Export Internship Program opens doors for Columbus State students

Student News | Monday, June 22, 2026

For Columbus State Community College students Sharonda Exius and Alpha Bah, the classroom has become a gateway to the global marketplace. The supply chain management majors are gaining hands-on international business experience through the Ohio Export Internship Program (OEIP), a partnership between the Ohio Department of Development and six university partners, including The Ohio State University.

Exius is working for JANZ Corporation in Columbus this summer, while Bah, who was an Honors student, has been placed at T.J. Clark International in Delaware and will matriculate to OSU. They each participated in the Ohio State classroom portion during Spring Semester. 

“At Janz corporation, I am reaching out to international medical device manufacturers to identify partnership opportunities and expand product offerings that support the needs of federal healthcare customers,” said Exius. "I will get my Bachelor of Science degree in Operations & Supply Chain Management from Franklin University and will still take some classes at Columbus State, where I have been on the Dean’s List with a 4.0 GPA.”

Bah is deep into procurement/supply chain/manufacturing work at T.J. Clark,” said Roberta Winch, who co-facilitates the OEIP course each spring. “He is involved in meetings both internally and externally, and he and his supervisor are very satisfied with his placement there.” 

Columbus State is the only community college participating in OEIP and has been doing so for more than a decade. Interviews for new students for the program begin in the fall. Interested students should contact Roberta Winch at the Small Business Center at Columbus State at  rwinch@cscc.edu. 

 

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