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Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2019-06-07T09:20:51Z

Cookjon:

[[File:Jon Cook and G.jpeg|frame]]
    Jon Cook is an alumni of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI who graduated with a double major in Finance and Accounting.

    Despite having spent 4 years studying Accounting, Jon promises he is more exciting than your stereotypical accountant. Outside of class and homework, Jon has developed the Technology Showcase on Grand Valley's campus. It is a space that allows students to interact with cutting edge technologies like the Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Vive, 3D printers, etc,. Jonathan's senior thesis was an introduction to Design Thinking, active citizenship, and team building that will be rolled out to the ~300 incoming freshman that Grand Valley receives each year in its Honors College as a part of the #UIFresh initiative. This project was honored at an awards ceremony at the end of the year for it's innovative approach to student involvement across campus.  

    Jon currently works at Google. One of his favorite projects that he is working on is coordinating a hackathon-esque competition for Googlers around the globe. In the past, Jon has worked with Seamless, an Internet of Things Accelerator, to help six teams from around the world commercialize their products. Jon assisted Dogtelligent in raising $600,000 to help man's best friend live a happier, healthier life. Jon also dropped out of school for a semester to intern at Google. Before that, Jon gained experience through launching his startup FitFrames and working with the startup community around his Grand Rapids. 

    Ways Jon enjoys spending his free time: backpacking foreign countries, cycling around Grand Rapids, and eating all the food! 

Let’s connect if you have a story, or dank meme you want to share or if there is any way I can help you: 

*cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancook3 LinkedIn]
*[https://www.instagram.com/sir_jonc/ Instagram]

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File:Jon Cook and G.jpeg

2019-06-07T09:17:15Z

Cookjon:

Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2019-06-07T09:14:52Z

Cookjon:

[[File:JonCookF16.jpg|thumb]]

    Jon Cook is an alumni of Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI who graduated with a double major in Finance and Accounting.

    Despite having spent 4 years studying Accounting, Jon promises he is more exciting than your stereotypical accountant. Outside of class and homework, Jon has developed the Technology Showcase on Grand Valley's campus. It is a space that allows students to interact with cutting edge technologies like the Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Vive, 3D printers, etc,. Jonathan's senior thesis was an introduction to Design Thinking, active citizenship, and team building that will be rolled out to the ~300 incoming freshman that Grand Valley receives each year in its Honors College as a part of the #UIFresh initiative. This project was honored at an awards ceremony at the end of the year for it's innovative approach to student involvement across campus.  

    Jon currently works at Google. One of his favorite projects that he is working on is coordinating a hackathon-esque competition for Googlers around the globe. In the past, Jon has worked with Seamless, an Internet of Things Accelerator, to help six teams from around the world commercialize their products. Jon assisted Dogtelligent in raising $600,000 to help man's best friend live a happier, healthier life. Jon also dropped out of school for a semester to intern at Google. Before that, Jon gained experience through launching his startup FitFrames and working with the startup community around his Grand Rapids. 

    Ways Jon enjoys spending his free time: backpacking foreign countries, cycling around Grand Rapids, and eating all the food! 

Let’s connect if you have a story, or dank meme you want to share or if there is any way I can help you: 

*cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancook3 LinkedIn]
*[https://www.instagram.com/sir_jonc/ Instagram]

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Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2016-09-06T18:49:45Z

Cookjon:

[[File:JonCookF16.jpg|thumb|Not a fan of Pumpkin Spice Lattes...]]

    Jon Cook is a senior at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI pursuing a double major in Finance and Accounting.

    Despite having spent the past 4 years studying Accounting, Jon promises he is more exciting than your stereotypical accountant. Outside of class and homework, Jon has developed the Technology Showcase on Grand Valley's campus. It is a space that allows students to interact with cutting edge technologies like the Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Vive, 3D printers, etc,. Jonathan's current project is an introduction to Design Thinking, active citizenship and team building that will be rolled out to the ~4,500 incoming freshman that Grand Valley receives each year. 

    In the past, Jon has worked with Seamless, an Internet of Things Accelerator, to help six teams from around the world commercialize their products. Last year, Jon dropped out of school for a stint at Google as a business consultant. Before that, Jon gained experience through launching his startup FitFrames and working with the startup community around his city. 

    Ways Jon enjoys spending his free time: Reading the latest XKCD comic, backpacking foreign countries, cycling around Grand Rapids and eating all the food! 

Let’s connect if you have a story, or dank meme you want to share or if there is any way I can help you: 

*cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancook3 LinkedIn]
*[https://www.instagram.com/sir_jonc/ Instagram]

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Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2016-09-06T18:47:47Z

Cookjon:

[[File:JonCookF16.jpg|thumb]]

    Jon Cook is a senior at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI pursuing a double major in Finance and Accounting.

    Despite having spent the past 4 years studying Accounting, Jon promises he is more exciting than your stereotypical accountant. Outside of class and homework, Jon has developed the Technology Showcase on Grand Valley's campus. It is a space that allows students to interact with cutting edge technologies like the Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Vive, 3D printers, etc,. Jonathan's current project is an introduction to Design Thinking, active citizenship and team building that will be rolled out to the ~4,500 incoming freshman that Grand Valley receives each year. 

    In the past, Jon has worked with Seamless, an Internet of Things Accelerator, to help six teams from around the world commercialize their products. Last year, Jon dropped out of school for a stint at Google as a business consultant. Before that, Jon gained experience through launching his startup FitFrames and working with the startup community around his city. 

    Ways Jon enjoys spending his free time: Reading the latest XKCD comic, backpacking foreign countries, cycling around Grand Rapids and eating all the food! 

Let’s connect if you have a story, or dank meme you want to share or if there is any way I can help you: 

*cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancook3 LinkedIn]
*[https://www.instagram.com/sir_jonc/ Instagram]

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Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2016-09-06T18:29:27Z

Cookjon:

[[File:JonCookF16.jpg|thumb]]

Jon Cook is a senior at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI pursuing a double major in Finance and Accounting.

Despite having spent the past 4 years studying Accounting, Jon promises he is more exciting than your stereotypical accountant. Outside of class and homework, Jon has developed the Technology Showcase on Grand Valley's campus. It is a space that allows students to interact with cutting edge technologies like the Microsoft HoloLens, HTC Vive, 3D printers and many more. Jonathan's current project is an introduction to Design Thinking, active citizenship and team building that will be rolled out to the 4,500+ incoming freshman that Grand Valley receives each year. 

This past summer, Jonathan worked with Seamless, an Internet of Things Accelerator, to help six teams from around the world commercialize their products. 

Jonathan is a full-time intern with Google instead of a full time student at Grand Valley. He plans to return next year to finish his degree, although plans are subject to change… especially with a brand new incubator in West Michigan that could build upon his experiences gained through his startup, FitFrames LLC.

Let’s chat if you have a story you want to share or if there is any way I can help you

*[[Cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu]]
*[https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathancook3 LinkedIn]
*[https://www.instagram.com/sir_jonc/ Instagram]

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Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2016-09-06T18:10:28Z

Cookjon:

[[File:JonCookF16.jpg|thumb|JonCookF16.jpg]]

Jonathan Cook is a senior at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI pursuing a double major in Finance and Accounting.

As much as he enjoys his time learning in the classroom, Jonathan’s curiosity drives him to further his education outside of the university setting. He has started self-teaching basic programing and design to become better equipped to find sustainable solutions for the world’s most wicked problems.  

Currently, Jonathan is a full-time intern with Google instead of a full time student at Grand Valley. He plans to return next year to finish his degree, although plans are subject to change… especially with a brand new incubator in West Michigan that could build upon his experiences gained through his startup, FitFrames LLC.

Let’s chat if you have a story you want to share or if there is any way I can help you with my creative thinking and business knowledge. You can reach me at cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu. 

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Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2016-09-06T18:00:51Z

Cookjon:

Jonathan Cook is a senior at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI pursuing studies in Finance, Accounting and Management Information Systems. As much as he enjoys his time learning in the classroom, Jonathan’s curiosity drives him to further his education outside of the university setting. He has started self-teaching basic programing and design to become better equipped to find sustainable solutions for the world’s most wicked problems.  

[[File:JonCookF16.jpg]]

Currently, Jonathan is a full-time intern with Google instead of a full time student at Grand Valley. He plans to return next year to finish his degree, although plans are subject to change… especially with a brand new incubator in West Michigan that could build upon his experiences gained through his startup, FitFrames LLC.

Let’s chat if you have a story you want to share or if there is any way I can help you with my creative thinking and business knowledge. You can reach me at cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu. 

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'''Jonathan Cook''' [http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/50/JonCookF16.jpg http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/50/JonCookF16.jpg]

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File:JonCookF16.jpg

2016-09-06T17:58:17Z

Cookjon:

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-23T02:28:42Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

*HNR 480 - Designing Social Ventures 

*LIB 323 - Design Thinking to Meet Real World Needs

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

*Hack Your Campus

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, wood shop, newly formed Makerspace. 

A digital studio is coming soon. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program, students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

2015-2016 Landscape Canvas:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fj98yWd--ZhvGRkGzg82-qwvVym08NI4qFcGUy8iPIk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SG3a5OGLv0bJR5sxy3yft3LZ0xHrqXLbgInGc5rC6Ss/edit?usp=sharing

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School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-23T02:27:57Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project 
*HNR 480 - Designing Social Ventures 
*LIB 323 - Design Thinking to Meet Real World Needs

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

*Hack Your Campus

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, wood shop, newly formed Makerspace. 

A digital studio is coming soon. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program, students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

2015-2016 Landscape Canvas:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fj98yWd--ZhvGRkGzg82-qwvVym08NI4qFcGUy8iPIk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SG3a5OGLv0bJR5sxy3yft3LZ0xHrqXLbgInGc5rC6Ss/edit?usp=sharing

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Priorities:GVSU Student Priorities

2015-10-23T02:18:44Z

Cookjon:

OVERVIEW

The GVSU innovation fellows realized that there are many great resources for entrepreneurs in Grand Rapids, although they often don't have the inspiration or the information to start. The two strategies we propose to work on immediately focus on introducing better methods to inspire young, innovative students at Grand Valley to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. Afterwards, we want to develop a communication pipeline so that good ideas can travel to a place they can be nurtured and grown into a solution. 

PROJECT #1 - Health Science and Engineering Idea Pipeline [6 months]

This project would be collaboration between the College of Engineering and the College of Health Sciences. Both of these buildings are located in downtown Grand Rapids within a half mile of the Medical Mile. Often times, student nurses, physical thereapists, occupational therapists and other health science students will do a semester of clinical training out in the field. These clincal students are brand new to the hospital scene and therefore have an easier time determining what problems exist in the biomedical field. For example, while a seasoned nurse might assume that completing a task would be time consuming becasue "that is the way they have always done it", a student nurse might ask why it has to be done that way and be able to suggust a way to do it differently. 

Recognizing the problems in the biomedical field is only half of the battle. Once student nurses and other clinical health science students discover a problem they. generally, do not have any way to fix it or report it. This is where the Idea Pipeline comes in. The Idea Pipeline creates a way to report problems in the biomedical industry from student experiences and takes them directly to the engineers who have the background in technology to develop innovative solutions. 

Not only does this promote collaboration between differnent colleges at the university, it also gives projects to professors in the engineering college for their classes, and provides engineering students with a real life issure to solve. In addition, this Idea Pipeline has the potential to create biomedical start-ups in a city that has many resources for testing and promoting biotechnology. 

The project would start as a partnership between the College of Engineering - Product Design & Manufacturing section and the College of Nursing clinical students. The project will start with a presentation to the Student Nurses Association and hosting an event for Nursing Extra Credit. This will give use access to several student contacts and allow us to test out the Idea Pipeline. Next semester we hope to incorporate it into the cirriculum and have an online reporting system up and running through Grand Valley's website. The problems reported will be put into a pool and the top problems will be implemented as projects for the Product Design courses. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1cE2chUHjT9FmKaY1vV1X-GeZ_-C3kUSFZg6eEyl2IQk/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1cE2chUHjT9FmKaY1vV1X-GeZ_-C3kUSFZg6eEyl2IQk/edit?usp=sharin]g

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be]

PROJECT #2 - Catalyst: Inspiration Event [6-9 months]

The goal of this project is to get students inspired to create and innovate. We hope to host a TEDx talk at Grand Valley and try to focus on the innovative ideas in the community and state that have made large impacts. If we cannot get licensing for a TEDx talk we would host our own version of TEDx to get students inspired with the focus on local celebrities, investors, entrepreneurs, and resources. 

We recognize that inspiration is a key component to having student innovation at a university; currently there are a good amount of resources for entrepreneurs but they are not known to any students outside of the business school. In order to have successful innovative ideas come from our University, students from all disciplines need to come together on projects to highlight a variety of talents. By providing a resource of inspiration to all majors and promiting this even campus wide we believe we can reach many students and inspire them to start creating together. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XkiPwkR6MdM7GCNgcFpNqWWzGfcY1wg7Uud4p10sPrQ/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XkiPwkR6MdM7GCNgcFpNqWWzGfcY1wg7Uud4p10sPrQ/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #3 - Business and Entrepreneurship Collaboration [24 months]

GVSU has a new major as of this year, the entrepreneurship major. This major is in the business college and therefore, like all business majors a Grand Valley, requires the busines capstone class. In addition, all senior engineering students are assigned a two semester senior project immediately before they graduate. We believe that for some of the senior projects it would be benficial to assign them a entrepreneurship/business major to write business plans, run finaces, etc to determine if the design project would make a viable business. 

This would not only encourage collaboration between colleges but would also give students a sense of how products are designed in the real world. This would also introduce business concepts to the engineering students and technology to the business students. 

In addition, this could be run as an add on to PROJECT #1 once it gets going. Since the projects coming from the Idea Pipeline would be for a new product, having business majors on a team for that would be quite beneficial in order to determine if the product would be viable in the real world. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1nxIFRM9dljXvOBbQ1Y7gDOll-cy8sdixY_nKtg6iunU/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1nxIFRM9dljXvOBbQ1Y7gDOll-cy8sdixY_nKtg6iunU/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #4 - Student Inovation Group [12-24 months]

There are a total of 8 colleges in West Michigan which all came together for the first time last year in West Michigan's first multi-college business model competition. In hopes of gathering people from all majors and fields, we believe it would be a good idea to create club or meeting group that crosses the college boundaries to pursue innovation. Several of the colleges in West Michigan specialize in a particular field, this would be helpful in creating a diverse group of people with whom a student could brainstorm with or get help on a project with. 

From the business model competition we have several contacts at a few of the schools, however, more research and networking would need to be done (possibly between existing clubs on campuses) to gather student interest at each of the universities. This club would serve to inspire new innovation by bringing in speakers and hosting workshops while also serve as a place to further develop and design existing ideas into companies. 

There are several places in Grand Rapids that exist to help entrepreneurs and to bring entrepreneurship to West Michigan and we believe they would be more than willing to host or even sponsor a group like this. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13q03TmItvyul6dNp4EZSR-kIP4v5S8syeyxJb4c_W3A/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13q03TmItvyul6dNp4EZSR-kIP4v5S8syeyxJb4c_W3A/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #5 - Hackathon/"Hacking" for non-hackers [6-9 months]

At GVSU, we believe the pipeline to developing a strong entrepreneurship and innovation community is bottlenecked at the discovery phase. 

Observations and conversations around campus have eluded to the interest in entrepreneurship within the student body. Faculty have been developing a curriculum with a focus on venture creation and interdisciplinary collaboration to scale with the interest in startups. Design thinking is becoming a buzzword around campus through multiple events that have tested and validated the student response to innovation programming. This new wave of interdisciplinary, creationary classes have garnered more interest than the new, albeit traditional, entrepreneurship classes housed within the business school. 

In addition to classes testing the value proposition of entrepreneurship and design thinking, two competitions have emerged on campus promoting diverse teams to solve problems within society. The initial response has been a mix of students from diverse backgrounds. This signals that the entrepreneurial mindset is expanding to fields of study outside of business, engineering and computer science. 

A hackathon for non-hackers is a smaller commitement than a semester-long class and less intimidating than the national/international competitions currently available. The event would be ideal for students to test the waters in a fun, low commitement way. The ideal outcome of the hackathon would be to ignite and build the community of entrepreneurs on campus. 

With a stronger community dveloped, the growth of resources offered becomes justified by the demand. This cycle would help maintain momentum through semesters as the champions of entrepreneurship graduate. 

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QS0Tb4mLFEzWQadtjIyeLCn29TU8mumVrXQAKhhiJ_s/edit#slide=id.gbd9d7faf9_0_0

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Priorities:GVSU Student Priorities

2015-10-22T23:11:46Z

Cookjon:

OVERVIEW

The GVSU innovation fellows realized that there are many great resources for entrepreneurs in Grand Rapids, although they often don't have the inspiration or the information to start. The two strategies we propose to work on immediately focus on introducing better methods to inspire young, innovative students at Grand Valley to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. Afterwards, we want to develop a communication pipeline so that good ideas can travel to a place they can be nurtured and grown into a solution. 

PROJECT #1 - Health Science and Engineering Idea Pipeline [6 months]

This project would be collaboration between the College of Engineering and the College of Health Sciences. Both of these buildings are located in downtown Grand Rapids within a half mile of the Medical Mile. Often times, student nurses, physical thereapists, occupational therapists and other health science students will do a semester of clinical training out in the field. These clincal students are brand new to the hospital scene and therefore have an easier time determining what problems exist in the biomedical field. For example, while a seasoned nurse might assume that completing a task would be time consuming becasue "that is the way they have always done it", a student nurse might ask why it has to be done that way and be able to suggust a way to do it differently. 

Recognizing the problems in the biomedical field is only half of the battle. Once student nurses and other clinical health science students discover a problem they. generally, do not have any way to fix it or report it. This is where the Idea Pipeline comes in. The Idea Pipeline creates a way to report problems in the biomedical industry from student experiences and takes them directly to the engineers who have the background in technology to develop innovative solutions. 

Not only does this promote collaboration between differnent colleges at the university, it also gives projects to professors in the engineering college for their classes, and provides engineering students with a real life issure to solve. In addition, this Idea Pipeline has the potential to create biomedical start-ups in a city that has many resources for testing and promoting biotechnology. 

The project would start as a partnership between the College of Engineering - Product Design & Manufacturing section and the College of Nursing clinical students. The project will start with a presentation to the Student Nurses Association and hosting an event for Nursing Extra Credit. This will give use access to several student contacts and allow us to test out the Idea Pipeline. Next semester we hope to incorporate it into the cirriculum and have an online reporting system up and running through Grand Valley's website. The problems reported will be put into a pool and the top problems will be implemented as projects for the Product Design courses. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1cE2chUHjT9FmKaY1vV1X-GeZ_-C3kUSFZg6eEyl2IQk/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1cE2chUHjT9FmKaY1vV1X-GeZ_-C3kUSFZg6eEyl2IQk/edit?usp=sharin]g

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be]

PROJECT #2 - Catalyst: Inspiration Event [6-9 months]

The goal of this project is to get students inspired to create and innovate. We hope to host a TEDx talk at Grand Valley and try to focus on the innovative ideas in the community and state that have made large impacts. If we cannot get licensing for a TEDx talk we would host our own version of TEDx to get students inspired with the focus on local celebrities, investors, entrepreneurs, and resources. 

We recognize that inspiration is a key component to having student innovation at a university; currently there are a good amount of resources for entrepreneurs but they are not known to any students outside of the business school. In order to have successful innovative ideas come from our University, students from all disciplines need to come together on projects to highlight a variety of talents. By providing a resource of inspiration to all majors and promiting this even campus wide we believe we can reach many students and inspire them to start creating together. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XkiPwkR6MdM7GCNgcFpNqWWzGfcY1wg7Uud4p10sPrQ/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XkiPwkR6MdM7GCNgcFpNqWWzGfcY1wg7Uud4p10sPrQ/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #3 - Business and Entrepreneurship Collaboration [24 months]

GVSU has a new major as of this year, the entrepreneurship major. This major is in the business college and therefore, like all business majors a Grand Valley, requires the busines capstone class. In addition, all senior engineering students are assigned a two semester senior project immediately before they graduate. We believe that for some of the senior projects it would be benficial to assign them a entrepreneurship/business major to write business plans, run finaces, etc to determine if the design project would make a viable business. 

This would not only encourage collaboration between colleges but would also give students a sense of how products are designed in the real world. This would also introduce business concepts to the engineering students and technology to the business students. 

In addition, this could be run as an add on to PROJECT #1 once it gets going. Since the projects coming from the Idea Pipeline would be for a new product, having business majors on a team for that would be quite beneficial in order to determine if the product would be viable in the real world. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1nxIFRM9dljXvOBbQ1Y7gDOll-cy8sdixY_nKtg6iunU/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1nxIFRM9dljXvOBbQ1Y7gDOll-cy8sdixY_nKtg6iunU/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #4 - Student Inovation Group [12-24 months]

There are a total of 8 colleges in West Michigan which all came together for the first time last year in West Michigan's first multi-college business model competition. In hopes of gathering people from all majors and fields, we believe it would be a good idea to create club or meeting group that crosses the college boundaries to pursue innovation. Several of the colleges in West Michigan specialize in a particular field, this would be helpful in creating a diverse group of people with whom a student could brainstorm with or get help on a project with. 

From the business model competition we have several contacts at a few of the schools, however, more research and networking would need to be done (possibly between existing clubs on campuses) to gather student interest at each of the universities. This club would serve to inspire new innovation by bringing in speakers and hosting workshops while also serve as a place to further develop and design existing ideas into companies. 

There are several places in Grand Rapids that exist to help entrepreneurs and to bring entrepreneurship to West Michigan and we believe they would be more than willing to host or even sponsor a group like this. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13q03TmItvyul6dNp4EZSR-kIP4v5S8syeyxJb4c_W3A/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13q03TmItvyul6dNp4EZSR-kIP4v5S8syeyxJb4c_W3A/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #5 - Hackathon/"Hacking" for non-hackers

At GVSU, we believe the pipeline to developing a strong entrepreneurship and innovation community is bottlenecked at the discovery phase. 

Our findings from our campus research has yielded 4 main learning points: 

1. We have the resources for idea development and protyping with the expansion of the technology showcase/makerspace/library and plans for a digital media studio.

2. The Design Thinking Initiative has also found a need to bring students from different disciplines together to better prepare students for the skills required post-graduation. Design Thinking classes are on trial this semester.

3. Current entrepreneurial initiatives on campus typically draw the same dedicated group of students. Hack Your Campus was a step towards fostering “atypical” entrepreneurs.

4. Honors students have expressed interest in ventures as opposed to research papers for senior projects.

With these findings we believe that a Hackathon can ignite a spark in students, who can then carry the venture forward as a possible senior project. 

RELATED LINKS

[[Grand Valley State University|Grand_Valley_State_University]]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be]

Priorities:GVSU Student Priorities

2015-10-22T22:54:16Z

Cookjon:

OVERVIEW

The GVSU innovation fellows realized that there are many great resources for entrepreneurs in Grand Rapids, although they often don't have the inspiration or the information to start. The two strategies we propose to work on immediately focus on introducing better methods to inspire young, innovative students at Grand Valley to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset. Afterwards, we want to develop a communication pipeline so that good ideas can travel to a place they can be nurtured and grown into a solution. 

PROJECT #1 - Health Science and Engineering Idea Pipeline [6 months]

This project would be collaboration between the College of Engineering and the College of Health Sciences. Both of these buildings are located in downtown Grand Rapids within a half mile of the Medical Mile. Often times, student nurses, physical thereapists, occupational therapists and other health science students will do a semester of clinical training out in the field. These clincal students are brand new to the hospital scene and therefore have an easier time determining what problems exist in the biomedical field. For example, while a seasoned nurse might assume that completing a task would be time consuming becasue "that is the way they have always done it", a student nurse might ask why it has to be done that way and be able to suggust a way to do it differently. 

Recognizing the problems in the biomedical field is only half of the battle. Once student nurses and other clinical health science students discover a problem they. generally, do not have any way to fix it or report it. This is where the Idea Pipeline comes in. The Idea Pipeline creates a way to report problems in the biomedical industry from student experiences and takes them directly to the engineers who have the background in technology to develop innovative solutions. 

Not only does this promote collaboration between differnent colleges at the university, it also gives projects to professors in the engineering college for their classes, and provides engineering students with a real life issure to solve. In addition, this Idea Pipeline has the potential to create biomedical start-ups in a city that has many resources for testing and promoting biotechnology. 

The project would start as a partnership between the College of Engineering - Product Design & Manufacturing section and the College of Nursing clinical students. The project will start with a presentation to the Student Nurses Association and hosting an event for Nursing Extra Credit. This will give use access to several student contacts and allow us to test out the Idea Pipeline. Next semester we hope to incorporate it into the cirriculum and have an online reporting system up and running through Grand Valley's website. The problems reported will be put into a pool and the top problems will be implemented as projects for the Product Design courses. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1cE2chUHjT9FmKaY1vV1X-GeZ_-C3kUSFZg6eEyl2IQk/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1cE2chUHjT9FmKaY1vV1X-GeZ_-C3kUSFZg6eEyl2IQk/edit?usp=sharin]g

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be]

PROJECT #2 - Catalyst: Inspiration Event [6-9 months]

The goal of this project is to get students inspired to create and innovate. We hope to host a TEDx talk at Grand Valley and try to focus on the innovative ideas in the community and state that have made large impacts. If we cannot get licensing for a TEDx talk we would host our own version of TEDx to get students inspired with the focus on local celebrities, investors, entrepreneurs, and resources. 

We recognize that inspiration is a key component to having student innovation at a university; currently there are a good amount of resources for entrepreneurs but they are not known to any students outside of the business school. In order to have successful innovative ideas come from our University, students from all disciplines need to come together on projects to highlight a variety of talents. By providing a resource of inspiration to all majors and promiting this even campus wide we believe we can reach many students and inspire them to start creating together. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XkiPwkR6MdM7GCNgcFpNqWWzGfcY1wg7Uud4p10sPrQ/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1XkiPwkR6MdM7GCNgcFpNqWWzGfcY1wg7Uud4p10sPrQ/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #3 - Business and Entrepreneurship Collaboration [24 months]

GVSU has a new major as of this year, the entrepreneurship major. This major is in the business college and therefore, like all business majors a Grand Valley, requires the busines capstone class. In addition, all senior engineering students are assigned a two semester senior project immediately before they graduate. We believe that for some of the senior projects it would be benficial to assign them a entrepreneurship/business major to write business plans, run finaces, etc to determine if the design project would make a viable business. 

This would not only encourage collaboration between colleges but would also give students a sense of how products are designed in the real world. This would also introduce business concepts to the engineering students and technology to the business students. 

In addition, this could be run as an add on to PROJECT #1 once it gets going. Since the projects coming from the Idea Pipeline would be for a new product, having business majors on a team for that would be quite beneficial in order to determine if the product would be viable in the real world. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1nxIFRM9dljXvOBbQ1Y7gDOll-cy8sdixY_nKtg6iunU/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1nxIFRM9dljXvOBbQ1Y7gDOll-cy8sdixY_nKtg6iunU/edit?usp=sharing]

PROJECT #4 - Student Inovation Group [12-24 months]

There are a total of 8 colleges in West Michigan which all came together for the first time last year in West Michigan's first multi-college business model competition. In hopes of gathering people from all majors and fields, we believe it would be a good idea to create club or meeting group that crosses the college boundaries to pursue innovation. Several of the colleges in West Michigan specialize in a particular field, this would be helpful in creating a diverse group of people with whom a student could brainstorm with or get help on a project with. 

From the business model competition we have several contacts at a few of the schools, however, more research and networking would need to be done (possibly between existing clubs on campuses) to gather student interest at each of the universities. This club would serve to inspire new innovation by bringing in speakers and hosting workshops while also serve as a place to further develop and design existing ideas into companies. 

There are several places in Grand Rapids that exist to help entrepreneurs and to bring entrepreneurship to West Michigan and we believe they would be more than willing to host or even sponsor a group like this. 

[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13q03TmItvyul6dNp4EZSR-kIP4v5S8syeyxJb4c_W3A/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/13q03TmItvyul6dNp4EZSR-kIP4v5S8syeyxJb4c_W3A/edit?usp=sharing]

RELATED LINKS

[[Grand Valley State University|Grand_Valley_State_University]]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH7qA0P-_JI&feature=youtu.be]

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:50:47Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

*Hack Your Campus

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, wood shop, newly formed Makerspace. 

A digital studio is coming soon. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program, students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

2015-2016 Landscape Canvas:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fj98yWd--ZhvGRkGzg82-qwvVym08NI4qFcGUy8iPIk/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SG3a5OGLv0bJR5sxy3yft3LZ0xHrqXLbgInGc5rC6Ss/edit?usp=sharing

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:47:32Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

*Hack Your Campus

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, wood shop, newly formed Makerspace. 

A digital studio is coming soon. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program, students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:46:50Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

*Hack Your Campus

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, wood shop, newly formed Makerspace. 

A digital studio is coming soon. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:45:55Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

*Hack Your Campus

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, and wood shop. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:45:41Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest  
*Hack Your Campus

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, and wood shop. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:45:12Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN - Grand Rapids Inventors Network

*GR Current   
*Emerge 
*Xcelerate 
*Seamless

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, and wood shop. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

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School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:43:29Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*MGT 672 - Creativity and Social Entrepreneurship

*ENT 150/151 - Entrepreneurial Quest/New Venture Feasibility

*ENT 250/251 - Entrepreneurial Finance, Accounting, Marketing and Management

*ENT 350/351 - Entrepreneurial Business Plan and Project

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN

*GR Current 

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, and wood shop. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Grand Valley State University

2015-10-22T22:38:13Z

Cookjon:

== [[File:GVSU Campus.png|thumb]] ==

== Introduction  ==

Grand Valley State University (also known as GVSU), is a public liberal arts university in Allendale, Michigan, United States, west of Grand Rapids. Classes are also offered downtown Grand Rapids on GVSU's Pew Campus. Pew Campus supports programs in Engineering, Education, Nursing and Business. There has been a movement through the past several years to improve the innovation and entrepreneurship landscape on GVSU main campuses. This recent push has gained the momentum of numerous courses, clubs, workshops, competitions and other programs involving innovation and entrepreneurship. The infrastructure is slowly growing to empower a greater number of students with the skills and mindset of an entrepeneur and innovator. 

== Entrepreneurship & Academics  ==

The Faculty at GVSU integrates innovation and entrepreneurship in their courses through hands on projects and assignments. The classes below empathizes on I&E. 

*EGR 301 - Product  Design

*MKT 450 - Marketing Capstone

*EGR 401 - Advanced Product Design

*ENT 180

*ENT 350

== Events & Community  ==

Not only does Grand Valley State University supports it’s students in innovation and entrepreneurship both in and outside the classroom but the Grand Rapids community also supports it. There are many organizations that offer funding, advising, space and much more for small start up companies and businesses. Below is a list of some community organizations and GVSU programs that support innovation and entrepreneurship. 

==== Community:  ====

*StartGarden Speakers/Workshops

*GRIN

*GR Current 

==== Campus:  ====

*Idea Pitch

*CEO Club

*MWest 

==== Resources:  ====

Engineering prototyping lab, machine shop, and wood shop. 

== Co-op Program  ==

For GVSU’s Engineering program students must participate in a 3 semester co-op program. The last two years of an Engineer’s education, a student will alternate between co-op (usually at a company) and school every other semester. This allows students to apply what they have learned in real live situations and gain valuable industrial work experience. Typically students will get job offers after graduation with the company they co-oped with. The program also has a two semester long undergraduate senior project.  

Not only does all this hands-on experience cause students to develop work ethic/economics and project management skills, it offers a more active participation in innovation and entrepreneurship.

== Landscape Canvas/Student Projects ==

[https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web https://docs.google.com/a/mail.gvsu.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadDRGTjNxOXpmMDBhaTRDZkIxX1FGdUE&usp=drive_web]

[http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI http://youtu.be/RH7qA0P-_JI]

[[GVSU Student Priorities|GVSU_Student_Priorities]]

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Jonathan Cook

2015-09-04T17:23:14Z

Cookjon:

Jonathan Cook is a senior at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI pursuing studies in Finance, Accounting and Management Information Systems. [[File:Jonathan Cook.jpg|thumb|Jonathan Cook.jpg]]As much as he enjoys his time learning in the classroom, Jonathan’s curiosity drives him to further his education outside of the university setting. He has started self-teaching basic programing and design to become better equipped to find sustainable solutions for the world’s most wicked problems.  

Currently, Jonathan is a full-time intern with Google instead of a full time student at Grand Valley. He plans to return next year to finish his degree, although plans are subject to change… especially with a brand new incubator in West Michigan that could build upon his experiences gained through his startup, FitFrames LLC.

Let’s chat if you have a story you want to share or if there is any way I can help you with my creative thinking and business knowledge. You can reach me at cookjon@mail.gvsu.edu. 

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

File:Jonathan Cook.jpg

2015-09-04T17:17:22Z

Cookjon: