Center for Professional Selling

Become a Partner

Purdue’s Center for Professional Selling is the experiential learning hub for undergraduate students seeking to improve and perfect their sales skills. The Center partners with industry leaders to provide students with activities and guidance that they may use to polish their skill set.

The Center for Professional Selling cannot do its job without the support of our corporate partners who are invested in producing and hiring quality salespeople. Not only do partners provide financial support, but their physical presence is valuable, providing real-time feedback and coaching as well as insight into the potential of a sales career. Partnerships with the Center are designed for a variety of organizations that desire to capture the benefits of being engaged with a leading sales program. The information about the partnerships below is also available as a PDF download.

Land Grant Gold — $10,000

The Land Grant Gold partnership is perfect for companies that have a developing brand to leverage as they fulfill their full-time and/or internship recruitment goals across multiple majors at Purdue. Land Grant Gold partners take an active hand in student development as they engage students and supplement their classroom learning.

  • All benefits from the Bell Tower Bronze & Ross-Ade Silver Sponsorship
  • Classroom speaking opportunities 
  • Networking Event
  • Brand Display in the Center (logo)
  • In the classroom — Teach to the Syllabus
  • Two-day competition format (two per academic year)
  • Access to LinkedIn Purdue Sales Management Alumni Group
  • Exclusive Top Talent Events (two per academic year)
  • HQ visits with students and faculty (one per year)

Ross-Ade Silver — $5,000

The Ross-Ade Silver partnership is designed for companies that have regular recruitment goals and are ready to expand their brand’s presence as they get valuable face time with students. 

  • All Bell Tower Bronze Sponsorship benefits
  • Information sessions (one per semester)
  • Classroom speaking opportunities
  • Email blasts (promoting company employment opportunities or events)
  • Two-day competition format (one per academic year)
  • Career fair booth (Fall)
  • Networking Table during Summit week
  • Display Case in Matthews (8 weeks)
  • Classroom role-plays (two per academic year)
  • Exclusive Top Talent Events (one per academic year)
  • HQ visits with students and faculty (one every two years)

Bell Tower Bronze — $2,500

The Bell Tower Bronze partnership is ideal for smaller companies with variable hiring needs and a desire to launch their brand at Purdue University. These partners participate in four multi-partner events per academic year.

  • Classroom speaking opportunities 
  • Website Job Board
  • Logo incorporation on the sales student polos
  • Sales Center Member
  • Social media presence
  • Classroom role-plays (one per academic year)

Special Notes:

Your partnership dollars cover all the associated costs of the specified activities, aside from prizes or awards for sales competitions, as determined by each individual partner, and other costs as noted below:

Direct costs of HQ visits are split between the Center and sponsoring company on a case-by-case basis. Unless otherwise noted, all other costs associated with the events listed are covered by the partnership fee.

To discuss your company’s investment in Purdue’s Center for Professional Selling, please contact Dr. Rodney Runyan, Interim Center Director, at rcrunyan@purdue.edu or 765-494-8306.