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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 23, 2013
Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) has launched a new work-study program for training and hiring veterans with service since September 9, 2011. The program provides:
A cohort of 14 students was selected from an applicant pool of close to 100, and members of the inaugural class are now fully immersed in their coursework.
Cara Appel-Silbaugh, PhD, Associate Dean of Students, and Colleen Riggle, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Women's Resource Center, both teach sections in the Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) program at Georgia Tech.
Associate Dean Cara Appel-Silbaugh teaches "Mentoring I," which is designed to help these veteran students transition from the military work force to the civilian work force. The class sessions range from discussing how to work with diverse populations to finding a mentor. Cara finds the group extremely engaging - ready to learn, discuss, and even debate. The courses are 13 weeks long and as week 8 begins, Cara is excited to see a real shift in the group and their learning. "It has been a great experience," says Cara. "So great, that I am going to teach 'Mentoring II' which begins immediately after the current course ends."
"The WOS program is a great opportunity for me to continue working with different groups of students," remarked Assistant Dean Colleen Riggle of her experience with the WOS program. "I admit, it was a challenge at first to develop an entirely new curriculum on a subject I hadn't taught formally before in a class setting. But I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of learning the different learning styles of the students, while teaching Microsoft Office 2010." As the class is being taught and developed for the very first time, Colleen feels that the students are very eager to learn and very flexible with the curriculum. "I love being able to work with this group and learning from each of their very different experiences."
