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Tri-C's Workforce Training provides both non-credit and credit training for individuals and businesses to assist individuals with skills leading to employment. Tri-C's Corporate College provides professional development and corporate training opportunities.

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Explore your interests and find a program that puts you on the path to a bright future. Tri-C offers both credit and non-credit courses as well as certificate programs in most career fields.

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More than 1,000 credit courses are offered each semester in more than 200 career and technical programs. Tri-C also grants short-term certificates, certificates of proficiency and post-degree professional certificates.

View A-Z Program List

Workforce Training & Professional Development

Tri-C's Workforce Training provides both non-credit and credit training for individuals and businesses to assist individuals with skills leading to employment. Tri-C's Corporate College provides professional development and corporate training opportunities.

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Experiential Learning

Work experience reinforces what is learned in the classroom. Exposure to real-world experiences and career options promotes the student’s sense of independence, confidence, and marketability. 

Internships

Internships are of a specific and definite duration and provide a student the opportunity to explore areas of interest. Currently, internships are non-credit courses and may provide students with compensation in the form of wages or salaries, stipends or scholarships. Students have the opportunity to build their resumes through an internship experience.

  • One internship course is equivalent to 100 hours of relevant work.
  • Internships may be paid or unpaid.
  • Student minimum GPA requirement of 2.0 and completion of at least 12 credit hours.
  • A Career Center coach will act as an internship coordinator.
  • The student is supervised on the job by an employee of the company/organization for whom the student works and that supervisor is responsible for the evaluation of the student's performance in the internship.
  • Students are graded as pass/no pass on their academic record based on an employer evaluation.

To inquire regarding internship opportunities, please contact an Employer Relations Specialist, and search internships on our online job board at Handshake.

Summer Internship Program

Tri-C's Summer Internship Program (SIP) provides over 200 students opportunity to intern both on and off-campus while continuing to attend summer classes.

Students receive:

  • Valuable experience in a project-focused internship
  • Tuition for one summer class
  • Financial support for one textbook
  • An hourly wage for 100 hours of work

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Cooperative Education (Co-op)

A co-op opportunity is a paid learning experience that gives students an edge by providing them with job assignments related to their field of study. In addition to being compensated, the student can earn one college credit for every 180 hours of work, up to three credits per semester.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Currently enrolled at Cuyahoga Community College 
  • Completed 12 credit hours of college coursework (includes transfer credits) with at least two courses related to your major field
  • GPA of 2.75 or higher

Student Expectations

  • Complete the Co-op Student Application of Interest  and submit to the Career Center (a career center representative will contact you)
  • Participate in the co-op orientation process through the Career Center
  • Upload your resume for final revisions and approval by a Career Coach at College Central Network
  • Complete and sign a "Cooperative Education Agreement" form 

Job Shadowing

Job Shadowing is an educational activity in which students spend time learning about a specific job or industry. They interact with professionals on the job while observing actual operations and procedures and gain an understanding of the company’s culture. The primary focus is to explore potential career interests.

To inquire regarding job shadowing opportunities, please contact an Employer Relations Specialist 

Intern Carly

"I am so grateful for this amazing opportunity to have had such a wonderful internship experience." - Carly Zunt, Intern at the Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory and Educational Foundation

Intern Andon

"My internship provided me with hands-on experience in Accounting. Reading school books gave me a base, but having the actual experience was rewarding for me." - Andon Prifti, Summer Internship Program

“Co-op is a great way for students to complement their classroom instruction with real-world experiences in an office. I have had wonderful feedback both from the student and the employer about the learning experience gained through the co-op. In addition to earning money on the job, students are better able to see the administrative and corporate environment and gain a better understanding of what it means to be a professional.” - Linda Muren, Accounting and Financial Operations

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Eastern Campus:
216-987-2567
4250 Richmond Road
ESS Room 1103
Highland Hills, OH 44122

Metropolitan Campus:
216-987-4913
2900 Community College
MSS Room 209
Cleveland, OH 44115         

Western Campus:
216-987-5575
11000 W. Pleasant Valley
WSS Room G202 
Parma, OH 44130

 

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Westshore Campus: 
216-987-3086
31001 Clemens Road
SHCS Room 135A
Westlake, OH 44145

Brunswick University Center: 
216-987-5575
3605 Center Road
Room 121 (by appointment)
Brunswick, OH 44212

Career Center, Toll Free
866-933-5180  

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