Honor Your Industry Partners
The Industry Interactions Program is designed for CFAES faculty, staff, and student organizations to recognize industry and alumni professional’s contributions when they visit classrooms, speak at events, or support experiential learning. Their time and expertise make a lasting impact and play a vital role in preparing CFAES students for meaningful careers while strengthening relationships that grow student opportunity and Ohio’s workforce.
We want to hear from you
Submit Industry InteractionsDo you have a guest speaker from industry coming to your class? Tell Us About It!
Why Participate…
- The CFAES Career Development Office would like to encourage you, thank you, and reward your academic unit for helping provide professional development learning moments for your students and for helping expand their network each and every time you bring an industry partner into your classroom.
- Help contribute to a new scholarship for your academic unit to award.
Who Qualifies…
- Any CFAES instructor teaching CFAES courses.
Here’s what will happen…
- Before the Interaction
- You fill out this industry interaction form to let us know when and who you will be bringing into the classroom.
- To receive scholarship contribution, must be submitted at least a week before the interaction takes place.
- During the Interaction
- Sit back and relax as the Career Development Team pops in to capture key moments from the visit: photos, candid shots, short clips, or quotes.
- After the Interaction
- We will post a picture or video of the industry rep and thank them for giving their time and expertise to our students.
- We will tag your academic unit and the guest speaker if they have social media to help boost your and the company brand to all our students and followers.
How Does this Scholarship Work…
- A $50 scholarship contribution will be added from Career Development for each completed and verified industry interaction from your academic unit that was submitted at least one week prior to the interaction.
- These funds will be distributed to your academic unit at the end of each semester to award as a scholarship to one or more of your students at your unit’s discretion.
Because we are pretty sure you will ask…
- $50 per industry interaction, not per person you interact with. A four-person panel in your class is one interaction, not four.
- You are taking your class to visit three different companies at three different sites throughout the semester. You guessed it, that’s three different interactions, three different submissions and three different contributions to the scholarship.
- The career development office may exert their discretion on what constitutes an interaction. If you are not sure, just ask.
Questions…
Email the career development team at cfaes-careers@osu.edu
Is your club hosting an industry professional? Tell Us About It!
Is your club visiting a company on a professional development trip? Tell Us About It!
Why Participate…
- The CFAES Career Development Office would like to encourage you, thank you, and reward you for building your professional development skills and growing your network each and every time you interact with our amazing industry partners.
- Make a little easy money for your club.
Who Qualifies…
- Any active student organization within the CFAES Student Council
- Contact Sarah Williams.4263@osu.edu to verify status if not sure
Here’s what to do…
- Before the Interaction
- Fill out the industry interaction form to let us know when and who you will be interacting with.
- To receive fundraising payment, must be submitted at least a week before the interaction takes place.
- During the Interaction
- Capture key moments: Group photos, candid shots, short clips, or quotes.
- Ask the guest if they have a social media handle.
- After the Interaction
- Post a picture or video of the industry rep to your group's social media platforms.
- Tag CFAES Career Development Office (cfaescareers) and the guest speaker if they have social media.
How Do We Get Paid…
- A $25 fundraising payment will be made for each submitted interaction. (Must be submitted at least one week prior to the interaction.)
- An additional $25 fundraising payment will be made for each submitted interaction that you also post about and tag the Career Development Office.
- Fundraising payments will be distributed at the end of each semester as one lump amount.
Because we are pretty sure you will ask…
- $25 per industry interaction, not per person you interact with. A four-person panel is one interaction, not four.
- You are visiting three different companies at three different sites while on a club professional development trip. You guessed it, that’s three different interactions, three different submissions and three different payments.
- The career development office may exert their discretion on what constitutes an interaction. If you are not sure, just ask.
Questions…
Email the career development team at cfaes-careers@osu.edu.