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group of friends, all com-
munity activists concerned
about young people leaving
Michigan after college, got together and
took up the challenge of showing young
adults that there are real opportunities
in Michigan.
Simultaneously, they wanted to
encourage companies to expand their
businesses with the help of summer
interns.
"First, we made a list of the business-
es, organizations, hospitals and firms
that we knew," explained David Broner
of Bloomfield Hills. "In some instances
we knew owners; in other cases, we only
knew them by name. Then we split up
this list and gave them a call. We asked
local businesses if they could use an
intern for the summer. We encouraged
them to think creatively and to utilize
the tech-savvy knowledge that seems to
be inherent in younger generations.
"Many of the companies already had
internship programs in place and they
welcomed the collaboration, while others
created new positions for our program:
CSI: College Student Internships."
Broner explained that owners perked
up and listened when they heard the
phrase "keeping our kids in Michigan.
Many responded, "Wow, I wish this
would have happened before my son
or daughter moved to Los Angeles or

Chicago." Their next comment was
"How can I help? How can we get this
going?"
To respond to the business requests,
the group contacted the Hillels at
Michigan State University University of
Michigan, Eastern Michigan University
and Hillel of Metro Detroit, which
represents Wayne State University
UM-Dearborn and Oakland University.
Student coordinators were delighted to
learn that people were trying to help
students find jobs for the summer. In
turn, they are contacting their students
through various means to let them know
summer jobs are available.
To tie everything together, www.
csinternships.org was established as a
portal for the students and for the com-
panies. After creating an account and
getting a password confirmed, students
can enter the site and answer questions
regarding his/her interests and desires
regarding summer opportunities and
the view available internship positions.
Employers can log in to post internship
positions or submit their information to
the program coordinator via e-mail.
CSI: College Student Internships acts
as a matchmaker in making the requests
for help available to students with cor-
responding interests, Broner explained,
urging those who have an opportunity
available or know of a company interest-

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ed in having a student for this summer
to post that position on the website or
get in touch with program coordinator
Amy Friedman Brody at csinternships.
detroit@gmail.com . A student looking
for an internship can follow the same
process.
"We hope this is the first step in
enabling students to find a place in
our community upon graduation and,
therefore, want to stay in Michigan:'
Broner said.
The CSI team also includes
Karen Alpiner, Roz Blanck and Paul
Hooberman, all of Franklin, Brody of
Birmingham, Arthur Horwitz of West
Bloomfield and Jeff Schlussel and
Eugene Sherizen, both of Huntington
Woods.
Questions regarding the process or
the program can be directed to Amy at
csinternships.detroit@gmail.com . I

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