Fenn Academy

A Message from the Director

Dear Prospective Student,

Fenn Academy is structured to be a consortium between the Fenn College of Engineering and a group of high schools and local corporations. The mission of the academy is to attract high school students to various engineering fields by establishing high quality pre-engineering programs at member high schools, and a variety of educational programs at the affiliate schools to support those students with technical, and when possible, financial means throughout their entire educational experience, starting in high school, and progressing through their college years. A Fenn Academy Coordinator at a member or affiliate member high school will identify the eligible students who can participate in the Fenn Academy programs. From that point, students are given the moniker “Fenn Scholars”.

Cleveland State University’s Fenn College of Engineering is the higher education provider member of the academy. As a Fenn Scholar you are not obligated to attend Fenn College upon graduation from high school. However, if you choose to attend CSU’s Fenn College, you will benefit from a variety of programs and opportunities that will be available to you, such as the eligibility to participate in various scholarship programs, early cooperative education, and mentoring programs. Through a co-op program, sponsored by member corporations, you will learn first hand the practical aspects of your career.

As such, the academy will work as an economic engine, bringing in qualified students from high schools and financial support from local corporations, and providing high quality education from the Fenn College of Engineering to create unique opportunities that can be hardly found elsewhere. The product of this economic engine will be a greater number of highly educated, creative thinkers that will remain in the region and will provide the greatest opportunity for the region’s economic development. This economic engine will bring about collaborative and partnership efforts among some of the most important institutions in Northeast Ohio to produce a highly educated workforce that will be well-prepared, through a rigorous academic study and a world-class industrial apprenticeship, to serve the region and face any future challenges.

To obtain additional information, please contact your high school guidance counselor and/or navigate the other pages of this web site for our contact information. I wish you the best in your future academic endeavors.

Bahman Ghorashi, Ph.D.
Director of Fenn Academy
Interim Dean of Engineering

News Release:

• Attracting the Best and Brightest : Cleveland State University's Fenn Academy by Dave Patton, PhD, CPPA Director , December 20, 2007 ( Click here to Read more )
• Improving Science Scores in Cleveland by Ed Morrison ( Click here to Read more )
• Lakewood Students excel in New Fenn Academy Program
• CSU Launches Fenn Academy for Aspiring High School Engineers
• Cleveland State's Fenn Academy ,High Schools, businesses recruit engineering students, by Angela Townsend , Cleveland Plain Dealer, November 26, 2007
• Fenn Academy - Partnership Promotes Engineering, OnCampus (Cleveland State University's Newspaper), September 19, 2005.
• Fenn College of Engineering Offers Ohio's First Pre-Engineering Program, The Cauldron (Cleveland State University's Student Newspaper), September 19, 2005
• CSU, District Officials Praise New Partnership, Lakewood Sun Post, Sun Newspapers, September 15, 2005.
• New CSU Program to groom engineers, by Shawn Turner, Crain's Cleveland Business, September 12, 2005.
• Fenn Academy gets gears rolling, By Matt Gorey, The Cleveland Stater, Vol.7, No.7, October 14, 2005.
• CSU Launches Fenn Academy for Aspiring High School Engineers, SMART Talk, A joint initiative of Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, the Cleveland Foundation, and the Ohio Department of Education, October 2005.
• Lakewood Students & Parents Have More Options, Lakewood City Schools Report Card, December 2005.
• Fenn Academy, Crain's Cleveland Business, January 16, 2006.
• New Partners Join Fenn Academy, On Campus (Cleveland State University's Newspaper), Vol. 29, No. 8, May 1, 2006.
• Targeting Young Minds, Perspective magazine, spring 2006.
• Young Minds, Fenn Academy is targeting high school students interested in pursuing engineering careers. CSU Homepage, www.csuohio.edu, July 6, 2006.