Student Profiles
Community-calling
Junior Lindsey Voet helped more than a dozen young Spanish-speaking students learn English as part of a co-op for a nonprofit community center in Bolivia.
Discovering the world through experiential learning
Sociology major Maryam Talieh completed a co-op with the Paris, France-based Safran Group, for whom she booked hotels, set up business simulations and organized cultural events for more than three-dozen junior-level managers within the high-tech conglomerate. Photo by Mary Knox Merrill.
Building a business with skyward potential
Skyler Ralston, BA’ 08, wasn’t sure she could have launched a thriving media company in a city like Boston or Miami — but she did just that in Panama City.
A grand invitation
This fall, Northeastern University junior nursing major Justin Alves was invited by the U.S. Embassy in Argentina to join with doctors and other health-care professionals there to assess the similarities and differences between the U.S. and Argentinean health-care systems
A global co-op, and a change of plans
Northeastern senior Li Buessing started his co-op with a water and waste treatment company in Paris with the mindset of an engineer, and ended it thinking more like a corporate manager.
Life-changing opportunity to change lives
Northeastern’s Presidential Global Scholars Program enabled business major Ben Kuhlmann to gain a life-changing experience promoting entrepreneurship through a nonprofit organization in Cape Town, South Africa.
Working with Big Blue across the Deep Blue
Northeastern University and IBM are collaborating to launch an innovative co-op program that will place students in exciting, professional business roles across the globe.
Architecture student glimpses a design future
Walking through the streets of Barcelona, Northeastern student Stephen White recalls being enthralled on a daily basis as he admired the stunning architecture the Spanish city has to offer. White describes the city as constantly evolving, and the architecture with it—so it was no surprise he found incredible inspiration there while working on co-op at an architectural design firm.
A rewarding six months on the trading floor
Northeastern student Sam Landsberg said his co-op with the global investment banking, securities and investment management firm Goldman Sachs International in London, “was one of the most rewarding chapters of my life.”
Antarctica research co-op leaves an impression
In April, Corey Allard became the first Northeastern University undergraduate to work on co-op in Antarctica. Now back on campus, he is reflecting on his tremendous opportunity to conduct significant climate-change research in an environment unlike anywhere on Earth.