Show Students point to success of op Co-op Education Dawn Freeland Contributing WriterS Writer WriterS S students receive pay work experience and sometimes extra credits through the Cooperative Education Program In 1989 the program under the direr tion of Jim Godfrey helped over students earn more than 1300 credit hours One such student is Jeff Hill who worked for Liddle Waite and Associates a Salt Lake public accounting firm Hill earned six credit hours toward his AAS degree in accounting accounting accounting ac ac- ac- ac counting through enrollment in a OP CO-OP course last winter and spring While on the job Hill developed a Lotus co computer puter program that replaced an old one and a Lotus spreadsheet that tha t is now being used by client companies Hill said that the OP CO-OP program was was' highly beneficial to him and to his employer Through Cooperative Education Krystal Roberts was given an opportunity to work for Jackie Nokes Nokes is the director of the Utah State Fairs Fair's Exposition Department Her divisions division's Job is to organize the fair 1 J j Although Roberts' Roberts only j previous experience with exposition exposition exposition ex- ex j 1 position work was as the student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent director of the Job i Expo she was given many j responsibilities She produced 1 and coordinated activities new i ito to the fair such as the 1 childrens children's educational programs and cultural arts demonstrations demonstration C P 1 J j j j 1 i j 1 i 1 C P With the fair Roberts had the opportunity to gain handson hands- hands on experience in public relation relation relation rela rela- tion work by coordinating activities and handling the l logistics for far those activities She said that she gained a great deal by ta taking ng the knowledge she learned in college and applying applying ap ap- applying plying it to an actual work ex ex- Roberts said I learned alot a alot alot lot about working with people in the business field which is something not learned in the classroom She also said I gained insight into how government agencies are run because I worked for the State For the run of the Fair J Roberts worked 14 hours aday a aday aday day for 11 days straight She said It taught me en en- durance Krystal I is dynamite said Nokes She has brought a wonderful dimension to the position Nokes added that thit Roberts just plain gets the job done Roberts said that working with OP CO-OP has been an enjoyable enjoyable en en- experience and she feels that the whole department department department depart depart- ment is behind her in her business career She added The Th OP CO-OP system does work and is an asset to toT CT T rr |