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Page 1 Norhern Michigan Universiy Cener for Rural Communiy and Economic Developmen 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquee, MI 49855 (las updaed November 1, 2011) Commercializaion, enrepreneurship and public and privae enerprise iniiaives a Norhern Michigan Universiy include: economic developmen, communiy oureach, public-parnerships,, universiyindusry commercializaion programs, enrepreneurship educaion as i relaes o economic developmen, echnology ransfer. Conens Universiy-Wide Commimens o Communiy and Economic Developmen... 2 Cener for Rural Communiy and Economic Developmen... 2 Office of Inernaional Programs... 2 Superior Edge... 2 Universiy-Indusry Commercializaion Programs... 3 NMU College of Ars and Sciences... 3 School of Ar and Design... 3 Enrepreneurship Educaion relaed o Economic Developmen... 3 NMU College of Ars and Sciences... 3 Cener for Economic Educaion and Enrepreneurship... 3 Deparmen of Poliical Science and Public Adminisraion... 4 NMU College of Business... 4 Business Plan Compeiion... 4 Execuive Educaion... 5 The Superior Fund... 5 Economic Developmen/Oureach... 6 NMU College of Ars and Sciences... 6 Deparmen of Psychology - Training and Human Performance Improvemen Services... 6 NMU College of Professional Sudies... 6 Coninuing Educaion and Workforce Developmen... 6 Communiy College and Meeing Needs of Business and Indusry... 6 Parnerships wih Business and Indusry... 7 Technology Transfer... 10
Page 2 Universiy-Wide Commimens o Communiy and Economic Developmen These NMU asses involve a muliude of faculy, saff and sudens across majors, minors and disciplines. Cener for Rural Communiy and Economic Developmen www.nmu.edu/rural Conac: Brian D. Cherry, rural@nmu.edu, Ph.D. in Poliical Science and Public Adminisraion The Cener for Rural Communiy and Economic Developmen a Norhern Michigan Universiy combines research, public service, educaion and raining o enhance economic developmen and improve he qualiy of life in he Upper Peninsula and is surrounding region. Office of Inernaional Programs hp://webb.nmu.edu/inernaionalprograms Conac: Marcelo Siles, msiles@nmu.edu, Dean of Inernaional Programs The Inernaional Programs office suppors and promoes Norhern Michigan Universiy's goals for academic excellence, diversiy and ciizenship by encouraging responsible and effecive engagemen wih global issues and acions. Sam M. Cohodas Professor Conac: Tawni Ferrarini, ferrari@nmu.edu, Ph.D. in Economics The Sam M. Cohodas Scholar for economic developmen in he Upper Peninsula faciliaes parnerships beween he members of he NMU campus communiy and exernal organizaions. Research and projecs on he economic aciviy of imporance o he growh and prosperiy of he regional whole is conduced. Superior Edge Conac: Rachel Harris, raharris@nmu.edu, Superior Edge Direcor www.nmu.edu/superioredge Oher universiies have leadership programs, bu Norhern Michigan Universiy is he only universiy in he U.S. ha packs communiy engagemen, diversiy awareness, leadership developmen and realworld experience ino one life-changing program Superior Edge. Superior Edge is a suden
Page 3 developmen program encompassing a wide range of experienial aciviies complemening classroom insrucion o provide sudens wih a disinc advanage by preparing hem for lifelong learning, graduae school, careers and life as engaged ciizens. I is open o all sudens, regardless of major, year in school or GPA. When he suden graduaes, he academic ranscrip will show each accomplishmen in Superior Edge program. Universiy-Indusry Commercializaion Programs The following describe effors a NMU ha connec he universiy and indusry/high echnology companies. Through joinly innovaive, indusry-driven applied projecs, research opporuniies and programs muually beneficial oucomes resul. Mos programs involve sudens. NMU College of Ars and Sciences School of Ar and Design hp://ar.nmu.edu/deparmen/seed.hml Conac: Professor Peer Pless, Direcor of he Sudio for Experimenal and Eco Design, ppless@nmu.edu Sudio for Experimenal and Eco-Design (SEED) Through special projecs, join venures, lecures and educaional resources, sudens are involved wih relevan design projecs ha impac our world. Through he SEED iniiaive sudens are developing sraegies, conceps and brand ideniies ha no only affec our environmen, bu he economy as well. SEED was designed wih a mulifaceed paradigm in order o enhance he relaionship beween he School of Ar & Design and he communiy wihin Michigan s Upper Peninsula and beyond. The Sudio for Experimenal & Eco Design funcions as an educaional resource as well as collecive design consulancy ha address he needs and requess of he communiy hrough proposed service projecs. Enrepreneurship Educaion relaed o Economic Developmen NMU provides numerous opporuniies for sudens o gain hands-on experience ouside he classroom o develop enrepreneurial skills, gain work experience, and learn abou dynamic markes. They include, bu are no limied o: inernships, menorship, eam projecs o assis sar-up businesses, consuling experience wih sar-ups, and business plan compeiions involving coaching and evaluaion from regional enrepreneurs and local invesors. NMU College of Ars and Sciences Cener for Economic Educaion and Enrepreneurship www.nmu.edu/ceee Direcors: Hugo Ezyaguirre or Tawni Ferrarini, ceee@nmu.edu Norhern Michigan Universiy s Cener for Economic Educaion and Enrepreneurship (NMU-CEEE) advances K-16 undersanding of marke economics, enrepreneurship and personal finance. I is
Page 4 primarily a suden-based cener and provides K-12 educaor raining programs, summer insiues in marke economics and enrepreneurship for kids, and young adul programs. The NMU-CEEE direcor and associae professor of economics, Tawni Ferrarini, provides professional developmen workshops, graduae courses, oucomes assessmen, sandards-based educaional maerials and peer-reviewed producs o educaion professionals and communiy members across he U.P. She consuls naionally in hese areas. The NMU-CEEE is affiliaed wih he Michigan Council on Economic Educaion and Naional Council on Economic Educaion. Deparmen of Poliical Science and Public Adminisraion www.nmu.edu/deparmen/poliicalscience Deparmen Head: Brian D. Cherry, bcherry@nmu.edu The Deparmen of Poliical Science and Public Adminisraion a Norhern Michigan Universiy combines research, public service, educaion, and raining o enhance he qualiy of life, suppor economic developmen, and improve he delivery of services in he Upper Peninsula and surrounding region. The Deparmen works hand-in-hand wih local governmen, non-profi, and privae secor leaders o develop innovaive soluions o complex policy issues. The Deparmen also provides handson experiences for fuure leaders o prepare hem for he challenges facing rural communiies in he Upper Peninsula. Sudens in Free Enerprise www.nmu.edu/ceee Main Faculy Advisor: Hugo Eyzaguirre, heyzaguir@nmu.edu This universiy-based suden organizaion provides opporuniies for is sudens o each abou he marke sysem and enrepreneurship. I is experience based and has a communiy service componen a NMU. Projecs range from developing K-12 educaional maerials, using he game of Monopoly o each abou enrepreneurship, marke economics and personal finance, and hosing communiy-wide forums on how o feed he hungry hrough personal acion. NMU College of Business Business Plan Compeiion Conac: bizdean@nmu.edu hp://webb.nmu.edu/colleges/business/siesecions/programs/newbusinessplan/newbusines splanoverview.shml Norhern Michigan Universiy sudens, irrespecive of heir major, are invied o paricipae in he inaugural New Business Venure Compeiion. Sudens, working individually, or in eams of up o five, can submi a plan o sar a new business and compee for $10,000 in cash prizes. Sudens mus be enrolled a he Universiy during he 2007-08 academic year.
Page 5 This Compeiion is designed o encourage enrepreneurial acivism among sudens by recognizing and rewarding hose who presen deailed plans on designing and creaing new business enerprises, drawing on heir own ideas and invenions or hose of ohers. The Compeiion provides a forum for hese sudens o presen heir new venure plans o invesors, receive meaningful feedback, have he opporuniy o sar a new business, and apply classroom learning o real world projecs. The business plans mus propose venures ha will be financially profiable, creae new jobs, and be lawful. Individuals and eams proposing new venures can have advisors and coaches, who may be faculy members, business execuives, or enrepreneurs. While his is encouraged, i is no required. However, i is sudens who mus presen heir own original ideas and paricipae in he various aciviies conneced wih he Compeiion. Execuive Educaion Conac: bizdean@nmu.edu www.nmu.edu/business The College of Business has hisorically offered a variey of coninuing educaion opporuniies o respond o local needs and ineress. These evens occur eiher hrough a need recognized by he College, such as offering imely and relevan opics in he speaker series, or a he reques of he communiy or indusry. The CPEs for CPAs is an example where he College has provided coninuing educaion credis for accouning professionals, a heir reques. To inquire abou execuive educaion opporuniies, or o reques a paricular execuive educaion opic, conac he College of Business Dean s office a 906.227.2949. The Superior Fund Conac: bizdean@nmu.edu hp://webb.nmu.edu/colleges/business/siesecions/programs/majors/superiorfund.shml In he fall semeser 2006, he College of Business launched he Suden Managed Invesmen Fund. The Fund provides sudens wih hands-on, real world experience by enabling hem o apply financial and invesmen conceps learned in he classroom o corporae equiy analysis, porfolio managemen, and group decision making. The Fund is an innovaive experienial learning program where business sudens in wo upper division finance courses (Invesmen Analysis and Porfolio Theory) mee regularly o evaluae naional and inernaional economies, indusry condiions, and corporae performances. Using his informaion, sudens selec buy and sell socks and bonds wih he goal of increasing he long run value of he Fund. The sudens also develop he invesmen policy ha guides heir decisions on where o inves he monies. The Fund sared wih an iniial sum of $200,000 provided by he College s alumni and friends and Norhern Michigan Universiy.
Page 6 Economic Developmen/Oureach These programs leverage he universiy s asses and skills o assis in economic developmen in heir communiies. Examples include: Michigan s Small Business & Technology Developmen Ceners (SBTDC), Produc Ceners, and Business Resource/Assisance Ceners. NMU College of Ars and Sciences Deparmen of Psychology - Training and Human Performance Improvemen Services Conac: James Suksi, jsuksi@nmu.edu hp://psychology.nmu.edu/pydcer.php The Psychology Deparmen hrough is program in Training and Human Performance Improvemen provides assisance o local and regional organizaions in opimizing human and organizaional performance. Areas of specializaion include, bu are no limied o, human resource developmen, human capial managemen, knowledge managemen, and leading organizaional change. Assisance provided is accomplished hrough faciliaion of raining, human performance echnology, needs and performance analysis, leadership developmen, and execuive and personal coaching. NMU College of Professional Sudies Coninuing Educaion and Workforce Developmen Conac: Rober Eslinger, reslinge@nmu.edu, Direcor of Coninuing Educaion and Workforce Developmen hp://webb.nmu.edu/coninuingeducaion/ Communiy College and Meeing Needs of Business and Indusry NMU serves he communiy college role for he ciizens of Marquee and Alger Counies. NMU s communiy college programs offer sudens an array of associae degrees, cerificae programs, diploma programs, and cerificaions in 50 areas of sudy. Norhern mainains exensive parnerships wih K-12 schools hrough oureach aciviies, suden eaching posiions, and professional developmen for eachers and adminisraors. Nearly every school disric in he Upper Peninsula has recenly hosed NMU suden eachers. These parnerships wih schools provide experience wih all class-levels in public, privae, and charer educaional seings. To furher he value of hese experiences, NMU has exended is wireless signal o suden eachers in K 12 schools. The Cener for Economic Educaion and Enrepreneurship and he Seaborg Mahemaics and Science Cener provide a wide variey of professional developmen opporuniies for eachers and adminisraors across he Upper Peninsula. NMU also works wih a number of schools in Michigan s Lower Peninsula, Norhern Wisconsin, and Chicago. Addiionally, NMU works wih five public school academies (charer schools) in Michigan.
Page 7 Parnerships wih Business and Indusry Norhern has a variey of parnerships o mee he needs of exising businesses, emerging indusries, he public schools, and working aduls. Among our curren corporae parners wih on-sie or specially designed educaion programs are Cliffs Naural Resources, Pioneer Surgical Technologies, WE Energies, NewPage Corporaion, Neenah Paper, Manisique Papers, Hoover Precision Producs, Precision Edge Surgical, and Peninsula Powder Coaing. Inernships for NMU sudens wih business, indusry, and service providers are criical o qualiy employmen preparaions. Among NMU s mos well-known inernship sponsors are American Express Financial Advisors, General Moors, Hudson s Corporaion, Dendreon, Mayo Clinic, Marquee General Healh Sysems, Marshfield Clinic, Michigan Sae Police, Michigan DNR, Norhwesern Muual Life, Six Flags Grea America, Sae Farm Insurance, he U.S. Marshall Service, and WalMar. Addiionally, inernships are also sponsored by major consrucion firms across he naion such as Whiing-Turner, Morenson, Michels Corporaion, and Power Consrucion. Addiional highlighs follow. Marquee General Hospial Norhern Michigan Universiy has enered in a parnership wih Marquee General Hospial in order o offer an associae degree program. New accrediaion sandards require ha all hospial based raining programs form a parnership wih an academic insiuion. The Respiraory Therapy Program represens a collaboraive effor beween Marquee General Hospial and he Clinical Sciences Deparmen which will resul in sudens being awarded an associae s degree. Cliffs Naural Resources The School of Technology and Applied Sciences works closely wih Cliffs Naural Resources o prepare enry level echnical employees for boh he Tilden and Empire mining/processing operaions. Associae Degree programs in Indusrial Elecrical and Indusrial Mainenance, along wih baccalaureae degree programs in Mechanical Engineering Technology, Indusrial Technologies, and Elecronics Engineering Technology; prepare graduaes for employmen wih his major local company. Managemen a Cliffs Naural Resources views he echnical programs a NMU as virually a sole source provider of enry level echnical alen o heir mining/processing operaions. Addiionally, NMU saff and faculy are in he beginning sages of developing a company specific appreniceship program ha will serve he mining operaions as well as he proposed nugge processing plan expansion. Cliffs Naural Resources is commied o coninuing heir parnership wih Norhern Michigan Universiy by leasing addiional space wihin he Jacobei Cener in order o provide sae-ofhe-ar raining for heir employees. NMU Coninuing Educaion and Workforce Developmen faciliaes hese raining evens by ofen coordinaing he raining agenda and securing raining experise.
Page 8 Cliffs Naural Resources furher relies on NMU o provide on-going facor esing and skill upgrade raining for exising workers. This esing and raining requires working labs equipped wih he indusry s highes echnology manufacuring and processing componens. The company parners closely o assis NMU in acquiring much of he needed lab equipmen. This level of cooperaion is dependen on, and evidence of, a close working relaionship beween academics and indusry. American Eagle Airlines (AMR) An excellen working relaionship exiss beween he NMU School of Technology and Applied Sciences and he AMR Sawyer Mainenance faciliy resuling in 30-50% of he sudens graduaing in he NMU Aviaion Mainenance program being hired by AMR. Regional Organized Labor Unions Apprenice raining for four area rade unions is locaed in he D.J. Jacobei Cener a NMU. The Local 7 Shee Meal Workers, Local 8 Iron Workers, in addiion o he Local 506 Plumbers and Pipefiers, have all locaed heir regional raining base o he Jacobei Cener. In addiion o he apprenice raining, journeyman upgrade sessions wihin each rade jurisdicion will also be offered. Each year, from Augus hrough June, nearly 700 hours of insrucion akes place. The Operaing Engineers Local 324, locaed in Howell, Michigan, has chosen Norhern Michigan Universiy as is regional raining cener for heir annual January session. Thireen differen unis of insrucion are offered, ranging from asbesos and hazardous maerial awareness o welding cerificaions. Food Service Indusry In response o changes in Michigan s food safey laws, NMU conducs mandaory food safey cerificaion courses. All food service indusry businesses including hose closely linked wih he criical regional ourism indusry are able o have local access o regulaory raining. TeamTech Moor Spors TeamTech offers sudens inernships and is a major supporer of he NMU Sociey of Auomoive Engineers (SAE) suden club which builds mini Baja vehicles o compee wih oher naional and inernaional universiies. Pioneer Surgical Technology A close working relaionship coninues beween NMU and Pioneer Surgical Technology, a Marquee based designer and manufacurer of orhopedic implans. Enry level producion employees are prepared in a one-year CNC program offered by NMU in he Jacobei Cener along wih seminars a he nearby Pioneer faciliy. Oher ongoing cooperaive programs beween NMU and Pioneer Surgical include undergraduae inernships and coninuing educaion seminars for Pioneer employees offered by NMU faculy.
Page 9 Elecrical Line Parnership A join venure beween Norhern Michigan Universiy, The Lake Superior Communiy Parnership, Michigan Works, and numerous elecrical companies (boh uiliies and conracors) developed he Elecrical Line Technician Program o help fill an employmen void wihin he Elecrical Power Disribuion indusry. The curriculum received all equipmen hrough donaions, and is locaed a Sawyer. Marquee Food Co-op & Norhern Iniiaives The esablishmen of he Hoop House involved he collaboraion of several parners. Funding for he srucure came hrough Norhern Iniiaives, NMU provided land and uiliies near he Jacobei Building, Consrucion Managemen sudens ereced he srucure; and he Marquee Food Co-op manages he operaion. Produce from he Hoop House supplies, in par, he needs of he Hospialiy Managemen culinary program. The Hoop House is available for research of producion echniques which can be shared wih he area s gardening and farming communiy. Coninuing Educaion for Business Professionals and Personal Enrichmen Coninuing Educaion and Workforce Developmen has developed various local, sae, and naional relaionships ha provide business, professionals and he public wih qualiy educaion and raining. Personal Enrichmen NCLL is an organizaion ha plans and offers informal educaional programs and aciviies o enrich he daily lives of is members hrough mini-courses, regular programs, oudoor aciviies and social evens. Member-direced, self-supporing and nonprofi, i is affiliaed wih Norhern Michigan Universiy and he Elderhosel Insiue Nework. Wih he Elderhosel Insiue Nework one can discover more han 8,000 learning advenures in all 50 saes and more han 90 counries abroad. Road Scholar offers in-deph and behind-hescenes learning experiences for almos every ineres and abiliy: hisory, culure, naure, music, oudoor aciviies such as walking and biking, individual skills, crafs, sudy cruises. Enjoy hese and many more wih he no-for-profi leader in educaional ravel for older aduls. Norhern Michigan Universiy is one of 14 sae sponsored regional raining agencies providing moorcycle safey raining funded hrough a gran from he Michigan Deparmen of Sae. New riders wih lile or no experience seeking a license endorsemen enroll in his course. If successful riders receive a compleion waiver, good for one year, for he riding skills porion of he sae moorcycle endorsemen es. Professional Educaion The Universiy is commied o he provision of high qualiy professional developmen programs in is service region hrough boh he creaion of such aciviies wihin is academic deparmens and hough collaboraion wih ouside providers who mee Universiy approval sandards. Recognizing he need for and value of coninuing professional developmen in order o keep abreas of consanly changing demands and possibiliies in he workplace, and in order o
Page 10 encourage pracicing professionals o paricipae in various aciviies direcly relaed o heir job NMU CE provides he following: Educaors - The 900 level program offers for-credi educaional opporuniies o over 400 eachers each year. Teachers use hese courses owards heir eacher Licensure recerificaion or upgrade. In addiion, NMU CE also offers non-credi Sae Board Cerificaion Unis ha eachers use owards hese same purposes. Many eachers use a combinaion of boh 900 level courses and SBCEUs during heir eacher recerificaion. Social Workers - NMU CE is a course sponsor for he Naional Associaion of Social Workers and parners wih numerous local eniies o provide Social Workers wih educaional opporuniies. These opporuniies are used by Social workers o mainain heir Social Work License. Bus Drivers - Norhern Michigan Universiy is he sae-approved Pupil Transporaion Bus Driver Training Agency for he cenral and wesern Upper Peninsula. The purpose of school bus safey insrucion is o promoe safe, efficien pupil ransporaion programs, using Michigan Deparmen of Educaion approved curriculum. Appraisal Educaion - Norhern Michigan Universiy offers a full range of residenial and nonresidenial coninuing educaion appraisal courses o housands of appraisers each year a sies locaed hroughou Michigan and via webinar o over weny oher approved saes. These courses are used by appraisers o reain heir individual appraiser licenses. Off-campus, Individualized programs, seminars and raining - NMU CE recognizes ha adul sudens require programs ha deliver resuls specific o heir professional needs wih course schedules and delivery mehods ha allow paricipaion ouside he radiional semeser forma. Coninuing Educaion s goal is o provide hese vially imporan lifelong learning opporuniies o individuals and groups in he Upper Peninsula and beyond. Technology Transfer The formal office ha manages all issues peraining o inellecual propery IP), including: IP righs, paening, licensing, conflics of ineres, copyrigh proecion, sponsored research programs, federal policies, human subjecs policies, grans and conracs is he NMU Academic Affairs Office. The NMU Academic Affairs Office oversees Inellecual propery policy and procedures, which can be found a: hp://www.nmu.edu/grad_research/inellecual_propery.hm