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Growth Policies Board has partnered with the Southern Consortium
of University Public Service Organizations (SCUPSO) to improve
the quality of policy-making and government management in the region.
Southern Growth and SCUPSO collaborate to produce toolkits, publications
and teaching aids that are used by SCUPSO member institutions in
providing training and counsel to more than 35,000 local, state
and regional government and nonprofit leaders each year.
Organized in 1979, SCUPSO supports university-based
public service institutes in their efforts to assist state and
local governments on a range of contemporary issues of importance.
SCUPSO facilitates networking, information exchange, and collaboration
among its 40 member institutions.
SCUPSO's 2009-2010 Officers are:
- President: Jeff Michael, Director, Urban Institute, UNC-Charlotte
- Vice President/President-Elect: Ann Cotten, Director, Schaefer Center for Public Policy, University of Baltimore
- Improving policy making by providing credible
research and evaluation information.
- Improving government management practices
through research, training and technical assistance.
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Developing leadership skills among city, county,
state and regional government and nonprofit leaders.
SCUPSO 2011 Directors' Fall Meeting
SCUPSO 2011 Annual Conference
SCUPSO 2010 Directors' Fall Meeting
SCUPSO 2010 Annual Conference
SCUPSO
2009 Director's Spring Meeting
SCUPSO Members Discuss Rural Entrepreneurship via Webinar
Rural entrepreneurship was the focus of a November 8, 2010 webinar that brought together members of the Southern Consortium of University Public Service Organizations (SCUPSO). Highlights of the webinar included an opening presentation on the importance of rural entrepreneurship, followed by an overview of rural entrepreneurship programs at two SCUPSO member institutes: the CREST program in Tennessee and the Center for Entrepreneurship at Ohio University. Featured speakers included:
- Monica Doss, former Director of Entrepreneurship, Kauffman Foundation and President, Council for Entrepreneurial Development
- Michael Wilcox, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee
- Beth Phillips, Economic Development Specialist, Institute for Public Service, University of Tennessee
- Lynn Gellermann, Director, Center for Entrepreneurship, Ohio University
Click here to listen/view the presentations.
(Note: there will be about 4 minutes of silence at the beginning of the recording. You can use the tool bar to fast forward to the starting point.)
Click here to download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation.
For more information on the Southern Consortium
of University Public Service Organizations, contact Linda Hoke at lhoke@southern.org. |
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