A Youthful N
ortheast Oklahoma Electric (NEOEC) was fl ush with new faces this
summer. Through a program off ered by the Cherokee Na on, the Cherokee Na on Summer Youth Employment Program (CNSYEP), internships were made available to area youth. This is the fi rst year NEOEC has been a part of this local community summer program.
CNSYEP is a 6-week experience that allows students to gain knowledge of various occupa ons and interests, while receiving durable pay throughout the summer. This program allows Na ve youth ages 16-21, who live within the tribe’s 14-county jurisdic on, a chance to par cipate in diff erent ac vi es in the work force.
According to the program’s website:
The Cherokee Na on has helped hundreds of youth fi nd summer jobs every year since the program’s incep on in 1977. This year, more than 500 eligible par cipants will be paid by the tribe and placed at job sites based on their interests, including posi ons at the Cherokee Na on, local veterinarian clinics, fl oral shops and more.
The posi ons with NEOEC came packed with responsibili es and required the ability to problem solve, to work in diff erent work environments, and to use team-building skills. Those skills are vital to any posi on at NEOEC and to any career the interns choose to pursue for their future.
The many posi ons within NEOEC assort from the diff erent departments set within the coopera ve including NRS, RECtec, Public Rela ons, Billing, and many other services. During their internship, the students were interviewed about their
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Coopera ve teams with Cherokee Na on for sum subsidiary, RECtec.
experiences. Here is what some of them had to say about their summer at NEOEC.
Allyson Boyd Allyson Boyd is from Vinita, Oklahoma. She is currently a ending the University of Tulsa, studying biology. She spent the summer at NEOEC assis ng the front offi ce and the member service representa ves.
“I’ve had an enjoyable me,” she stated. “My coworkers are kind and generous and always willing to help me with what I may be struggling with. I am very grateful for this opportunity.”
Allyson found that her internship this summer also would help in future endeavors as well.
“The job is very similar to my work study posi on at TU. The experience should help with my skills and effi ciency.”
In addi on to work experience, Allyson took away some memorable moments.
“On June 23, I no ced a red wasp in the light above my desk. A er informing the others in my area, I hid behind a locked door with Barbara McCoy for fi ve to ten minutes while others tried to kill it. To my knowledge, he’s s ll up there, plo ng his revenge.”
With the excep on of a vengeful bug, her summer at NEOEC was well spent indeed.
Kanaan Nichols Kanaan Nichols is a junior at Vinita High School. Kanaan was assigned to NEOEC’s
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RECtec is the technology and communica ons subsidiary. It has been in service for over 20 years, changing with the technology needed for the mes. RECtec started in the nine es as a 2-way radio business, evolving later into a Motorola radio repair shop, and recently into providing IT and communica ons needs to schools and businesses throughout Oklahoma, northwest Arkansas, and southeastern Missouri.
Kanaan came to work at NEOEC for a very specifi c goal.
“It sounded like a good experience and it is.”
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