Group Visits

The Group Study Visit is part of a Comparative Study of Career and Workforce Education Systems graduate course at the University of South Florida (USF). The Group Study Visit is conducted every two years through the USF’s Study Abroad Program.

The Group Study Visit is facilitated by the University of Bremen’s Institute of Technology and Education (ITB). Prof. Dr. Michael Gessler, Director of International Research in Vocational Education and Training leads the support provided by ITB staff. Typically conducted in July, the study visit includes an introduction to German history and culture of work in Hamburg, and an academic program in Bremen. 

Group Study Visit in 2014
From left to right: Zachary Riffell, Shetay Ashford, Victor
Hernandez, Todd Van Auken, Ansberto Vallejo, Meredith
Bogush, Mable Baker, Susi Kopatz (ITB), Angelica
Cruikshank, and Anita Lamoureux.

Eight CWE graduate students are participating on the Group Study Visit in Germany in 2014 to learn about the German workforce education and development system. They are:
  • Shetay Ashford, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
  • Mable Baker, Master Student in Career and Technical Education
  • Meredith Bogush, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
  • Angelica Cruikshank, Master Student in Adult Education
  • Anita Lamoureux, Master Student in Career and Technical Education
  • Zachary Riffell, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
  • Ansberto Vallejo, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
  • Todd Van Auken, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
The Group Study Visit is led by Dr. Victor M. Hernandez, Associate Professor in Career and Workforce Education.

Group Study Visit in 2012

Eight CWE graduate students experienced Germany in 2012 as part of a Group Study Visit to learn about the German workforce education and development system. They were:
From let to right: Kristi Bulluck, Alisha Hyslop, Rick Casey, 
Eddie Fletcher, Victor Hernandez, Diane Culpepper, 
Lynsey Reys, Sean Dickerson, Cichele Fields, 
and Jennifer Pierce

  • Kristi Bulluck, Doctoral Student in Adult Education
  • Rick Casey, Master Student in Career and Technical Education
  • Diane Culpepper, Career and Workforce Education Postdoctoral Student
  • Sean Dickerson, Master Student in Adult Education
  • Cichele Fields, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
  • Alisha Hyslop, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
  • Jennifer Pierce, Master Student in Career and Technical Education
  • Lynsey Reys, Career and Workforce Education Doctoral Student
The Group Study Visit was led by Dr. Victor M. Hernandez, Associate Professor in Career and Workforce Education. Dr. Eddie Fletcher also participated on the group study visit.

Group Study Visit in 2010

The Group Study Visit in 2010 was conducted through the University of South Florida Study Abroad Program with partial support from a grant awarded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Form left to right: Bill Underwood, Alexis McLaughlin,
Daniel Cox, Christina Smith, Moni Dickerson,
and Victor Hernandez
Five CWE doctoral students experienced Germany as part of a Group Study Visit to learn about the German workforce education and development system. They were:
  • Daniel Cox, Volusia County Schools
  • Maniphone Dickerson, USF
  • Alexis McLaughlin, USF
  • Christina Smith, Chiefland High School
  • Bill Underwood, Hillsborough Community College
The Group Study Visit was led by Dr. Victor M. Hernandez, Associate Professor in Career and Workforce Education.