Strategic Corporate Partner Programs
The Corporate & University Relations Group (CURG) has an established record of successfully teaming with colleges and universities to develop Strategic Alliance Programs with corporate partners. These alliances can involve a number of elements with core programs including:
• Academic Year Professional Practice Programs focus on corporate sponsored Senior Design (Capstone) projects while encouraging interdisciplinary team-based learning throughout the college. Projects involve four or five students working on a real customer problem for a full academic year (1200 hour minimum). Founding sponsors pay a fee of at least $20,000, provide a stakeholder liaison that would have weekly contacts with the student team and receive full rights to the results. The goal is to immediately develop a self-sustaining corporate sponsored Professional Practice Program and become a recognized leader in the preparation of work-ready graduates.
• Corporate Scholars Program in which the corporations contribute to a scholarship pool that is used to recruit, retain, and graduate the highest potential students with particular emphasis on under-represented and/or economically disadvantaged students. A distinguishing feature of this program is the involvement of the corporate partners and student organizations in developing leading edge experiential programs that complement the Professional Practice Program.
• Summer Internship and Professional Practice Programs wherein individual students and student teams work at a corporate facility to gain hands-on experience that enhances their readiness to make immediate contributions upon graduating. It is advantageous for students to engage in summer internships or team projects preceding or following their participation in Professional Practice Programs.
CURG has helped to establish successful Strategic Alliance initiatives with the College of Engineering, Computer Science and Technology at California State University, Los Angeles CSULA, and for the new Engineering Department at the Arizona State University Polytechnic ASU Poly campus. Strategic corporate partnerships established by CSULA and ASU Poly include Boeing Company, DirecTV, Northrop Grumman, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Space Systems/Loral, Honeywell Aerospace, Raytheon, Aerospace Corporation, Medtronic, On Semiconductor, PayPal, Sempra, Southern California Edison, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NAVSEA, and Los Alamos National Laboratory as well as others. CURG is well positioned to help your college/university build strong and effective corporate partnerships.
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Corporate and University Relations Group
-Building Partnerships of the Future-
35968 Andes Way, Yucaipa California 92399
Phone: (909) 797-2220
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