co-op
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Meet the graduates: Kate Akkaya
For Kate Akkaya, who will graduate this week from Northeastern’s School of Law, a co-op in Turkey working with asylum-seekers was an experience that further cemented her dedication to humanitarian law. “It’s not just about helping your client,” she says. “It’s about the bigger picture.”
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Northeastern, Huntington Theatre form educational alliance
Northeastern and the Huntington Theatre Company on Thursday announced a new educational alliance designed to provide a diverse range of professional experiential learning opportunities for theatre students. Through this alliance, which will begin in the 2017-18 season, Northeastern theatre students will engage with the Tony Award-winning regional theatre company through specially designed co-ops as well…
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Goldwater Scholars share passion for research, scientific discovery
Benjamin Moran and Hannah Tam have seized myriad opportunities to engage in undergraduate research at Northeastern, both on campus and on co-op. Now they share the distinction of receiving the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
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Meet the graduates: Ryan Daley
Ryan Daley is one of nearly 1,500 students who will receive degrees at the College of Professional Studies’ graduation ceremony on Friday. Here, Daley, a student-veteran with a near-perfect 3.950 GPA, reflects on his time at Northeastern and looks ahead to his future in politics.
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Students experience ‘high-profile’ co-op at alumnus-founded company
Almost a year ago, Northeastern alumnus Ben Adams founded Advoc8, a brand experience and advertising company whose idea was born out of lessons Adams learned during his own co-op experiences. Now, he hires other co-op students who have helped plan events at South by Southwest and the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
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Senior named Fulbright Scholar, plans cancer research in Botswana
Sarah Sherman points to her co-op at Massachusetts General Hospital in 2015 as a seminal moment in her Northeastern experience. Not only did she receive her first hands-on experience in cancer research—which has become her passion—but she also learned of the hospital’s work to enhance cancer care in Botswana, where she says poor access to…
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General Electric’s campus tour stops at Northeastern today
Students will have the chance today to meet with General Electric employees and discuss what it’s like to be a woman working in science, technology, engineering, and math. The daylong event on Snell Library Quad will feature networking opportunities, speed mentoring, and a LinkedIn photo booth.
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Northeastern signs historic agreement with University of Havana
President Aoun signed the agreement—the most comprehensive academic initiative by an American institution in Cuba—last week during a visit to Cuba, where he led a delegation of Northeastern faculty and staff and members of Congress. The collaboration expands upon Northeastern’s strategic partnerships in Cuba aimed at fostering novel research partnerships and educational opportunities for students.
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Jumpstart your job search with ‘Career Week’
Career Development is hosting a weeklong series of workshops and events for first-, second-, and third-year students looking to jumpstart their co-op and internship searches. The program, dubbed “Career Week,” begins today.
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Students make history with Cuba co-ops
Caroline Bynum and Madeline Drake made higher education history last week, becoming the first two students in the world to do co-op in Cuba.
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Four simple tips for co-op success
Many Northeastern students have just begun their first co-ops. To help them succeed, we asked a handful of students with co-op experience to offer up some tried and true tips for excelling in the workplace.
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Five simple career tips for job-hunting seniors
The spring semester is less than one week old, but scores of seniors have already begun looking for their first full-time jobs after graduation. Here, Mary Sullivan, associate director of Northeastern’s Department of Career Development, offers up some tips to the enthusiastic jobseekers.