Professional Development Webinar Series

Building Employer Relationships
When: February 19, 2010 at 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST
Presented by: Kelly Harper, Cincinnati State

About the Webinar:

Developing educational partners can often be a balancing act.  We have to look at the needs of the employers, the students and our institutions.  This webinar will look at the keys to building successful relationships with employers seeking to hire your co-op and internship students.  Keys to developing connections and keys to maintaining the balance.

About Kelly Harper:

Kelly Harper is Cooperative Education Coordinator in the greater Cincinnati area.  She has 17 years of experience in higher education.  Over the course of her career, she has worked for both Cincinnati State Technical & Community College and Northern Kentucky University.

Kelly graduated with an undergraduate degree in International Studies and History and obtained a Masters degree in Public Administration from Northern Kentucky University

She has a love for professional organizations in cooperative education.  She has served on the boards of the Midwest Cooperative Education & Internship Association (MCEIA), Ohio Cooperative Education Association (OCEA) and the Kentucky Association of Cooperative Education & Career Employment (KACECE).  Within MCEIA and OCEA, she has held many roles some of them include Past-President, Conference Chair, conference presenter and secretary.  In 2006, she was awarded the OCEA Educator of the Year.  Kelly has also been active with the Cooperative Education & Internship Association (CEIA) and the National Commission for Cooperative Education (NCCE).

Kelly has also been active in her local community. She has served on multiple committees for the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce focusing on higher education and workforce development.  She has served on the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Selection Committee. And she has participated with the Strive/Knowledge Works Foundation to promote cooperative education in the community.

She has also been actively engaged in quality assurance programs on campus including participation in Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) systems portfolio review and Continuous Quality Improvement Program (CQIN) focusing on organizational sustainability.