{"id":43601,"date":"2017-02-20T03:33:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T07:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=43601"},"modified":"2017-02-19T18:06:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T22:06:35","slug":"spring-engineering-career-expo-set-for-feb-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/02_20_2017\/spring-engineering-career-expo-set-for-feb-22","title":{"rendered":"Spring Engineering Career Expo set for Feb. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 140 companies will have representatives at the UT Spring Engineering Career Expo Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the College of Engineering Complex. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur employer participants include companies such as American Electric Power, Cooper Tire and Rubber, Dana, DTE Energy, DePuy Synthes\/Johnson &#038; Johnson, Fiat Chrysler, First Energy, Ford Motor Co., GE, Honda, Marathon, Nationwide, Norfolk Southern, Owens Corning, Owens-Illinois, Zimmer Biomet and many more,\u201d said Dr. Vickie Kuntz, director of the Engineering Career Development Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_27_2016\/from-robots-to-recycling-ut-engineering-students-to-debut-senior-projects-to-public\/college-of-engineering-logo\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-39478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/College-of-Engineering-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"303\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-39478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/College-of-Engineering-Logo.jpg 504w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/College-of-Engineering-Logo-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/a>Approximately 600 engineering students, graduates and alumni are expected to attend the expo.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current job outlook for engineering students in the UT Engineering College is certainly bright as evidenced by the record number of employers registered to attend the college\u2019s spring career expo,\u201d Kuntz said.\u00a0\u201cThis reflects very positively on the quality of both our programs and our students.\u00a0It also demonstrates our dynamic and mutually beneficial partnership we have with our industry participants.\u201d\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Employers are seeking undergraduate students to participate in engineering co-op assignments, as well as leadership development programs. Employers also are seeking seniors and graduates for full-time employment.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>The UT College of Engineering undergraduate mandatory co-op program is one of only eight mandatory engineering co-op programs in the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany students indicate our co-op program is the reason they attend the UT College of Engineering,\u201d Kuntz said.\u00a0\u201cOur program requires our students to graduate with one full year of professional engineering experience. Our students feel confident seeking full-time employment upon graduation.\u00a0Co-op employers are able to work with these students and are able to determine how the student fits within their organizations.\u00a0It\u2019s a win-win situation for our students and the employers who hire them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, go to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eng.utoledo.edu\/coop\/career_expo\">eng.utoledo.edu\/coop\/career_expo<\/a> or contact Kuntz at <a href=\"mailto:vickie.kuntz@utoledo.edu\"> vickie.kuntz@utoledo.edu<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 600 UT students and alumni are expected to attend the Spring Engineering Career Expo Wednesday, Feb. 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,34,5,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43601"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43601"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43615,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43601\/revisions\/43615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}