Economic Development
FHSU Direct Impact (FHSU growth positively impacts Hays and Western Kansas)
- University employment and expenditures
- Students and employees expenditures
FHSU Quality of Life Impact
- Arts, entertainment, athletics, facilities
- Support of United Way, Hays Arts Council, Hays Medical Center, public and private schools, community innovation due to volunteers and supporters
- Diversity and internationalization
Talent Creation and Workforce Development
- Graduates
- Certificate
- Associate
- Bachelor
- Master
- Doctorate of Nursing
- Important programs targeted toward Kansas needs
- Nursing
- Accounting
- Banking
- Entrepreneurship
- Teachers
- Many more...
- Important programs due to national and international demands for talent
- Graphic Art
- Computer Networking
- Cyber Security
- Entrepreneurship
- Many more...
- Continuing education & non-credit certificates
- Management Development Center
- Kansas Center for Innovative Education
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Support:
- Kansas Small Business Development Network
- FHSU Small Business Development Center
- Network Kansas/Kansas Center for Entrepreneurship
- FHSU Entrepreneurship Efforts
- Learning
- Entrepreneurship Certificate
- Entrepreneurship Minor for Non-Business Majors
- Entrepreneurship Minor for Business Majors
- Entrepreneurship Concentration in Management
- Living
- Freshman business learning community
- Dane G. Hansen Entrepreneurship Scholarship Hall
- Extracurricular and Support
- Entrepreneurship Director and part-time Entrepreneurship Coordinator
- Entrepreneur Direct Lecture Series
- Kansas Startup - 48 hour intensive startup experience
- FHSU Entrepreneurship Challenge - business plan competition
- Business Plan Competition Support - coaching and financial support to participate in regional and national business plan competitions
- Entrepreneurship Internships
- Continuing events - idea sessions, speakers, simulations
- Tours of entrepreneurial businesses and resources
- Entrepreneurship Mentoring Program
- Direct Equity Grant Program for student and recent alumni startups
- Entrepreneur in Residence
- Executive in Residence
- Learning
- Commercialization of FHSU student and faculty ideas
- Use of Network Kansas, SBDC, and campus resources
- Intellectual property protection support (in concept)
- Potential to structure equity through Mid-America Angel Capital Network (Wichita)
Leadership:
- Direct involvement in public and non-profit economic development leadership roles:
- Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development
- Western Kansas Economic Development Alliance (wKREDA)
- Downtown Hays Development Corporation
- State boards (e.g. Governor's task forces, etc.)
- Team Kansas
- National Rural Developers Association (NREDA)
- City Commission - City of Hays
- FHSU has taken significant leadership roles in efforts to attract Enersys, a Cessna manufacturing plant, Sykes Enterprises, and other re-location and expansion initiatives
Research, Services,and Thought Leadership
- Contract Research
- Docking Institute of Public Affairs - Mission: To facilitate effective public policy decision making.
- Management Development Center - Mission: To help your organization be successful by developing your people in ways that improve your organization.
- Grant Funded Research
- Direct Impact on regional topics: e.g. water use, rural adoption of information technology, community health needs, agriculture practices, etc.
- Indirect Impact: research funding that draws funds to FHSU creating employment, expenditures, etc.
- Development of technology that can be commercialized.
- Thought Leadership - white papers, editorials (related to entrepreneurship and economic development), legislative testimony