The summer of 2015 will be the 16th year of the Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship program. The program is based on a simple, yet effective recipe: connect undergraduate and graduate students with meaningful work-related projects in Cleveland-area...

By Mark NowakCity of South Euclid As I was growing up, many people told me to “follow my passion” when planning a career. I’ve come to believe this advice is at best misleading … but more on that later. Several years ago, I earned an engineering...

By Maggie StarkHolden Arboretum This was certainly not the summer I expected. Road trip, backpack, plane, train or walk if I had to escape; the only thing on my mind was the six months of loan deferment I had left between graduation and entry in the real...

By Nicholas DownerSt. Clair Superior Development Corporation Here’s a game anyone can play: Start talking about any Cleveland neighborhood and see if it takes more than five minutes before someone says the word "gentrification." Based on my experience...

By Erin AmschlingerStockyard, Clark-Fulton & Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office I never had cable TV as a kid so, when morning cartoons ended for the day, pickings were pretty slim for what to watch. I used to flick through our eight channel...

By Caroline WoznickiThe MetroHealth System When you think of a hospital, you might think of a place to go when you’re ill or hurt. You might envision doctors and nurses with stethoscopes ready to help. You might hear the sirens and imagine the flashing...

By Doanise ThompsonNeighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland Maya Angelou, one of my idols, once said, “A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.” “Achieving, Preserving and...

By Dana J. Smith Cleveland Special Events Corporation/Gay Games 9 To me, the city of Cleveland has always represented new beginnings and personal growth. I moved to Cleveland in 2011 to attend Cleveland State University, and my experience in the city has...

By Jamie Orr Cleveland Public Theatre I do not consider myself particularly creative or artistic. I have never been in a play, and the last play I went to was in the Little Theatre of Ursuline College, where I supported a friend from the back row. So how...

By Noha BecharaEsperanza, Inc. Throughout my senior year at John Carroll University, as classmates were narrowing job opportunities and planning their futures, I found myself stuck in the mindset that I still wanted to have my last summer before the...