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School:Elon University

2020-09-19T16:33:26Z

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= '''Overview''' =
<div>Founded in 1889, Elon University is a private institution with an undergraduate enrollment rate of more than 6,000 students. Currently organized into six schools: the College of Arts and Sciences, Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, and School of Law, this university allows students to decide from nearly 60 majors. While the curriculum is grounded in the traditional liberal arts and sciences, all first year students are given the option to choose among multiple programs and organizations. As of 2019, Elon University withholds more than 250 organizations ranging from academic honors to undergraduate research associations. In addition to this, Elon University is also currently ranked in #1 for Study Abroad, and #2 for Undergraduate Teaching by the US News and World Report. Students and faculty members at this university are joined in classrooms with a ratio of 12:1 with all faculty and staff members exhibiting vast skills in research, scholarship, and academic affairs. </div><div> </div>
== '''Entrepreneurship and Innovation''' ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elon currently offers a major and a minor in entrepreneurship through the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship which prepares students to become entrepreneurs in either for-profit businesses or social businesses. While this helps, it is not enough. This program is a registered major and department under the Love School of Business. The business school alone seems to have a monopoly on entrepreneurship and there is not enough interdisciplinary application of design thinking and innovation. Since the Sankey Hall building was established in 2018 the Entrepreneurship professors and Doherty Center and its staff is housed there. Our promotion of I&E seeks to inspire students to create and change the world around them in a variety of majors, requiring widespread faculty support and appeals to creativity that match all kinds of students. The Doherty Center is transitioning to be more interdisciplinary. The entrepreneurship major still focuses on business, startup processes, and design thinking the Doherty Center Director Alyssa Martina is continuously seeking to include new students from other majors. She has established numerous events and programs that are offered as interdisciplinary in focus and the Doherty Center Scholar Interns work at establishing relationships with students across campus. Its signature event is a 24 hour "hackathon" challenge, known as the Elon Innovation Challenge where teams that involve students from different schools take part to solve a wicked challenge. This past year, several universities across the East Coast joined the Challenge. Two other important annual events for the Center are the W.E Do! Women and Entrepreneurship conference and the Black Innovation Matters Conference. Both the Elon Innovation Challenge and the W.E. Do! conference are co-chaired by a UI Fellow. 
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== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==

Many faculty members within Elon University are very innovative and entrepreneurial in the way in which they approach their independent research projects and publications. Staff memebers are encourgaged to complete research and to offer students the opportunity to work alongside them. A key component of Elons booming sucess is the small ratio of students to professors in each class, allowing a more intament relationship between students and their circulum. As a result of this, professors often reach out to students about research opportunities that believe might interest them. While the reseach itself is encouraged, students and community memebers often remain unaware of the accomplishments of the faculty as it is rarley shared commercially. In order to encourage our faculty members to continue being innovative and entrepreneurial we must reward them for what they are already doing and find ways to share their finding with the community as a whole. 

== '''Actively Support the University Technology Transfer Function''' ==

Although we do not have anything on campus that falls into this category as of right now, one of our prior cohort's prototypes involved the addition of a new office to the "Instructional & Campus Technologies" department named "Protection for You". The office would work on informing students and faculty on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. In addition, the office would simply answer any questions students may have or guide students in the proper direction. 

== '''Facilitating University - Industry Collaboration''' ==

Elon is located in the Triad and is very close to the Research Triangle. Our Student Professional Development Center works to connect students with businesses in both of these areas. We also have large job and internship fairs that bring in startups and large companies like Deloitte and Oracle. These programs are very common among most schools and we are currently working to expand them. Because of the many other schools in the area with strong research focuses it is difficult to attract larger research projects but there are some smaller companies that we have been able to work with. Our Environmental Department has been involved with doing some really neat testing for products that will be sold to Kobalt and there are many other projects taking place within our other departments. As a Leadership Circle this is an area I think we could improve in. To do this we will need to reach out to many of the local companies to see what types of projects and research they might need validated. Because we are such a small school compared to schools like NC State there are some smaller projects that we could work on that would be very helpful to those businesses. The first step for us will be getting involved with the Chamber of Commerce.

== '''Engaging with Regional and Economic Development Efforts''' ==

Elon has made a lot of progress in this area and our plans are to continue to make huge leaps and bounds here. The town of Elon and the surrounding area were hit hard when the textile companies left. Over the next 20 years our university has major priorities to help build up the areas around Elon and create an environment that will bring in more business and attract students and faculty. We have also invested in offices in downtown Burlington and Greensboro that are specifically geared toward community engagement, innovation, and entrepreneurship. These efforts are only possible with the support of the entire university so we plan to help out in whatever way we can. Initially it will be important to do surveys and studies on other universities that have accomplished similar goals. One example that we have looked at is Duke University, which has helped transform Durham over the years. The University has also invested capital into local education. A new elementary school, funded by Elon University, opened its doors for the first time to students in the fall of 2018.

 

== '''Next Steps''' ==

Interdisciplinary innovation (not just through business school)

*Creating I&E culture (forums, speakers, discussions, LLC, awards, more student businesses, etc.)
*Marketing (using Pendulum, career fair, and likely social media to advertise our events)
*Identifying all possible sources that can stimulate innovation (for funding, advice, etc.)

Since Elon is essentially starting from "stage 1," we must do everything we can to get more students to start businesses, non-profits, organizations, etc. and truly ingrain creativity into our culture.

= Elon University Landscape Canvas =

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Hmia4R_OXcxJC5nCxr9RyLWOUG-bQjhQvFJnhepDSus [1]]]

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TCittUeWJaZGflEmA0TvSvxcCWw_Zo0jzAET9-RSoNE/edit?usp=sharing Slidedeck] 

= Related Links =

[https://www.elon.edu/ Elon University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elon_University_Student_Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Fall 2019: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alaa_Suleiman Alaa Suleiman], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Jperline Julia Perline], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Lrothschild Lilly Rothschild], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Samgans Sam Gans]

Fall 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gillian_Hook Gillian Hook], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/SYDNEY_THORNTON Sydney Thornton]

Spring 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Jordan Elizabeth Jordan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Vance Gabrielle Vance], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sean_Webber Sean Webber], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_McKinley Kyle McKinley], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/William_Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ben_Driscoll Ben Driscoll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jensen_Roll Jensen Roll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matt_Snow Matt Snow], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giles_Roll Giles Roll]

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School:Elon University

2020-09-19T16:29:00Z

Cwyatt7: /* Actively Support the University Technology Transfer Function */

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= '''Overview''' =
<div>Founded in 1889, Elon University is a private institution with an undergraduate enrollment rate of more than 6,000 students. Currently organized into six schools: the College of Arts and Sciences, Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, and School of Law, this university allows students to decide from nearly 60 majors. While the curriculum is grounded in the traditional liberal arts and sciences, all first year students are given the option to choose among multiple programs and organizations. As of 2019, Elon University withholds more than 250 organizations ranging from academic honors to undergraduate research associations. In addition to this, Elon University is also currently ranked in #1 for Study Abroad, and #2 for Undergraduate Teaching by the US News and World Report. Students and faculty members at this university are joined in classrooms with a ratio of 12:1 with all faculty and staff members exhibiting vast skills in research, scholarship, and academic affairs. </div><div> </div>
== '''Entrepreneurship and Innovation''' ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elon currently offers a major and a minor in entrepreneurship through the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship which prepares students to become entrepreneurs in either for-profit businesses or social businesses. While this helps, it is not enough. This program is a registered major and department under the Love School of Business. The business school alone seems to have a monopoly on entrepreneurship and there is not enough interdisciplinary application of design thinking and innovation. Since the Sankey Hall building was established in 2018 the Entrepreneurship professors and Doherty Center and its staff is housed there. Our promotion of I&E seeks to inspire students to create and change the world around them in a variety of majors, requiring widespread faculty support and appeals to creativity that match all kinds of students. The Doherty Center is transitioning to be more interdisciplinary. The entrepreneurship major still focuses on business, startup processes, and design thinking the Doherty Center Director Alyssa Martina is continuously seeking to include new students from other majors. She has established numerous events and programs that are offered as interdisciplinary in focus and the Doherty Center Scholar Interns work at establishing relationships with students across campus. Its signature event is a 24 hour "hackathon" challenge, known as the Elon Innovation Challenge where teams that involve students from different schools take part to solve a wicked challenge. This past year, several universities across the East Coast joined the Challenge. Two other important annual events for the Center are the W.E Do! Women and Entrepreneurship conference and the Black Innovation Matters Conference. Both the Elon Innovation Challenge and the W.E. Do! conference are co-chaired by a UI Fellow. 
<div> </div>

== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==

Many faculty members within Elon University are very innovative and entrepreneurial in the way in which they approach their independent research projects and publications. Staff memebers are encourgaged to complete research and to offer students the opportunity to work alongside them. A key component of Elons booming sucess is the small ratio of students to professors in each class, allowing a more intament relationship between students and their circulum. As a result of this, professors often reach out to students about research opportunities that believe might interest them. While the reseach itself is encouraged, students and community memebers often remain unaware of the accomplishments of the faculty as it is rarley shared commercially. In order to encourage our faculty members to continue being innovative and entrepreneurial we must reward them for what they are already doing and find ways to share their finding with the community as a whole. 

== '''Actively Support the University Technology Transfer Function''' ==

Although we do not have anything on campus right now that falls into this category, one of our prior cohort's prototypes involves the addition of a new office to the "Instructional & Campus Technologies", which is going to be called "Protection for You". The office will work on informing students and faculty on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. In addition, the office will simply answer any questions students might have or guide students into the proper direction if they did not have the answers. 

== '''Facilitating University - Industry Collaboration''' ==

Elon is located in the Triad and is very close to the Research Triangle. Our Student Professional Development Center works to connect students with businesses in both of these areas. We also have large job and internship fairs that bring in startups and large companies like Deloitte and Oracle. These programs are very common among most schools and we are currently working to expand them. Because of the many other schools in the area with strong research focuses it is difficult to attract larger research projects but there are some smaller companies that we have been able to work with. Our Environmental Department has been involved with doing some really neat testing for products that will be sold to Kobalt and there are many other projects taking place within our other departments. As a Leadership Circle this is an area I think we could improve in. To do this we will need to reach out to many of the local companies to see what types of projects and research they might need validated. Because we are such a small school compared to schools like NC State there are some smaller projects that we could work on that would be very helpful to those businesses. The first step for us will be getting involved with the Chamber of Commerce.

== '''Engaging with Regional and Economic Development Efforts''' ==

Elon has made a lot of progress in this area and our plans are to continue to make huge leaps and bounds here. The town of Elon and the surrounding area were hit hard when the textile companies left. Over the next 20 years our university has major priorities to help build up the areas around Elon and create an environment that will bring in more business and attract students and faculty. We have also invested in offices in downtown Burlington and Greensboro that are specifically geared toward community engagement, innovation, and entrepreneurship. These efforts are only possible with the support of the entire university so we plan to help out in whatever way we can. Initially it will be important to do surveys and studies on other universities that have accomplished similar goals. One example that we have looked at is Duke University, which has helped transform Durham over the years. The University has also invested capital into local education. A new elementary school, funded by Elon University, opened its doors for the first time to students in the fall of 2018.

 

== '''Next Steps''' ==

Interdisciplinary innovation (not just through business school)

*Creating I&E culture (forums, speakers, discussions, LLC, awards, more student businesses, etc.)
*Marketing (using Pendulum, career fair, and likely social media to advertise our events)
*Identifying all possible sources that can stimulate innovation (for funding, advice, etc.)

Since Elon is essentially starting from "stage 1," we must do everything we can to get more students to start businesses, non-profits, organizations, etc. and truly ingrain creativity into our culture.

= Elon University Landscape Canvas =

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Hmia4R_OXcxJC5nCxr9RyLWOUG-bQjhQvFJnhepDSus [1]]]

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TCittUeWJaZGflEmA0TvSvxcCWw_Zo0jzAET9-RSoNE/edit?usp=sharing Slidedeck] 

= Related Links =

[https://www.elon.edu/ Elon University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elon_University_Student_Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Fall 2019: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alaa_Suleiman Alaa Suleiman], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Jperline Julia Perline], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Lrothschild Lilly Rothschild], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Samgans Sam Gans]

Fall 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gillian_Hook Gillian Hook], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/SYDNEY_THORNTON Sydney Thornton]

Spring 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Jordan Elizabeth Jordan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Vance Gabrielle Vance], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sean_Webber Sean Webber], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_McKinley Kyle McKinley], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/William_Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ben_Driscoll Ben Driscoll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jensen_Roll Jensen Roll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matt_Snow Matt Snow], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giles_Roll Giles Roll]

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2020-09-10T13:03:29Z

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Resource talk:How To Create a Makerspace for a Business School

2020-09-03T19:54:02Z

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== Thoughts ==

I think this is a great how-to guide. One of the things I particularly think you all really explained well was ensuring that the space one is designing fits the needs of those who are using it while also being something that can be adapted (especially considering the ever-changing nature of college campuses). I would love to see how this idea of a makerspace could be combined with an incubator for continuing guidance for startups. I imagine an idea would come into the business makerspace after it developed further it could officially move into a startup incubator with more specialized guidance/mentorship and more resources. [[User:Smanji|Smanji]] ([[User talk:Smanji|talk]]) 22:15, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

As both a business student and an individual who works within an institution's Makerspace, I found this how-to guide incredibly insightful. Although Elon University has established a Makerspace on campus in the effort to broaden the horizons of many business-minded individuals, I've found that very few utilize campus' resources. I would love to utilize the advice suggested within this piece by sending out forms to business majors throughout Elon's campus in the effort to gauge what specifically would motivate them to visit and invest within such a space on campus in order to develop the entrepreneurial mindset. -[[https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Christina_Wyatt|Christina Wyatt]], Elon University;

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2020-09-03T19:52:59Z

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Fellow:Christina Wyatt

2020-08-29T19:56:18Z

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==Bio==
Christina Wyatt is a Finance and Economic Consulting double-major with a Data Science minor at Elon University. She takes passion in social justice and problem-solving, explicating her leadership in organizations such as Active Minds and the Undergraduate Research Student Association on Elon's campus. She works tirelessly to better her campus community through involving herself in organizations that she truly adores in the hopes that her passion will seep into the campus culture and create sustainable change.

==Achievements==
Christina is the Treasurer of the Undergraduate Research Association, the Event Coordinator of Active Minds, a brother of a prestigious professional development fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, and a consistent recipient of academic achievement awards.

==Social media profiles==
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-wyatt/

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2020-08-29T19:54:16Z

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==Bio==
Christina Wyatt is a Finance and Economic Consulting double-major with a Data Science minor at Elon University. She takes passion in social justice and problem-solving, explicating her leadership in organizations such as Active Minds and the Undergraduate Research Student Association on Elon's campus. She works tirelessly to better her campus community through involving herself in organizations that she truly adores in the hopes that her passion will seep into the campus culture and create sustainable change.

==Achievements==
Christina is the Treasurer of the Undergraduate Research Association, the Event Coordinator of Active Minds, a brother of a prestigious professional development fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, and a consistent recipient of academic achievement awards.

==Social media profiles==
https://www.instagram.com/christy.wyatt/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-wyatt/

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==Bio==
Christina Wyatt is a Finance and Economic Consulting double-major with a Data Science minor at Elon University. She takes passion in social justice and problem-solving, explicating her leadership in organizations such as Active Minds and the Undergraduate Research Student Association on Elon's campus. She works tirelessly to better her campus community through involving herself in organizations that she truly adores in the hopes that her passion will seep into the campus culture and create sustainable change.

==Achievements==
Christina is the Treasurer of the Undergraduate Research Association, the Event Coordinator of Active Minds, a brother of a prestigious professional development fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi, and a consistent recipient of academic achievement awards.

==Social media profiles==
https://www.instagram.com/christy.wyatt/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-wyatt/

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