Northeastern students engage in co-op opportunities in some pretty cool places, doing some pretty cool things. Each year, students submit videos that illustrate why they think their co-op is the best—or the “coolest.” Check out this year’s winning videos, which highlight some powerful examples of our students’ exciting co-ops all around the globe.
1st Place
Elana Crouch S’19 |
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| Crouch is an environmental studies and international affairs major. Her co-op in Costa Rica was at the nonprofit Kids Saving the Rainforest, where she worked as an administrative and animal care intern. |
2nd Place
John Syzonenko, S’19 |
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| A physics major, Syzonenko worked as an assistant environmental educator at Change is Simple, a nonprofit that creates hands-on science and environmental lessons for classrooms across Boston’s North Shore. |
3rd place (tie)
Gwendolyn Schanker, AMD’18 |
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| On her co-op at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Schanker, a journalism and biology double major, worked in the communications department writing news stories about the science happening at one of the world’s most renowned science facilities. |
3rd place (tie)
Sage Whipple, DMSB’18 |
| Whipple, who is a business major with a concentration in entrepreneurship, spent her co-op at FunkyJunk Recycled, a social enterprise that collects bags from the streets in Cambodia and turns them into products such as cushions and baskets. |
