Three Companies Join Smeal’s Corporate Associates Program
Penn State University’s Smeal College of Business recently announced that three new companies have joined its Corporate Associates Program: Volvo, AT&T, and UPMC. The program is a partnership between Smeal and national and international corporations to help develop a corporate presence at the school that provides advantages for companies and for Smeal students. Companies have the chance to recruit potential workers from Smeal, while students benefit from resources provided by Corporate Associates.
Smeal students interact with Smeal’s Corporate Associates in case studies, advisory boards, and class lectures. However, the Corporate Associates Program extends beyond corporate support for student activities at Smeal. The companies contribute thousands of dollars per year to Smeal to help sponsor a variety of programs and services, including special gifts, scholarship assistance, general school support, research funds, and funding for professional development and student activities.
Smeal also hosts two Career Fairs every year that are exclusively for Associate companies. The most recent fair was held September 16 of this year, and nineteen companies attended it. The companies also provide Recruiters in Residence, who help students prepare for the job search by reviewing resumes and running mock interviews.
The three new companies bring Smeal’s total number of Corporate Associates to twenty one. The other Corporate Associates are Dick’s Sporting Goods, Aldi, Bechtel Corporation, Altria, PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG, PNC, Shell Oil, Macy’s, Grant Thornton, Johnson & Johnson, EY, Ingersoll Rand, Ferguson, Baker Tilly, Deloitte, Heinz, and PPG Industries. Smeal also has a corporate partnership with Kohl’s department stores.
