Lunch was served with a side of co-op success at a recent celebration in Pond Inlet.<\/p>\n
Brock\u2019s Co-op Education team welcomed more than 100 employers, students and community members to the first-ever Co-op Recognition and Celebration Luncheon on Thursday, March 22.<\/p>\n
The packed event paid tribute to the commitment of numerous outstanding co-op supervisors, as well as the accomplishments of Co-op Students of the Term, Meghan Birbeck and Jake Berec<\/a>, and Alumni Co-op Award-winner, Fred Barzyk<\/a>.<\/p>\n For Julia Zhu, Brock\u2019s Associate Director of Co-op Education, the importance of celebrating the many outstanding employers that the department works with could not be overstated.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very grateful to have so many employers here with us today,\u201d she said. \u201cWithout their commitment to our program, our students would not be able to experience the life-changing opportunities that co-op work terms can bring.\u201d<\/p>\n Having been invited to receive recognition themselves, several employers highlighted the excellence of the co-op staff and students they work alongside.<\/p>\n \u201cThe service really stands out and the responsiveness of Brock\u2019s co-op staff is stellar,\u201d said Kavitha Vincent, senior employment specialist at FedEx Express Canada. \u201cBrock students bring a humble attitude and are hard working because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n Lindsay Dierick, workforce information analyst at the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, had similar praise for the important roles co-op students play within her organization.<\/p>\n \u201cThey let us see a new perspective and always bring innovative ideas,\u201d she said. \u201cThey help us to complete projects we may not have otherwise had time to do.\u201d<\/p>\n With outstanding co-op supervisors for the Fall and Spring\/Summer work terms (listed below) receiving recognition based on student nominations, Vincent felt the honour reflected positively on the entire organization.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are very proud and it means we are distinguished,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n The Co-op Recognition and Celebration Luncheon was part of Brock\u2019s National Co-op and WIL Week from March 19 to 23, which also included mock interviews, social media contests and business card draws.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Outstanding co-op supervisors, Fall 2017 term:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ron Chow, RBC \u2014 nominated by Rachel Van Herk, Math co-op<\/p>\n Carrie Beatty, Town of Lincoln \u2014 nominated by Meghan Birbeck, SSAS co-op<\/p>\n Andrew Lum, Akelius Canada Ltd. \u2014 nominated by Zhen (Jane) Wang, MAcc co-op<\/p>\n Margaret Murphy, Regional Municipality of Niagara \u2014 nominated by Alex Rotundo, BAcc co-op<\/p>\n Jeff Pettit, General Motors \u2014 nominated by Ahmed Jawa, BBA co-op<\/p>\n Erik Rogerson, General Motors \u2014 nominated by Christine Sirignano, BBA co-op<\/p>\n Jeffrey Chi, TurnerMoore LLP \u2014 nominated by Xiaozhou (Stefan) Chen, MAcc co-op<\/p>\n Susan Course, ShadeFX Canopies Inc. \u2014 nominated by Steven Simons, BBA co-op<\/p>\n Trudy Burnside, Dynacare Inc. \u2014 nominated by Asad Jalib, BBA co-op<\/p>\n Jason Etherington, Canadian Tire Financial Services \u2014 nominated by Scott Schram, BBE co-op<\/p>\n Marmelyn Wong, Exp Services \u2014 nominated by Dania Farrokh, BAcc co-op<\/p>\n Kayla Bachynski, VistaPrint \u2014 nominated by Sathyajit Prakash, MBA ISP co-op<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Outstanding co-op supervisors, Spring\/Summer 2017 term:<\/strong><\/p>\n Doug Hamilton, Canada Summer Games Niagara Region \u2014 nominated by Rachelle Roy, HLSC co-op<\/p>\n Daniel Caplan, RBC \u2014 nominated by Jake Berec, BBA co-op<\/p>\n Michael Carroll, Michael J. Carroll \u2014 nominated by Yee Lie, BAcc co-op<\/p>\n Lynn Wilson, FedEx Canada \u2014 nominated by Arpita Gannavarapu, MBA ISP co-op<\/p>\n Stacey Hachigian, Johnson & Johnson \u2014 nominated by Shanen D\u2019Souza, BBA co-op<\/p>\n Jessica DiCarlantonio, Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours \u2014 nominated by Mary Lefebvre, BBA Dual degree co-op<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lunch was served with a side of co-op success at a recent celebration in Pond Inlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":50108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,3319,55,1,4,38],"tags":[5050,5051,1727,6446,6448,5735,6447,6418],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50107"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50109,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50107\/revisions\/50109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}