NJIT Newsroom tagged with "economic development"

NJIT's Santasieri To Speak on Transportation Investments

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Colette Santasieri, director of strategic initiatives at NJIT, will be a speaker at the Somerset County Business Partnership’s “Showcasing Somerset County's Economic Competitiveness” event being held on June 7.

Tagged: colette santasieri, economic development, strategic initiatives

Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno Visits Enterprise Development Center at NJIT Culminating Statewide Life Sciences Tour

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno today visited the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), culminating her month-long tour of life-science companies across the Garden State. The EDC is home to nearly 90 high-tech and life-science companies.

Tagged: enterprise development center, joel bloom, edc, kim guadagno, patents, edge therapeutics, new jersey economic development authority, lieutenant governor, national business incubation association, life sciences, menssana research, nbia, strategic job growth plan, endomedix, simphotek

Cranes, Bulldozers, Hard Hats Dot NJIT Campus as Building Begins for Village

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT, New Jersey’s science and technology university, is growing not only in faculty and enrollment, but physical size in order to meet the demand for workforce and economic development in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professions.

Tagged: albert dorman honors college, joel bloom, stem, board of trustees, warren street village, board of visitors, mayor cory booker, kathy wielkopolski, campus gateway development project, bot, economic development, alliance for action

Learn How Lifelong Learning Organizations Attract and Retain Good Employees

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

North Jersey Partners will host a free half-day seminar at NJIT to help organizations retain their employees. Entitled “Building a Lifelong Learning Organization: Best Practices from the Frontline,” the free seminar will be held Dec. 3, 2009 at 9 a.m.

Tagged: north jersey partners, newark alliance, workforce innovation in regional economic development grant, jeanne meister, lifelong learning

Entry Deadline Extended to April 17 for Randall Pinkett's Campus CEO Challenge

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Randal Pinkett, PhD, has extended the deadline for the 2nd Annual Campus CEO Challenge to Friday, April 17. The Campus CEO Challenge provides an opportunity for young entrepreneurs currently running their own companies or brainstorming a possible business idea to submit their mini-business plans for a chance to win cash prizes, awards and a business consultation with Dr. Pinkett. The competition will culminate with an awards luncheon on April 30, 2009 at NJIT's Campus Center.

Tagged: campus ceo challenge, randall pinkett, wired grant

NJEDA To Host Edison Innovation Roundtable at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Technology and life sciences-related businesses, service providers, and state universities are invited to attend a roundtable discussion on the financial resources and incentives available to New Jersey's most promising technology companies at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center III. Hosted by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, the Edison Innovation Roundtable will be held on March 30, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Click here to register.

Tagged: enterprise development center, new jersey economic development authority

Panel Talk at NJIT To Focus on Area Female Entrepreneurs

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Interested in starting your own business? Then don’t miss an upcoming round-table discussion at NJIT on March 23, 2009 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.

Tagged: judith sheft, new jersey economic development authority, meagan hopper

Entrepreneurs Wanted for NJIT Workshops About How To Launch a Business

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Have a great idea or invention but don’t know where to turn? Then consider yourself a candidate for an upcoming day of four workshops for first-time entrepreneurs sponsored by the NJIT Enterprise Development Center and the Alumni Association of NJIT.

Tagged: seminar, enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, workshop, research and development, entrepreneur, business, jerry creighton, office of alumni relations, leon baptiste, marge perry

North Jersey Partners Life Long Learning Initiative Kicks Off at NJIT

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Members of the northern New Jersey business, nonprofit and academic communities joined Jeanne C. Meister, founder of the New Learning Playbook blog, to discuss the training and development challenges that employers face in dealing with the new generation of workers on Dec. 11 at NJIT. Meister, an internationally recognized consultant in designing and implementing learning organizations for Fortune 1,000 firms, will be leading this project with Gale Tenen Spak, Associate Vice President, Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT. The group of human resources professionals was convened as part of the North Jersey Partners Life Long Learning Initiative with the goal of transitioning the northern New Jersey area into a continual learning region through training and workforce development. All of the information regarding this project can be found on the North Jersey Partners website.

Tagged: gale tenen spak, workforce development, wired grant, jeanne meister, lifelong learning, workforce innovation in regional economic development grant

NJEDA To Offer Technology Business Tax Transfer Program Workshop at NJIT

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) will host a breakfast workshop that will provide information to prospective applicants seeking assistance through the Technology Business Tax Certificate Transfer Program as well as other EDA financial assistance initiatives, on May 4, 9-11 a.m., at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center III, 211 Warren St., Room 407.

Tagged: enterprise development center, new jersey economic development authority

NJIT To Host Local Innovation Systems and Regional Economic Development Symposium

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500

New findings on successful models for regional economic development will be presented at the Local Innovation Systems and Regional Economic Development Symposium on March 23, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium. For more information, call 973-596-8449.

NJIT EDC To Host NJEDA Funding Program Briefing on Oct. 27

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

The NJIT Enterprise Development Center (EDC) will host a briefing on TECHNIIUM, a new NJ Economic Development Authority funding program that helps early-stage businesses, on Oct. 27, 10-11:30 a.m., EDC III, Room 407. Admission is free. Call Claire Dougherty at 973-643-5740 for travel or parking directions.

Tagged: enterprise development center

Increased Investment in Higher Education Linked to Educational Opportunity and Economic Development

Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0500

The New Jersey Presidents’ Council unanimously approved its FY06 budget policy statement for higher education, stressing that increased investment in higher education is critical for the educational opportunity of New Jerseyans and the economic development of the state. “The driving factor behind this very focused request is the essential link between the social and economic well-being of the state and the well-being of the state’s higher education institutions,” said NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch.

Tagged: educational opportunity program, eop, economic development