employers at\u00a0the sites that they visit. On Wednesday, March 30th, Dr. Malcolm Coco took 7 of COBA’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[818,2749,6633,2750,154271,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academics","category-careers-in","category-coba-faculty","category-current-students","category-human-resource-management","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2923,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2917\/revisions\/2923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}