Over the past years, through applied research in Greater Binghamton, the CIC Leadership Institute has familiarized students with the many facets of the creative and knowledge economy. With a unique curriculum largely designed by students, it has effectively engaged Binghamton University student leaders with community leaders from business, academic, political and cultural sectors. An interdisciplinary course open to a selective group, it focuses on examining the role of both students and mid-sized universities in community and economic development based on forecasts of factors that will be necessary to create thriving communities in the 21st century. In 2009, the capstone project, the Partnership for Knowledge Entrepreneurship, reflected the student-developed proposals for change and was presented to community and university leaders on Monday, May 11, 2009. A recap of the evening can be found in this Pipeline 4 Progress blog post.
Where did CIC2020 take the CIC-LI students in 2009?
Links to each week’s agenda can be found below. Feel free to also review the year’s original Course Syllabus and complete Schedule of Classes.
Week #1: Search Conference - Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC)
Week #2: Technology, Entrepreneurship, & Innovation - ITC
Week #3: Business & Industry - Lockheed Martin
Week #4: Arts & Culture - Cider Mill Playhouse
Week #5: Healthcare - Binghamton General Hospital
Week #6: City, County, & State Government - Greater Binghamton Innovation Center
Week #7: Sports & Entertainment - Broome County Arena
Week #8: Housing & Real Estate - Downtown Binghamton
Week #9: Tourism, Transportation, & Outdoor Recreation - Tioga County
Week #10: Media & Promotion - WSKG Public Broadcasting
Week #11: Higher Education Research Partnerships - ITC, Endicott Interconnect (EIT)
What were the objectives for the course? (Proseminar in Civic Entrepreneurship)
1. Examine the present and prospective role of universities in fostering the economic, social and environmental change that makes regions competitive in a global economy.
2. Explore the role of universities and their students in academic capital formation and marketing of innovation in the knowledge economy.
3. Explore significant leadership development strategies of key area employers for an understanding of higher education in various economic sectors as reflected in new conceptualizations of human resources as the strategic management of intellectual capital.
What were the objectives for the research project? (Partnership for Knowledge Entrepreneurship)
1. Identify and inventory significant university-community partnerships in civic and business entrepreneurship, leadership instruction and innovation.
2. Develop a proposal to support intellectual capital development in support of strategic recruitment, hiring and retention of young professionals in the Southern Tier.
3. Work with the Binghamton University Career Development Center, the Catalysts for Intellectual Capital 2020, and the Southern Tier Opportunity Coalition to develop guidelines for a “mentorpreneurship” program.
