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Ascend Indiana names new President and CEO and New Board Chair

Raquel Bahamonde2023-12-21T08:17:18-05:00December 21, 2023|

INDIANAPOLIS – The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) and Ascend Indiana announce that Conexus Indiana COO and Chief Talent Officer Brad Rhorer has been named president and CEO of Ascend Indiana, CICP’s talent and workforce development initiative, and will succeed Jason Kloth in January. Concurrently, Board Vice Chair Bridget Boyle, head of people and culture for Roche Diagnostics, has been named chair of the Ascend Board of Directors, succeeding founding chair Mark Hill, who will step down at the beginning of the year. In October, Ascend Indiana announced that President and CEO Jason Kloth would step down on January 1, 2024. Kloth helped to create the talent and workforce development initiative nearly nine years ago and grew it into an organization that received more than $50 million in philanthropic funding since its inception in 2016 and has connected more than 4,700 [...]

Ascend Indiana collaborates with 14 Indiana colleges and universities to help students enhance their search for jobs and internships statewide

Raquel Bahamonde2023-12-14T09:24:29-05:00December 14, 2023|

INDIANAPOLIS – Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), formed partnerships with 14 Indiana colleges and universities in 2023 to connect more students to good and promising career opportunities in Indiana. Through the Ascend Network, the initiative’s online job matching platform, students will be able to connect with Indiana jobs and internships that match their skill sets and interests and will receive increased one-on-one career guidance and job search support. In addition, these partnerships provide Indiana’s leading employers with a unique platform for hiring students. The 14 collaborator agreements are with the following Indiana colleges and universities: Ball State University (Muncie) Butler University (Indianapolis) Calumet College (Hammond) Earlham College (Richmond) Goshen College (Goshen) Grace College (Winona Lake) Hanover College (Hanover) Holy Cross College (Notre Dame) Indiana State University (Terre Haute) Indiana Wesleyan [...]

Ball State University partners with Ascend Indiana to assist students with career and internship searches

Raquel Bahamonde2023-12-12T08:15:57-05:00December 12, 2023|

MUNCIE, Ind. (Dec. 12, 2023) – Ball State University’s Office of Industry Engagement has partnered with Ascend Indiana to connect more students to promising career opportunities in Indiana. Through the Ascend Network, the initiative’s online job matching platform, Ball State students can connect with Indiana jobs and internships that match their skillsets and interests and receive increased one-on-one career guidance and job search support. The network adds a resource to the University’s robust efforts to help students find jobs and internships that align with their career goals and provides insight into companies and the variety of prospects in the Hoosier State. “We are grateful to form a partnership with Ascend Indiana to help provide more opportunities for our students in Indiana,” said Jeff Eads, director for industry engagement at Ball State. “In addition to the Indiana Connection Lounge and the [...]

Ascend Indiana receives $2.45 million in grants to advance youth apprenticeships statewide

Raquel Bahamonde2024-01-19T15:48:39-05:00December 4, 2023|

INDIANAPOLIS (Dec. 4, 2023) – Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), has received a $1.7 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation and a $750,000 grant from the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship (PAYA) to scale youth apprenticeship programs across Indiana. Ascend acts as an intermediary, assisting organizations to start youth apprenticeship programs by building capacity, sharing resources, and providing access to state and national partners. The grant from the Walton Family Foundation was awarded to CICP Foundation, Inc. to advance the charitable activity of Ascend Indiana, and will establish a second cohort of five sites statewide that will each receive $25,000 to design their youth apprenticeship pilots. A subset of those sites will be chosen to receive follow-on funding to launch their youth apprenticeship pilots as part of the Indiana [...]

Jason Kloth, Ascend Indiana president and CEO, to step down

Raquel Bahamonde2023-10-24T09:20:16-04:00October 24, 2023|

Jason Kloth, president and CEO, Ascend Indiana INDIANAPOLIS – Ascend Indiana today announced that President and CEO Jason Kloth, will step down on January 1, 2024. Kloth who helped to create the talent and workforce development organization nearly nine years ago, will serve in a consulting capacity after the first of the year to ensure a smooth transition. In addition to consulting for Ascend, CICP, and others, Kloth plans to focus on his family and spending more time with his two young children. Ascend Indiana is an initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP). “Jason and his talented team have created an organization built on values that have led to impactful work in helping thousands of Hoosiers find jobs, internships and apprenticeships,” said Mark Hill, managing partner of Collina Ventures, and founding chairman of the Ascend Indiana [...]

Indiana Wesleyan University partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship searches while providing one-on-one support

Raquel Bahamonde2023-10-10T08:29:53-04:00October 10, 2023|

Indiana Wesleyan University partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship searches while providing one-on-one support

Goshen College partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship searches while providing one-on-one support

Raquel Bahamonde2023-09-25T11:35:49-04:00September 22, 2023|

Goshen College partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship searches while providing one-on-one support

University of Evansville partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship searches while providing one-on-one support

Raquel Bahamonde2023-09-18T01:51:41-04:00September 14, 2023|

University of Evansville partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship searches while providing one-on-one support

Chalkbeat: Reported Graduation Rates for Indiana Schools Could Dip After Change in State Law

Raquel Bahamonde2023-07-28T15:16:40-04:00June 6, 2023|

A recent article in Chalkbeat by Amelia Pak-Harvey outlines how schools across Indiana could see a dip in their reported graduation rates after a change to state law requiring districts to limit the portion of students who graduate with waivers from the calculation. The changes could have a large effect on publicized graduation rates, which are often used as a measure of success for school leaders and can be a key metric parents use to determine the quality of their child’s education. “My hope is that greater transparency into the number of students who are graduating from high school with a high school diploma will lead to productive dialogue between parents, school principals, school superintendents, policymakers and others to improve not only our high school school graduation rate, but the number of students that are entering into postsecondary education,” said [...]

IBJ: Jason Kloth: Three Steps to Improve Indiana’s Education System

Raquel Bahamonde2023-04-03T08:38:53-04:00April 3, 2023|

Jason Kloth, president and CEO, Ascend Indiana In a recent Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) Op-ed, Ascend Indiana President and CEO Jason Kloth talks about a rapidly changing labor market that is requiring talent to be more educated. A recent Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy study reports highly skilled, highly educated workers are the most in demand across Indiana. Yet statistics paint a negative trend, with fewer high school graduates pursuing the education needed to fill those roles. The good news is state legislators have introduced practical steps to address that gap by making adjustments to the 21st Century Scholars program, graduation waivers and ways of obtaining financial aid. If enacted, these steps will create greater economic opportunity for low-income Hoosiers while growing Indiana’s economy and tax base. [READ MORE] (Sources: IBJ, Ascend Indiana)

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