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Thursday Session Recordings

2020 Virtual National HBCU Week and Conference Schedule of Events

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Applying for Success- Dream It - Be It: Competitiveness via Federal Arts, Humanities, Culture, and History Opportunities and Partnerships. To promote federal funding opportunities that support HBCUs, four federal agencies will educate participants about grant programs and funding opportunities in the arts, humanities, culture and history fields. Participating agencies include U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities. Participants also will learn the mechanics of applying for a federal grant and how to write a competitive application. Hear from grantees, application review panelists, and federal agency staff to gain an understanding of the dos and don’ts of applying. Participants will have a greater awareness of grant opportunities and what it takes to write a competitive application for federal funding opportunities in the arts, education, culture, humanities, and history.

Discover your place in the Creative Economy. Learn about careers for students in the arts, history and culture space: The arts and cultural sector contributed $804.2 billion or 4.3 percent to the nation’s gross domestic product in 2016 and employed five million wage-and-salary workers who earned $386 billion. Now you can learn about the data and research behind the tracking of the economic impact of arts and culture, the occupations and jobs that are part of this economy, how the creative economy compares to other industries and resources you can use to identify the arts, culture, and humanities industries and jobs in your state. Then, stay tuned to get the inside scoop on internships, scholarships, networking, training, and job opportunities in the arts, culture, humanities, and historic preservation fields. Hear from federal agencies about information that will prepare your students for their dream careers. Find out how your students can step into success with both paid and unpaid internships, what scholarships are available to them, how they can network and meet mentors, and learn how to access jobs in the federal government and with partners in the arts, humanities, culture, and historic preservation fields.

Marketing to the Government – Upgrading Your Federal Contracting Power. The Contract Marketing Workshop helps increase HBCUs participation in Federal contracting opportunities by exposing participants to requirements and expectations that must be met to participate in the Federal contracting process. The workshop is designed to increase HBCUs knowledge of Federal Government contracting and help HBCUs develop strategies that impact the bottom line ̶ “receipt of Federal contract awards.” The workshop panelist will provide HBCUs with guidance on three things they “must know” and “must do” to be successful within the Federal contracting sector, which include: (1) “Best Practices” for marketing and conducting business with Federal agencies; (2) Benefits derived from participating in Mentor-Protégé programs and similar support systems that provide HBCUs with developmental assistance to strengthen their contract competitiveness and performance; and (3) Importance of registering as a vendor on the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Contractor list and correlation between the GSA Contractor list and Federal contract awards. Find additional information here: https://2020hbcucontractingclustertrack.com/

 

High Performance Computing (HPC) Consortium – A Roadmap for HBCUs to Consider in Order to Accelerate Their Competitiveness. A discussion on how HBCUs can gain greater capability and engage in high performance computing to address the inequities they face at their institutions and work toward competitiveness in the technology industry. Their engagement will work toward mitigating the racial and economic divide in under resourced and underserved communities of color.

Leveraging HBCU Consortiums to Cultivate Research and Technology Innovation to Spur Economic Development in Opportunity Zones. Showcase how HBCUs employ their capabilities and leverage regional ecosystems to help underserved communities develop a framework that enables them to build revolutionary wealth. The discussion will be centered on the following topics: developing green, purpose driven businesses; an ecosystem for innovation and wealth building; and building, managing, and investing in tangible and intangible assets.  

 

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White House Initiative on HBCUs

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The Initiative shall work with agencies, private-sector employers, educational associations,
philanthropic organizations, and other partners to increase the capacity of HBCUs to provide the highest-quality education to an increasing number of students.

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  • Executive Order on White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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