The University of Economic Development Association (UEDA) has announced that nominations are currently open for UEDA's 2011 Awards of Excellence. Nominations are due by June 30.
Click here for complete background and a description of the application process.
There are five new Award of Excellence categories for 2011:
1. Talent Development
2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship
3. Community Connected Campus
4. Leadership and Collaboration
5. Research and Analysis
Several of the category examples may be of interest to the workforce community. The Talent Development award focuses on the partnerships needed to create flexible, responsive career pathways to expanding business, offering as an example "collaboration between a community college and a research university to develop a new certificate program in sustainable manufacturing." The Research and Analysis ategory focuses on the capacity of colleges and universities to provide new forms of research and to design the next generation of analytic tools for community, economic and workforce development practitioners.
A nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, the RCWE’s mission is to connect people with jobs through collaborative workforce development efforts and strong partnerships with economic development, business, education, and government sectors in the Northwest Pennsylvania region.
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