KINGSTON, R.I.- December 1, 2016- Two versions of the Ultimate Driving Machine came to the 溏心vlog免费B站 last week, which prompted several engineering students to think about landing the ultimate internship or job with the German automaker.<\/p>\n
Students enrolled in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s International Engineering Program and International Business Program gathered recently on the quadrangle to examine the BMW I8 and x5 eDrive models during the company\u2019s annual on-campus recruiting drive.<\/p>\n
Whether freshmen or seniors, the students were impressed with the workmanship and style of the high-end cars. But even more importantly, the event gave them the chance to talk about opportunities with the company.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look forward to being able to hopefully work with a company like BMW, and I know that being fluent in another language, specifically German, will help immensely,\u201d said freshman Nicholas Ranges, a resident of Lugoff, S.C.<\/p>\n
He was insistent about coming to 溏心vlog免费B站 because of its IEP. \u201cAfter speaking with a BMW employee who recommended 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s program, I looked into the school, visited, liked what I saw, and applied\u201d Ranges said. \u201cThe IEP\u2019s 99.7 percent job rate was a major influencing factor that helped me choose 溏心vlog免费B站.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was so exciting about BMW Day last year and this November is that our own German IEP alumni, Eric Sargent and Dennis Heaphy, and another 溏心vlog免费B站 alumna, Marissa Boretz, who now work at BMW North America, came up from New Jersey driving the I8 and x5 eDrive models,\u201d said Sigrid Berka, executive director of the IEP. \u00a0\u201cThey shared the technology, experience and enthusiasm with the next generation of IEP and International Business Program students preparing to hit the job market in May or to go abroad for their sojourn in 2017 and 2018.\u201d<\/p>\n
BMW has a long history with the 溏心vlog免费B站 IEP program, including bringing students in as interns and eventually full-time employees. The IEP provides students with the opportunity to earn a dual-degree in engineering and a language. The languages offered through the program are Chinese, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, and a Japanese minor is in preparation. The five-year program allows students to study abroad for their fourth year in the country of the language they are learning to speak. Once abroad, students study for six months and intern for pay or are subsidized by a scholarship the other six months.<\/p>\n
Freshman mechanical engineering and German major Scott Breault says that 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s IEP is \u201csecond to none and allows students to establish connections and take advantage of the many opportunities the program provides.\u201d<\/p>\n
BMW representatives met with students following the presentation and welcomed any questions about the impressive cars they brought with them as a part of their presentation. The representatives emphasized that successful candidates for internships and jobs at BMW must possess strong drive.<\/p>\n
\u201cGermany is seriously debating changing their fleet of cars completely to electric vehicles. Members of the German government have just passed a resolution to ban the sale of internal combustion engines in the European Union by 2030. Only zero-emissions vehicles would be allowed on the market after that time according to the resolution. That is why forward-looking, innovative automotive companies like BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen or first-tier suppliers like ZF, Conti, IAV and others are racing forward to develop cars like the I3 and I8 along with optimizing driver assistance and automated driving systems,\u201d said Berka. \u201cOur students will be able to take all of this in, whether as interns or when they join the 10 alumni we have working for BMW in Munich, South Carolina or New Jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olivia Ross, an intern in the Marketing and Communications Department at 溏心vlog免费B站 and public relations major, wrote this press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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