Urban ReThink has gotten several interns from local colleges, and since we are a nonprofit we were able to get a dozen or so incoming freshmen to do a volunteer day. Our founding director worked at a space years ago that was run by a university - that was a massive train wreck. On Jan 13, 2012 4:52 PM, "Alex Hillman" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Awesome stuff so far - thanks everybody. > > Part of what I'm trying to get a read on is how dependent the relationship > is on the university itself, and for what parts of the arrangements? > > -Alex > > /ah > indyhall.org > coworking in philadelphia > > > On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Derek Neighbors <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Alex, >> >> We have strong relationships with the local university. We regularly >> have student interns work for Gangplank or companies in Gangplank. >> Additionally, we have helped them facilitate a number of capstone projects >> in architecture, business and social entrepreneurship. We have done some >> pop up space events and are scheduling a wide variety of programming around >> startups. We are looking to open a Gangplank adjacent to one of the >> university campuses in the next year that will have a very strong >> partnership with the university on a number of levels. We have also >> partnered with both University and Community Colleges for grants. >> >> -- >> Derek Neighbors >> Gangplank >> >> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Alex Hillman < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I know of more than a handful of coworking spaces that have developed >>> partnerships with local universities. Have any worked directly with the >>> student population? Success/failure stories to share? >>> >>> -Alex >>> >>> /ah >>> indyhall.org >>> coworking in philadelphia >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Coworking" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
