Part 1: South Dakota as Community
Part 2: Audience Statistics
Part 3: Hard Numbers
Part 4: Main Street
Part 5: The Ivory Tower
The Madville Times was among 33 area residents who came the forum on the role of universities in commercialization this afternoon on the DSU campus. As Drs. Knowlton and Chicoine presented their information on the role of university research in promoting local economic development, the Madville Times compiled some stats on the event itself:
- Number of women in the room: 7
- Number of female business owners in the room: 0.
- Number of white men in the audience: 26.
- Number of minority professionals in the audience: 0.
- Percentage of audience comprised of businesspeople: ~20%.
- Percentage of Madison residents in attendance: 0.5%.
- Percentage of Madison residents whose improved economic livelihood may depend on the matters discussed by Drs. Knowlton and Chicoine and on the research their universities conduct: 100%.
- Number of bloggers present: 1.
- Number of cookies consumed by bloggers: 4 (thanks, DSU food service!)
Maybe I should give up professional journalism.
ReplyDeleteWe don't get to eat the cookie.
Journalistic integrity or cookies -- it's a tough choice! Alas, I've given in to my tummy... although I offer my guarantee that my assessment of the forum today was not unduly swayed by the satisfaction of my sweet tooth.
ReplyDelete(Say, I'm not sure, but both Jon Hunter and Elisa Sand might have grabbed a cookie or two as well. Come clean, kids -- did you? ;-) )