Receive a generous scholarship package over four years and help grow Northeast Nebraska in this new cooperative education program. Apply by Feb. 1, 2024, for the 2024-25 school year.
Career Scholars Program - Norfolk, Nebraska
What you'll experience and learn
Your journey as a cooperative education student begins your freshman year at Wayne State College. During your time here, you’ll participate in career readiness activities, including business site visits and job shadowing, all while learning the fundamentals of professional practice. After three years on campus at Wayne State, you’ll complete your senior year while living in downtown Norfolk, where you’ll be hired and mentored by one of our participating business cohorts. You’ll earn 18 credit hours while working 30-40 hours per week at a paid job using skills relevant to your degree.
"This is such an amazing opportunity, and I just couldn’t pass it up. I thought this program was important because it really gives me a head start. I knew it was going to get me ahead in life and that I’d be doing bigger and greater things - things my peers might not be doing. By my senior year of college, I will have a paying job in my field of study, which just seems incredible. I will stay in Northeast Nebraska because I will have made so many new connections. To me, Northeast Nebraska has such welcoming towns. No matter what part you’re in, it’s always so homey, and I always feel welcome wherever I go."
Aubree Howell
Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
Major: Business Administration (Marketing)
