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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
To Tweet or not to Tweet – a Provost’s quandary Ashley Stempel NU’10 and Jim Stellar This is a bit weird. Ashley, who is a repeat blogger with me on this site about social media, is going to … Continued
Impact is the Point in Study Abroad Dawn Anderson and Jim Stellar Dawn Anderson started out in my former Office when I was Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern University where we were developing … Continued
Other Lobe Thinking as It Applies to Rules: To Follow or Not to Follow Cynthia Bainton and Jim Stellar As administrators we complete tasks, manage projects, and lead people with the goal of fulfilling the missions of our … Continued
Thought Control Caroline Crocker ‘03 (Williams College), Ph.D. program at John Jay College at CUNY and Jim Stellar Through a friend-of-a-friend connection, I met Caroline and found her to have an interesting point deriving from her studies of the Social … Continued