Press
2024
2023
Medina Weekly: Guiding the Way
March 2023
La Mega Nota: ¿Preparándose para la universidad?
2022
November 11, 2022
Akron Legal News: Buckley King partner/founder receives prestigious designation
November 5, 2022
The Morning Journal: The Nord Family Foundation awards $3.6 million to nonprofits
November 3, 2022
ideastream: Cuyahoga County executive candidates discuss their education policies
November 1, 2022
Businesswire: Union Home Mortgage Foundation Announces Third Quarter Grant Recipients
October 31, 2022
Ithaka S+R: Joining Hands to Improve Student Access to College
October 31, 2022
The Chronicle-Telegram: Nord Family Foundation awards $3,644,900 in grants locally, 3 other states
October 29, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Giving Guide 2022
October 17, 2022
WKYC Channel 3: Helping with College Loans
October 15, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Removing barriers, changing behaviors
October 12, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Say Yes Cleveland faces funding gap of $4.5 million this year
October 10, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Forum: A complicated equation
October 10, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Opinion: Knocking down an affordability barrier to returning to college
October 10, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Opinion: Let’s make higher education ‘worth it’ for everyone
October 9, 2022
Akron Beacon Journal: College Comeback Compact clears way so adults can finish degrees at Northeast Ohio schools
September 24, 2022
The Chronicle-Telegram: Explore options at college fair Oct. 3 at Keystone High School
September 20, 2022
Cleveland.com: Euclid’s Kacie Armstrong named 2022 Ohio Librarian of the Year
September 19, 2022
Ohio College Comeback Compact
September 9, 2022
Parma City School District: Xplore Workshops Offer Unique Career Opportunities for Students
August 16, 2022
Star Beacon: KSU Ashtabula helps students who left college without a degree settle their debt
August 12, 2022
Cleveland.com: Cleveland schools treat students, families with “Tech Fest” and back-to-school bash ahead of the new school year
August 9, 2022
The Vindicator: Ohio College Comeback Compact launches
August 9, 2022
Forbes.com: Ohio’s College Comeback Compact Offers Students With Outstanding Debt A Second Chance To Finish Their Degrees
August 8, 2022
Cleveland.com: Ohio colleges offer former students a pathway back to higher education with new ‘stranded credit program’
August 7, 2022
The News-Herald: Euclid Public Library Director Kacie Armstrong named 2022 Librarian of the Year by Ohio Library Council
August 4, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Ohio College Comeback Compact enters next chapter
August 3, 2022
Admission News: Some universities, without a degree, get another chance in Northeast Ohio
August 3, 2022
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Some College, No Degree Students Get Another Chance in Northeast Ohio
July 10, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Letter to the editor: Who pays and who benefits amid stadium speculation?
May 5, 2022
News 5 Cleveland: How to help prevent student loan debt as Biden considers forgiveness options
April 12, 2022
News 5 Cleveland: Ohio high school graduates lost millions in financial aid in 2021 for not filling out FAFSA
April 8, 2022
WKYC Studios: This year’s expanded ‘Mentor Monday’ campaign was a big success thanks to you, our viewers
April 5, 2022
Public News Service: Federal Student-Loan Payment Freeze Still in Limbo
March 28, 2022
WKYC Studios: Mentor Monday: How did the pandemic affect mentorship?
March 23, 2022
3 Enrollment Marketing: Help in the Metaverse: 3E and College Now Greater Cleveland Make Complete the FAFSA Easier
March 22, 2022
WKYC Studios: Sign up to be a mentor and make a difference in a young person’s life
March 16, 2022
WKYC Studios: Diverse Volunteer Mentors Needed to Help Guide College Students
March 7, 2022
WKYC Studios: Mentor Mondays: First Say Yes students graduate from college
March 7, 2022
WKYC Studios: It’s About You: Leean Andino & Madeline Rife – Say Yes Cleveland
March 7, 2022
WKYC Studios: ‘Mentor Monday’ expands to month-long campaign at WKYC Studios
March 2, 2022
Cleveland.com: From experiment to working model: MetroHealth to offer wraparound services at new Via Sana apartments
March 1, 2022
Code M Magazine, pages 32-36: Mentoring That Matters
February 28, 2022
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Virtual conversation: What’s ahead for higher ed in Cleveland?
February 28, 2022
ScripType Publishing: Highland students get college admission insight from author
February 28, 2022
WKYC Studios: David Kall & Amy Wojnarwsky – Mentor Monday
February 25, 2022
Cleveland Jewish News: Friedman, Wild named ORT America – Ohio Region Jurisprudence Award winners
February 24, 2022
iHeart Radio: The Jimmy Malone Show
February 17, 2022
Yahoo!: Ohioans missing out on more than $80M for college each year
February 17, 2022
The Columbus Dispatch: Ohioans missing out on more than $80M for college each year
February 17, 2022
WKYC: ‘Get in the Game’ virtual forum showcasing Black women leading in sports helps kick off NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland
February 13, 2022
Cleveland Jewish News: Arnoff, Carbo are College Now mentors of year
February 8, 2022
College Now Board of Directors Elects Michael Cogan Board Chair
February 1, 2022
Community Leader Magazine: College Now Adds Focus on Career Paths
January 13, 2022
The Chronicle of Higher Education: How Colleges Can Reach the Lost Freshmen of 2020
2021
December 19, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Pilot program from NE Ohio public colleges aims to resolve ‘stranded credits’
December 26, 2021
Akron.com: College Now Greater Cleveland Opens new Educational Opportunity HUB
December 10, 2021
Bay News 9: College Now Greater Cleveland opens new hub in Summit County
December 10, 2021
Spectrum News 1: College Now Greater Cleveland opens new hub in Summit County
December 10, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: College Now opens Summit County hub
December 8, 2021
Dr. Monyka S. Price to Join College Now Greater Cleveland Staff
December 7, 2021
College Now Greater Cleveland Opens New Educational Opportunity HUB in Summit County
November 15, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland schools, Cleveland Foundation launch new career program for students
November 15, 2021
News 5 Cleveland: New program connects Cleveland teens with living wage jobs
November 15, 2021
WKYC Studios: Cleveland Metropolitan School District unveils new program to help students find their career choice
November 15, 2021
ideastream: CMSD’s new PACE curriculum connects students’ interests with future careers in NE Ohio
November 15, 2021
Cleveland.com: New Cleveland Metropolitan School District program will connect students to career paths, living-wage jobs
November 8, 2021
Cleveland Jewish News: Meeting deadlines crucial in application process
November 4, 2021
Business Wire: Union Home Mortgage Foundation Announces Third Quarter Grant Recipients
October 19, 2021
College Now Programming to Expand with 21 New and Renewed Federally Funded Grant Awards
August 31, 2021
Corvallis Gazette-Times: You Can Get Free Money for College – and Help Finding It
August 31, 2021
Waco Tribune-Herald: You Can Get Free Money for College – and Help Finding It
August 31, 2021
NerdWallet: You Can Get Free Money for College – and Help Finding It
August 30, 2021
News 5 Cleveland: Study reveals local organization is helping to bring adults back to higher education
August 11, 2021
MetroHealth: Additional Partners Join MetroHealth’s Buckeye Community Resource Center
August 3, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Adult college students offer an untapped market for Cleveland, report says
August 3, 2021
Cleveland’s Untapped Market: Adult College Students
August 1, 2021
19 News: Cleveland Pie Festival: Get unlimited pie with a donation for education
July 29, 2021
Cleveland.com: Cleveland Pie Festival and 15 more things to do in Greater Cleveland this weekend
July 27, 2021
The Chronicle-Telegram: $1 million in grants approved by Community Foundation
July 26, 2021
Cleveland.com: Lorain County foundation awards $1 million to local non-profits
July 20, 2021
News-Herald: Boys & Girls Clubs of Northeast Ohio: Scholarship fund to continue despite end of foundation
July 7, 2021
Newsbreak.com: Cleveland Foundation awards more than $40 million in Q2 2021 grantmaking
July 1, 2021
The Highland County Press: ServeOhio announces $9.8M in AmeriCorps grants
June 26, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland Foundation awards $40 million in second quarter
June 24, 2021
WTAM 1100: Cleveland Foundation Announces more than $40 Million in Grants
June 13, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: How the college ‘transcript trap’ impacts Ohioans
May 24, 2021
MyTownNEO: Change Agent: Helping college students stay the course
May 24, 2021
Akron Beacon Journal: Change Agent: Helping college students stay the course
May 23, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Say Yes Cleveland rollout still on track despite challenges of remote year
May 12, 2021
WKYC Channel 3: Three cheers for our 3News viewers!
May 6, 2021
ideastream: College Enrollment for CMSD Graduates Was On The Rise. Then COVID-19 Hit
April 15, 2021
NCAN: 23 States and Cities Receive Grant Funding to Reverse COVID’s Effect on Postsecondary Enrollment
April 7, 2021
The Thomas H. White Foundation: Educational Success Grants Awarded in 2020
April 3, 2021
NPR: States Step In To Stop Colleges Holding Transcripts Ransom For Unpaid Bills
April 1, 2021
News 5 Cleveland: University of Akron offering free tuition to Pell-eligible students starting in fall 2021
March 30, 2021
College Now Announces Creation of the Wasserman Scholarship Fund
March 26, 2021
Cleveland.com: Falling college enrollment in pandemic threatens growth and equity: Margie Wright-McGowan
March 24, 2021
The Plain Dealer: Boosting FAFSA completion in Ohio will unlock millions in college aid
March 24, 2021
Cleveland.com: Boosting FAFSA completion in Ohio will unlock millions in college aid: Maggie McGrath and Lee Friedman
March 23, 2021
WKYC Studios: It’s About You: Dave Kall & Kate Wensink – Become a College Mentor!
March 22, 2021
GBH News: Massachusetts Public Colleges Are Withholding Transcripts And Degrees From Thousands Over Unpaid Bills
March 22, 2021
The Hechinger Report: Colleges are withholding transcripts and degrees from millions over unpaid bills
March 18, 2021
CMSD News Bureau: College Now to provide advice at mobile college clinic
March 18, 2021
The City Club of Cleveland Youth Forum: The Future of Admissions Testing in Education
March 18, 2021
College Now to Host Mobile College Clinic for High School Students
March 8, 2021
News 5 Cleveland: College webinar helps parents, teens with college process
March 8, 2021
WKYC Studios: Mentors make the difference: How you can sign up to be a mentor with College Now Greater Cleveland
March 8, 2021
WKYC Studios: Mentoring During COVID-19: How one mentor is helping her mentee stay on course during the pandemic
March 8, 2021
WKYC Studios: Engage! Cleveland partners with College Now and WKYC Studios to recruit mentors on Mentor Monday
March 8, 2021
WKYC Studios: Meet the star of our Mentor Monday commercial, real-life College Now mentor Connie Thackaberry
March 5, 2021
Cleveland Jewish News: Online college navigation programs aims to assist students
March 5, 2021
WKYC Studios: Mentor Monday 2021: How you can help make a difference
March 4, 2021
Ohio Treasurer Robert Sprague: Treasurer Sprague Announces March 2021 Compass Award Honorees
March 4, 2021
WKYC Studios: Jobs impact in Northeast Ohio: 84 projects generate more than 8.500 jobs, according to Team NEO report
March 2, 2021
Policy Matters Ohio: Let’s help Ohioans navigate their education debt
February 28, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Crain’s editorial: Opportunity for all
February 23, 2021
CMSD News Bureau: College Now seeking 850 mentors
February 11, 2021
Ohio Capital Journal: Fix Ohio’s punitive approach to student debt to help more Ohioans graduate
February 1, 2021
Community Leader Magazine: College Now Continues Counseling During COVID-19
January 19, 2021
Policy Matters Ohio: A policy fix to help more Ohioans graduate
January 10, 2021
Open Campus: Northeast Ohio advocates applaud move to simplify FAFSA
January 10, 2021
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Northeast Ohio advocates applaud move to simplify FAFSA
2020
December 11, 2020
Insurancenewsnet.com: IHEP and 218 Organizations Call on Congress to Include the College Transparency Act in a Year-End Agreement
December 10, 2020
Union Home Mortgage Foundation: Make the Best of Your Mentoring Relationship, Featuring College Now
November 19, 2020
The Business Journal: Team NEO Reports $2.5B in Capital Investments YTD
November 10, 2020
Policy Matters Ohio: Advocates call on Speaker Cupp, Ohio House to support college students during pandemic and beyond
November 8, 2020
Crain’s Cleveland: Early figures show drop in FAFSA completion rates in Ohio, nationwide
November 8, 2020
Open Campus: Early Figures Show Drop in FAFSA Completion Rates in Ohio, Nationwide
October 29, 2020
Cleveland Jewish News: Smart 50 Awards recognizes innovation, impact, sustainability
October 27, 2020
Smart Business: 2020 Northeast Ohio Smart 50 Awards celebrate area’s top executives
October 5, 2020
Ithaka S+R: Solving Stranded Credits
October 1, 2020
GrantCraft: Adapting to the Times
October 5, 2020
Cleveland Foundation awards $27.5 million in third-quarter grant
October 1, 2020
Cleveland Jewish News: Virtual classes, services, and offerings, starting October 2
September 30, 2020
WKSU: Morning Headlines
September 29, 2020
Cleveland.com: Cleveland Foundation approves $27.5 million in third quarter grants
September 21, 2020
Ohio Higher Ed: Ohio Observing National GEAR UP Week Sept. 20-26
September 17, 2020
NCAN: College Now Greater Cleveland Wins 2020 Member of the Year Award of Excellence
August 27, 2020
WKYC Studios: An annual event to introduce mentors and college-bound students makes the leap to online
August 21, 2020
Cleveland Scene: Living Expenses a Bigger Burden for Older College Students Than Tuition
July 29, 2020
WKYC Studios: Jacob Duritsky – Accelerating Economic Growth
July 21, 2020
Channel 19 News: College Now Greater Cleveland
July 20, 2020
The Chronicle-Telegram: Community Foundation of Lorain County announces grant recipients
June 30, 2020
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland Foundation approves $26.2 million in grants in second quarter
June 23, 2020
Channel 5 News: College Now Greater Cleveland connecting prospective students with resources during pandemic
June 20, 2020
Spectrum News 1: “College Now Greater Cleveland” Offers New Virtual Prep Service, Helps Advise Students of All Ages
June 15, 2020
New America: Employers Play it Forward by Helping Staff Return to College
June 12, 2020
Cleveland.com: College Now offers hotline, texting service to connect students with counselors for college questions
June 12, 2020
WMJI Majic 105.7: Meet the New Members of the 2020 Malone Scholarship Family
June 11, 2020
College Now to Launch Free College and Career Access Hotline and Texting Service, Ask Tassel
June 10, 2020
The Highland County Press: ServeOhio announces $8.8 million in AmeriCorps grants
May 19, 2020
Cleveland Jewish News: Virtual classes, services, and offerings, starting May 19
May 15, 2020
Cleveland.com: Cleveland Public Library to offer free online tutoring, career prep in June
May 16, 2020
News 5 Cleveland: Cleveland Public Library launching services, programs virtually
May 14, 2020
New America: To Recruit and Retain Employees, Help Connect Them to College
May 14, 2020
CMSD News Bureau: Say Yes response remains strong
May 13, 2020
WKYC: Ohio colleges, universities racing to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic
May 1, 2020
Community Leader Magazine: College Now Reconnects Students with Learning
April 19, 2020
Dayton Daily News: Groups ask Ohio AG to stop collecting student debt during pandemic
April 16, 2020
Norwalk Reflector: Groups ask AG Dave Yost to halt student-debt collection until coronavirus crisis ends
April 15, 2020
Cleveland.com: Groups ask AG Dave Yost to halt student-debt collection until coronavirus crisis ends
April 15, 2020
Cleveland Patch: Groups Ask Ohio To Stop Collecting Student Debt Amid Coronavirus
April 15, 2020
WKYC It’s About You: Dr. Michele Scott Taylor – Helping students transition to college
April 14, 2020
New America: Bringing adults back to college? Just call and ask
March 30, 2020
NCAN: NCAN Members are #Here4Students (and Their Staff) in Response to COVID-19
March 26, 2020
WOSU Public Media: Student Debt Relief During Coronavirus Outbreak
March 24, 2020
Wish Cleveland: College Now: One Mentor + One College Student = Success
March 19, 2020
WKYC: College Now racing to find 100 more volunteer mentors for college-bound Cleveland students before April 1 deadline
March 17, 2020
New America: Pairing for Completion
March 9, 2020
Cleveland.com: Say Yes to Education to update public on eventful first year
March 5, 2020
Cleveland Foundation: Be part of Say Yes Cleveland’s positive impact on local students
February 22, 2020
Crain’s Cleveland Business: The workforce of the future
February 12, 2020
New America: In Time for Spring Training, Baseball Brings People back to College
February 7, 2020
WKYC: Kittie Warshawsky & Bilal S. Akram – Be the Change; Be A Mentor
January 28, 2020
WKYC: WKYC Studios launches College Now Greater Cleveland’s push to sign up mentors for kids heading to college this year
January 28, 2020
WKYC: College Now Greater Cleveland needs mentors for students heading to college this fall
January 28, 2020
WKYC: Cleveland Chef Doug Katz shares his experience as a mentor during WKYC Studios’ Mentor Monday initiative
January 28, 2020
WKYC: WKYC Studios helps sign up mentors for kids heading to college this year
January 28, 2020
WKYC: What makes a good mentor for a college student?
January 28, 2020
WKYC: CSU freshman thankful for free tuition, room and board thanks to scholarships
January 24, 2020
Cleveland.com: Cheers and Jeers
January 20, 2020
WKYC It’s About You: Jabari Dorsey & Jonathon Ortiz – Make A Difference by Becoming a Mentor with College Now
January 22, 2020
Cleveland Named U.S. Talent Hub
January 22, 2020
Lumina Foundation: New Talent Hubs Serve Today’s Students
January 13, 2020
WKYC: WKYC’s all-day volunteer recruitment blitz, ‘Mentor Monday,’ returns on January 27
January 9, 2020
WKYC: Cleveland celebrates National Mentoring Month by honoring two top volunteers
2019
Cleveland.com: The best “Cheers” of 2019
December 15, 2019
Cleveland.com: Say Yes sends more Cleveland students to college
December 6, 2019
The Lightbulb: The Cleveland Indians Take On College Completion
October 14, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Team NEO: Workforce needs more college grads
October 14, 2019
The Plain Dealer: Cleveland Foundation $40 million donation tops Say Yes to Education scholarship contributions
October 2, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Programs aim to help Ohioans return to school, complete degrees
September 25, 2019
Cleveland.com: College Now leads effort to help Ohio students finish degrees
September 22, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland: Say Yes Cleveland is running according to plan
September 20, 2019
Smart Business: Educational attainment a key driver of economic growth
September 18, 2019
ideastream: Considering College, Ohio City Teen Asks Mom, ‘Why Bother?’
September 17, 2019
National College Access Network: Cleveland State University’s (Re)Connect to College Program Wins 2019 To & Through Award
August 16, 2019
Cleveland.com: Indians bats, Cleveland college mentors contribute to an all-cheers week: Cheers & Jeers
August 11, 2019
The Plain Dealer: Hundreds of mentors poised to help Cleveland’s first Say Yes to Education scholarship students
August 6, 2019
WKYC: Helping kids succeed in college is the goal of College Now’s Mentor-Mentee Initiative
July 29, 2019
McDonald Hopkins’ David Kall talks College Now Greater Cleveland on Live on Lakeside
July 18, 2019
The Morning Journal: Community Foundation of Lorain County announces grants
July 9, 2019 WKYC:
WKYC, TEGNA Foundation present community grants to local nonprofits, including a surprise for College Now
July 8, 2019
WKYC Live on Lakeside: Lee Friedman & Bob Durham – College Now Greater Cleveland
July 1, 2019
HousingWire: The Union Home Mortgage Foundation partners with nonprofits to serve local communities
July 1, 2019
Cleveland.com: Alondra Rivera takes the first steps toward college: A Greater Cleveland
June 26, 2019
Cleveland.com: What now, Alondra? Open Table members help the 18-year-old plot her next big decisions: A Greater Cleveland
June 14, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Saint Luke’s Foundation awards $3 million in second quarter grants for 2019
June 12, 2019
Yahoo! Finance: TEGNA Foundation Announces Grants to Serve Local Community Needs
June 3, 2019
Barberton Herald: Attend transition to college workshop
May 17, 2019
Cleveland.com: A local collaboration is reconnecting adults to interrupted college paths
May 2019
BestColleges: Insight into the Life of a First Generation Student
April 14, 2019
The Morning Journal: Elyria Community Foundation awards Youth Fund grants
April 1, 2019
MarketWatch: The obscure debt holding back thousands of students
March 29, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland Foundation awards $17.2 million in March grants
March 22, 2019
Cleveland Scene: College Credit Plus: Giving Ohio Kids a Leg Up
March 13, 2019
Sidney Daily News: Browns legislation aims to end student loan debt
March 12, 2019
U.S. Senate Hearing: Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Simplifying the FAFSA and Reducing the Burden of Verification
March 4, 2019
WKYC: Mentor Monday: How you can get involved
March 4, 2019
WKYC Live on Lakeside: Russ Mitchell, DeQuan Willoughby & Brinden Harvey – WKYC Partners with College Now for Mentor Monday
March 4, 2019
WKYC: #MentorMonday: Get to know Russ Mitchell and his mentee
March 4, 2019
News 5 Cleveland: College Now’s mentorship program is central to Say Yes scholarships coming to Cleveland
March/April 2019 Your Teen Magazine:
College Visit Planning: How to Ace the College Tour
February 21, 2019
WKYC hosts Mentor Monday recruiting blitz on March 4
February 2, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Special report: The new ‘old college try’
January 25, 2019
WKSU: Cleveland’s New ‘Say Yes to Education’ Program Can Find Encouragement from Buffalo’s Experience
January 24, 2019
Freshwater Cleveland: Why Say Yes to Education is a game-changer for not just CMSD students, but all of Cleveland
January 20, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Crain’s editorial: Say yes to opportunity
January 20, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland’s Say Yes to Education executive director says program is a ‘game changer’ for many
January 20, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Mentoring is key piece of Say Yes to Education plan
January 18, 2019
Cleveland.com: Cleveland schools selected by Say Yes to Education program for aid to bolster access to college for students
January 18, 2019
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland officially named a Say Yes to Education community
January 18, 2019
Cleveland.com: Free college tuition starts now for Cleveland students as Say Yes to Education arrives
January 2, 2019
YR Media: ESL Speaker Turns Finance Whiz
2018
November 29, 2018
Inside Philanthropy: Red State Blue Causes: The Local Foundation Pursuing an Equity Agenda in Ohio
November 27, 2018
Cleveland Magazine: Do Good: 15 Ways to Volunteer
November 11, 2018
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland’s push to become a Say Yes chapter stays strong
October 31, 2018
Cleveland Magazine: A Safety Net at School
November, 2018
Community Leader Magazine: Business Hall of Fame & Community Leader of the Year Awards
October 26, 2018
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Post Office Plaza adds College Now Greater Cleveland as tenant
October 18, 2018
College Now Receives SunTrust Foundation’s 2018 Lighting the Way Award and $75,000 Grant
October 8, 2018
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Skills gap survey needs your input
October 6, 2018
Philanthropy News Digest: Cleveland Foundation Awards $8 Million in September Grants
September 13, 2018
Cleveland.com: (Re)Connect to College loans could help Summit County adult students go back to college
September 13, 2018
Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com: (Re) Connect to College loan program aims to get Summit residents back to college
September 4, 2018
Avon Patch: College Advisers Available to Avon High Students
August 26, 2018
Cleveland.com: Bridging NE Ohio’s costly job-skills gap: Pathways to Prosperity
August 17, 2018
Clevelandbrowns.com: Browns Give Back focuses on improving education and youth development in Northeast Ohio
August, 2018
Smart Business Magazine: Business Longevity Awards
August 9, 2018
Cleveland.com: Cleveland State University, College Now expand efforts to bring Cleveland ‘stop-outs’ back to college
August 9, 2018
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland State receives grants to support research in economic development, Alzheimer’s
August, 2018
Community Leader Magazine: Working the Room
August, 2018
Community Leader Magazine: Targeting Talent
August 1, 2018
Cleveland Jewish News – College Now Celebrates 50 Years of College Readiness
August 1, 2018
College Now Board of Directors Elects Mark Ross Board Chair
July 31, 2018
College Now Awarded $6.1 Million in Federal 21st Century Community Learning Center Grants
June 15, 2018
Cleveland.com: College Now Greater Cleveland celebrates 50 years of increasing access to higher education
June 6, 2018
Cleveland Jewish News: Student loans, scholarships can prove beneficial
June 5, 2018
Cleveland.com: Denied for public service loan forgiveness? You might qualify now
April 17, 2018
Top Performing CMSD Students Accepted into More Prestigious Colleges Than Ever
March 21, 2018
Crain’s Cleveland: Cleveland Foundation awards $22.2 million in Q1 grants
March 7, 2018:
Time Magazine: A Dreamer’s Life
March 7, 2018
Cleveland Jewish News: Don’t leave students ‘a-loan’ during financial process
January 11, 2018
College Now Mentoring Program Recognizes Three Local Mentors with Its Mentor of the Year Award in Honor of National Mentoring Month
2017
October 10, 2017
Cleveland.com: West Shore Chatter
September 11, 2017
Cleveland.com: In Buffalo, Say Yes to Education means a lot more than free tuition
September 1, 2017
Cleveland.com: College Now receives $50,000 grant to help advise Cleveland students
August 29, 2017
WKYC Live on Lakeside: College Now Mentoring Program
August 27, 2017
Zanesville Times Recorder: Scholarship Central seeking AmeriCorps College Guides
August 18, 2017
Cleveland.com College Now receives $850,000 in grants to help high school students prepare for college
August 3, 2017
Cleveland.com: College Now Greater Cleveland receives $70,000 to fund programs for adults from Westfield Insurance Foundation
July 25, 2017
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Grants, gifts to local colleges will support research, manufacturing programs and more
June 22, 2017
Cleveland.com: Cleveland State and College Now partner to get people to reenroll and earn a degree
June 20, 2017
Fox8 Morning Show: Malone Golf Outing
June 19, 2017
WKYC: PossibleU
May 18, 2017
Ideas: Say Yes To Education; Vivitrol; White Boy Rick; Girls on the Run
May 18, 2017
WTAM: “College For All” In Cleveland?
May 17, 2017
Cleveland.com: Cleveland schools, Say Yes to Education ramp up planning to offer free college to all
April 21, 2017
WKYC: We the People, Featuring College Now Mentoring Program
April 21, 2017
Cleveland.com: College Now to highlight impact of mentors at ‘Someone Who Matters’ story slam
April 18, 2017
Cleveland Indians’ Larry Doby Fund Grant Supports Violence-Mitigating Work in John Adams High School
April 14, 2017
Cleveland.com: Cleveland Indians’ Larry Doby Youth Fund grant recipients announced
April 17, 2017
Clevelandbrowns.com: Cleveland Browns Marion Motley Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted for Class of 2018
April 4, 2017
Cleveland.com: Gov. Kasich, needy students need money and Ohio needs the college-educated: editorial
March 30, 2017
WAKR Interview with Advisor Jason Miller
March 22, 2017
The Marietta Times: Budget Impact: Ripples from Trump’s Budget Felt Locally
March 16, 2017
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Cleveland Foundation has awarded $20.6 million in grants since January
March 6, 2017
Cleveland.com: Ohio lags in providing need-based grants to college students
January 23, 2017
Sound of Ideas: New University of Akron President; Older Adult Student Debt
January 10, 2017
ideastream.org Jane Timken; Black and Blue, Side by Side, College Mentoring
January 9, 2017
Sun Post Herald: Second phase of West 130th Street project finished: A Place in the Sun
January 4, 2017
Cleveland.com: Esperanza launches college mentoring program
2016
December 11, 2016
ClevelandBrowns.com: Browns Foundation announces 2016 Marion Motley Scholarship Recipients
December 5, 2016
ClevelandBrowns.com Cleveland Browns Foundation Marion Motley Scholarship ‘opens the door’ for 2 CMSD students
December 4, 2016
Cleveland.com Without more investments, even the best Cleveland high schools will remain not nearly good enough: Toni Airaksinen (Opinion)
December 1, 2016
West Side Leader: Highland board acknowledges district awards
November 27, 2016
Hudson Hub-Times: Local entrepreneur pays it forward winning Katz Award
October 28, 2016
Good Call What Changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness Could Mean for Borrowers
September 22, 2016
Cleveland Jewish News Fill out FAFSA first in path to finding financial aid
September 13, 2016
Cleveland.com 5 tips for taking out student loans (because you’ll probably have to): Studying up on student loans
September 12, 2016
Cleveland.com Who’s responsible for college debt education? Studying up on student loans
August 28, 2016
Cleveland.com Are you swimming in student loan debt? Learn how to stay afloat
May 27, 2016
WKYC: Help students graduate college by becoming a mentor
April 4, 2016
Cleveland.com: You can negotiate the price you pay for college
Spring, 2016
Community Leader Magazine: Cap and Gown Town
January 11, 2016
Parma City Schools Monitor: GEAR UP and College Now Support Student Success
2015
Cleveland.com: College Now Greater Cleveland receives $50,000 grant to help adults
December 22, 2015
Crain’s Cleveland Business: Westfield Insurance Foundation awards grants to Cleveland-area nonprofits
December 9, 2015
Cleveland.com: Cleveland school students who get good grades can earn money to attend Kent State University
November 4, 2015
The Buchtelite: College Now educates students on debt
October 23, 2015
Cleveland.com: College Now cuts barriers to university, vocational school
October 12, 2015
WKYC: 7 Minutes with Russ Mitchell
October 8, 2015:
WCPN: The Sound of Ideas: College Readiness
August 11, 2015
Cleveland.com: College Now receives $1.2 million in grants to help high school students prepare for college
August 11, 2015
Crain’s Cleveland Business: College Now receives $1.2 million for after-school programming
