College/Industry Relationships Benefit All STEMtech - Orlando November 1, 2010 Doug Drabble , Forsyth Tech Community College Richard Hansen, Maricopa Community Colleges

Agenda Why collaborate with industry? Why Collaborate? Life Sciences Training Initiative – Forsyth Tech High Tech Workforce Initiative – Maricopa CCs Who Benefits? Questions

Why collaborate? Build enrollments Donate equipment Gain insight into industry trends Leverage their facilities/equipment Garner their support for grants Increase visibility in the community Validate current curriculum content Provide demand data for new programs Assist in outreach efforts

Who are the clients? K-12: establish outreach programs and events to establish interest in unknown career paths Transitional workers: develop programs that can develop introductory skills for an identified industry Businesses: Establish a network within the identified industry and use them for guidance and support when Incumbent workers: develop programs that can increase the skills of individuals working within the identified industry.

Life Sciences Training Initiative Identify a Need Be specific and have the necessary experience to back the program, get help Support it Ensure that there is adequate funding to make an impact, look externally Deliver Academia and Industry have different timescales, adopt theirs

NCCCS BioNetwork initiative BioNetwork is a state funded organization that supports the life science industry through the 58 community colleges within the state of North Carolina Develop a short course curriculum transferable to anywhere in the state Identified industry experts to support the development of the program

Supported Disciplines Biopharmaceutical Fine & Specialty Chemicals Proteomics Forensic Toxicology Medical Device Clinical Environmental Food Testing Biofuels Cosmetics Pharmaceutical Polymers

Analytical Training Center Idea

Analytical Training Center Idea

Analytical Training Center

Mobile Training Center Idea Tractor and trailer for portable training in advanced analytical systems - anywhere Approx. 650 square feet of training space for analytical equipment or supportive training Looking at options for processing our own biodiesel, analyzing and using it

Student Stats In the last 12 months, 1,350 students have received training through our short courses We offered 94 sponsorships to our courses for college and university students and teachers We are currently working with a schedule for 1,154 students over the next six months We are negotiating programs and contracts for another 7,531 students over the next two year period Our proposed mobile training facility has a maximum potential of supporting an additional 2,300 students annually

Maricopa Community Colleges High Tech Workforce Initiative Catalyst Critical workforce shortages in key industry segments Enrollments in technology programs declined 19% from 2000 to 2006. 2006 High Technology Labor Study Demand for technicians in five key high tech industry segments expect to grow by 24% over the next 2-4 years starting in 2006. Finding and retaining key technical talent is critical challenge National Science Foundation ATE Funded Project Faculty Development Curriculum Development Student (Outreach) Development Faculty Development – aka Industry Based Externship Close the content gap between skills that industries needs and the competencies we are teaching. Two to six week onsite assignments Two to four week curriculum development (module, lab, course)

Maricopa Community Colleges High Tech Workforce Initiative 1.0 Completed 15 faculty externships Sixteen courses/labs created or modified impacting over 1,300 students to date Carbon Sequestration, Field Programmable Gate Arrays, Alternative Energy, Design For Manufacturing, Advanced Logistics,……….. Curriculum Reform Two new programs of study introduced, Alternative Energy (EUN) and Automation Technology (ATP) Twenty-one (21) courses converted to hybrid format Increased technology program enrollments by 3 percent Semester enrollments had continually decreased from 2000 to 2006 HTWI Quarterly Newsletters sent to over 1,200 non-Maricopa recipients Comprehensive District-wide Branding and Marketing Azhightech.com Hardcopy materials, common look and fell Post-externship webinars to further expand visibility of efforts Faculty member awarded 2010 Educator Of the Year by EE (Electronic Engineering) Times Nominated by Industry, based On Externship activity First community college faculty to ever receive the award

Maricopa Community Colleges High Tech Workforce Initiative 2.0 What’s Next – HTWI 2.0 2nd three year NSF funded ATE grant Focus on emerging technologies Mandates crucial input from industry Externships at early adopters, universities, and NSF ATE Centers Adding Secondary faculty and STEM Faculty to externships

Who Benefits Students Industry Parents Career Center staff Faculty Publicly Funded Workforce System Administration Regional and local economic development entities Secondary colleagues

Questions ? Doug Drabble ddrabble@forsythtech.edu www.ncbionetwork.org 336-748-4672 Rick Hansen rick.hansen@domail.maricopa.edu www.azhightech.com 480-731-8204