Alumni of CIP
Fall 2019 Participants
Name: Nicole Ibler
Home Country: Germany
Occupation: Teacher
Work Placement: WVU School of Nursery
“I
saw this and thought ‘that’s the right program for me’, because the United
States is very interesting, and it has good teachers. I am really excited that
I’m here and I’m looking forward to the rest of my program.”
Name: Estefania Lopez
Home Country: Mexico
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Work Placement: WVU LaunchLab
“I
want my business to be more automatized. It’s working in an old way now, like
‘send me your email, send me your order’. I want to make it more efficient,
maybe an app to make it easier for my clients. I’d like to develop more of my
business while I’m here.”
Name: Omowunmi Olabode
Home Country: Nigeria
Occupation: Psychiatric nurse
Work Placement: WVU School of Medicine
“I
joined because I still need to learn, to improve my professional skills, to see
how other cultures view mental health, to learn their perspectives, and to then
go back home to be a culturally competent nurse.”
Name: Luisa Gabriela Espinoza Rosales
Home Country: Bolivia
Occupation: Industrial Engineer
Work Placement: WVU School of Engineering
“I
have communication difficulties with suppliers, such as emails taking me a long
time to write if they’re not in Spanish. My main objective through this program
is to improve my professional English.”
Name: Rafael Vial
Home Country: Brazil
Occupation: Architect
Work Placement: Morgantown City Planning Board
“We
have the bachelor’s degree in Brazil for architect and urban planning, but it’s
really difficult to find a field close to urban planning, and that’s a field I
love to work in. I want to get enough experience here around transportation and
planning to get back to Brazil and do my master’s thesis.”
Name: Sina Vogt
Home Country: Germany
Occupation: Social worker
Work Placement: Morgantown Area Youth Services Project
“I
want to learn about how other cultures are dealing with the same things we are
at home because we have a totally different social system in Germany than the
United States.”
Name: Frederike Weidemann
Home Country: Germany
Occupation: School social worker
Work Placement: Human Resource Development Foundation
“I
hope that I can get new ideas here for my job in Germany so I can enjoy my job
in a different way; with new impressions and more confidence in working with
international pupils.”