University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Priorities:Fordham University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T03:01:58Z

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= <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Strategy 1: Ideate Day (2019 Fellows) =

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Ideate Day: We identified this idea to be our top priority, After discussing as a team, we determined that being allowed the time and space to ideate and collaborate with peers is an enriching experience applicable in any course. We figured that courses at Fordham that assign a group or individual projects will benefit from a day when students can collaborate with their peers to come up with ideas, prototype and gain feedback.</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To make this project a reality, we would need to contact the appropriate Deans (specifically Dean Marisa Villani) and University Provost and provide them with a strong argument as to why an ideate day would prove beneficial for students and professors alike. The next step would be to speak directly to students to evaluate whether our peers believe that an ideate day would add value to their educational experience.</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Logistically speaking, persuading professors to allow time to ideate can prove difficult, especially with educators who are disinclined to modify their syllabi and lesson schedule for such an activity. The goal is to have an ideate day be incorporated in select courses to aid students in their brainstorming stage of their projects resulting in higher quality deliverables. Once professors notice an improvement in the quality of work students have produced, they will see the value in having a day to ideate.</big>

= <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'''Strategy 2:'''Cross-Discipline Innovators Program (2019 Fellows)  =

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cross-Discipline Innovators Program: We have identified the Cross-Discipline Innovators Program as our second priority. This program will draw from all areas of study and assist students in exploring the cutting edge of their field by exposing them to the work of innovators within their discipline and teaching them how they can follow this path.</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This semester-long program is designed for students who have already selected a major/field and requires students to research innovators within this discipline. In weekly meetings, they will engage in a thorough study of the field’s most recent developments and come to a better understanding of the challenges that are currently at play in this discipline. After familiarizing themselves with the ways in which innovators are working within their field and the ways the field is changing, students will learn innovation and entrepreneurship strategies. They will use these strategies (such as design thinking and rapid prototyping) to generate and flesh out an innovative/entrepreneurial idea over the remaining time in the semester. The two main deliverables are an analysis of innovation currently happening in the field and a prototype/report on an innovative idea that the</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This program is designed to expand the definition of innovation and entrepreneurship held by many students by showing that there is innovation happening in every field. By broadening these horizons, students can be alerted to potential career paths that they may not have previously considered and develop new skills that they may not have previously worked on. The project-based model will allow students to immediately put what they learned into action and develop their ideation and prototyping skills.</big>

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 '''<big>Entrepreneurship Podcast: This project is our third priority beneficial because it truly caters towards our target audience: busy entrepreneurial students and students who are curious but too shy to fully commit to participating in I&E conventions. Furthermore, we found the control that we have over this project really appealing. It requires little funding and its implementation does not depend entirely on efforts made by stakeholders. That being said, our goal is, of course, to have their support as it will allow our project to be successful. While our ultimate goal will be to make a change in the way Fordham teaches entrepreneurship: this project, which is attainable and straightforward, will allow us to grow the community of entrepreneurs making it easier and more attractive to implement more courses related to I&E.</big>'''

'''<big>The podcast could host a guest and post an episode every month. The leadership circle would operate quite independently at first and be in charge of finding interested people, curating a list of questions, and hosting the episodes. As we gain traction and popularity, we could form an official club and recruit interested volunteers to continue creating podcast content and organize bi-annual events where students can physically come together and discuss topics related to I&E.</big>'''

'''<big>Finally, this project could be fully integrated within the university by partnering with the college career advisors that could help us find professionals to come and talk on the show. While also using our platform to advertise entrepreneurship and innovation internships and positions. </big> '''

= <big><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Strategy 4: Venture Network (2019 Fellows) </big> =

'''<big>Venture Network: We have identified the Venture Network as our fourth strategic priority because we feel that it may not have as much of an impact on students as some of the other strategic priorities will. Also, it could be done in conjunction with other strategic priorities. The effect that this will have on students is that it will create a network of Fordham students and faculty to make them more aware of the current entrepreneurial ventures that members of the Fordham community have created. Social media accounts will be created, and they are designated to inspire others, Gabelli or Fordham College alike, to become more entrepreneurial and create their start-ups. </big>'''

'''<big>Currently, the Instagram account @venture.network is already up and running, ready to share success stories. To make this happen officially, we will need to get approval from the Office of Student Affairs on campus. We would need to reach out to many students and faculty who currently run their businesses and interview them. The entire leadership circle would create the questions, schedule for these posts, and meetings at Fordham, and the tasks would be split up according to everyone’s schedules. Eventually, a club could be created where the accounts can all be run by passionate students, and possibly develop into a newsletter.</big>'''

'''<big>By reaching out to the Fordham community and connecting those who are passionate changemakers, it will inspire Fordham to connect with each other and become inspired to make more change. The goal is to connect the entrepreneurial community at Fordham further, and a social media network we feel would be a good start. </big>'''

= <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Strategy 1: I & E Coalition (2018 Fellows)  =

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I & E Coalition: We have identified this idea to be our top priority, along with the App. After discussion, we have determined that this coalition has long-term potential and its impact has the possibility to reach the entire student body of Fordham. We also determined that it will take roughly a month to form this coalition but relies on the effort and mindset of the clubs in regards to its impact and effect.</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The I & E Coalition would meet on a bi-monthly basis and consist of 1 or 2 e-board members from every I & E club/organization, 1 or 2 representatives from the United Student Government Budget Committee and 1 representative from the United Student Government Operations Committee. These meetings would be a platform for each club to discuss the problems they are facing, potential solutions for their solutions, and ways to collaborate.</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In time, the coalition will increase the synergy between the different clubs and they will work together to<span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">make</big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><big>more significant</big><big><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </big><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><big>difference</big><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. Change like increasing the resources at our second campus, creating events together, gaining more involvement by marketing the clubs as a whole, teaching Design Thinking workshops, creating new classes and much more! We truly believe if this is successful, Fordham as a whole will be on a much better path with an innovative future.</big>

= <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Strategy 2: App (2018 Fellows) =

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">App: We have also identified the App as a top priority as well as the I&E Coalition. After our discussion, we came to the final conclusion that an app has the potential to impact every Fordham student if they all use the app, but it would take a while to build and work out the bugs. We estimate it could take up to a year to get the app up and running, but the timeline is not clear as of now due to the fact that the Foundry, the entrepreneurial hub on campus, has created apps and could possibly help us achieve it sooner.</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In order to bring this project to life, we would need to connect with people who have the ability to code and</big><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">have</big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><big>appropriate</big><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">software</big><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. The next step in the process is to speak with the Foundry about the help they may be able to provide and how many people would need to be involved in creating the app. Specifically, I would like to speak with Sean Johnson, an entrepreneur in residence who helped with the creation of another app over the course of this past summer. In addition, I intend to call upon students who have created apps in the past like a colleague named Joseph VanGostein.</big>

<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In terms of logistics, not only would we need to create the interface that is user-friendly manner (and none of us know how to code!), but we would also need to market it correctly to clubs. While we have gotten positive feedback as of now from clubs, making sure the platform would be used by all the organizations would be an important part of ensuring that it does fix the communication problem.</big>

= <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">I&E Club Showcase (2018 Fellows) =

'''<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Showcase: Our third priority is currently the Innovation and Entrepreneurship showcase. It has the potential to inform students of the clubs available but we worry about the possibility that it might not gain traction. The ability to coordinate this many clubs to each join our mission and produce something outside their norms is also a perspective issue.</big>'''

'''<big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">To make this a reality we would need to establish a close relationship with a variety of the clubs offered at Fordham. After this, we would need to get together and find a similar format to which they would all agree to participate in this. The responsibility of finding and/or funding a guest speaker would also be on the UIF team and we would most likely start with the Alumni foundation as well as speaking with Christine Jansen among other professors that are involved in this field to see if they are willing to utilize their connections.</big>'''

'''<big>Logistically speaking, it might be a challenge to establish a day in which so many variables would be willing to meet t the same time. For the Rose Hill campus, there are many spaces that serve as </big><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">options to host such an event, as the campus is quite large both inside and out. As for the Lincoln Center campus, the options are significantly smaller and we would have to coordinate with multiple advisors and faculty to see which spaces we have the ability to reserve and the process to secure it.</big>'''

= <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Design Thinking Workshop (2018 Fellows) =

<samp><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Workshop: Our fourth priority would be the design thinking workshop in the freshmen Intro to Business classes (The Ground Floor class). Because this solution would only have the potential to impact the freshmen class, we did not think it should be a top priority. Moreover, because freshmen take this class during their first semester at Fordham, we would not be able to actually begin conducting workshops till</big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><big>Fall</big><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> of 2019.</big></samp>

<samp><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The key tactics to bring this workshop to life would be getting approval from the administrators overseeing the curriculum of the Ground Floor, and figuring out the logistics of who will conduct the workshop during which days and class times.</big></samp>

<samp><big><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Another key tactic would be to train volunteers (perhaps students who passionate about I&E or are participants in I&E resources such as clubs) to teach and moderate these workshops in order to scale this workshop to all Ground Floor classes. Caterina would be in charge of bringing this project to life.</big></samp>

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<span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fordham_University Fordham University]

== '''2019 Fellows''' ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giana_Bartko Giana Barko]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alia_Benabdeljalil Alia Benabdeljalil]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gerald_De_La_Cruz Gerald De La Cruz ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brittany_Gesell Brittany Gesell]

[https://youtu.be/1G-NDTyf7DY Student Entreprenuerial Workshop At Fordham]

== <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">2018 Fellows ==

<span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Caterina_Carra Caterina Carra]

<span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Darr_Fuchs Darr Fuchs]

<span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Butler Julia Butler]

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[[Category:Student Priorities|f]]

School:Fordham University

2019-10-18T03:01:36Z

Aliabenab:

We’re a Jesuit, Catholic university. Our spirit comes from the nearly 500-year [[File:FordhamLogo.png|thumb|FordhamLogo.png]]history of the Jesuits. It’s the spirit of full-hearted engagement—with profound ideas, with communities around the world, with injustice, with beauty, with the entirety of the human experience.

 This is what makes us [https://www.fordham.edu/ Fordham]: We’re a tight community in New York City, and we value and educate the whole person. Much of our Jesuit history and mission comes down to three ideas, which, translated from the Latin, mean roughly this:

*Strive for excellence in everything you do.
*Care for others.
*Fight for justice.

It adds up to an education that works. 

'''Wisdom, experience, morality, critical thinking, creative problem-solving. This is what Fordham students take into the world.'''

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= Innovation & Entrepreneurship =

== Promoting Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship ==
<div>Fordham promotes student innovation and entrepreneurship through formal programs and extracurricular activities. Fordham offers many different concentrations that deal with innovation and entrepreneurship, from sustainable business to social innovation concentration, enabling its students to explore and learn valuable skills. Fordham also offers classes that allow students to pursue innovation or entrepreneurship after college, such as “Launch Your Start-Up” and “Leadership and Change”. The University houses numerous extracurricular activities and innovation spaces that further allow students to expand their knowledge outside the classroom. The Fordham Foundry and Social Innovation Collaboratory are spaces and extracurricular offerings where like-minded individuals are able to help one another and work together. The Fordham Foundry provides competitive opportunities that give students a chance to win monetary prizes based on their businesses or business ideas, such as the Pitch Challenge. Additionally, the Entrepreneurship Society, Gabelli Technology and Entrepreneurship (GTECH), and Social Impact 360 are other extracurricular outlets for students to further their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship.</div><div> </div>

== Encouraging Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship ==

Fordham has been named a “Changemaker Campus” by Ashoka, a global organization that honors universities for innovative efforts to foster social good and strengthen society. As a Jesuit institution, Fordham strongly believes in social innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as investing in the continuous development of their faculty and staff. Although Fordham has yet to pursue any policy changes to encourage more faculty entrepreneurship, the faculty lead by example, actively share their learnings and best practices, and participate in new advancing the field of social innovation and change making in higher education.

== Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function ==

Fordham has a fundamental respect for intellectual property that is produced by either employees or students at the University. As a university, it has a nationally recognized Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal, that has been running since 1990. Fordham also offers a variety of classes to educate students on the fundamentals and specifics of patent laws. The University has sought seed and alumni donations to properly fund professional and technological research.

== Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration ==

Fordham has The Office of Corporate and Foundations Relations which works with the President's council to establish strategic partnerships with corporations. They create mutually beneficial relationships between the University and corporations. Some examples of actions they’ve helped institute include: hosting CEO breakfasts, using relationships for student internships, guest lectures from business professionals and more. The Fordham Foundry, Fordham’s hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, also works closely with numerous student and alumni run start-up businesses. The Fordham Foundry provides great resources through their network and partnerships with NYC Business Solutions, BNP Paribas, and NASDAQ OMX Education Foundation to help, educate, and connect entrepreneurial students.

== Engaging with Regional & Local Economic Development Efforts ==

As the only Jesuit University in New York, Fordham is committed to the discovery of wisdom and the transmission of learning, through research and effort to help its surrounding community. New York City provides Fordham with a special kind of classroom, its unparalleled resources shape and enhance Fordham's professional and undergraduate programs. The University recognizes its debt of gratitude to the city and its responsibility to enrich of NYC. Furthermore, Fordham is committed to research and education that assist in the alleviation of poverty, the promotion of justice, the protection of human rights and respect for the environment. Fordham has a variety of programs that get students involved in the community and local businesses through volunteer opportunities. Opportunities include Urban Plunge, the Center for Community-Engaged learning, and the Dorothy Day Center. These resources really give students hands-on experiences to contribute to a greater cause.

= Landscape Canvas =

The 2019 Landscape Canvas can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1idVrW3gS3u0DA8ec9VithZuB_eJ2k1WMccpyMAOiMZ8/edit?usp=sharing here.]

The 2018 Landscape Canvas can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zU8hdq1qlXc1C91w6jSM43Qqazu5fgWK227_WHUJ380/edit?usp=sharing here]. 

= Strategic Priorities =

The 2019 Fordham University Student Priorities can be found [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fordham_University_Student_Priorities here]. 

The 2018 Fordham University Student Priorities can be found [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fordham_University_Student_Priorities here]. 

= Related Links =

== 2019 University Innovation Fellows Candidates: ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/Brittany%20Gesell Brittany Gesell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gerald%20De%20La%20Cruz Gerald De La Cruz]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giana_Bartko Giana Bartko]
<div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alia_Benabdeljalil Alia Benabdeljalil]</div>

== 2018 University Innovation Fellows: ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Caterina_Carra Caterina Carra]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Darr_Fuchs Darr Fuchs]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Butler Julia Butler]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Teddy_Stratis Theodore Stratis III]

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Brittany Gesell

2019-10-18T03:01:15Z

Aliabenab:

Brittany Gesell is a University Innovation Fellow and Global Business major at Fordham University. Brittany was raised mostly in Seattle, Washington and has always loved to be in the middle of excitement, which is why she moved to New York City to attend business school. Brittany became interested in innovation and entrepreneurship after participating in a design thinking workshop run by Fordham’s previous leadership circle where she realized that it isn’t only inventors and creatives that can be entrepreneurs.

All her life, Brittany’s most significant passion has been learning and pursuing challenges. In this pursuit, she spent her childhood and adolescence reading as much as she could and having as many new experiences as possible. These days, she continues to read whenever possible and loves to take advantage of all of New York’s museums. Brittany one day hopes to use this diverse array of accumulated knowledge to solve some of the systemic issues that our world is facing through work with nonprofits.

 

== Related Links ==

Institution:

[[Fordham University|Fordham_University]]

2019 UIF Candidates:

[[Gerald De La Cruz|Gerald De La Cruz]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giana_Bartko Giana Bartko]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alia_Benabdeljalil Alia Benabdeljalil]

Fellow:Gerald De La Cruz

2019-10-18T03:00:56Z

Aliabenab:

[[File:Fordham ID (3).png|frame|right|200x200px]]
Gerald De La Cruz is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student majoring in Marketing with a minor in Film and Television at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University. Gerald is a native New Yorker born and raised in the Bronx. Once realizing that he could pursue his love for film and the world of business he applied to Fordham University right in his hometown. After his first semester, his class dean recommended him for a program, University Innovation Fellows.

At the Gabelli School of Business, Gerald is a proud member of multiple groups and organizations on campus including ASILI (the Black Student Association at Fordham University) and the Fordham Marketing Association. In addition, he has worked for the University as a marketing assistant at the campus radio station (WFUV) and as a student mentor for the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council. Gerald is passionate about public service through innovation and plans to fulfill the Fordham University mission to create men and women for others.  

Gerald has always valued higher education, seeing the experience as the great equalizer. He is committed to creating a more inclusive and innovative atmosphere on his campus while promoting the entrepreneurship spirit.

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== '''2019 Fellows''' ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giana_Bartko Giana Barko]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alia_Benabdeljalil Alia Benabdeljalil]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brittany_Gesell Brittany Gesell]

== <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">2018 Fellows ==

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Caterina_Carra Caterina Carra]

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Darr_Fuchs Darr Fuchs]

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Butler Julia Butler]

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(29, 28, 29); display: inline; float: none; font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Teddy_Stratis Teddy Stratis]

Fellow:Giana Bartko

2019-10-18T03:00:37Z

Aliabenab:

<div>[[File:Gianab.png|thumb]] </div><div>Giana Bartko is a University Innovation Fellow and is studying Business Administration with a concentration in Entrepreneurship at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. She is from the small town of Ardsley in Westchester, NY, located just outside of New York City. </div><div> </div><div>At Fordham, Giana exercises her passions of innovation and entrepreneurship through the various organizations she is involved with. She was a 2018-2019 Social Impact 360 fellow, where she learned about social innovation as well as valuable entrepreneurial skills. Through this program, Giana was mentored and inspired by Julia Butler, who became a University Innovation Fellow at Fordham last year. It was through Julia that she was exposed to the University Innovation Fellows Program. Currently, she is involved with the Entrepreneurship Society on campus, which is a group of passionate students that work hard to create a broader entrepreneurial environment at Fordham. Giana has also been awarded the 2018-2019 Gabelli School of Business Dean’s List Award. </div><div> </div><div>Both of Giana’s parents are entrepreneurs working both together and separately on different businesses. So from a young age, she knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur to one day follow in their footsteps. Apart from taking classes, Giana runs and owns her own tutoring business for kids in her local community. She currently works with 15 students ranging from ages 7-16 and has developed a curriculum to help students cope with ADHD in the classroom and during homework. She is passionate about education and finding innovative ways to help students (and herself) learn. Also, she has always been exceptionally creative and enjoys art and design. </div><div> </div><div>Giana is committed to create a sustainable and lasting impact on those around her through entrepreneurship and creativity. She looks forward to achieving this goal by working as a University Innovation Fellow.</div><div> </div>
= Related Links =

== Fordham Unversity ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fordham_University Fordham]

== 2019 Fellows ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alia_Benabdeljalil Alia Benabdeljalil]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gerald_De_La_Cruz Gerald De La Cruz]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brittany_Gesell Brittany Gesell]

== 2018 Fellows ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Caterina_Carra Caterina Carra]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Darr_Fuchs Darr Fuchs]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Butler Julia Butler]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Teddy_Stratis Teddy Stratis III]
<div> </div>
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Fellow:Alia Benabdeljalil

2019-10-18T02:56:31Z

Aliabenab:

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alia Benabdeljalil is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in International Business with a concentration in marketing and consumer insight, along with a minor in economics. Alia was born of a Moroccan father and Bengali mother, but she grew up in multiple cities throughout Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Thus, from a young age, she learned to adapt quickly to new cultures, to learn different languages, and to embrace a sense of adventure and belonging. This experience has taught her to be very open-minded. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During an internship at a New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s financial aid office, Alia’s exposure to the technology and information systems within the healthcare industry opened her eyes to the potential impact of innovation. As a result, she decided to seek out opportunities to learn more about design thinking and entrepreneurship. Soon thereafter, Alia was given the chance to join Fordham University’s UIF leadership circle. Furthermore, Alia was selected to become an Ignite Scholar, a select group of 30 students who follow an intensive honors program focused on innovation and strategies needed for the development of critical thinking and analysis skills used by business leaders to identify emerging trends.

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Fellow:Alia Benabdeljalil

2019-10-18T02:55:47Z

Aliabenab:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[File:Aliapic.JPG]]

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alia Benabdeljalil is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business. She is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in International Business with a concentration in marketing and consumer insight, along with a minor in economics. Alia was born of a Moroccan father and Bengali mother, but she grew up in multiple cities throughout Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Thus, from a young age, she learned to adapt quickly to new cultures, to learn different languages, and to embrace a sense of adventure and belonging. This experience has taught her to be very open-minded. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During an internship at a New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s financial aid office, Alia’s exposure to the technology and information systems within the healthcare industry opened her eyes to the potential impact of innovation. As a result, she decided to seek out opportunities to learn more about design thinking and entrepreneurship. Soon thereafter, Alia was given the chance to join Fordham University’s UIF leadership circle. Furthermore, Alia was selected to become an Ignite Scholar, a select group of 30 students who follow an intensive honors program focused on innovation and strategies needed for the development of critical thinking and analysis skills used by business leaders to identify emerging trends.

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Fellow:Alia Benabdeljalil

2019-10-18T02:53:36Z

Aliabenab:

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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During an internship at a New York-Presbyterian Hospital’s financial aid office, Alia’s exposure to the technology and information systems within the healthcare industry opened her eyes to the potential impact of innovation. As a result, she decided to seek out opportunities to learn more about design thinking and entrepreneurship. Soon thereafter, Alia was given the chance to join Fordham University’s UIF leadership circle. Furthermore, Alia was selected to become an Ignite Scholar, a select group of 30 students who follow an intensive honors program focused on innovation and strategies needed for the development of critical thinking and analysis skills used by business leaders to identify emerging trends.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alia’s goals are now to use these experiences to design innovative approaches to social, economic, and political challenges in order to affect positive change in communities and world at large. 
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File:Aliapic.JPG

2019-10-18T02:52:42Z

Aliabenab:

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2019-10-18T02:48:06Z

Aliabenab:

Fellow:Alia Benabdeljalil

2019-10-18T02:46:50Z

Aliabenab: Created page with "<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-v..."

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