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URC partners with other universities to create nation's first statewide business engagement network. Renee McClelland | Monday, December 05, 2011 A collaboration involving the URC-affiliated institutions and three other Michigan public universities has been established to provide a critical new tool for business growth and attraction in the state.

The collaboration represents the first statewide university-business engagement network in the country that will connect industry with critical university assets to help grow Michigan's economy. "Academia’s role in the economy is rapidly changing," said Daryl Weinert, program principal investigator and executive director of the University of Michigan’s Business Engagement Center. "It's critical that we recognize businesses as clients and be responsive to their needs. The Michigan Corporate Relations Network, or 'M-CRN', will create partnerships that will connect industry to critical university assets that can contribute to their growth and productivity and, at the same time, enhance the teaching and research at our universities.

" City Hall Fellows. Portland State Center for Academic Excellence | IIP Session Materials. Engaged Institutions - Welcome. University Network for Collaborative Governance. Joint PCI and UNCG Publication! The UNCG Guide to Collaborative Competencies is now available. Order your copy! About the Network The University Network for Collaborative Governance (UNCG) consists of centers and programs in colleges and universities that engage in service and scholarship in order to enable citizens and their leaders to engage in dialogue, discussion, problem solving, and conflict resolution around public issues.

The Network will support centers and programs, helping them carry out their mission, connecting them with colleagues, sharing ideas and programs that work, offering consultation and assistance, and holding outstanding conferences. Network members have adoped a common set of principles that its members agree to adhere to in their organizational operations, functions, and practices. Each center has or will have an organizational charter or set of policies that articulates the principles as well as appropriate policies and standards to guide their practices. Phi Beta Kappa Society :: Play PodCast. Detroit schools' summer job program focuses students on construction. Mayor and Private Donor Clash over Detroit Renewal. Colleges plan strategy to change student attitudes about staying in Michigan.

Ryan M.L. Young | The Grand Rapids PressAshley Werner, a senior at Aquinas College, stands in the lobby of Shape Corp., where she is a communications intern specializing in analyzing global communications strategies. Werner represents Aquinas on the Van Andel Millennial Board, which attempts to change negative perceptions of Michigan. GRAND RAPIDS — After a year of debating whether to transfer back home to Minnesota, the snow finally melted on the “gorgeous” Aquinas College campus and Ashley Werner fell in love with West Michigan. “We don’t have spring in Minnesota, and it was a moment when I thought I could see myself in Grand Rapids; this is where I want to be,” Werner, 20, said. She’s not the only young person who wants to be here. A recent study found college students in Michigan are more attracted to Grand Rapids than any other big city in the state, including Lansing and Detroit.

He doesn’t mind the rent rates in Grand Rapids, either. E-mail Ursula Zerilli: uzerilli@grpress.com. Mapping America — Census Bureau 2005-9 American Community Survey. Fostering Education for Innovation (and Vice Versa) Anchor Institutions Toolkit - A Guide for Neighborhood Revitalization. Portland State Center for Academic Excellence | International Institute on Partnerships.