By Associated Engineering Press
At 7:30 a.m. many college students are still asleep.
At 7:30 a.m. many mornings last year, Scott Nagy was walking into a production meeting with the company’s professional engineering team. Nagy, an engineering student at the University, participates in a co-op with Tiffin Motor Homes.
Nagy, like many engineering students, was involved in a Cooperative Education Program, usually referred to as a “co-op,” which is an internship-like experience lasting three semesters.
In 1837, The University of Alabama became one of the first five universities in the nation to offer engineering classes. Today, UA’s College of Engineering has more than 5,200 students and more than 170 faculty. In recent years, students in the College have been named USA Today All-USA College Academic Team members, Goldwater, Hollings, Portz, Boren, Mitchell and Truman scholars.
Author: Associated Engineering Press / Posted on: April 13, 2015 / Posted in: In The News, Students
