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As it stands, Colorado State University’s Industry outreach efforts are thorough and diverse. CSU has relationships with many companies in many industries to allow students to keep up with the pulse in the business world. This symbiotic relationship allows students to learn from businesses and for businesses to benefit from the world of academia and student perspectives. For example, CSU and New Belgium Brewing have partnered to teach new brewery classes and the founder of Otterbox has donated over 8 million dollars for the new Richardson Design Center at Colorado State University. CSU also engages in various incubators and start-ups through the Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF) and Venture Validator through the College of Business. There are also collaborations with tech transfer offices, namely, Innosphere Incubation Program, CSU Ventures and Office of Sponsored Programs. Grant writing and legal assistance is provided through the Research Acceleration Office and CoWood Grant Writing Support. In addition, the Dean of the College of Business has an advisory board called the Global Leadership Council. This is a group of the best and brightest minds in business and related fields and they provide a vital link to real-world business. Furthermore, CSU has a list of employers that they partner with in order to improve the collaborative efforts of recruitment and iterations of the job itself. 

= Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts =

Colorado State University is well versed in creating opportunities for facilitating University-Industry collaboration. CSU collaborates with a variety of research centers, industrial parks and industry/mentor networks to help entrepreneurial ventures succeed. A wet lab space is provided by Innosphere Incubation Program, who is an official partner of CSU. The GetWET Observatory provides in-field learning experiences and reaches out to the wider community through means of K-12 education through CSU's Behavioral Sciences College. CSU's partnership with New Belgium Brewery has allowed its Fermentation Science major to flourish and those graduates are able to give back to the community by working in one of Fort Collins' 25 breweries. Entrepreneurial mentoring and advice is offered by Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF) through their program CSU Ventures. The Institute of Entrepreneurship is also an excellent resource for knowledge gathering and application in the real world. 

<span style="font-size:small;">Peer Mentorship Program (Trenton Beeh):<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A big problem I have seen and heard is that there is a disconnection between class levels and students in the same major connecting with one another. School work is challenging, but there is an easier way to be successful. The idea I propose is to have an </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upperclassmen/Peer Mentorship Program </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that focuses on quickly getting younger students to adapt to new semesters.</span></span>

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