03
Jun
An Ethnic Salad and a Mathematical Identity Dina Margelovich QC’11 and Jim Stellar Dina is a Math major at Queens College and has a wide variety of interests in application. This has led us to conversations about … Continued
14
Mar
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
04
Mar
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
03
Feb
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
23
Jan
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
16
Jan
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
09
Jan
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
03
Jan
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
07
Nov
Two adjustments at once Nawal Ali NU‘11 and Jim Stellar In the continuing effort to capture what happens in the real-world of cooperative education experience, I got an e-mail over the summer from one of my mentees at … Continued
25
Oct
A Black Woman runs in Haifa Moyagaye Bedward QC ’10 and James Stellar Moya is an honors student and track athlete at Queens College who has several majors and a few minors in the social sciences. She is … Continued