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18-Karat Co-ops
A "Federal" case
Look at the Federal Express name. See the arrow created by the negative space between the capital E and the x of Express? Co-opping student John Lutz was on the team that created that logo concept in 1994, and it was adopted by the company later that year.
someones life may depend on it.
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On her first
in 2003,
student Shannon Walker literally saved a life when she wondered about giving a cardiac/pneumonia patient a drug that was closely related to penicillin. Already having learned that her patient was allergic to penicillin, Shannon ran to her drug-reference guide and found she was right: The related drug about to be administered to the patient would cause the same allergic reaction as would penicillin. How serious would that have been?
It could have killed her, explained Shannon, adding Its very serious, and it would have been worse in this situation. The family had just arrived to visit the patient, who could have literally died right in front of them. Shannon, I felt so good about it. A mistake was about to be made, and I the student was the one who caught it.
I was very proud to have caught the mistake because someones life may depend on it.
Movie magic
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Charles Bailey, 71, has been creating special effects for countless movies from Star Wars to Pirates of the Caribbean at George Lucas renowned Industrial Light & Magic. Hes the most senior of a number of UC co-ops now at work full-time in Hollywood. Others include Scott Leberecht, a 94
grad. His early co-ops had Leberecht literally crying to his mother, I dont want to do this for the rest of my life.
But a later co-op led him to his Hollywood dream: A Kenner co-op making promotional toys for movies helped him to connect to the studios (who were Kenners clients). Three days after graduation, he was working for Lucasfilm
Building laughter with the Hollywood stars
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His co-ops led one-time
student Mike Gasaway to the realization that hed rather do kids stuff with his life. The architecture animations he did on co-op led him to a career in entertainment animation and then, to directing. Hes now the award-winning director of Friday nights The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, named the Best Animated Television Series for Children in 2004. The show employs some of Hollywoods best comedic talent, including Mel Brooks and Tim Allen as well as Christian Slater, all of whom have provided their voices to Jimmy Neutron characters.
Gasaway says hell never forget the day Mel Brooks ridiculed his name: When Mel makes fun of your name, it has a whole different quality than what the kids at school did when I was growing up. I had to call my Dad right away after receiving a ribbing from Mel
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