April 2, 2018
Over 500 students and faculty on 19 campuses participated in ICPF’s 2018 Teleconference on the Business of Corrugated Packaging & Displays and the Career Opportunities. After their presentation, industry panel speakers, Mike Riegsecker (Menasha), Bob Landaal (Landaal Packaging), Keven Hinz (KapStone), and Anna Sadowski (VA Tech ’18/PCA new hire) addressed live questions from each of the campuses. In addition to Michigan State’s packaging school, which had the largest audience with over 100 students participating, campuses included Appalachian State University, Bowling Green State University, Cal Poly, Clemson University, Dunwoody College of Technology, Indiana State University, Illinois State University, Lewis-Clark State College, Millersville University, North Carolina A&T University, North Carolina State, Pittsburg State, Rutgers University, University of Florida, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Wisconsin–Stout, Virginia Tech, and Western Michigan University.
The ICPF Teleconference grand finale this past February included ICPF’s 2018 Student Packaging Design Presentation Competition. Three student teams from Cal Poly, Millersville University, and University of Texas at Arlington were tasked to show, tell, and sell their packaging designs by explaining the objective, the research conducted, design elements, and other background. University of Texas at Arlington secured first place, second place went to Cal Poly’s student team, and the Millersville student team won third place. All three teams received a cash prize.
For those ICPF Corporate Partners (and firms considering Corporate Partner pledges) that have entry-level openings or wish to offer a student internship, one of the most proven tools for recruiting is ICPF’s Career Portal. Throughout this month, hundreds of students and upcoming graduates are regularly visiting ICPF’s Career Portal to directly apply to the openings ICPF Corporate Partners have posted there. Post your job openings for recent graduates and student internships today! Not only do you get direct applications from new or upcoming graduates, the posting of an opening allows your firm to search ICPF’s online Résumé Bank, which has over 200 résumés. If your firm has an entry-level opening in packaging design, graphic design, sales, business, supply chain management, or engineering, or you wish to locate a student intern for this coming summer or fall, contact rflaherty@icpfbox.org to get started. ICPF’s Career Portal is a benefit for ICPF Corporate Partners.
Richard Flaherty is president of the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation.
