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Corporate Partners

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The college’s relevance depends on a wide array of industry partnerships. By teaming with industry on challenging problems, we keep our faculty’s research and teaching focused on critical real-world issues, and we ensure that what we do makes a difference.

Our partnerships cover a wide continuum, including

  • The ongoing involvement of companies with Center for Executive Education programs
  • The steady flow of Executives-in-Residence volunteering their time with students and faculty
  • Companies participating in our various, “think-tank” research forums
  • Executives serving on various advisory boards and councils

Some of these partnerships are formal arrangements that have lasted several years, while others are informal arrangements involving business participation in one specific project. Regardless, all of these affiliations are strategic in keeping us fresh and focused. Through these varied partnerships, we ensure the value of the university to the business community — they will continue to be a critical component of our college’s strategy.