Donor CRM Growth Drexel recently announced a historic $112.6M gift from the Howley Foundation and leverages Microsoft Dynamics CRM alongside Blackboard for fundraising and academic delivery. This presents an opportunity to offer advanced donor analytics, CRM optimization, fundraising automation, and integrated campaigns to boost donor engagement and grant management.

Co op Partnerships As a premier co op university, Drexel can expand corporate partnerships for internships and work integrated learning. Propose programs for internship placement platforms, employer branding, and co op program management, leveraging existing tools like Teamwork and Google Cloud for collaboration and reporting.

Research Infrastructure With R1 status and a tech stack including Google Cloud Platform and Oracle Database, Drexel is positioned for advanced research computing and data analytics. Opportunities include cloud based HPC, data lake architecture, secure data governance, and grant management workflows for researchers.

Medical Education Growth The development of a three year MD program signals growth in health education and requires scalable clinical education technology, simulations, and LMS capabilities. Potential fits include medical education software, simulation labs, EHR training platforms, and faculty development tools.

Sustainability Manufacturing Recent funding for solar glass manufacturing research indicates collaboration potential in sustainable manufacturing, materials engineering, and analytics. Propose IoT enabled manufacturing analytics, supply chain optimization, and CAD and PLM tooling partnerships to accelerate scale up.