CH2M HILL announced a partnership with the University of Kansas School of Public Affairs and Administration. The partnership will focuses on three areas:

CH2M HILL will fund competitive grants for faculty research projects, an educational workshop, an internship in city and county leadership for a student in the KU master’s of public administration program and webinars for current KU students as well as the university’s extensive alumni network.

 

CH2M HILL and KU will host a free pre-conference workshop to be held in conjunction with the Alliance for Innovation’s 2012 Transforming Local Government conference in Kansas City, Monday, April 17.  

 

American City & County magazine recently completed a three-part podcast series on collaboration (links below) based in part on the KU-CH2M HILL partnership. The first looks at how one local government fostered a collaborative spirit within its operation, the second examines collaboration at the regional level, while the third looks at how a Colorado city collaborates with other public agencies as well as the private sector to achieve its objectives while keeping its own operations as lean as possible.

For registration and more information, visit the TLG conference website.