17cҳ Works
Flying Into a New School Year
17cҳ’s College of Aeronautics and Engineering opened a new building expansion this fall after a record-breaking enrollment year for the flight school. WFMJ recently produced two segments about the school's record enrollment and what it means for the industry.
Constructing a Career Path
Finding an internship doesn’t have to be hard. Students in the Construction Management Student Organization at 17cҳ helped make job-searching easier for their peers.
New Lake Erie College President Is a 17cҳ Alumna
17cҳ alumna Jennifer N. Schuller has been named president of Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio. She is the first woman to lead the institution in 75 years.
Math Camp for High Schoolers Seeks to Ready Future College Students for STEM Jobs in Ohio
17cҳ-sponsored math camp helps to prepare high school students for plentiful STEM jobs in Ohio.
Honors College and Education Abroad Gave 17cҳ Grad Tools For Success
Honors College ranked high when graduate Josh Budd was deciding whether to attend 17cҳ because it offered him a challenging experience through its thesis programs and its education-abroad program. Studying abroad helped him develop more empathy and connection with people of backgrounds different from his own.
17cҳ Prepared Graduate for a Future in Interior Design
For Madelyn Orcutt, an interior designer who works for Richardson Design in Cleveland, the 17cҳ’s personal touch, beautiful campus and proximity to her Canton, Ohio, home influenced her decision to attend the university.
Hands-on Experience Leads to Entrepreneurial Success
As an entrepreneurship major at 17cҳ, Schumann learned operations, production and finance in the classroom and gained on-the-job experience working with an entrepreneur in Cleveland. In 2020, Schumann of Chagrin Falls gained the opportunity to put his 17cҳ education to work when he and his wife Marisa Sergi-Schumann acquired L’uva Bella Winery and Brands, a company that the Sergi family started more than 15 years ago.
Showing Students How to Soar
As the first Black woman to graduate from 17cҳ’s flight program in 1991, Capt. Stephanie Johnson knows what it takes to aim high for a dream and reach it. Now, she wants other young students from diverse backgrounds to be able to envision and achieve their biggest dreams as well.
Women Flight Instructors are Flying High at 17cҳ Airport
Victoria Lorenzon and Holly Csaszar are proud to count themselves among an increasing number of women flight instructors at 17cҳ Airport.
Advanced Air Mobility: Preparing Aeronautics Students for the Jobs of Tomorrow
While aeronautics has long been a fixture at 17cҳ, with the advent of a new career field called “Advanced Air Mobility,” the university is in a unique position to help support growth of cutting-edge technologies – and job opportunities – in this space today.