Build your brand on campus and create a robust pipeline of career-ready student talent.

Scholarship/Academic Experience

Donations from alumni, corporate partners, and supporters allows ACES to award over $3.5 million in merit-based scholarships annually. These funds are critically important to encouraging academic study at our college.

Recruitment information

Student Organizations

Student organizations provide exposure to students with specific interest areas as well as a venue for your company to contribute to students’ professional development. We can help you choose from more than 40 student organizations in ACES to meet students that align with your organization's interests.

• presentations on professional and technical topics
• networking with students at events and activities
• providing financial support for activities or scholarships
• welcoming students for tours or professional development programs

The Center for Experiential Learning & Leadership (CELL)

Students evolve into great workers by gaining experience and confidence. CELL's mission is to foster problem-based instruction and embedded experiential learning, so students leave the college confident to solve problems. Experience working with clients on authentic problems means students graduate more prepared to add value on the job from day one and succeed in their careers.

• Experiential Learning Pamphlet
• Sponsor competition teams
• Illinois flipbook
• Campus Flipbooks

Experiential Learning Capstones

• International Business Immersion: International employers host teams of students in international experiential learning. This course equips participants with the skills to operate successfully in a global business environment. (Agricultural & Consumer Economics)
• JBT Needs Assessment: Clients provide an issue within their organization for student teams to conduct a needs assessment. The student teams are tasked with meeting an organization's goals towards a solution to a real problem. (Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences)
• Capstone Experience: Employers host a team that develops solutions to real-world challenges. (Engineering Technology & Management for Agricultural Systems)
• Food Product Development: Employers host a team to develop a product based on attributes specific to their needs. (Food Science & Human Nutrition)
• Practicum: Employers serve as practicum "intern" hosts for the fall semester. Projects should be of use after the intern leaves and should be ones that the intern can point to illustrate their skills and competencies. (Human Development & Family Studies)
• Training & Development: Employers provide an educational or training need for students to develop into a program. Students will work with the employer in teams to create an innovative program to meet the desired outcomes. (Organizational & Community Leadership)

Inclusion

Help us in extending the understanding of agricultural education to everyone, in rural and urban areas. Together, we can increase accessibility in ACES education.

• Minorities in Agriculture and Natural Resources and Related Sciences (MANRRS) RSO
• Discovering STEM – Pre-College Diversity Program
• Illinois Neurodiversity Initiative (I-N-I)

Research and innovation are at the heart of ACES. Partner with faculty, researchers and students to improve global prosperity and scientific breakthroughs that help make lives better.

Organizations can sponsor research at ACES:

• Office of Research
• ACES Faculty Research
• ACES Facilities

ACES offers your employees the opportunity to cultivate their skills through customizable and flexible online learning. From upskilling employees to specialized training on systems and equipment, ACES leads the way in agricultural education.

• Non-credit workshops, webinars and certificates
• Credit bearing courses to earn advanced degrees and specializations
  • Certificates
  • Short-course
  • Professional certificates

Support youth and community programming throughout the state. Illinois Extension provides access to education and programs across the state that build better communities where your businesses can thrive.

Illinois Extension

There are 4-H clubs in all 102 counties in Illinois, giving youth from rural and urban areas alike the opportunity to have hands-on experiences to learn and explore.

Illinois 4-H

Private support plays a vital role in our land-grant mission of education, research and outreach. Philanthropic contributions are recognized in a variety of ways, including branding and marketing opportunities.

• Facility development and upgrades are essential for research and innovation. Contributions that support these projects support our students and prepare them to enter the workforce.
• Programmatic Support:
  • Support student and faculty programs from assisting with outreach initiatives to supplying equipment to address research needs.
  • Expand the benefits of agricultural education to more through 4h, Extension, and summer programming
  • Faculty Support for research can be for specific research projects, unrestricted for various projects, or even in the form of equipment loans or donations.