The following is a list of the articles that appear in the August 2022 issue of University-Industry Engagement Advisor monthly newsletter.
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University-Industry Engagement Advisor
Vol. 4, No. 8, August 2022
- Industry engagement leaders share keys to expanding partnerships into philanthropy. In university-industry partnerships, philanthropy has the potential to be among the most lucrative avenues of collaboration — but how do you get there? If you have a partner that is already engaged, say, in research, or talent acquisition, who makes the first move?
- LSU reorg helps pave the way for record corporate gift. LSU and Shell USA, Inc. have been partners for years — in fact, the relationship goes back as far as 1915, according to Paige Carter, executive director of industry engagement, who says the two entities “have been in lockstep.” She adds the following: “I’d say that in the last 40 or so years we’ve received in both philanthropic and research funding somewhere north of $60 million.”
- U Waterloo plans internal diversity strategy to foster more inclusive partnering. University corporate engagement offices have increasingly been seen partnering with industry in programs to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace, but it’s much rarer to learn of a research/commercialization office seeking to do the same for its own internal stakeholders.
- In bid for fintech industry ties, Kennesaw State trains both students and faculty. The goal was clear, but ambitious: for Kennesaw State University to establish itself at the forefront of innovation in digital payments — a critical element in the growing field of fintech. Four years into the effort, KSU recently made an important statement, co-sponsoring a virtual conference, “Investing in Tomorrow: Bridging the Digital Payments Talent Gap,” with the Georgia Fintech Academy, a collaboration between Georgia’s fintech industry and the University System of Georgia.
- Economic development and industry engagement linked in new position at UNC. The new title is “Director of Economic Development and Innovation Hubs for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.” According to the news release announcing the appointment, this person “will lead the implementation of UNC-Chapel Hill’s economic development strategy centered around innovation, talent, and place by engaging with university and community partners, including corporate, non-profit and government leaders. . . [and] will also lead the innovation hub and innovation district initiative, which will provide innovation spaces to a community of entrepreneurs and industry leaders in the heart of Chapel Hill.” This latter responsibility will be part of the individual’s role as a senior leader of Innovate Carolina, “the university’s central team for innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development.”