The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design strives to provide stellar co-curricular career education to students through programmatic and resourceful endeavors. A growth area for the Career Development portfolio revolves around corporate career exploration for artists, designers and creatives within a broad range of industries. The Jain Industry Partnerships program will help us address this by enhancing career opportunities for students at the Stamps School, such as engagement opportunities focused on first-year and sophomore students with corporate partners.
The Jain Industry Partnerships program will be open to all students. We will bring in corporate partners to speak and participate in educational workshops and lectures. An application-based component will allow motivated students to self-identify for additional professional partnership opportunities, such as one-on-one mentorship and coaching.
The Stamps School is committed to building strategic partnerships with businesses, industry associations, and partners that align corporate social responsibility, networking, recruiting, and philanthropic goals with our numerous curricular initiatives, students, and community-supporting region. We seek to build collaborations that advance a spirit of shared learning where our students gain hands-on experiences that allow them to chart their unique pathways to success and employers gain valuable insights from a generation that will challenge them to think about their business in a whole new way.
The Jain Industry Partnership program is a semester-long (January-April) opportunity to engage employers and industry partners with the Stamps School students, programs, and community through meaningful projects, connections, and initiatives to prepare Stamps students for successful and sustainable creative practice and support the strategic initiatives of the school.
By participating in this program, corporate partners have the opportunity to inspire, invest and mentor Stamps School students in the following ways:
Evaluate creative talent and exposure to fresh perspectives, approaches, and values
Gain access to unique and innovative insights offered by students
Support corporate social responsibility goals
Directly engage students in industry-specific and culturally important conversations for mutual exchange of knowledge and diverse perspectives
Rewarding opportunities for mentorship and sharing insight into the professional world
Opportunity to provide insider guidance to your industry and professional trajectory
Connect with students for internship and employment recruiting through hosted events
One on-campus workshop/lecture to the Stamps School community by an organization’s representative per year. Commit at least three mentors or more per organization to participate in a student mentorship program.
Four 1:1 virtual mentorship sessions with mentees (one hour each month).
In-person attendance is on-campus for the program’s closing ceremony (April).
Interested in participating as an Industry Partner for 2024 – 2025? Email Stamps-JIP@umich.edu for additional information.
