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Learning Opportunities

Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2016 “Best Undergraduate Business Schools” Employer Survey (recruiters at 600 companies) ranked the Boler College of Business #1 in the nation for how well we prepare students for careers at their companies. One of the key ways we prepare our students for careers post-graduation is through experiential learning opportunities.

Internships

the region’s economy, and how businesses pay it forward by supporting professional development, internships, executive-in-residence programs and careers. While not required for all Boler programs, we welcome all Boler students to utilize the Boler internship experience to receive the non-credit course notation on their college transcript.

Internships and experiential learning opportunities are one of the benefits of the symbiotic relationship between Greater Cleveland businesses and Boler. An internship is an invaluable way for you to put theory into practice, and to compare how different businesses and teams approach and solve problems, innovate and create value.

Cleveland Internship Opportunities

Cleveland’s economy includes big and small, old and new, with eight Fortune 1000 company headquarters and more than 700 biotechnology and biomedical companies. Employers in the area cover everything from technology, life sciences, transportation, health care, light and heavy manufacturing, banking, and multinational corporations.

Past Boler students have taken part in internships with some of the following companies:

  • Progressive Corp.
  • Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  • FirstEnergy Corp.
  • Eaton
  • Parker-Hannifin Corp.
  • Sherwin-Williams Co.
  • TravelCenters of America
  • J.M. Smucker Co.

Learning by doing: Experiential Learning & Boler Professional Development

We have research partnerships, internships, and service-learning opportunities with a wide range of organizations. Our reputation and our connections have created the clout we need to tap the skills and insights of regional and global business innovators, and help us build unrivalled business programs.

Quality Business Education: A Business Degree Grounded in A Liberal Arts Education

Our approach to liberal arts education produces Fearless Problem Solvers. Our values and tradition serve as guideposts to our learning goals of developing intellect, character, service and leadership.  Before you excel as a public accountant, a human resource manager for a major retailer, a financial analyst charting the biotech industry or a marketing lead for a fast-moving entertainment start-up, you will need to flex and build your mental muscle, starting with the essential powers of critical and analytical thinking.