University of Saint Francis partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship searches
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (March 6, 2023) —As part of its commitment to enhance students’ career opportunities, the University of Saint Francis heightens its partnership with Ascend Indiana. Through the Ascend Network, the initiative’s online job matching platform, USF students can connect with Indiana jobs and internships that match their skill sets and interests and will […]
Ascend Indiana partnership powers Hanover students’ career and internship searches
Hanover, Ind. (March 2, 2023) – Hanover College has formed a partnership with Ascend Indiana to connect more students to good and promising career opportunities in Indiana. Through the Ascend Network, the initiative’s online job matching platform, Hanover’s students will be able to connect with Indiana jobs and internships that match their skill sets and […]
Butler University partnering with Ascend Indiana to connect students with Indiana employers
INDIANAPOLIS (February 21, 2023) – Butler University is partnering with Ascend Indiana to connect more students to good and promising career opportunities in Indiana. Through the Ascend Network (the initiative’s online job matching platform), Butler students can connect with Indiana jobs and internships that match their skill sets and interests and receive increased one-on-one career […]
Grace College partners with Ascend Indiana to help students with career and internship opportunities
WINONA LAKE, Ind. (Feb. 20, 2023) – Grace College has formed a partnership with Ascend Indiana to connect more students to strong career opportunities in Indiana. Through the Ascend Network, the initiative’s online job matching platform, Grace College students will be able to connect with Indiana jobs and internships that match their skill sets and […]
Ascend Indiana names Roche Diagnostics executive as Vice Chair, expands Executive Committee and Board of Directors
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 20, 2023) – Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), has announced its selection of a new vice chair, has added two new members to its Executive Committee, and has named five new directors to its Board of Directors. The Ascend Indiana board has approved […]
Ascend Indiana’s Stephanie Bothun Named 2023 Presidential Leadership Scholar
Stephanie Bothun, vice president and co-founder of Ascend Indiana, has been named one of 60 Scholars who will form the Presidential Leadership Scholars’ (PLS) eighth annual class. PLS serves as a catalyst for a diverse network of leaders brought together to collaborate and create meaningful change in the United States and around the world as […]
Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy report shows a widening misalignment between job growth and educational attainment in Indiana post-pandemic
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 3, 2022) – A new report from Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy shows that as the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions began to ease over time, a vast and permanent shift emerged showing that highly skilled, highly educated workers were the most in-demand, while at the same time, Indiana was seeing significant declines in postsecondary enrollment […]
IBJ: Ascend Indiana Developing Strategies to Keep College Grads in State
The CICP talent initiative Ascend Indiana is committed to making Indiana a place of economic opportunity for all by helping to keep college graduates in state through internships and good and promising jobs. Recently, Ascend Indiana President and CEO Jason Kloth spoke to Sam Stall with the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ) about several pathways the […]
Ascend Indiana and EmployIndy receive a $6 million grant to scale Modern Youth Apprenticeship for high school students in Central Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS (June 28, 2022) – Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), and EmployIndy, Marion County’s workforce development board, have received $6 million for three years from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation to support the scaling of Modern Youth Apprenticeship (MAP) in Marion County. In addition, the […]
IU, Purdue partner with Ascend Indiana to grow state’s economy, increase ‘brain gain’
INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 10, 2022) — Indiana’s top two public research universities are joining forces to keep more graduates in the state and fill the Hoosier talent pipeline with highly skilled workers. Indiana University and Purdue University have partnered with Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership. Through the Ascend Network, the […]