Industrial Partnership Program
The Industrial Partnership Program offers opportunities to create a presence on campus and build relationships with our students, clubs, and faculty. Our program connects you to top-tier students through unique recruitment and branding opportunities. This program helps fund student projects research opportunities, instructional materials, lab renovations and department improvement projects. Partnership runs from September 1st to August 31st.
Link to sign up for our Industrial Partnership Program.
Partnership Levels
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Annual Sponsorship | $5,000 | $2,000 |
Priority registration opening date for events | Aug. 29 | Sept. 5 |
EVENTS* | ||
New IPP Career Fair | ✓ | |
Annual Partners Dinner | ✓ | |
Company Day | ✓ | |
Potential club presentation | ✓ | |
BRANDING benefits | ||
Jobs posted to department website | ✓ | ✓ |
Jobs advertised in weekly department emails |
✓ | ✓ |
Jobs advertised on department social media | ✓ | ✓ |
Access to CE/ENVE department office interview space * | ✓ | ✓ |
Social Media Spotlight | ✓ | ✓ |
Logo in department office and department newsletter | ✓ | |
Alumni article in department newsletter + social media |
✓ | ✓ |
* All in-person events are contingent on COVID-19 safety requirements and may be replaced with a virtual alternative in extreme circumstances.
Partnership Information
How do I sign up?
Click on any of the green sponsorship levels above. After your credit card payment has been processed, you will be contacted by the department with more information about your partnership.
If you would like to pay by check, please contact Sara Leader, Corporate Partnerships Coordinator, to coordinate this at sleader@calpoly.edu.
How does registration work?
Once you sign up as a Partner, you will receive an email from our department with a link to our online registration platform.
Beginning at 8 a.m. on your registration date, you will be able to register for any of the events that are part of your partnership.
If you do not sign up on the date your registration time opens, you may risk not getting your first pick.
Who do I contact if I have questions?
Sara Leader
Corporate Partnerships Coordinator
sleader@calpoly.edu
Benefits Information
IPP Career Fair
Fall | Open to platinum levels
This year we will host a career fair on October 28th, 2022 for Industrial Partners of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department exclusively. The Winter Career Fair hosted by SCE and SENVE will no longer be included in the Industrial Partnership Program, but can still be attended by coordinating with SCE and SENVE.
The winter career fair is hosted on Friday, January 20th. You may contact Sarah Sakakihara, SCE's executive vice president. Her email is ssakakih@calpoly.edu.
Annual Partners Dinner
The annual Partner's Dinner is an event for Platinum Partners to be hosted on October 28th, 2022 directly following the IPP Career Fair. Food, drink, and a presentation by a keynote speaker will be provided in a social setting where partners can interact with CE/ENVE students, faculty, and staff.
Company Logo
Open to select Partner levels
Depending on your partnership level, your logo will be featured on our website, newsletter, and/or department office. Once you have signed up as a Partner, you will receive information about submitting your logo.
Club Presentations
The department works closely with our student clubs to facilitate speaking opportunities for our Partners. Once you have signed up as a Partner, we will connect your company information to the appropriate student club leaders who, if interested, will contact you for a possible speaking engagement at one of their few meetings. There are no guarantees as some clubs have more interest than presentation opportunities.
Company Day
Open only to Platinum Partners, Company Days are an all-encompassing, packaged recruiting day. Our department will market the event and collect resumes on your behalf and will hand them over to you 2 days prior to the event.
Resume Book
Our CE/ENVE students submit resumes to the department throughout the year that they would have shared with our partner companies. Platinum member will have a printed book of these resumes presented to them before the IPP Career Fair in November, as well as access to an ever expanding digital folder at the beginning of the academic year.
Social Media and Weekly Department Email Advertisements
All year long | Open to all select levels Our social media platforms, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, have a wide audience of students, alumnae, donors, and partners. During the school year, all CE/ENVE students receive a weekly department email with important information. These advertisements are a great opportunity to market your company, career openings, awards, or any other relevant topics. These ads can be posted at the same time or switched out throughout the year. Once you have signed up as a Partner, you will receive information about submitting your advertisements.