As a Cleveland State student or faculty member, you can attend the City Club of Cleveland Friday lectures at no cost! Up to 4 students and one faculty may attend each Friday noon lecture located at The City Club of Cleveland. Simply identify the lecture that most interests you, register to attend ONLINE, receive confirmation of your reservation and instructions, and ATTEND.

PARTNERSHIP GOALS:

1. Engage CSU students with Cleveland professionals
2. Provide CSU students and CSU faculty opportunities to interact professionally
3. Acquaint CSU students with key experts in politics, economics, world and contemporary issues
4. Teach CSU students how to initiate connections with key Cleveland professionals
5. Encourage students to join The City Club as a preface to their professional life in Cleveland

Networking creates "social capital" which refers to valuable connections within and between social networks. Just  as a screwdriver (physical capital) or a college education (human capital) can increase productivity (both individual and collective), so do social contacts affect the productivity of individuals and groups".(Putnam, Robert. (2000), "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community" (Simon and Schuster).

Read more in this Tips Sheet by Dr. Martin Plax, CSU Political Science Faculty.

If you're unable to attend the City Club Lectures, listen to them on the radio! The City Club Media Broadcast times, dates, and stations are listed here.

Learn more about the City Club and read the front page article in the City Club Newsletter.

 

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Cleveland State University provides a real-world education to its undergraduate and graduate student population. Students are engaged in and out of the classroom to develop and learn about themselves and the world around them. With over 85% of CSU graduates remaining in the Cleveland area following graduation, it is advantageous to involve them in the Greater Cleveland community through leadership, service, and professional bridge-building opportunities.

The City Club of Cleveland located in the heart of downtown Cleveland at 850 Euclid Ave in The City Club Building, 2nd Floor and was established to encourage new ideas and a free exchange of thought, and is the oldest continuous free speech forum in the country, renowned for its tradition of debate and discussion. The mission of The City Club is to inform, educate and inspire citizens by presenting significant ideas and providing opportunities for dialogue in a collegial setting. Hour-long Friday lectures featuring world leaders in politics, economics, international affairs, leadership, etc. provide Cleveland leaders timely information and dialogue about the world around them.
                        
This partnership between Cleveland State University and The City Club seamlessly connects academic affairs and student affairs with Cleveland community professional development resources to allow students the opportunity to engage with CSU faculty, new and seasoned professionals from the Cleveland area, and world leaders and experts in a mutually beneficial educational and professional relationship.

Our thanks to Alvin and Laura Siegal for their generous donation to the Cleveland State University students to support their attendance and participation in the City Club of Cleveland lecture series and to the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences for their partnership.

Laura and Alvin A. Siegal
Both Laura and Alvin are native Clevelanders who have been active in the Greater Cleveland community. Laura has worked professionally as a radio and television spokeswoman and served as recording secretary of the Cleveland Local Chapter of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. She is an honorary trustee of The Cleveland Museum of Art, a trustee of the Boca Raton Museum of Art and a Siegal College Board Member. A former trustee of Great Lakes Theatre Festival, she is currently co‐chair, with her husband, of the Advisory Council. Alvin is past president of the Warrensville Center Synagogue, has been chairman of the Cleveland Israel Bond Campaign and the Cleveland College of Jewish Studies, recently renamed the Laura and Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies, and has been trustee of Menorah Park and the Jewish Community Federation. He was the recipient in 1997 of the Distinguished Leadership Award granted by the Cleveland Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. He was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman emeritus of the Leader Mortgage Company, was president of the Cleveland and the Ohio Mortgage Bankers, and treasurer of Mortgage Bankers of America. In 1985, Alvin received the Mortgage Bankers Association’s highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award. Between 1977 and 1996, Alvin ran 17 New York City Marathon races and 6 Cleveland Marathons. During World War II, Alvin spent 33 months in the U.S. Army. Together Laura and Alvin Siegal have developed and maintained the radio station at Menorah Park from which special programs are created and broadcast to and by residents of Menorah Park. They also sponsor a regular lecture at Siegal College at which outstanding and often controversial speakers appear. Alvin has been a City Club member and supporter for more than 35 years.