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SUCCESS STORY: Majoring in Michigan entrepreneurship
By The Center for Michigan - February 25, 2010

By Jo Mathis

Small businesses employ half of the private workforce and generate about 70 percent of the country's new jobs each year.
Q&A: Sean Mann on Saving Michigan
February 10, 2010/Time-The Detroit Blog

Who would want to save Michigan? Plenty of people, it turns out.

One of them is 29-year-old Sean Mann, founder of “Let's Save Michigan,” a web site, blog and much more.
To Gain Jobs, Michigan Must Get Smart, Not Try the Same Old Strategies Again
February 1, 2010/The Grand Rapids Press
Please, dear citizens, disabuse yourselves of the notion that reforming state government and reinvigorating manufacturing by themselves will restore Michigan's fortunes.

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MPA Student Writes Million Dollar Grant to Help Michigan Workers
November 24, 2009/News at OU

Graduate student Bernice Kerner wrote a million dollar grant to help Michigan workers.
Bernice Kerner is putting her school skills to work in the real world in a big way. The Oakland University graduate student recently earned a million dollar grant to help older, laid off workers in Southeastern Michigan reenter the workforce.
Wayne State University and Community Partners Lead Charge to Extend Broadband Wireless in Midtown and Low-income Areas
November 11, 2009/Wayne State University Public Relations

DETROIT - As part of the Community Telecommunications Network (CTN), Wayne State University is providing the technical, strategic and systems support to provide Internet access for residents in two low-income Detroit neighborhoods.
MSU Leads Regional Effort to Retrain Workers for New IT Jobs
November 18, 2009/MSU News

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nearly 40 mid-Michigan workers have gained new skills and employment in information technology, thanks to a partnership between Michigan State University, work force development agencies and area technology businesses.