•Skole and Gage develop the Strategic Partnership Grant Proposal and submit to Administration
•Proposal Title: Pattern to Process: Development of a Signature Program in Land Use and Land Cover Change (an Interdisciplinary Environmental Research Initiative at Michigan State University
•SPG awarded to Gage and Skole
•Administration establishes Manley Miles Building as the focal point for the Enterprise Zone
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•Skole and Gage establish protocols for the Enterprise and Skole directs transformation of the Enterprise Zone to embody the Land Use and Land Cover change thrust
•Gage encouraged to move program in Natural Science to Manley Miles
•Computational Ecology and Visualization Laboratory (CEVL) established by Gage
•SPG Advisory Committee established to guide development of the Enterprise (Skole, Gage Corey, Groop, Stevenson, Maurer)
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