| News from the President - Wayne Watkins
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Planning
for Summit 2009 is underway! The Summit will be held in San Antonio on October 11-13, 2009, at the
Westin Riverwalk. Contact me if you
would like to be part of the Summit
planning team. We still need a few extra
folks to assist with planning the panel presentations and some special
workshops that will be held during the Summit. We would like to encourage you to submit plans
for panel presentations and to submit applications to compete for Awards of
Excellence. Additional information about both opportunities will be
forthcoming soon.
Watch
for UEDA to add university economic development related resources and content
to a member-only portion of the Web site. We will also be introducing a series
of informative Webinars this year. For more information about the Webinars,
contact Ed Morrison or Ken Dobson. We continue
to have increasing interest in, and recognition of, the role of higher
education in economic development. We encourage you to continually
be in front of community and regional leaders with the opportunities, facts and
the various programs that exist and that are emerging to assist in this
important work.
Please join me in welcoming the
following new members to UEDA:
Jasen
Jones
Executive
Director
Workforce Investment Board of Southwest Missouri
Joplin, MO 64802-1706
414-206-1717,
ext 224
ceo@workforcezone.net
Jon
Benson, CEO
Wyoming Technology Business Center
1000 E University Ave, Dept 3100
Laramie, WY 82071
307-766-2030
jbenson@uwyo.edu
John Mullin, Director
Center for Economic
Development
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003-9328
jmullin@larp.umass.edu
413-545-2255
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Information from the Executive Director
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Dear Friends,
I don't know about you but I thrive on challenges. So I thought I would offer you a challenge -
- -
Get one university or business in your state to become a
new UEDA member. The first 15 people who
meet this challenge will receive special recognition for their programs during
the 2009 Summit! It's easy.
Just call or e-mail your colleagues and discuss the benefits of UEDA
membership. Direct them to
www.UniversityEDA.org for information about joining UEDA. Let the challenge begin!
Leslie Pachol |
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UEDA Membership Survey
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Please help us improve services to UEDA members - - - Take 10 minutes to complete a quick survey. We will use your responses to improve member services in 2009. We greatly appreciate your time and look forward to hearing your feedback. |
