About the Stephen F. Fry Professional Edge Center
UIndy's Stephen F. Fry Professional Edge Center or Pro Edge provides internship, mentorship, entrepreneurship, and employment opportunities for students and new graduates. The Center helps students of all majors increase their exposure to and interaction with professionals, beginning freshman year.
About Stephen F. Fry
Stephen F. Fry ’87 (computer information systems)
He has served on the UIndy Board of Trustees since 2013 and is a retired senior vice president of human resources and diversity for Eli Lilly and Company. Steve began his career at Eli Lilly and Co. in 1987 after completing an internship that he secured with the help of a UIndy School of Business faculty member. As a first-generation college graduate, Steve is dedicated to continuing the transformational opportunities he received for both current and future students.
Get a professional edge
Throughout your UIndy career you can tap into:
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Individualized career exploration and development meetings
- Opportunities for job shadowing in your field of interest
- Handshake, the Center's career management system
- Interactions with professionals
- Career "sector experts" who are developing contacts and opportunities in eight broad industry areas
- Internship and job shadowing
- Alumni Mentoring
- Special Presidential conversations with senior leaders in industry
- Career fairs, etiquette dinners, networking conversations, résumé review, practice interviews and a host of other career-development and confidence building activities
Our connections become your connections
Pro Edge draws on relationships with many sources to help connect you with professionals in your field, including:
- Faculty who have contacts in the industry
- Professional organizations
- An alumni base of more than 30,000 Greyhounds
Work with dedicated career sector experts
The Stephen F. Fry Professional Edge Center team is organized into sector experts, giving you the opportunity to work with a career coaches who is knowledgeable in the industries and career path you are pursuing. Coaches come from a wide variety of professional backgrounds and are eager to give you a professional edge in your field.