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CCEW selected to represent Oklahoma as the winner of the Southern Growth Policies Board 2010 Innovator Award
CCEW
February 2, 2010
NORMAN - The University of Oklahoma's Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth has been selected to represent Oklahoma as the winner of the Southern Growth Policies Board 2010 Innovator Award at a ceremony June 7 in Lexington, Ky.
Administered by OU's Office of Technology Development, the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth commercializes Oklahoma technologies by engaging interdisciplinary students, researchers and entrepreneurial mentors to strengthen and diversify Oklahoma's and the nation’s economy through the nurturing of technology-based enterprise.
"The University of Oklahoma is proud to be recognized by the Southern Growth Policies Board for its catalytic economic impact on Oklahoma and the Southern region. OU's Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth provides a unique environment for faculty, students and alumni to combine their talents around OU innovation to strengthen the global competitiveness of our region and nation," said Daniel Pullin, university vice president for strategic planning and technology development.
Through an internship program and a mentor-in-residence program, CCEW participants engage in entrepreneurial outreach and commercialization activities. Since its creation in 2006, the center's commercialization teams have launched new companies, created intellectual property, written award-winning business plans, and attracted more than $4 million of funding to propel Oklahoma technologies forward.
Each year, the Southern Growth Policies Board honors Southern initiatives that are improving economic opportunities and quality of life in the region. The 2010 awards recognize creative initiatives in the region that not only are aimed at helping communities recover from the recession, but are also proactive, with the goal of helping communities better reposition themselves with a stronger economy in the future.
This year's conference, hosted by Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, will carry the theme "Driving the Next 20 Years: Creating the New Automotive Industry in the South."
Southern Growth Policies Board is a non-partisan public policy think tank based in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The board develops and advances visionary economic development policies by providing a forum for partnership and dialog among a diverse cross-section of the region's governors, legislators, business and academic leaders and the economic- and community-development sectors. Members include 13 Southern states.
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