Opportunity Greensboro Fellows Program kicks off at HQ Greensboro!
On Sunday, June 5th, the Opportunity Greensboro Fellows Program kicked off with a pizza party reception at HQ Greensboro in downtown. Fellows enjoyed meeting one another while chowing down on delicious Mellow Mushroom pizza, pretzels and salad. The evening was a great opportunity start the program in a relaxed social atmosphere while also learning about […]
Visiting Campus Philly
Written by: Beth Mannella, Program Director On May 26, I had the opportunity to visit Deborah Diamond and Jen Devor at the Campus Philly office in the heart of Philadelphia. Growing up 45 minutes outside of Philadelphia allowed me to visit Philly often throughout my childhood, but I appreciate the city much more now in my adult […]
Fellows Program By The Numbers
If you are an avid reader of The Skimm, you will recognize this recent quote of the day: “You applied for an internship at Facebook, but you only got one from Google” – Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, who spoke at a graduation yesterday on how to deal with the hard things in life. To clarify, this is not one […]
Interview Day Recap!
On Friday, April 8th, close to 150 students from Greensboro’s 7 Colleges and Universities came to downtown Greensboro’s co//ab to interview for internships as part of the Opportunity Greensboro Fellows Program. Students arrived with crisp copies of their resumes, and they were dressed professionally to impress and land an internship in the competitive Fellows Program. […]
Interview Tips
Congratulations to the local Greensboro college students who have made it to the interview process for the Opportunity Greensboro Summer Fellows Program! As you prepare for your interview, we’ve developed some tips and suggestions to help you do your best and impress. Research the company. Use LinkedIn, Google, and the company website – look at […]
11 Reasons Why Greensboro Is America’s Most Underrated College Town
We’re home to 50,000 college students and seven colleges and universities: UNCG, N.C. A&T, Guilford College, Bennett College, Greensboro College, Guilford Tech Community College and Elon Law School. That’s more college students per capita than Boston. Here’s some of the things we get into.
Top 7 Reasons to Stay in Greensboro This Summer
Spring is here but summer will slowly creep up on us! Why go away this summer when Greensboro has everything you could possibly want to do here? We have shared our Top 7 Reasons for why you should make Greensboro your home this summer – keep reading to find out! EXPLORE Downtown Greensboro is full of eclectic […]
