ueda summit 2012: awards of excellence - east stroudsburg university innovation center (east...
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Community-Connected CampusCommunity-Connected Campus
Pennsylvania
$11.25 Million, 51,000 sq. ft. facilityGrand Opening - May 4, 2012
ESU Innovation CenterESU Innovation Center
1836 - One of the fastest growing counties in PAPopulation - 169,842
History of tourism
25,000 commute daily to NY/NJ
Unemployment: 10% PA unemployment: 8.1%
Per capita income: $31,252 PA per capita income: $42,291
Attract new enterprises that create jobs with good pay, contribute to the tax base, and balance the burden for financing public facilities and services, especially schools.
Diversify the County’s economy and support and upgrade tourism and other existing industries.
Pursue, as a priority, the retention and expansion of existing Monroe County businesses.
Develop required infrastructure to support economic development.
East Stroudsburg University of PA - 1893 Record enrollment 7,500 Ninth largest employer in Monroe Economic Impact $109.9M annually Competitive Academic Programs Global Partnerships R&D Opportunities Entrepreneurship
Gov. Thomas Corbett
• Visit to Silicon Valley
“It is critical for our start-ups and entrepreneurs to have the resources needed to develop ideas into production, job creation and ultimately a successful and growing business,” said Corbett. “New business growth equals jobs for our citizens. ”
“It is critical for our start-ups and entrepreneurs to have the resources needed to develop ideas into production, job creation and ultimately a successful and growing business,” said Corbett. “New business growth equals jobs for our citizens. ”
President Barack Obama• “State of the Union” Address
“ We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world….America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”
“ We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world….America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”
Community – Connected Campuses Provide a
Knowledge Economy
and
“Hot Spots” for Innovation
FUNDING PARTNERSFUNDING PARTNERS
PA Department of Community & Economic Development
Economic Development Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
Gaming Funds - Local Share Account - Monroe County
U.S. Department of Education
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Community-Connected Partnerships
Resulted in
$10M in funding
Research and Economic DevelopmentEntrepreneurial Leadership CenterNortheast Wildlife DNA LaboratoryWet LabsComputer Training LabsConference FacilitiesFaculty Research OfficesSterling Strauser Gallery
ESU Innovation Center ESU Innovation Center
Attract and grow companies
Collaborate with faculty and students
Cultivate business networking opportunities
Develop entrepreneurs
Encourage capital investments
Create life sustaining jobs
ESU Innovation Center ESU Innovation Center
DCED - Office of International Business Development and NEPAAlsace Aventure - FranceC Castle Group - Korea
Altiplano - FranceINTEGNOL - Poland
Business Accelerator• Created 118 jobs; retained 143;
• 16 high tech companies
• Placed over 160 students in externship/internships
• 17 technologies commercialized
• Student and faculty-owned companies
• Technology Transfer and Commercialization
LYME-Aid representsthe FIRST commercialized faculty and student research in the 119 year history of ESU and almost 30 year history of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Jonathan Weber, Computer Security/ Computer Science major - First Place
eDentified People Search -$10,000
Create an entrepreneurial environment in Monroe County that
attracts innovative startup companies, supports job creation, and encourages
research and development.
Getting Connected - Getting Connected - REPLICABILITYREPLICABILITY
• Know your Community, State and National agenda• Have a plan… strategic, feasibility study, etc.• Identify Leader(s)• Identify, Cultivate & Maintain Partnerships• Leverage Funds: public, private, in-kind, cash • GET STARTED “duct tape and chicken wire”• X-FACTOR Create Momentum, excitement
Getting Connected - SCALABILITYGetting Connected - SCALABILITY
• Public and Private Universities• Large and Small• Rural and Urban
“A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step.” Confucius
Getting Connected Getting Connected SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITY
• Create the CULTURE- Community Connected Campus – one person at a time…
• LEVERAGE Successes – Tell your story• Seize OPPORTUNITIES• Re-think what we do• NEVER, NEVER, NEVER Give up!
University Economic Development Association Community-Connected Campus
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