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South Denver Market Opportunity

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South Denver is Colorado’s Corporate Capital

• Innovation and collaboration propels opportunity
• 7 Fortune 500 Companies
• Home to significant large and international company corporate

headquarters

• 40 million square feet of office space
• 200,000 employees & 20,000 businesses
• 30% of the entire state’s economic input
• The country’s second busiest general aviation airport
• Highest concentration of high tech and corporate workforce in

the region

• Top 10 companies in each of Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson

County currently employ 56,030 individuals

• Between Q3 2013 and Q3 2014, employment rose by 7,500

jobs or 3.7%

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Aerospace

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Aviation

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Bioscience

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Broadband

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Construction

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Engineering

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Finance and Insurance

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Healthcare & Wellness

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Hospitality

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Information Technology

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Manufacturing

South Denver industry sectors are a great match to CU expertise

Source: A/D Works, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, Denver South EDP, Colorado Department of Labor

South Denver Demographics

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Expanding Population

• Growing high-earning population seeks quality

education, quality culture and quality community engagement

• Between 2015 and 2030 48.85% of total

estimated growth in Metro Denver area will be located in Arapahoe, Douglas and Jefferson Counties

• High median household income
• Growing population of young professionals that

make up 1/3 of the total population

• Educational attainment level significantly higher

than national averages (age 25+)

Source: A/D Works, Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation, Denver South EDP, Colorado Department of Labor

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Arapahoe County (23,810 employed in top 10)

• Comcast Corporation- 4,490
• CenturyLink- 3,610
• Great West- 2,640
• Raytheon Company- 2,360
• HealthONE: Swedish Medical Center- 2,230
• Kaiser Permanente- 2,010
• Centura Health: Corporate Headquarters & Littleton

Adventist Hospital- 1,780

• HealthONE: Medical Center of Aurora- 1,690
• United Launch Alliance (ULA)- 1,500
• Arrow Electronic- 1500

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Douglas County (13,130 employed in top 10)

• Charles Schwab- 2,400
• DISH Network- 2,010
• CH2M- 1,660
• HealthONE: Sky Ridge Medical Center- 1,220
• Western Union- 1,210
• Centura: Parker Adventist Hospital- 1,110
• IHS, Inc.- 980
• Specialized Loan Servicing LLC- 940
• VISA Debit Processing Services- 820
• TriZetto Corporation- 780

South Denver Market Opportunity:

Global Companies Seeking Innovative & Educated Talent

Source: Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation Revised May 2015 Red Bold = CU South Denver developing partnerships

Corporate Market Needs

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A highly qualified and skilled workforce

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A thriving diverse talent pool and workforce

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STEM fields expertise

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Talent with 21st century abilities and dispositions beyond field expertise

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Educational models that prepare an innovative workforce with experience and applied skills

CU South Denver: Fall 2014 – Fall 2015 Tailwinds

Fall 2014 Spring 2015 Summer 2015 Fall 2015 Courses held 16 23 22 25 Courses cancelled 8 16 7 Student headcount 117 166 183 233 Course enrollments 285 325 254 587 Schools/Colleges represented 6 7 7 8 CU Campuses represented 2 2 3 4

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Denver Campus Boulder Campus Colorado Springs Campus Anschutz Campus CU Collaboration

1 MBA 1 MA 1 Principal Licensure 3 Successful Certificates 21 courses offered F14-15* 1 MBA 1 Mini-Law School 11 courses offered F14-15* Project Lead the Way 4 courses offered F14-15* 1 BS Nursing 1 Wilderness Medicine courses/program 1 Mini-med School Collaboration Committee Academic Strategy Film Committee Exhibitions Museum Programs K12 Programs Library support Network

• School of Business
• College of Arts & Media
• School of Public Affairs
• College of Engineering

and Applied Science

• College of Liberal Arts &

Sciences

• College of Architecture

and Planning

• School of Education and

Human Development

• College of Arts &

Sciences

• Leeds School of

Business

• Law School
• College of

Engineering and Applied

• Science, College
• f Letters Arts &

Science

• College of

Nursing

• Colorado School of

Public Health,

• School of Medicine
• Nursing School
• Denver
• Boulder
• Colorado Springs
• Anschutz

* F14-15 = Fall 2014 – Fall 2015; some courses were cancelled

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CU South Denver Tailwinds: Culture and Community

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112,000 visitors to CU South Denver to visit museum or attend an event

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460 K-12 and other group visits to Museum, a 45% increase from 2014

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11,769 people attended a CU South Denver K-12 program

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92 Outdoor Education programs offered, 4,226 attendees

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Renovated Cafe

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Created 12 new gallery spaces throughout CU South Denver

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50 engaged docents and volunteers, collectively served over 4,000 hours

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463 rental and catering events, of which 128 were from a CU campus

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Produced exhibits and programs in collaboration with CU Boulder Museum of Natural History, CU Boulder Art Museum, CU Denver College of Arts and Media, and faculty from CU Denver, CU Boulder, UCCS and CU Anschutz

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CU South Denver Headwinds

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As a 4-campus endeavor, a vision that is supported and shared by the system and campuses, is needed to propel the next phase of growth and determine future state of museum

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Cross-campus academic collaborations are more likely to advance with a clearly articulated and inclusively created academic strategic

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A cohesive, collaborative and transparent approach to marketing, promotion, outreach, and engagement is needed to reduce confusion in the community and support CU succeeding and rising together in South Denver

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Comprehensive marketing plan and strategic messages sent in start-up phase

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Limited resources of schools and colleges

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4 campus level systems for student enrollment, student support systems

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South Denver becoming a “corridor” for higher education – CSU Global, Rocky Vista, Regis University, Metro State University

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Transportation for students from light rail to building

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The CU Enterprise Opportunity

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Incubate and accelerate educational innovation (Competency-based education, earn while learn, South Denver companies and organizations as the teaching and learning environment, badging, applied learning, etc.)

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Propel new programs designed to meet workforce needs and launch CU students into exciting career fields

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Expand high-demand good-match campus programs to CU South Denver

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Collaborate with CU campus units, the community and industry-partners to accelerate educational innovation and opportunity

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Infuse CU content expertise into unique programming offered at CU South Denver – improve lives, inspire lifelong learning, and enhance culture

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Advance economic vitality and innovation of South Denver, Colorado, and the Region through research and applied learning opportunities

By 2020, CU South Denver will be the preeminent innovator of bold, unique, transformative educational programs and cultural experiences in South Metro Denver. By delivering new educational models that are market- centric and built in collaboration with all four CU Campuses, industry and the local community, we will improve lives, inspire life long learning, prepare the needed workforce and accelerate economic vitality.