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Press Releases

12/8/2011 - Alfabet makes million dollar donation to EA Center

12/8/2011 - Cameron is invited speaker at World CIO Forum

11/30/2011 - Wirpo conference charts the future of EA Center at Penn State

9/28/2011 - Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO) signs charter

7/29/2011 - Pinnacle Business Group donates $3.2 million to Penn State Center for Enterprise Architecture

6/1/2011 - Armstrong Process Group donates 9 Million to the Center for Enterprise Architecture

5/6/2011 - Dr. Cameron was recently awarded the Career Achievement Award from The Network Professional Association

4/15/2011 - Architecture & Governance Magazine publishes article on the Center for Enterprise Architecture

02/14/2011 - Enterprise Architecture professional organizations launch FEAPO

1/19/2011 - Center for Enterprise Architecture Launched!

09/27/2010 - Enterprise Architecture Group 2nd Annual Meeting

10/7-9/2009 - Gartner publishes article on Enterprise Architecture Initiative

09/28/2009 - EA Advisory Group September Kick-off Meeting was a great success!

Industry Association Partners

The Business Architects Association

The Object Management Group

Education Level

The Educational Level membership provides the following benefits to partnering organizations:

Ability to influence the future of enterprise architecture education at multiple levels (undergraduate, graduate, and professional education)
Ability to contribute to the continuing evolution of the enterprise architecture discipline
Early access to research findings and reports

Members at the education level will receive pre-publication copies of all research publications generated by the center (at least one month prior to publication)

Participation in curricular design discussions for the professional masters, undergraduate degree, and professional development courses

The current educational working committees will become part of the EA research center. Working groups in master, undergraduate, and professional development education will continue efforts in these areas

Exposure to undergraduate students with an interest in enterprise architecture

Education level members will get first access to speaking with these students as well as other undergraduate engagement opportunities

Virtual guest lecturing opportunities in the online professional masters program

Education level members will get first access to virtual guest speaking opportunities in various courses within the EA professional master program
Members will also get exclusive opportunities to submit topical video clips to be used in online graduate and undergraduate courses

Sponsorship of EA capstone projects for the undergraduate program

Members will get first opportunity to sponsor capstone EA undergraduate projects. The $2,500 project fee will be waived for one project per year for members. More information on the capstone project model can be found at: http://ea.ist.psu.edu/consulting.php

Special consideration in the recruiting of undergraduate EA students

Our career services unit will provide customized assistance in the recruiting of undergraduate EA students to member companies

National recognition as a thought leader in enterprise architecture curriculum development

We will provide several opportunities per year for public recognition of our members in the form of press releases and magazine and journal articles

Preference for employees from participating organizations that are interested in the limited enrollment online professional masters program and professional development courses

Employees from member corporations will receive first enrollment privileges in our limited enrollment masters course and professional development courses

The opportunity to network with other leading EA professionals from around the globe
Participation in annual meeting and networking event held at University Park

Research Level

The Research Level membership provides ALL of the benefits of the Education Level membership plus these additional benefits:

Ability to participate in a unique EA research center that has direct linkages with educational efforts and bridges a variety of types of organizations, industries, and perspectives
Ability to influence the direction of EA research at IST

Research level members have voting rights on the priorities and directions of the research streams of the center. We intend to explore four to six research streams per year

First access to research findings and reports

Research members have first access to research data, early analysis of data, report drafts and final research reports/papers. The research members collectively decide when to release research reports to members at the education level and the overall community

Exclusive access to research tools and software

Research members have exclusive access to all research tools, templates, and software developed by the center

Participation in virtual and face-to-face research meetings

We intend to have at least two meetings of the research level members per year and several virtual events during the year. Locations of the face-to-face meetings may vary and will be determined by the overall research group. Organizations participating in individual research streams may meet at other times during the year as needed

Joint research, publishing, and presentation opportunities with IST center faculty

Research findings from individual research streams will be jointly published with IST faculty and individuals from organizations participating in a particular research stream. The faculty and individuals working in a particular research stream will determine appropriate outlets for publications and presentations of the research from the stream

National recognition as a thought leader in enterprise architecture research

We will provide several opportunities per year for public recognition of our research members in the form of press releases, magazine and journal articles, and various books

Exposure to graduate students with an interest in enterprise architecture

Research members will gain exposure to masters and PhD students with an interest in the field of enterprise architecture

Access to EA undergraduate honors research students

Research members will get first access to undergraduate honors students with EA research interests. Students will be matched with members to conduct honors thesis research at no charge to the member corporation. Honors research projects typically are one to two years in duration

Non-Profit Level - Complimentary

Non-profit industry associations and government agencies receive complimentary, non-voting membership. These organizations are involved in the research and education discussions and their input is considered. However, they enjoy limited, non-voting membership benefits. In return for this membership, these organizations agree to consider providing access to their organizations and/or members when needed for research related data collection as well as complimentary memberships (if applicable) for EA center faculty.

The limited benefits of the complimentary membership include:

Ability to influence the future of enterprise architecture education at multiple levels (undergraduate, graduate, and professional education)
Ability to contribute to the continuing evolution of the enterprise architecture discipline
Ability to participate in a unique EA research center that has direct linkages with educational efforts and bridges a variety of types of organizations, industries, and perspectives
Ability to influence the direction of EA research at IST
Access research findings and reports when publically published
Participation in curricular design discussions for the professional masters, undergraduate degree, and professional development courses
National recognition as a thought leader in enterprise architecture curriculum development and research
The opportunity to network with other leading EA professionals from around the globe
Participation in virtual and face-to-face education and research meetings
Participation in annual meeting and networking event held at University Park

In-Kind Donations

Corporations that wish to donate software, hardware, subscriptions, content, and other in-kind items may receive a percentage discount on the yearly membership fee. The percentage of the discount, as well as the duration of the discount, will be based upon an assessment of the unique and direct value of the donation specific to the mission of the center and will be determined in consultation with an appointed advisory committee.