Clemson hosts Southeastern Universities CFR Officers Annual Meeting
February 10, 2016
On February 4-5, 2016, the Southeastern Universities Corporate and Foundation Relations group came to Clemson for its annual meeting. Over 50 CFR officers from 16 universities came to Clemson for the meeting, including Auburn, Campbellsville University, Clayton State University, Clemson University, Emory University, Georgia Tech, Furman University, Kennesaw State University, University of Alabama, University of Florida, University of Georgia, University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee. Clemson, the University of South Carolina and the University of Tennessee co-hosted the meeting, which included three working sessions on a variety of CFR-related topics, and an industry panel during lunch with representatives Susie Adams from Duke Energy Foundation, Cheryl Smith Wiggins from Fluor, and Ted Creech from AT&T.
The theme of the industry panel was “Value-Added Partnerships,” and the various corporate representatives discussed the ways that universities and corporations can work together to tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges. These partnerships must exhibit value to both the university and the corporation in order to be successful.
Through the sessions presented at the meeting, CFR partners from across the Southeast were able to come together to collaborate and learn new ways to create successful partnerships between their Universities and leading corporations.