Sustainability Collaboration Open opportunities for partnerships around energy and sustainability initiatives, leveraging Illinois State University's growing focus on renewable energy projects, microgrid learning labs, and collaboration with utility partners to offer joint programs, research, and workforce development.

Expansion & Infrastructure Leverage upcoming investments in the Science Complex and campus facilities to cross-sell facilities management, IT infrastructure, and integration services, aligning with their capital projects and modernization strategy.

Tech & Data Analytics Position analytics and cloud-enabled solutions by highlighting the university’s technology stack usage (Power BI, Kubernetes, Ansible, SharePoint) to streamline reporting, data governance, and institutional optimization across departments.

Open Access Momentum Capitalize on the Milner Library Open Access Publishing Support program and related cost-saving outcomes to offer library services, digital publishing support, and scholarly communication tools for cost containment and broader dissemination.

Talent & Workforce Target faculty and staff expansion with HR, learning, and digital workplace tools to support onboarding, training, and performance management as the university scales headcount and enhances student outcomes.