Eligibility

• Students must be enrolled at a university/college at time of submittal.
• Students must have co-oped at least once between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017.

Prizes

There will be one winner per category.  Winners will receive a prize of between $100 - $150 each. 

Winners will also receive recognition at the 2018 OCEA Conference Awards and Scholarship dinner.

The deadline for submissions is March 30, 2018.

2017 Cool Co-op Winners

People: Huy Tran, University of Cincinnati
Perk: Mark Reese, The Ohio State University
Amanda Dan-Ye Tong, Case Western Reserve University

• Entries are accepted any time between January 2018 and March 2018.
• Submitter must identify which category they are entering (Projects, People, or Perks). Only one submission per category will be accepted per university Co-op program/office or Career Center (Must be an OCEA member school).
• Submitter should use their best writing skills. OCEA retains the right to edit entries for proper grammar and spelling.
• All submissions will be approved by the students’ institution before judging process.
• Submissions become the property of the students’ educational institution, OCEA, and the Ohio Board of Regents and may be used for promotional purposes beyond the contest.
• A criteria sheet will be utilized for the judging process.  All entries will be judged by the Ohio Cooperative Education Association Awards and/or Executive Board Committee.

Content

• Submissions must have a title for the entry.
• Each submission must include at least one photograph.  Each photo must have a caption.
• Entries must answer the question “Why is the Co-op Cool?” in one of three Categories – is it the “Projects” you have worked on, the “People” you have met, or the “Perks” you have received?
• Entries must be 300 words or less (this is about a paragraph).  Keep it short, but utilize examples when possible. 
• Entries must include identifying information so we will be able to find the students and give them their prize (all fields are required on the attached profile information page).