From working class to classy work and beyond Juliana Schatz NU ‘08 and Jim Stellar Juliana and I have been talking for some time about doing a blog post together. She sent me the following e-mail which is … Continued
WIL around the world on a smile – communicating, learning, growing Michelle Hansford and Jim Stellar Michelle is the Director at the World Association of Cooperative Education (WACE) and someone with whom I have worked in the past as part … Continued
Salience, reward, and the brain Kelly Dumais NU’10 and Jim Stellar Kelly worked in my behavioral neuroscience laboratory in my last year at Northeastern and then she did a coop experience at McLean Hospital with my former graduate … Continued
From both sides, now Heather Brenhouse and Jim Stellar Heather was a graduate student of mine when I was Professor of Psychology and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (something that required her to be patient … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
Jim Stellar is tweeting I decided to try the experiment about which Ashley Stempel and I wrote about in a post in late December. Follow me on Twitter at ProvostStellar. The idea is to talk about Experiential Education and … Continued
Riding high on horse-human communication Susan Salk and Jim Stellar Susan is a professional writer and we became friends at our previous jobs. Recently, we began talking about the blog and how interesting it is that animals and … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued