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• Students who attend college outside of Cleveland, are home for the summer, and want to earn credit that transfers to their schools

• CSU students who want to earn credit during the summer while spending most of their time out of the classroom

• Anyone interested in an internship to learn more about urban America

The program provides an opportunity to learn how urban organizations operate, including their programmatic approaches, the role of the board and staff, how the organization defines and carries out its mission and how it funds programs. In addition, the students will be involved in one or more projects that assist the organization in accomplishing its mission.

Students will be assigned to an urban organization based on their interest and the requirements of the organization. See the program guidelines for information on the placement process.They will spend 27 hours a week at the organization (all day Monday through Wednesday and half a day on Thursday) for 9 weeks.

On Thursday afternoons, students will gather for a 3-hour seminar to reflect on the week's activities and discuss the context of their work with a focus on the urban issues impacting the organizations.

This year, Summer in the City will provide participants a seventeen hundred dollar ($1,700) stipend. The stipend will be paid at the successful completion of the program. The stipend is being provided by the participating organizations and the Maxine Levin College of Urban Affairs.

Students will register for the course UST490, Urban Internship. The tuition for this course is $1,492 ($373 per credit hour).  If your college or university does not have four credit courses and the curriculum is based on three credit courses, then you may petition to take this as a three credit course. Check the appropriate box on the application.  

Note - The application due date is April 13, 2012.

Students will be responsible for their own transportation to their placement organization and to CSU for the weekly seminar. Housing is not provided as part of the program; however, there are dormitory rooms available on campus to rent. For more information about dorm options, contact Residence Life at 687-5196 (www.csuohio.edu/services/reslife) or Katie Byrne at k.a.byrne25@csuohio.edu.

For more information contact:

Phil Star, J.D., Cooperative Internship Coordinator
Email: p.star@csuohio.edu
Phone: 216.687.2241