BEC COVID-19 RESOURCE PAGE
“The Business Engagement Center model is widely recognized as defining the leading edge of integrated corporate relations practice.”
Ed Krause
Ford Motor Company
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Increase in corporate research awards at U-M over the past decade
$ Million in corporate investment in FY19
Corporate visits hosted by our office in FY19
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Connecting corporate diversity initiatives with those of the University of Michigan is a strategic priority at the BEC.
Events
Diversity and Inclusion: Bonuses, Margins and Systems
June 24, 2020 Virtual Event, 8 AM
This session will address how effective diversity and inclusion policies must be core missions of organizations and requires moving the entire system to address disparities in wealth, health, education, and safety.
Automotive Research Center Annual Program Review
May 14-15, 2020 Virtual Event
The annual event brings together members of the automotive research community from across academia, government and industry to share our latest research developments. It is an opportunity to discuss Army-relevant efforts, and to leverage and transfer these efforts to industry.
News
U-M Student Awarded Ford Alan Mulally Scholarship
University of Michigan student Alex Thayer is one of ten national recipients of the annual Alan Mullaly Scholarship. Named after former the Ford Motor Company CEO, the scholarship is funded by the Ford Motor Company and the Ford Motor Company Fund in his honor. Thayer...
Amazon makes corporate gift to U-M philanthropic venture fund
June 23, 2020 Contact: Jeff Karoub jkaroub@umich.edu Amazon is contributing $200,000 to the Accelerate Blue Fund, a University of Michigan philanthropic venture fund—representing the first corporate gift received by the fund that aims to help develop and commercialize...
U-M industry partners are helping lead the way through crisis
By Stella Wixom, Senior Executive Director Our team at the University of Michigan Business Engagement Center was founded over 12 years ago to create a centralized place for companies to access the university. We work tirelessly to match priorities of individual...
Success Stories
Read about the impact of industry and university connections in our case studies, white papers, faculty features, and corporate engagement articles.