The Cleveland Clinic's Office of Civic Education Initiatives has selected 11 NDCL students for the Clinic's prestigious and highly competitive internship programs - the highest number of interns in school history.
Cleveland Clinic internships
The Cleveland Clinic’s Office of Civic Education Initiatives has selected 11 NDCL students for the Clinic’s prestigious and highly competitive internship programs – the highest number of interns in school history.
Ten of the internships are clinic-based, paid positions for nine weeks this summer. The interns will learn and work alongside world-renowned caregivers at the Clinic’s Main Campus, regional hospitals, family health centers and administrative offices.
Through their experiences in these programs, students connect with healthcare fields and careers, develop their 21st century skill-set through hands-on learning opportunities and discover real-world applications for their academic knowledge.
In addition to the 10 clinic-based interns, freshman Arjun Krishnan will participate in the Northeast Ohio Research Education Medical Alliance (NEOREMA) Internship Program, a four-week, unpaid internship sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic and Kent State University.
In recent years, NDCL students have won 47 internship appointments at the Clinic — more than any other Catholic high school in the Clinic’s entire market area.
STEM Students Win Recognition
A year-long cross-curricular STEM initiative involving students in Honors Chemistry, Honors Algebra 2 with Trigonometry and Engineering culminated with a project showcase and awards presentation in NDCL’s Sisters of Notre Dame Learning Commons last week.
The brainchild of Mathematics Department ChairpersonMarcia Pecek,science teacherKelly Maduri, and engineering and math teacher Ashley Kelm, the innovative, collaborative effort challenged students to work together to create devices or products to solve real-world problems.
Students employed STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) principles to describe their problems, develop actual prototypes and produce papers and collateral materials to explain and promote their solutions to potential customers.
A panel of NDCL alumni who are engineering professionals awarded prizes to top projects:
First Place Award of $250 –Reducing Driving Distractions Using Technology to Create a Screenless Driving Assistant: “Safety Stacey” –Project team members: juniors Sarah Azzi, Tara Grambo, Nicole Johnson and Carson Konyecsni.
With Safety Stacey, drivers can feel safe, aware, and alert in their cars by receiving notifications about potentially threatening conditions that they may encounter on the road. With an easy-to-use USB speaker and a Bluetooth connected app, Safety Stacey is a user-friendly device that will be beneficial for everyone from beginners to experienced drivers as it announces directions and warns drivers of traffic, construction, crime and weather conditions – all while completely eliminating the need to use a distracting screen.
Second Place Award of $125 –Double-Sided Suction Cup Pads for Counteracting Fitted Sheet Movement –project team members: seniors Kayla Powell and Anthony Rabiland junior David Oppenlander.
Fitted sheets are dependent on elastic bands to keep the fabric in place, but this structure degrades over time and is ineffective against ill-fitting sheets or those who move frequently at night. Utilizing suction cup technology based on octopus tentacles, these silicone rubber pads keep the fitted sheet firmly stuck to the mattress.
Second Place Award of $125 –SustainaBottle: Alternate Condiment Bottle for Improved Recycling Viability –project team members: juniors David Oppenlander, Robert Tamburrino, Domenico Vitale and Max Zart.
Using a biodegradable inner lining and an intuitive, easy-to-use lever system, the bottle can be recycled efficiently and effectively without risking environmental contamination. SustainaBottle’s “pop, pull, preserve” technology could be a crucial step toward a cleaner and greener city, nation and world.
