Economic Development Grant for the Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award
About the Program
The Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award is designed to highlight successful partnerships and to further cultivate the higher learning environment through State Regents’ Economic Development Grants.
Institutions involved in these partnerships provide $500 in other financial support AND receive a matching $500 State Regents’ Economic Development Grant that is applied to either:
- The tuition of an employee of the business being recognized.
- A paid internship for a current student of the institution to work at the business being recognized.
- A faculty externship with the business being recognized.
- Enhancement of the partnership with additional equipment, materials or supplies.
Submissions are provided by the institutions and reviewed by a committee of State Regents’ staff to insure the integrity of the program. Only one partner summary is allowed per institution, with a maximum of 27 annual recognitions if each of the 27 public higher education institutions submits a partner to be recognized. Through outside sponsorship, the State Regents provide one plaque of recognition to honor the business partner and institution leaders for their outstanding partnership. They receive the plaque of recognition at a reception that is held in the spring of each year.
2023 Recipients
The 27 partnerships listed below were recognized for 2023.
- Cameron University and Fires Innovation Science and Technology Accelerator
- Carl Albert State College and the Cherokee Nation Child Development Program
- Connors State College and the Cherokee Nation Nursing/Career Ladder Program
- East Central University and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma
- Eastern Oklahoma State College and The Puterbaugh Foundation
- Langston University and ImageNet Consulting
- Murray State College and the Chickasaw Nation
- Northeastern A&M College and the Wyandotte Nation
- Northeastern State University and the Cherokee Nation
- Northern Oklahoma College and the Allen Family Charitable Foundation
- Northwestern Oklahoma State University and FORVIS
- Oklahoma City Community College and the City of Oklahoma City
- Oklahoma Panhandle State University and Seaboard Foods
- Oklahoma State University and Continental Resources
- Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology and Xalter
- Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City and Bear Cognition
- Redlands Community College and Coleman Television
- Rogers State University and Saint Francis Health System
- Rose State College and Delaware Resource Group
- Seminole State College and the Avedis Foundation
- Southeastern Oklahoma State University and Durant Industrial Authority
- Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Delaware Resource Group
- Tulsa Community College and Cox Communications
- University of Central Oklahoma and Tinker Air Force Base
- University of Oklahoma and The Boeing Company
- University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and the City of Chickasha
- Western Oklahoma State College and Altus Air Force Base
Past Recipients
Information on past recipients is available at the links below.
2022 Recipients
2021 Recipients
2020 Recipients
2019 Recipients
2018 Recipients
2017 Recipients
2016 Recipients
2015 Recipients
2014 Recipients
2013 Recipients
2012 Recipients
2011 Recipients
2010 Recipients
2009 Recipients
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2007 Recipients
2006 Recipients
