View from a special experiential scholarship program
Valerie De Jianne NU ’05 and Jim Stellar
Valerie was in the first group of students at Northeastern University when I was Dean to win a 21st Century Scholarship.  She and her peers were selected from the best students in the Freshman class and were given a alumni donor-based tuition [...]

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Albanian to American in higher education
 
Enkelejda Demika NU ‘09 and Jim Stellar
 
I first met Enkelejda at a high school science fair and immediately noticed a combination of the classic education hunger of an immigrant to US with that kind of intelligence that is at once academic and instinctive (e.g. otherlobe).  We met repeatedly over the [...]

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Inspiration is key to students from underrepresented groups
 
Tamara Buchanan NU’07 and Jim Stellar
 
When I was Dean at Northeastern, Tamara worked a little in my research laboratory but came to me with a proposition.  She noted that one of the Universities goals was to encourage diversity and accomplishment, particularly in pursuit by undergraduates of premedical and [...]

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Re-entry from Abroad Programs – Culture Shock and What it Means
 
Ruth Wyshogrod (NU ’10) and Jim Stellar
 
On January 3, I posted an e-mail that Ruth wrote from Israel about her coop abroad program experience and how deep it impacted her.  Well now she is back and the culture shock she is [...]

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Exploring Two Worlds
 
Ute Wenkemann NU’11 and Jim Stellar
 
What happens when a student from Germany comes to an American university that features a cooperative education program?  Both are cultural adjustments, first from the home country and then from the home university.  Ute did just that.  We met over an administrative matter when she was a freshman [...]

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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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