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Technology Center Opens At UL Lafayette Research Park

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CGI Federal recently celebrated the dedication of its 50,000-square-foot information technology center that serves as an anchor for the 143-acre University of Louisiana at Lafayette Research Park. million higher education initiative led by UL Lafayette. Photo: CGI). A key part of the project includes a state-funded, 10-year, $4.5

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IBM Breaks Ground On New Technology Center In Baton Rouge, LA

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The project will create 800 new direct jobs, and LED estimates the project will result in an additional 542 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 1,300 new permanent jobs in the Capital Region of Louisiana. To fast-track growth, LSU’s College of Engineering will launch the “Geaux Digital Louisiana” consortium. King Alexander.

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IBM Announces Creation Of 800-Job Technology Center In Downtown Baton Rouge

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IBM Services Center: Baton Rouge is the result of an innovative, public-private partnership that will include expanded higher-education programs related to computer science as well as a major new riverfront development that will accelerate the revitalization of downtown Baton Rouge. degrees in computer science awarded annually.

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Baton Rouge Named No. 1 Metro For Economic Growth Potential In Business Facilities 9th Annual Rankings Report

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing its strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors,” said BF Editor in Chief Jack Rogers. The new tech center will provide IBM’s clients in the U.S.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Louisiana’s capital has had great success in executing the state’s strategy of bringing together business and higher education in innovative public-private partnerships that spur initiatives in new high-growth sectors. To fast-track program growth, LSU’s College of Engineering will launch the “Geaux Digital Louisiana” consortium.

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Workforce Training: Engineering A Skilled Workforce

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Here’s the good news: most of the states (and the federal government) got the memo (Workforce Training is Job One) and they are moving aggressively to put in place innovative and highly effective workforce training programs that put forward-thinking businesses and higher education resources on the same team. VIRGINIA’S TRADITION OF TRAINING.

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FEATURE STORY: 2014 Economic Development Awards

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According to the program website, START-UP NY is geared to give businesses access to resources of world-class higher education institutions, including industry experts and advanced research laboratories. It has a learning program for students at Calhoun Community College and has recently launched a mobile unit to demonstrate robotics.

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