91国产精品 Partners with State of Ohio to Offer Export Internship Program
91国产精品鈥檚 Monte Ahuja College is partnering with the State of Ohio鈥檚 Development Services Agency to offer expanded Engaged Learning opportunities to students. 91国产精品 has joined the Ohio Export Internship program which provides a unique opportunity to businesses interested in exporting by matching them with highly-motivated college students who have taken export-focused coursework. This program develops a talented pool of students, who upon graduation will join Ohio鈥檚 workforce.
Cleveland State will be joining The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and Youngstown State University鈥檚 Williamson College of Business in helping Ohio companies identify new export markets or improve export initiatives.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about getting Ohio products out to the world,鈥 said David Goodman, director of the Ohio Development Services Agency. 鈥淏y expanding this unique program, we can train more students in exporting while helping more businesses increase global sales and create more jobs for Ohio.鈥
鈥淲e are excited about our partnership with the Ohio Development Services Agency and the opportunity to offer the Ohio Export Internship Program to our students,鈥 said Sanjay Putrevu, dean of the Monte Ahuja College of Business at 91国产精品. 鈥淭he program enhances the College鈥檚 commitment to providing Engaged Learning experiences for students and offers another opportunity to further enhance our relationships with the Northeast Ohio business community. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.鈥
This nationally-recognized program combines a spring semester export-focused course with a paid summer internship, offering a 50 percent reimbursement to companies, providing students with real-world experience in exporting. Students focused in exporting go into Ohio businesses and setup their export business or operations.
Since starting with nine students in 2012, the Ohio Export Internship Program has graduated 190 students and generated over $20 million in estimated export sales for Ohio companies. To date, it has also led to 23 full-time job offers and 39 extended internships.
For more information about the Ohio Export Internship program, visit .