GROVE CITY, Pa. – A program at Grove City College provides paid student interns to regional Pittsburgh organizations and businesses at no cost.
Grove City’s Center for Entrepreneurship + Innovation will pay selected students $25 per hour and place them with organizations that have a positive impact through social innovation or economic opportunity but can’t increase capacity or continue to grow without some help.
In addition to the interns’ labor, hosts will get help creating a detailed project plan to maximize the value of the placement for both the organization and the students involved.
E+I is taking applications from regional organizations and businesses that would benefit from having interns placed at their organizations free of charge. The deadline to apply for the fall 2025 E+I Fellows cohort is Aug. 17. Program and application information is available HERE. Call 724 458 2591 for more information.
The spring 2025 program placed 24 students with 18 host organizations. Students helped small businesses, startups and nonprofits in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Washington and Greene counties.
Their roles ranged from marketing, data analysis, web design, supply chain management, communications and project management.
The fall 2025 program is an eight-week internship, starting in mid-September and ending in November. Positions can be fully remote, hybrid or in person (for organizations close enough for students to commute) as determined by the host organization’s needs. To be eligible, a host organization must be within two hours of Pittsburgh.
“In just eight weeks, long-standing projects move forward, organizational capacity grows and new opportunities emerge for our host organizations,” said Emma O’Toole, E+I community manager and organizer of the E+I Fellows program. “Many describe the experience as transformational, and we believe this program is making a lasting impact across the region.”
The program is funded by a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and an anonymous donor.