We have been TACEd
 
Jim Stellar and Rick Porter
 
TACE is the Thailand Association of Cooperative Education.  It aims to spread co-op throughout Thailand and is doing a pretty good job.  We just finished a 4 day in-country Institute with them, working practically 24/7 with 40 dedicated professionals in Bangkok and are posting this from Hong Kong [...]

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Math, Molecules, and Woman
 
Rimma Pivovarov NU ’10 and Jim Stellar
 
I first met Rimma when she was a prospective student interested in mathematics and I was Dean of the College at Northeastern University.  Now she is about to graduate and has developed a second interest in biology.  She is seeking admission to graduate school in a [...]

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Undergraduate research - introduction achieved. Now what?
Ashley Pira NU’12 and Jim Stellar
As a Freshman, Ashley wrote a post on March 25th that attracted a good deal of comment back to me about how students approach professors and the trepidation they feel while at the same time making the point that students have a lot to [...]

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Building a Confidence Growth Curve through Work Experiences
 
Alisa Duhaney NU ’08 and Jim Stellar
 
Sometimes the work experience begins before College. In the case of Alisa, we have that example and can see how that work experience is built upon by a Cooperative Education work experience and finally experience on a regular job.  The field is [...]

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International Cooperative Education - A job that Exceeds Expectations
 
I got this e-mail below in the fall from Ruth Wyshogrod (NU ’10) and with some deletions of names and a little light editing on which we have agreed, I thought it had to be posted on the blog as it represents the kind of serious position [...]

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