Ramona Smith
  • public relations
  • Class of 2017
  • Richmond Heights, OH

Ramona Smith awarded Center for Innovation & Growth Ratcliffe Student Fellowship at Baldwin Wallace University

2016 May 13

The Center for Innovation & Growth (CIG) at Baldwin Wallace University is pleased to announce that Ramona Smith of Richmond Heights is a 2016-17 CIG Ratcliffe Student Fellow. Smith, a graduate of Collinwood High School majoring in public relations, joins a group of 34 select, high-achieving students from a broad array of backgrounds encompassing 39 majors who will spend the upcoming academic year turning passion into opportunity via innovation, entrepreneurship and integrity-based leadership. The fellows will meet with global and local leaders in innovation, and work on projects that will give them first-hand experience.

The CIG Ratcliffe Fellowship is a competitive, signature program of the Center for Innovation & Growth. Open to all majors, prospective fellows must be nominated by BW faculty, staff or peers and participate in the interview and selection process. Upon completion of the program, experienced student fellows can apply for the Center's professionally-led, student supported CIG Growth Practice consultancy.

The Center's additional opportunities for the entire student body to learn - and practice - skills in creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship are available through LaunchNET, a groundbreaking program that offers students the opportunity to create their own companies, and CIG Network Speaker Programs, including innovation summits, workshops and talks led by some of the region's and nation's most forward-thinking innovators.