Curriculum by Cooperators and Educators
In partnership with the Economics Department at UMass, Amherst, and the Neighboring Food Co-op Association (NFCA) on the Certificate in Co-operative Enterprise. Made up of curriculum focusing on the co-operative model and internships with NFCA or VAWC co-ops, the Certificate is a one-of-a-kind program for undergraduates to experience co-operation first hand. We have reached hundreds of students over dozens of courses in more than a decade of partnership in this Certificate and our members have had dozens of interns supporting their work since 2010.
Recent Internships
A pillar of our Certificate program is an internship that capstones their experience. The program has seen more than 50 interns who have “on the floor” labor experience as well as a research project supporting their host co-op. Here are recent interns with VAWC and VAWC Member Co-ops:
- 2026: Benjamin Marien and David Vitello,
- 2025: Artem Gavryliuk (See some of data that developed here and here), Anya Lu (See some of the legislative educational pieces they developed here and here), and Zhenghong Zhong
- 2024: Noah Ranz-Lind
- 2023: Christiana Crane and Dylan Hatch (Read an article he cowrote here)
- 2022; David Li
- 2021: Stephanie Mullin
- 2020: Chloe Rattanavong (See her internship poster)
- 2019: Sasha Khakhar, Marc Maren (Read an article he cowrote and the VAWC Fund Infographic he designed), and Emily Salesky
- 2018: Chris Diaz, Jack Fischer, and Michael Ruther
- 2017: Joe Chernak
- 2016: Joshua Hernandez (See his internship poster) and Nora Landers
- 2014: Chris Caidor and Ferras Haidar
- 2013: Alex Major
- 2012: Thomas Kunkel, Cole Lanier, and Luke Seeberg
- 2011: Erin Kassis, Danielle Martineau
- 2010: Mark Paul and Anastasia Wilson
