My son’s mechanical engineering co-op is in northwestern Alabama, about halfway between Tuscaloosa and Starkville. There seems to be a lot of crossing the border back and forth for schooling and work. The co-op students are from State and Bama, and the employees and bosses are from all over (Auburn, Bama, Mississippi State, and some northern states). The one thing they seem to be lacking is engineers with bachelor’s degrees–from anywhere!