Corporate Partners and Advocates
Access, Support & Connection
The Haslam College of Business Office of Access and Community Connections (OACC) has several opportunities for recruitment, as well as community and corporate interaction.
Corporate Partners and Advocates
Support
Haslam partners with industry leaders to educate the business talent of tomorrow.
Organizations that support our students find their involvement is mutually beneficial. While our students gain access to state-of-the-art technology, challenging programs, experienced faculty and need-based scholarships, corporate involvement benefits the corporations as much as it does our students.
Corporations that support Haslam are often eligible for tax deductions. They gain access to the best and brightest college students and visible recognition in the Haslam Business Building.
With your support, the OACC can change the lives of deserving students. To learn more about becoming a partner and advocate, please contact our office.
Our corporate partners include:
- The Boeing Company
- Dixon Hughes Goodman
- Deloitte
- Enterprise Holdings
- Ernst & Young LLC
- KPMG
- McCormick & Company, Inc.
- PriceaterhouseCoopers
- PepsiCo
- Scripps Networks Interactive
- Caterpillar
- LMBC
- Target
- Regions Bank
- Crowe LLP
- Pilot Company
- Truist Bank
- Crowe LLP
- RSM Foundation, LLC
- First Horizon Bank
- E&J Gallo Winery
- Bank of America
- Ryder
- Tractor Supply
- Bush Brothers and Company
- EJ Gallo Winery
Corporate Partners and Advocates
RECRUITMENT
The OACC partners with the Office of Undergraduate Admissions on university-wide student recruitment initiatives.
A BETS Scholars Breakfast showcases the college to admitted students and their families. Students and parents have the opportunity to meet students, faculty and administrators as they receive an overview of the college and the benefits of enrollment. In addition, students have the opportunity to meet with scholarship donors in a private setting to share their goals and appreciation for being awarded such a great opportunity.
Summer residential programs provide an in-depth preview of the college and business fields for high school students from talented groups and those who qualify for free or reduced-cost lunch. Both Business Education for Talented Students (BETS), a 10-day program for rising seniors, and Accounting and Information Management (AIM) Academy, a three-day program for rising juniors, are provided at no cost aside from a $20 seat reservation fee. There are two additional summer programs offered, the Women Empowered through Business (WEB)Institute and Supply Chain Management (SCM) Summer Camp.
Our office collaborates with Project Grad Knoxville on the Early College Awareness Program, which targets fifth- and eighth-grade students and parents to increase awareness of higher education options and encourage early planning.
Haslam’s OACC leads the college’s efforts to build a welcoming collegiate community by fostering a climate that supports respect, broad participation and recruitment and retention of faculty, staff and students from all backgrounds. We also provide strategic planning and leadership for college-wide and departmental programs. OACC programs and events are open to the corresponding student, faculty or staff populations regardless of race or gender.
Corporate Partners and Advocates
Recruitment
You can be part of important initiatives at Haslam with an OACC sponsorship . Three sponsorship levels are available and carry a variety of benefits:
Gold Sponsorship
$15,000
- Recognition as a charter gold sponsor in the OACC office and on the office’s website
- Recruitment space in Haslam Business Building atrium
- Speaking opportunity with three student groups
- Two opportunities to host open houses on campus
Silver Sponsorship
$10,000
- Recruitment space in the Haslam Business Building atrium
- Speaking opportunity with two student groups
Bronze Sponsorship
$5,000
- Recruitment space in the Haslam Business Building atrium
- Speaking opportunity with one student group