Twenty regional nonprofit and commercial entities have been selected to host Grove City College students in the E+I Fellows program.
Interest was strong and the response to the call for host organizations was overwhelming with 116 organizations applying for student assistance.
“We received an impressive response from excellent companies across the region, demonstrating how impactful and needed this program is for local organizations. In fact, we were able to double the size of our spring 2024 pilot program cohort. We surpassed the number of applications from the pilot program only a few days after the application period opened," said Emma O'Toole '23, E+I community manager and organizer of the E+I Fellows program.
E+I Fellows is an innovative initiative from the College’s Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation (E+I) that provides paid student interns to organizations and businesses in the Pittsburgh region at no cost. E+I will pay interns $25 per hour and place them with nonprofit and commercial entities that have a positive impact regionally through social innovation or economic opportunity but lack resources to hire traditional interns or employees to increase capacity and continue to grow. The program was piloted in the spring and 17 student interns worked with 10 regional businesses, 3 of which were student-founded organizations.
In addition to the interns’ labor, hosts get help creating a detailed project plan to maximize the value of the placement for both the organization and the students involved. The E+I Fellows program is funded by a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and an anonymous donor.
Grove City College students interested in applying for an internship can meet with prospective employers at Preview Night from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 in the Morledge Great Room of Rathburn Hall on campus. Students from all majors will be considered and student applications will be accepted between Sept. 5 and 13. For more information about E+I Fellows, visit gccentrepreneurship.com/ei-fellows-program/
The organizations selected to host E+I Fellows are:
- Arise Immigration Services – Helps those in need navigate the immigration system.
- Ascender – An incubator and co-working space.
- Corkboard Concepts – A digital marketing agency.
- Fostering Music – Provides musical instruments and instruction for those in foster care.
- Greenhouse Lab – A social impact incubator.
- Grove City Area Meals on Wheels – Delivers nutritious meals to the aging and convalescent community.
- Hardly – Software for career support service providers.
- Honeycomb Credit – Helps small businesses acquire fair capital for growth.
- Kairon Connect – Improves social intelligence through better social media.
- Ortus Collective Benefit Company – An online retail collective of mission-driven businesses.
- Peters Township Chamber of Commerce – Promotes, advocates, connects, and educates local businesses.
- Pittsburgh Project – Shares hope, empowers youth, and builds community in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
- Redeemer Anglican Church – A small Pittsburgh-area church plant.
- Resense – Creates innovative and reminiscent engagement tools for individuals living with dementia and their care partners.
- The Bach Society of Grove City – A nonprofit choral community choir.
- The Coalition for Christian Outreach – An interdenominational campus ministry.
- Wallaby Walls – Offers customers customizable wallpaper.
- Webvizio – A visual feedback collaboration and productivity platform for websites.
- Wolf Creek Floral – Creates strong and lasting memories through floral design.
- YELOline Initiative – A faith-based ministry to the incarcerated.
To learn more about the selected host organizations above and the positions they will offer, visit gccentrepreneurship.com/fall-2024-ei-fellows-host-organizations/. Startups, small businesses, and nonprofits interested in applying for the Spring 2025 cohort can visit gccentrepreneurship.com/future-interest-form/ to join the interest list.
For more about the Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation, visit gccentrepreneurship.com.