IUPUC has announced that Melissa Fairbanks, director of the Center for Business and Economic Development, has earned the Certified Professional in Talent Development credential from the Association for Talent Development Certification Institute. Those who earn the CPTD credential are recognized as having an overall understanding of the 23 capabilities necessary for success in talent development… Read more »
IU Regional Campuses
CREED meeting Feb. 18 focused on IU Office of Business Partnerships, IU Ventures, 2020 E2E Convergence, IUPUC
The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held its first quarterly meeting of 2020 on Feb. 18 at IUPUI. Bill Stephan, IU vice president for government relations and economic engagement, welcomed attendees. He summarized the board of trustees meeting that took place at IUPUI Feb. 13-14, including the authorization of… Read more »
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 »
IU-connected entrepreneurs impact the world: Meet Aaron Gipson of Redwood Media
Aaron Gipson, a student at Indiana University East, is owner and designer of Redwood Media, an advertising, marketing and social solutions business. It provides companies with photography, video production, graphic design and social media services. Crimson Catalyst: If a person has an idea for a business, what are the first three actions they should take… 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 »
Cash Equals Opportunities: IU East student innovation for personal finance
By Timothy W. Scales, senior lecturer, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University East At Indiana University East, we like to talk about money. We discuss many things concerning money: how to get it, how to invest it and how to save it. Money is such an interesting topic that three students created a way… 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 »
August 28 CREED meeting focused on strategies from Elevate Ventures, TechPoint and Center for Rural Engagement
By Kirsten Adams, Office of the Vice President for Government Relations and Economic Engagement, Indiana University The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held its third quarterly meeting of 2019 Aug. 28 on the IUPUI campus. Bill Stephan, IU vice president for government relations and economic engagement, highlighted the start… Read more »
Teaching with Technology: IU East students’ desire for innovative machinery impacts our community
By Timothy W. Scales, senior lecturer, School of Business and Economics, Indiana University East At the Center for Entrepreneurship at Indiana University East, we teach with technology. Sometimes it’s the instructor teaching the students and, other times, it’s the students teaching the instructor. Over the past few years, we have utilized new equipment such as… Read more »
Equipping the marketing toolbelt: IU Northwest expert leads workshops for nonprofit organizations
On May 13 and 17, almost two dozen nonprofit owners and managers attended workshops led by an Indiana University Northwest expert. They learned about traditional media and social media tools to better market their organizations. Subir Bandyopadhyay, a professor of marketing at IU Northwest’s School of Business and Economics, organized workshops titled “Bringing For-profit Marketing… Read more »