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<\/a>Simmonds, who will receive the top award and $500 from the provincially focused ACE, spent her co-op semester working in Fort Nelson in forestry service. Simmonds says her work in this industry and involvement in a unique project helped her win the accolades.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe field I\u2019m working is quite progressive. I\u2019ve been working on a big wind-farm project that\u2019s going up in the North Island,\u201d says Simmonds. \u201cIt\u2019s the first wind-farm project that\u2019s gone in on the island.\u201d<\/p>\n
She also suggests that being an older student has helped her to gain academic achievement, something that\u2019s important to the ACE judges.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am an older student. I started school at 27,\u201d says Simmonds. \u201cI was much more focused than I might have been at 19 or 20.\u201d<\/p>\n
In contrast, Parsons\u2019 co-op term was spent in Orlando, Florida, working as a concierge with Disney. Parsons, who will receive an honourable mention certificate from CAFCE, says though the position was far from home, working for Disney was an easy choice to make.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a bit of a Disney fanatic, so it was kind of a no-brainer for me,\u201d says Parsons. \u201cThe chance to see the inner workings of such a massive company was really an experience I didn\u2019t want to pass up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though she isn\u2019t receiving any money from her CAFCE recognition, Parsons counts herself lucky to have had such a fulfilling work term.<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned so much,\u201d says Parsons. \u201cI met so many amazing people and it was just amazing to be part of the company and to make magic every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gillian Tweed, marketing and communications officer for co-op education, is delighted that Camosun co-op students have once again been recognized for their achievements.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are very proud,\u201d says Tweed, \u201cThe students are very hard workers, they\u2019re strong students academically, and they have done something really great on their work terms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Once again, two Camosun students are being recognized for their achievements during their co-op work terms last year. Hospitality management student Erica Parsons and associate degree student Jaimy Simmonds have been honoured with national and provincial co-op awards, following in the footsteps of five years of Camosun co-op award winners. Every year since 2007, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-webexclusive","category-campus"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t