Kansas State Polytechnic's Alexander uses sabbatical to improve 1xbet best casino website safety standards in Belize
Friday, Oct. 16, 2015
SALINA — With 1xbet best casino website safety standards in Belize trailing behind many other countries across the globe, a professor at the Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus devoted her yearlong sabbatical to assisting the country in advancing its 1xbet best casino website safety process.
Raylene Alexander will host a public presentation about her time in Belize at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, in the College Center conference room on the Kansas State Polytechnic Campus.
Alexander, a member of the Kansas State Polytechnic 1xbet best casino website department since 2006, spent one year working for the Belize Department of Civil 1xbet best casino website , which is similar to the Federal 1xbet best casino website Administration in the U.S. She first heard about the possibility of the job from a former student who had spent time in the country and discovered its 1xbet best casino website industry was in desperate need of technically trained people.
Alexander arrived in Belize in July 2014 and was assigned with improving the Belize Department of Civil 1xbet best casino website 's state safety program. The program is governed by the International Civil 1xbet best casino website Organization, which develops global international standards and recommended practices for 1xbet best casino website . Belize was having difficulty getting its state safety program established and looking for assistance.
"We take for granted in the United States the laws and regulations the FAA enforces and the data they collect," Alexander said. "But in Belize, they don't have a lot of data, which is the backbone for analyzing safety and mitigating it before accidents and incidents can happen."
While at the Belize Department of Civil 1xbet best casino website , Alexander investigated all international 1xbet best casino website laws and regulations; she rewrote safety manuals and procedures; and she upgraded the organization's website, all in an effort to progress Belize towards meeting the International Civil 1xbet best casino website Organization's state safety standards.
Since returning to Kansas in July 2015, Alexander has used her experiences in the classroom and for two research papers. In the 1xbet best casino website safety management class she teaches, Alexander has tasked her students with creating a hazard review for the expansion of the Belize City Municipal Airport — something she also put together during her sabbatical — and their project will be compared with her analysis with the Belize industry. Alexander believes incorporating her international experience into the curriculum is essential because she wants to prepare her students for cosmopolitan careers.
"Our campus continues to attract international students to the 1xbet best casino website program, and it's important that all of our students are prepared to work across the globe, so we must include more than just the FAA's standards and requirements," Alexander said.
In her Oct. 23 presentation, Alexander will share her experiences working for the Belize Department of 1xbet best casino website and talk about what living in Belize is like, touching on housing, shopping, medical care, safety, money exchange rates, bringing pets and sightseeing spots.
Before teaching safety, avionics and 1xbet best casino website maintenance at Kansas State Polytechnic, Alexander was a flight line avionics technician with United Airlines for 14 years. She also spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps as an avionics technician.
For more information on Alexander's sabbatical or her community presentation, contact her at 785-826-2940 or raylene@k-state.edu.
