CSU gets WIRED to industry for $50,000

FORT COLLINS – Colorado State University’s School of Education will take part in a $50,000 workforce grant that will be used to teach schools how to connect with industry.

The grant came via the Metro Denver Workforce Innovation in Regional Economic Development Initiative — or WIRED. CSU will host In Sync — Making School and Industry Links. The one-day event, which will bring together speakers from across the country with experience in successful school/industry partnerships, is set for Nov. 3 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Longmont. CSU will also produce an asset map focused on local and national partnerships between businesses and schools.

“The objectives of this grant are extremely important,´ said David May, president and CEO of the Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce, in a prepared statement. “Businesses often have a difficult time connecting with schools. If we want to remain economically competitive, we must do a better job of working collaboratively and effectively with our local school districts to ensure that they are providing an education that meets workplace demands.”

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Ellyn Dickmann, associate professor of educational leadership at CSU, is the principal investigator for the grant and can field inquiries regarding the In Sync event. She can be reached at ellyn.dickmann@colostate.edu.

This is the second WIRED grant bestowed on Northern Colorado organizations in the most recent round of awards. The Larimer County Workforce Center will administer a $125,000 grant to lay the groundwork for development of a bioscience career academy at Fort Collins High School. The grant will bring together Poudre School District and the BioMARC Regional Training Center at Colorado State University to create a model for the academy. Read the full story on the bioscience career academy that ran in the July 31 issue of the Business Report.