INDIANAPOLIS — Martin University has launched its new Career Development and Resource Department. The department’s responsibilities are managing the Future Career Resource Center that houses the new Martin WORKS Apprenticeship program. Tony Cunningham has been hired as the Director of Career Development to head the department and Center.
The Martin WORKS program, a vital component of the Career Development and Resource Department, allows Martin students to be compensated and expand their work experience, potentially leading to a permanent position with an “employer partner” as they complete their degree. Martin WORKS currently has a placement rate of 92 percent.
Cunningham most recently was the Assistant Human Resource Director for Ivy Tech. He brings more than 23 years of human resource management, employee relations, OSHA-based safety protocols training and development, and project management experience to Martin University.
Founded in 1977, Martin University is Indiana’s only Predominantly Black Institution of higher education. It is steeped in a history of service and open to a diverse population of students.
