University Center for Regional Economic Innovation

REI Update for August 3, 2012

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Announcements

Register for the Innovate Michigan! Summit

Please join us for the REI Innovate Michigan! Summit, September 6th, 2012 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing. Learn about, discuss, and influence innovative economic development tools, policies, models, and practices for Michigan! More details are available on our website!

Sessions will include:

Microenterprise Development in Michigan
Internship Programs for Distressed Communities
Small Business Hands-On Broadband/Tech Training in Rural Communities
Innovative Exporting Practices
Young Entrepreneurial Programming
Open Educational Resources
Innovation Brokering
Building a Creative Services Incubator within a Community College
Small-Scale Urban Developers and Landlords as Agents of Real Estate-Led Economic Development

Summer 2012 Webinar Series

Check out REI's Co-learning Plan and Student Feasibility Study webinars! Look for announcements about upcoming webinars and their availability on reicenter.org, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Join us August 13, 2012 from 2:00 to 3:00pm for our next webinar, Internship Programs for Distressed Communities: Connecting engaged college students with grassroots internship opportunities in distressed communities - John Kaczynski, Saginaw Valley State University.

Click here for more information on how to participate!

Recorded webinars posted on reicenter.org:

Food Innovation Districts - Michelle Leppek, Kristie Sieloff, Sara Lucas, Matt McCauley, and Katharine Colasonti
St. Martha's Community Vision - Michael French and Melinda McIntosh, Richard Wooten (MSU Extension of Wayne County)
Innovation Brokering - Deborah Groban Olson, Center for Community Based Enterprise
Microenterprise Development in Michigan: Assessing Coverage, Access and Outreach - Claire Glenn, Coordinator for the Microenterprise Network of Michigan

Student-Led, Faculty-Guided, Technical Assistance Projects

REI is accepting applications for innovative student-led, faculty-guided, feasibility studies and technical assistance projects from colleges and universities across Michigan!

Apply Now!

Fall Semester applications due August 17th, 2012.

Spring Semester applications due November 16th, 2012.

Thank you to the schools who attended our July 18th Higher Education Technical Assistance meeting!

Michigan State University
Eastern Michigan University
Grand Valley State University
Madonna University
Marygrove College
Northern Michigan University
Saginaw Valley State University
Schoolcraft College

Social Media

Thank you to our REI members who have helped us reach over 260 followers on our Twitter feed and 160 members on our LinkedIn group.