For the spring partnership exploration event, CEHD, with Ryan Warren as the point person, has organized a site visit to Infinite Campus (IC) on Tuesday, April 19, from 2 to 5 p.m. and all interested CEHD faculty and staff are invited to attend. IC is a local, innovative K12 Student Information System (SIS) company interested in deeper research relationships with the University and CEHD. Over the last couple of years, the college has solidified a partnership between IC and the Learning Informatics Lab (LIL), so the beginnings of an interesting partnership from which to build are established. For those whose research or interests align, please consider attending. Items you can expect at the site visit include:

• A building tour and company introduction with the founder and CEO of IC—Charlie Kratsch
• Identification of the company’s mission/vision, customer base, technical stack, K12 and other government agency relationships
• Identification of current work and a discussion of company/faculty research interests
• Socializing with faculty members from multiple CEHD departments/centers and potentially other colleges within the University

IC will provide refreshments for all attendees. Desired outcomes for CEHD faculty are:

1. A deeper understanding of IC and the research direction of the company
2. Introduction to key members of the company to allow for deeper exploration or follow-up post event
3. Stronger awareness of the research of other CEHD faculty whose interests align and may result in collaboration, potentially with IC datasets or research interests
   If you are interested in attending, please complete this brief form by Thursday, March 31. If you have any questions, or are interested but the date and time do not work for you, please email Ryan Warren directly at rwarren@umn.edu. More information provided by Infinite Campus is below:

Infinite Campus is a Minnesota-based education technology company founded in 1993. Our platform manages student and staff data for more than 2,100 local educational agencies serving 8 million K-12 students across 45 states, and we provide data collection and management services for 6 state educational agencies. Our dataset includes 130 million student-years of demographic, enrollment, program, behavior, health, schedule, attendance, curriculum, and assessment information. In addition to strong local and state K-12 relationships, we also have ongoing research and development partnerships with funders like the Institute for Education Sciences, National Science Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Schmidt Futures. This includes a strong partnership with the University of Minnesota, whose postdoctoral researchers at the Learning Informatics Lab are visiting scholars embedded at Infinite Campus.