November 9, 2010
News Release
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana University’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement (OVPE) has launched a new blog as part of a comprehensive and interactive social media strategy designed to serve as a key component of the Innovate Indiana initiative.
The new blog, created to engage and converse with IU faculty and staff, Indiana business leaders and IU alumni on matters related to economic development and technology commercialization, will be hosted by a number of IU officials, including Bill Stephan, who served as president and CEO of the Indianapolis Private Industry Council before becoming IU’s vice president for engagement in 2007, IU Assistant Vice President for University Relations and Engagement Kirk White, and Tony Armstrong, president and CEO of Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. (IURTC).
“Innovate Indiana is our description for the ways in which Indiana University is channeling our vast institutional resources to strengthen the Hoosier economy,” Stephan said in making the announcement.
The new blog is designed as a gateway for faculty and staff to converse, share and engage with each other, but it was also created with the external business community in mind. Ideally, the blog will become a key information hub for economic development and technology commercialization activities at IU and in the state. IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement is the central point of contact for Innovate Indiana.
Some of the first topics discussed at the newly launched site include a look at the Southeast Indiana business community asset know as the IU Regional Economic Development Resource Center (REDRC), based at IU Southeast, and also the IU Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development (CREED), which was created as a tool to effectively connect all IU campuses and the communities they serve.
Source: Indiana University
