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The Association of Public
Land-Grant Universities’ 2019
innovation
and
economic
prosperity award was awarded
to the First Customer and
Small
Company
Innovation
programs. Both initiatives are
part of the The University of
Michigan’s Economic Growth
Institute. Since 2013, this award
has commemorated exemplary
leadership and innovation in the
fields of entrepreneurship and
technological economic growth.
Both
programs
aim
to
meet the diverse needs of
startups and small businesses
in
Michigan
by
creating
jobs,
bringing
products
to
market and capitalizing on
the
University’s
academic
resources to provide research
and educational opportunities.

The
Economic
Growth
Institute
more
generally
aims to better the Michigan
economy by providing services
and allocating resources to all
market levels.
Vikesh
Chandrashekar,
project manager of the First
Customer program, said the
Economic
Growth
Institute
improves
the
Michigan
economy
by
engaging
and
supporting
the
many
contributing entities.
“The
economic
growth
institute, the way I like to
describe it, is an outward
facing
institute
at
the
University where we work with
regional companies and try to
bolster the economy that way,”
Chandrashekar said. “There’s
three facets of our engagement.
One is through working with
manufacturing
companies,
another one is working with

technology
ventures
and
entrepreneurs and the third is
doing research that guides this
kind of work as well.”
Chandrashekar also spoke
on the specific purpose of the
First Customer project as a

major
supporter
of
the
technology
economy
in
Michigan, helping to bring
new company’s products to
market in the most efficient
and successful way.
“We
work
with
technology
companies
in helping them get their
customers,” Chandrashekar
said. “Technology ventures
here
in
Michigan
are
heavy in technical talent,
but where they might be
lacking is in their sales
and marketing capability…
We’re trying to provide
them assistance, connect
them
to
the
resources
in the state in terms of
consultants.”
Mary
McCardwell,
project
manager
of
the
Small Company Innovation

program, said the goal of this
project has been to develop
and support small businesses
and entrepreneurs with the
necessary resources by forming
partnerships with Michigan’s
15 public universities.
“We
want
to
support
innovation… a lot of innovation
comes from small business, a
lot of jobs are created by small
business,” McCardwell said.
“This particular program was
for
those
small
businesses
specifically
that
were
commercializing tech.”
Paula
Sorrell,
director
of
the
Economic
Growth
Institute, said the programs
were initiated in response to
a statewide demand for jobs
and
economic
revitalization
following a recession seven
years ago.
“The
state
needed
to
diversify the economy — so
much of it was heavily reliant
on the automotive industry and
really the universities were
such a huge asset for the state
to be able to leverage those
into helping small companies
and to helping get innovative
companies launched,” Sorrell
said. “That was why it was
really important to create it in
the first place.”
LSA
sophomore
Joshua
Burg, a political science and
economics major, shared his
thoughts on the importance of
cross University collaboration
and the high educational value
for everyone involved in such
an opportunity.
“I think fostering cooperation
between universities is one
of the key aspects of being in
a university,” Burg said. “It’s
how we can first of all learn…
by working together towards a
common goal and that common
goal being altruistic, we can
both follow a moral mission
while also furthering our own
experiences
and
knowledge
within economics.”

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University stands by women in slander suit

Nov. 24, 1987
The
University’s
executive
officers
yesterday reaffirmed their
support for two women
being
sued
for
slander
by
a
visiting
professor
in what has become a
landmark case testing the
University’s
commitment
to its five-year old “Tell
Someone” program.
The
program
was
designed
to
encourage
victims
of
sexual
harassment
to
report
incidents.
However,
this is the first time a

complaintants’ charge has
been challenged with a
slander suit, and University
officials decided to offer
legal aid. The slander suit
stemmed from a student
who
charged
that
she
was sexually assaulted by
Dutch author and writer-
in-residence
Thomas
Rosenboom in September.
Rosenboom
filed
a
defamation
suit
against
the woman as well as
University Sexual Assault
Counselor Kata Issari.
Rosenboom
said
the
women slandered him by

telephoning
Germanic
Languages
Department
chair Robert Kyes, his boss.
Rosenboom will stand trial
for fourth degree criminal
sexual conduct December
21.
He would not comment
on
the
case.
Although
University
officials
promised legal aid to the
student and counselor, on
Friday
the’
University’s
Board of Regents called
for a review, prompted
by Regent Neil Nielsen’s
(R-Brighton) concern about
high legal costs and the

University’s responsibility
to provide legal aid in
“private litigation.”
Students, faculty, staff,
and community members
protested
the
review
saying
the
University’s
“Tell Someone” program
would be worthless if the
University did not “stand
behind” it with legal aid.
University
President
Harold
Shapiro
stymied
protestor’s
fears
by
reaffirming
the
University’s
commitment
to
victims
of
sexual
harassment.

“While we are studying
the matter, as the Regents
have
requested,
the
University will continue
to
observe
the
present
practice which is to defend
employees who may come
under legal attack as a
result of the performance
of their duties or following
existing policy such as the
‘Tell Someone’ program.
“I want to emphasize
that
the
University
remains fully committed
to combatting racial and
sexual
harassment
and
to
the
‘Tell
Someone’

program,” Shapiro said in
a press release.
The
regents
can,
however,
overturn
a
decision
made
by
the
executive officers. While
Shapiro met with executive
officers
behind
locked
doors
early
yesterday
morning
to
review
the
decision
to
represent
the
women,
about
30
University
protestors
pounded
on
doors
and
chanted
against
the
regents’ review request.

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“We want
to support
innovation…
a lot of
innovation
comes from
small business,
a lot of jobs are
created
by small
business.”

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