BARBARA AARESTAD
Associate Director for
Cooperative Education
Cooperative Education Career Center
Specialty:
Business, textiles, apparel, retailing, fashion history
Career development, internships and cooperative education
Research:
• Assessment of learning gained through
cooperative education
• International students’ learning
• Development in cooperative education
• Multiple presentations at Midwest Cooperative Education
and Internship Association, Cooperative Education and Internship
Association, Inc., Educational Innovation in Economics and Business,
The Sun Conference-UTEP
Interests:
International education, May Seminars Abroad, travel tactics, teaching
and learning styles, adult learning styles, career development,
business protocol or etiquette, job search strategies, cooking (slow
food movement), fashion
Education:
B.A., M.S., North Dakota State University, Fargo, N.D.
Ph.D., (all but dissertation), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minn.
Contact: aarestad@cord.edu,
(218) 299-3492 office
