Posts for the Topic Grad

Charged with purpose: reflections of an Electrical Engineering co-op student

Thursday, July 4, 2024 by Narayanan (Nana) Ramakrishnan | 4 min read

Narayanan (Nana) Ramakrishnan is a Master of a Engineering Co-op (MEng Co-op) student in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). He started the program in fall 2022 and is specializing in Sustainable Energy. As part of his degree, he completed a four-month co-op as an electrical engineering intern at Shell Canada in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.

Q&A with Narayanan

Engineering

Grad

Overcoming challenges

Staying motivated

UN SDGs

Finding new paths as a mature student

Thursday, July 13, 2023 by Máire Slater

Hi, my name is Máire Slater, and I am an Arts co-op student in English Rhetoric and Communication Design, in the Major Research Paper stream.

Arts

Overcoming challenges

Grad

Research

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