{"id":31,"date":"2018-10-05T09:06:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/saem\/?p=31"},"modified":"2025-01-09T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T18:31:27","slug":"work-u-pairs-students-with-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/saem\/2018\/10\/05\/work-u-pairs-students-with-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Work U Pairs Students with Professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/saem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/10\/BoiseState_17_18_0040-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Work U students and professionals\" class=\"wp-image-36\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Built around the idea that the job itself makes for a great classroom, Boise State\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/career\/work-u\/\">Work U program<\/a> is an educational, cooperative learning opportunity that allows students to earn three academic credits while working in a part-time professional position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the help of a mentor, students apply&nbsp;knowledge&nbsp;they have gained in the academic&nbsp;setting,&nbsp;and build professional experience,&nbsp;skills&nbsp;and networking into their university experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local business and industry partners \u2014 including inaugural Work U partner St. Luke\u2019s corporation and&nbsp;Albertsons&nbsp;corporation \u2014 provide students with valuable work experiences while helping to grow a local talent pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Current students represent a variety of majors, including English, engineering, communications, health policy, microbiology, prelaw, human resources and computer science, who are gaining professional confidence, building their professional network and exploring their professional aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also allows employers to connect their future leaders, who serve as mentors, to students, and to the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a really powerful experience for the students because it helps them gain real-world experience, build professional confidence and see what it feels like to work in a corporate environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><cite>Lonnie Jackson<\/cite><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/news\/focus-magazine\/\"><em>This article was originally published in Focus Magazine.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Built around the idea that the job itself makes for a great classroom, Boise State\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[984,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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