Posts for Current graduate students

Growing a passion for public service through co-op

Thursday, March 9, 2023 by Bhavana Balasubramanian | 3 min read

Jeremy Ernest (he/him) is in his second year of the Master of Public Service program. CEE is recognizing him for his achievements during his co-op term at the Treasury Board Secretariat (Ontario) with the Co-op Student of the Year Award for the Faculty of Arts. Jeremy shares the story behind his success and explains his motivation towards consistent and impactful work.

Co-op Student of the Year

Arts

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Mastering the art of co-op: a grad student’s experience

Thursday, March 2, 2023 by Kaitlin Trendel | 7 min read

Maddie standing next to a camera and box light

Maddie Savage is a University of Waterloo Master of Arts co-op student in English Rhetoric and Communication Design, in the Major Research Paper stream.

Co-op 1: Worked as a researcher for Xello, a K-12 online academic planning company, updating Canadian and U.S. school databases.

Co-op 2: Worked as a content development associate at the University of Waterloo, Co-operative and Experiential Education (CEE), interviewing both students and employers to develop news stories for the CEE websites.

Arts

Grad

Research

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Online tutoring + first-year co-op = rewarding experience

Thursday, June 3, 2021 by Nigharika Senthil Kumar

Natalia Manturowicz, a 2B Pure Mathematics and Teaching student talks about her first co-op journey where she had the chance to work remotely for Centennial College as a math tutor.

Mathematics

Teaching