Win-Win Partnerships
Cooperative Education is a Win-Win Partnership between students, employers, and UALR. Here are some of many positive experiences described by current and past participants:
“Our involvement with UALR’s Cooperative Education program has been a win, win. This program has become a valuable source of information technology talent and an opportunity for us to positively impact the lives of students and our community.”
Russell D. Harrington, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
BAPTIST HEALTH
“Our partnership with UALR is providing intelligent, highly motivated individuals who are contributing immensely to the success of the Computer Services Division. Any company or government agency wanting to increase productivity and find potential employees should investigate Cooperative Education. Strategically this program simply makes good sense.”
Bryan Stewart
Division Head of Computer Services
Arkansas State Highway & Transportation Dept.
“Participation has provided us with several advantages such as the chance to have bright, intelligent, motivated students who were eager to both work and learn.”
Tom Nauman
Senior Test Coordinator
Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield
“My cooperative education opportunity at the Department of Information Systems was truly enlightening and not only introduced me to real world work experience, but also gave me the exposure I needed to secure my dream job in the Information Technology field.”
Cassandra Ramey
Information Science major
“I am very pleased with my learning opportunity that I had through the Co-op department and the insight it has given me in the classroom.”
Matthew Fettes
Engneering Technology major
“It was a pleasure to work in a very friendly and hard-working Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce environment. I met new friends and business professionals there. I would like to thank the Chamber and the Cooperative Education program for giving me this amazing real-world experience.”
Maria Sidorenko
Advertising/Public Relations major