The communications field holds the expertise, resources, and commitment to ensuring that all voices, perspectives, and stories are represented across public discourse. Ignite the Future provides early exposure to the communications industry with the support of corporate partnerships.
Contribute to Ignite the Future
Why partner with us?
Help support a pathway program that expands access to communications careers for students from a variety of backgrounds and communities. With the support of corporate partners, we enhance the Ignite the Future experience by offering professional development opportunities, internships (project-based, part-time, and full-time), job shadowing, industry tours, and other hands-on learning experiences.
Our corporate partners benefit from high-level, continuous engagement and interaction with students and get the opportunity to build relationships with them that will last throughout their academic career. Through these intentional relationships, our partners have the ability to share more about their company, influence student career development, and create a pipeline for potential career opportunities.
Help from our corporate partners allows us to:
- Ensure the longevity of the program
- Fund scholarships
- Enable a variety of experiential learning opportunities for students
- Provide on-site tours of companies and organizations for students and faculty
- Develop professional development training on and off campus
- Develop skill-acquisition workshops to prepare students for industry jobs and internships
- Cover essential ongoing programming costs that enable the program to exist and thrive
Current Partners and Donors
Diamond Partners
Gold Partners
Silver Partners
Bronze Partners
We are especially grateful for the alumni who have chosen to dedicate their personal philanthropy to Ignite the Future and invest in this new ComArtSci program.
Wanda J. Herndon, Journalism Bachelor of Arts, 1974
Ready to support the program?
Please reach out to jones641@msu.edu for more information.