21 Mar
Posted by Jim as Global perspective, Higher Ed Professionals, Uncategorized, experiential education, leadership
Preparing for Co-op Abroad – The Ultimate Internship
Lily Chryssis and Jim Stellar
Lily is a graduate of Northeastern University in 2004 as a major in Political Science & International Affairs who took advantage of the co-op program. Later she got a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies at the American University of Beirut. She returned to [...]
05 Dec
Posted by Jim as Academic, Global perspective, Student Views, experiential education
Learning while tutoring in writing
Chloe’ Skye Weiser, QC ’13 and Jim Stellar
Chloe’ is a double major in English and Environmental Studies, a Macaulay Honors College student, and a frequent partner in conversation about undergraduate education at Queens College. She has a broad range of experiences and is pursuing undergraduate research, but what really grabbed [...]
22 Nov
Posted by Jim as Global perspective, Student Views, Uncategorized, experiential education
Mistaken for a Native … abroad
Emily Monaco QC ’12 and Jim Stellar
Emily is a major in History with an interest in the ancient world and a Macaulay Honors student at Queens College who just returned from a study abroad trip to Italy. What makes this trip different is that at some point it became [...]
26 Feb
Posted by Jim as Global perspective, alumni views, experiential education
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 [...]