2018-19 Annual Report
Goal 4: Client & Stakeholders
At the heart of it all is you—our clients and stakeholders. Every day we come to work with a single question in mind: how can we better serve you and the multiple industries across the state of North Carolina.
In 2018–19, IES:
- Utilized internal resources to work more closely with colleagues at the College of Engineering to better execute the mission of the university
- Supported a Client Engagement Team, applying best practices around client interactions
- Implemented Client Care Initiatives to ensure effective preventive or corrective action response to the voice of the client from survey or course evaluations
- Delivered approximately 350 industry fee-for-service projects, utilizing 30 IES Extension Specialists and Regional Managers
- Delivered 113 open enrollment courses, and workshops for a total of 30,810 contract hours, serving 1,500 students
- Offered nine online courses serving 71 virtual students
In all, IES recognized approximately $1.95M in fees for services and $913,305 in open enrollment and professional learning state appropriated receipts.
Product Area |
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Management Systems and Quality: |
$677,640 |
Business Growth and Innovation: |
$82,396 |
Open Enrollment and Online Courses: |
$913,305 |
Environmental Health and Safety: |
$405,967 |
Process Optimization-Manufacturing and Related for Profit: |
$210,527 |
Process Optimization-Health Care, Government, NonProfit: |
$281,331 |
Evaluation Services and Resource Development: |
$147,855 |
Minerals Research Lab: |
$140,800 |
IES was also awarded the following federal grants and contracts during the 2018–2019 calendar year, including:
Government Entity |
Year Awarded |
Award Amount |
Award |
Project Duration |
Susan B. Harwood Training Grant, Disater Preparedness |
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Occupational Safety & |
2018 |
$232,000 |
Grant |
9 mths |
Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center for the State of North Carolina |
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National Institute of |
2018 |
$3,036,183 |
Cooperative Agreement |
1 yr |
United States Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment |
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UPGRADE |
2019 |
$2.6M |
Cooperative Agreement |
1.5 yr |