Representatives from Indiana University campuses convened at the IUPUI Campus Center in mid-February for the 2020 Education-to-Employment Convergence, the sixth annual E2E event hosted by IU. E2E Convergence is an ongoing forum to discuss the challenges, opportunities and strategies associated with strengthening sustainable pathways for students and graduates to secure meaningful work experiences and career… Read more »
Engagement
Record calendar year for the RED Fund
For the second consecutive calendar year, the Regional Economic Development Fund granted a record number of awards to Indiana University campuses and academic centers. Thirteen grants totaling more than $30,000 were approved by the Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development in 2019. The RED Fund awards cost-share grants of up to $2,500 to projects… Read more »
Dimension Mill: celebrating Year One successes, looking forward to Year Two
Happy (belated) one-year-plus anniversary to Dimension Mill, the coworking space and business incubator located in downtown Bloomington’s Trades District! The renovated 19,000-square-foot building, now 105 years old, opened in November 2018. Pat East, CEO of Hanapin Marketing and an angel investor, is executive director of Dimension Mill. East kindly answered several questions about Dimension Mill,… Read more »
BioCrossroads, 16 Tech, IBRI, Indiana University, Purdue University and University of Notre Dame launch mentoring program focused on developing Indiana’s entrepreneurial talent
A strategic partnership of BioCrossroads, 16 Tech, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, and the innovation offices of Indiana University, Purdue University and the University of Notre Dame has launched a new program to add more power to the entrepreneurial environment. Accelerating Innovation IN Science, or AXIS, will pair experienced mentors with rising stars to support and… Read more »
CREED meeting on Nov. 6 focused on Indiana Data Partnership, Center for Rural Engagement’s UEDA award, IU South Bend
By Kirsten Adams, senior sponsorships and project specialist, Office of the Vice President for Government Relations and Economic Engagement The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held its fourth quarterly meeting of 2019 on Nov. 6 at IUPUI. Bill Stephan, IU vice president for government relations and economic engagement, noted… Read more »
10 days of education, inspiration and motivation: the PopUp Business School
By Kennady Alise Livers, intern, SOURCE River West Entrepreneurship Center; student, IU Kelley School of Business at IUPUI At the end of October, IUPUI’s Office of Community Engagement partnered with SOURCE River West Entrepreneurship Center to bring PopUp Business School to Indianapolis. Indy has now become only the second location in the U.S. to host… Read more »
Jason Whitney of IU Ventures joins Dimension Mill board
Congratulations to Jason Whitney, IU Ventures associate vice president and IU Angel Network executive director. He has joined the board of directors at Dimension Mill, the 19,000-square-foot coworking space and business incubator in downtown Bloomington. “IU Ventures and Dimension Mill collaborate jointly on educational programming and in the creation of new opportunities for entrepreneurs to… Read more »
Help your community and state, earn money as a 2020 Census taker
The U.S. Census Bureau seeks to hire thousands of Americans in temporary positions for the 2020 Census count. Census results determine how many congressional seats each state receives and how billions of dollars of federal funding are distributed to states and communities. Carol O. Rogers, co-director of the Indiana University Business Research Center in the… Read more »
CDFI Friendly Bloomington hires inaugural executive director
CDFI Friendly Bloomington, an innovative new organization focused on increasing access to flexible, affordable financing for community development, has hired Brian Payne as executive director. In this role, Payne will help community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, invest in affordable and workforce housing, small-business growth, and new community facilities in Bloomington, Monroe County and southwest-central… Read more »
Supporting student interest in innovation and entrepreneurship
During the first week of classes in the fall 2019 semester, experts in innovation, entrepreneurship and community engagement wrote about how IU campuses support students who are innovative and/or entrepreneurially minded. The original opinion pieces, posted on the Crimson Catalyst blog, can be read at the following links: “The upheaval in industrial innovation: Why IUPUI… Read more »