The Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award is designed to encourage existing businesses with a presence in Nebraska to create partnerships and links with the University of Nebraska in the area of technology.

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2010 Recipient

Xpanxion, LLC -- Paul Eurek, founder and CEO



University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced that the 2010 recipient of the Walter Scott Entrepreneurial Business Award is Xpanxion, LLC, an Atlanta-based technology consulting and outsourcing company with a Nebraska Active Quality Center located in Kearney.

Xpanxion has partnered with the University of Nebraska in a number of ways. For example, the company provides internships for students that turn into full-time jobs after the students graduate; previous interns are now advancing into leadership positions within the company. Xpanxion also has worked with UNK to develop a software quality assurance course to give students skills they need to be competitive in the workforce, and has sponsored a scholarship program to help students with technology interests attend college. Xpanxion’s founder, Paul Eurek, delivered the keynote address at UNK’s winter 2006 commencement ceremony, and has worked with the University and community to encourage entrepreneurship and economic development in Central Nebraska.

Xpanxion plans to use its award money to provide more training opportunities for its current student interns and UNK students. This will equip students with software skills they might not otherwise learn in the traditional classroom, increase their earning potential and make their jobs less likely to be outsourced. Xpanxion also plans to bring an instructor into town for a multi-day software training course, to which current and prospective interns and others would be invited.

“Xpanxion’s work in Nebraska is a great example of a public-private collaboration that benefits the University, the company and the community,” Milliken said. “By offering internships and jobs to our students, collaborating with our faculty to develop new courses and bringing technology experts to Nebraska, Xpanxion has shown how public-private partnerships can move the state forward.”