The HCDE Corporate Affiliates Program is designed to enhance interaction between industry partners and HCDE. Affiliates enjoy a special connection with HCDE that fosters long-term relationships, leading to technical exchange, collaboration, and interaction with faculty, students, and alumni.

Affiliates receive exclusive access to a generous package of benefits:

• Attendance at the annual Corporate Affiliates Day on the UW-Seattle campus, including the following activities.
  • In-depth research presentations and demonstrations by faculty and students on current work.
  • Access to recruit students and alumni at the HCDE Career Fair.
  • Opportunities to host individual interview sessions with prospective employees in dedicated space on the UW campus.
• Access to hold recruitment/interview sessions with HCDE students/alumni on the UW campus at other times in the year.
• Ability to post permanent job openings for free on HCDE’s AfterCollege.com webpage (non-Affiliates must pay a fee to post permanent job openings).
• Access to online resumes submitted by HCDE students/alumni at all degree/program levels.
• Complimentary Corporate UW Libraries Card ($200 value, one per company). This card offers access to all UW Libraries and can be shared between organization employees.
• Invitations to seminars, workshops, and other events of interest to be held on the UW campus.
• Interaction with other industry members.
• Access to summaries of research activities in the department.

In addition, HCDE also works with Affiliates to identify opportunities to pursue sponsored research collaborations beyond the scope of the Corporate Affiliates Program. The affiliate relationship can also become a mechanism for arranging faculty presentations at the affiliated organization as well as faculty participation in symposia and problem-solving sessions. Opportunities also exist for Affiliate representatives to present guest lectures in HCDE classes and at other forums.

How To Join

Membership in the HCDE Corporate Affiliates Program requires a qualifying contribution to the department. Contributions are to be used to further the overall efforts of HCDE at the discretion of the Chair.

Suggested contribution amounts for academic year 2011–2012 are structured according to company size:

• $1000 for companies with fewer than 150 employees
• $2000 for companies with between 150–1000 employees
• $3250 for companies with over 1000 employees

Qualifying contributions may be mailed to HCDE using our Corporate Affiliates Registration Form (PDF).

To learn more about the HCDE Corporate Affiliates Program please contact us at hcdecap@uw.edu or 206.543.2567.