University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-26T03:06:44Z

Davism:

== Innovative Core Curriculum  ==

*'''Intro''': We want to implement an introductory alernative for the freshmen experience. We want to build a design thinking based core curriculum that will help students develop an agile mindset that promotes problem solving while also meeting the basic requirements put on by the educational system. 
*'''Why: '''The entrepreneurial mindset is critical to success, and moreover, a course like this would inspire entrepreneurial spirit in all students. Additionally, a general education course on entrepreneurship would introduce students to resources around campus, as well as game-changing events such as Minute Pitch and Innovation Challenge.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis & Ashley
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>''''''Meet with UMass President to discuss changing key curriculum by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with advisors of various departments, to see if a course like this could be a general education requirement by 12/16</li>
<li>Engage active professors in syllabi production by 2/17</li>
<li>Finalize syllabi by 3/17</li>
<li>Launch trial courses by Fall of 2017</li>
</ol>

== Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor of Entrepreneurship  ==

*'''Intro''': An AVC would serve as a way to validate the I&E of all students, not just those in Isenberg. The AVC would help to centralize the I&E ecosystem and give power and resources to the hackers, makers, and innocators of UMass. If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis, Amelia, Steve, & Ashley
*'''Milestones (because of the scale of this endeavor we are unsure of the scope of this project, however we have looked into things such as the cost to the university which we estimate to be around $500,000 a year):'''

#Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.
#Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17
#Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates post 6/17 until AVC is found.
<div> </div>
== Innovation Space ==

*'''Intro:''' Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.
*'''Updates: '''Through our connections with the Center, the Entrepreneurship Club, Berthiaume Student Innovators, and Design Club we are already running a pseudo-Innovation space. This space meets in a room regurally every 2 weeks as of Oct 20th! We offer food, skill building, networking, as well as some resources. Long term we want to produce a more permanant space with more resources, but right now we have the basics, whiteboards, computers, and good people. 
*'''Team Leader: '''Davis & Josh Darling (non-UIF)
*'''Milestones (for permanant, sustainable space):'''

#Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16
#Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17.
#Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17.
#Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

== Entrepreneurial Hub  ==

*'''Intro:''' Right now, there is no school of entrepreneurship or space for entrepreneurial students to meet up, host clubs, or host events. While there is a business school, only students who are in the business school are allowed to use the space. This is exclusive, and limiting, and excludes many students who possess entrepreneurial spirit yet who are in different majors. We believe that education, especially entrepreneurial education should be inclusive, not exclusive. This is why we believe that a hub, even if it just an events hall, is critical to the success of spreading entrepreneurship on campus.
*'''Team Leader:''' Amelia
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with the UMass President to talk about beginning to build construction by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with Berthuiame Entrepreneurship Center to discuss potential ideas for the new space/hub by 1/16.</li>
<li>Aid the Center in relocation and advertising the new center until opening day in Fall 2017</li>
<li>Help center run a kick-off event Fall 2017</li>
</ol>

== '''The Mass Music Movement''' ==

·     '''Intro:''' Mass Music will be an organization that supports and manages young artists, as well as creates a place on campus for students interested in the music industry to expand their network and learn important lessons about the business. The reason why this organization is necessary is because it will give students the opportunity to have real world experience while also giving them the opportunity to network and make connections within UMass, as well as outside the University. 

·     '''Team Leaders: '''Steven Bowe, Shamus Hill, Jerry Alonzo, Ikenna Ugwu

·      '''Goals: '''Our events will include guest speakers from record companies, radio stations, and other various businesses related to the music industry, as well as concerts and festivals to not only give student artists & musicians a place to perform, but will also give students the opportunity to learn about booking shows and event coordination.  We will work closely with the campus radio station, WMUA to train DJ's and expand the growing level of interest in the field of music. There are courses available that our members will be aware of and advised upon depending on their future goals and aspirations in the music industry. This group is open to all majors and backgrounds.

·    '''  Milestones:''' After some initial marketing and campaigning to determine the level of interest at UMass, the Team Leaders have been making strides towards establishing the organization before the end of the Fall 2016 Semester. 

'''·    Collaborations:''' Mass Music will work with the UIF to promote student engagement and cross college collaborations. There are many different sub-fields in the music industry and the opportunity for young entrepreneurs to create their own innovations is something that we hope students can find at UMass through the UIF & Mass Music programs.

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-26T03:06:30Z

Davism:

== Innovative Core Curriculum  ==

*'''Intro''': We want to implement an introductory alernative for the freshmen experience. We want to build a design thinking based core curriculum that will help students develop an agile mindset that promotes problem solving while also meeting the basic requirements put on by the educational system. 
*'''Why: '''The entrepreneurial mindset is critical to success, and moreover, a course like this would inspire entrepreneurial spirit in all students. Additionally, a general education course on entrepreneurship would introduce students to resources around campus, as well as game-changing events such as Minute Pitch and Innovation Challenge.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis & Ashley
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>''''''Meet with UMass President to discuss changing key curriculum by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with advisors of various departments, to see if a course like this could be a general education requirement by 12/16</li>
<li>Engage active professors in syllabi production by 2/17</li>
<li>Finalize syllabi by 3/17</li>
<li>Launch trial courses by Fall of 2017</li>
</ol>

== Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor of Entrepreneurship  ==

*'''Intro''': An AVC would serve as a way to validate the I&E of all students, not just those in Isenberg. The AVC would help to centralize the I&E ecosystem and give power and resources to the hackers, makers, and innocators of UMass. If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis, Amelia, Steve, & Ashley
*'''Milestones (because of the scale of this endeavor we are unsure of the scope of this project, however we have looked into things such as the cost to the university which we estimate to be around $500,000 a year):'''

#Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.
#Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17
#Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates post 6/17 until AVC is found.
<div> </div>
== Innovation Space ==

*'''Intro:''' Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.
*'''Updates: '''Through our connections with the Center, the Entrepreneurship Club, Berthiaume Student Innovators, and Design Club we are already running a pseudo-Innovation space. This space meets in a room regurally every 2 weeks as of Oct 20th! We offer food, skill building, networking, as well as some resources. Long term we want to produce a more permanant space with more resources, but right now we have the basics, whiteboards, computers, and good people. 
*'''Team Leader: '''Davis & Josh Darling (non-UIF)
*'''Milestones (for permanant, sustainable space):'''

#Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16
#Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17.
#Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17.
#Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

== Entrepreneurial Hub  ==

*'''Intro:''' Right now, there is no school of entrepreneurship or space for entrepreneurial students to meet up, host clubs, or host events. While there is a business school, only students who are in the business school are allowed to use the space. This is exclusive, and limiting, and excludes many students who possess entrepreneurial spirit yet who are in different majors. We believe that education, especially entrepreneurial education should be inclusive, not exclusive. This is why we believe that a hub, even if it just an events hall, is critical to the success of spreading entrepreneurship on campus.
*'''Team Leader:''' Amelia
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with the UMass President to talk about beginning to build construction by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with Berthuiame Entrepreneurship Center to discuss potential ideas for the new space/hub by 1/16.</li>
<li>Aid the Center in relocation and advertising the new center until opening day in Fall 2017</li>
<li>Help center run a kick-off event Fall 2017</li>
</ol>

== ==

== '''The Mass Music Movement''' ==

·     '''Intro:''' Mass Music will be an organization that supports and manages young artists, as well as creates a place on campus for students interested in the music industry to expand their network and learn important lessons about the business. The reason why this organization is necessary is because it will give students the opportunity to have real world experience while also giving them the opportunity to network and make connections within UMass, as well as outside the University. 

·     '''Team Leaders: '''Steven Bowe, Shamus Hill, Jerry Alonzo, Ikenna Ugwu

·      '''Goals: '''Our events will include guest speakers from record companies, radio stations, and other various businesses related to the music industry, as well as concerts and festivals to not only give student artists & musicians a place to perform, but will also give students the opportunity to learn about booking shows and event coordination.  We will work closely with the campus radio station, WMUA to train DJ's and expand the growing level of interest in the field of music. There are courses available that our members will be aware of and advised upon depending on their future goals and aspirations in the music industry. This group is open to all majors and backgrounds.

·    '''  Milestones:''' After some initial marketing and campaigning to determine the level of interest at UMass, the Team Leaders have been making strides towards establishing the organization before the end of the Fall 2016 Semester. 

'''·    Collaborations:''' Mass Music will work with the UIF to promote student engagement and cross college collaborations. There are many different sub-fields in the music industry and the opportunity for young entrepreneurs to create their own innovations is something that we hope students can find at UMass through the UIF & Mass Music programs.

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-26T03:06:15Z

Davism:

== Innovative Core Curriculum  ==

*'''Intro''': We want to implement an introductory alernative for the freshmen experience. We want to build a design thinking based core curriculum that will help students develop an agile mindset that promotes problem solving while also meeting the basic requirements put on by the educational system. 
*'''Why: '''The entrepreneurial mindset is critical to success, and moreover, a course like this would inspire entrepreneurial spirit in all students. Additionally, a general education course on entrepreneurship would introduce students to resources around campus, as well as game-changing events such as Minute Pitch and Innovation Challenge.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis & Ashley
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>''''''Meet with UMass President to discuss changing key curriculum by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with advisors of various departments, to see if a course like this could be a general education requirement by 12/16</li>
<li>Engage active professors in syllabi production by 2/17</li>
<li>Finalize syllabi by 3/17</li>
<li>Launch trial courses by Fall of 2017</li>
</ol>

== Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor of Entrepreneurship  ==

*'''Intro''': An AVC would serve as a way to validate the I&E of all students, not just those in Isenberg. The AVC would help to centralize the I&E ecosystem and give power and resources to the hackers, makers, and innocators of UMass. If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis, Amelia, Steve, & Ashley
*'''Milestones (because of the scale of this endeavor we are unsure of the scope of this project, however we have looked into things such as the cost to the university which we estimate to be around $500,000 a year):'''

#Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.
#Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17
#Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates post 6/17 until AVC is found.
<div> </div>
== Innovation Space ==

*'''Intro:''' Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.
*'''Updates: '''Through our connections with the Center, the Entrepreneurship Club, Berthiaume Student Innovators, and Design Club we are already running a pseudo-Innovation space. This space meets in a room regurally every 2 weeks as of Oct 20th! We offer food, skill building, networking, as well as some resources. Long term we want to produce a more permanant space with more resources, but right now we have the basics, whiteboards, computers, and good people. 
*'''Team Leader: '''Davis & Josh Darling (non-UIF)
*'''Milestones (for permanant, sustainable space):'''

#Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16
#Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17.
#Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17.
#Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

== Entrepreneurial Hub  ==

*'''Intro:''' Right now, there is no school of entrepreneurship or space for entrepreneurial students to meet up, host clubs, or host events. While there is a business school, only students who are in the business school are allowed to use the space. This is exclusive, and limiting, and excludes many students who possess entrepreneurial spirit yet who are in different majors. We believe that education, especially entrepreneurial education should be inclusive, not exclusive. This is why we believe that a hub, even if it just an events hall, is critical to the success of spreading entrepreneurship on campus.
*'''Team Leader:''' Amelia
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with the UMass President to talk about beginning to build construction by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with Berthuiame Entrepreneurship Center to discuss potential ideas for the new space/hub by 1/16.</li>
<li>Aid the Center in relocation and advertising the new center until opening day in Fall 2017</li>
<li>Help center run a kick-off event Fall 2017</li>
</ol>

== ==

== '''The Mass Music Movement''' ==

·     '''Intro:''' Mass Music will be an organization that supports and manages young artists, as well as creates a place on campus for students interested in the music industry to expand their network and learn important lessons about the business. The reason why this organization is necessary is because it will give students the opportunity to have real world experience while also giving them the opportunity to network and make connections within UMass, as well as outside the University. 

·     '''Team Leaders: '''Steven Bowe, Shamus Hill, Jerry Alonzo, Ikenna Ugwu

·      '''Goals: '''Our events will include guest speakers from record companies, radio stations, and other various businesses related to the music industry, as well as concerts and festivals to not only give student artists & musicians a place to perform, but will also give students the opportunity to learn about booking shows and event coordination.  We will work closely with the campus radio station, WMUA to train DJ's and expand the growing level of interest in the field of music. There are courses available that our members will be aware of and advised upon depending on their future goals and aspirations in the music industry. This group is open to all majors and backgrounds.

·    '''  Milestones:''' After some initial marketing and campaigning to determine the level of interest at UMass, the Team Leaders have been making strides towards establishing the organization before the end of the Fall 2016 Semester. 

'''·    Collaborations:''' Mass Music will work with the UIF to promote student engagement and cross college collaborations. There are many different sub-fields in the music industry and the opportunity for young entrepreneurs to create their own innovations is something that we hope students can find at UMass through the UIF & Mass Music programs.

== ==

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T23:18:27Z

Davism:

== Innovative Core Curriculum  ==

*'''Intro''': We want to implement an introductory alernative for the freshmen experience. We want to build a design thinking based core curriculum that will help students develop an agile mindset that promotes problem solving while also meeting the basic requirements put on by the educational system. 
*'''Why: '''The entrepreneurial mindset is critical to success, and moreover, a course like this would inspire entrepreneurial spirit in all students. Additionally, a general education course on entrepreneurship would introduce students to resources around campus, as well as game-changing events such as Minute Pitch and Innovation Challenge.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis & Ashley
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>''''''Meet with UMass President to discuss changing key curriculum by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with advisors of various departments, to see if a course like this could be a general education requirement by 12/16</li>
<li>Engage active professors in syllabi production by 2/17</li>
<li>Finalize syllabi by 3/17</li>
<li>Launch trial courses by Fall of 2017</li>
</ol>

== Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor of Entrepreneurship  ==

*'''Intro''': An AVC would serve as a way to validate the I&E of all students, not just those in Isenberg. The AVC would help to centralize the I&E ecosystem and give power and resources to the hackers, makers, and innocators of UMass. If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis, Amelia, Steve, & Ashley
*'''Milestones (because of the scale of this endeavor we are unsure of the scope of this project, however we have looked into things such as the cost to the university which we estimate to be around $500,000 a year):'''

#Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.
#Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17
#Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates post 6/17 until AVC is found.
<div> </div>
== Innovation Space ==

*'''Intro:''' Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.
*'''Updates: '''Through our connections with the Center, the Entrepreneurship Club, Berthiaume Student Innovators, and Design Club we are already running a pseudo-Innovation space. This space meets in a room regurally every 2 weeks as of Oct 20th! We offer food, skill building, networking, as well as some resources. Long term we want to produce a more permanant space with more resources, but right now we have the basics, whiteboards, computers, and good people. 
*'''Team Leader: '''Davis & Josh Darling (non-UIF)
*'''Milestones (for permanant, sustainable space):'''

#Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16
#Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17.
#Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17.
#Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

== Entrepreneurial Hub  ==

*'''Intro:''' Right now, there is no school of entrepreneurship or space for entrepreneurial students to meet up, host clubs, or host events. While there is a business school, only students who are in the business school are allowed to use the space. This is exclusive, and limiting, and excludes many students who possess entrepreneurial spirit yet who are in different majors. We believe that education, especially entrepreneurial education should be inclusive, not exclusive. This is why we believe that a hub, even if it just an events hall, is critical to the success of spreading entrepreneurship on campus.
*'''Team Leader:''' Amelia
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 12/16 </li>
<li>Meet with the UMass President to talk about beginning to build construction by 12/16 </li>
<li>Meet with Berthuiame Entrepreneurship Center to discuss potential ideas for the new space/hub by 1/16.</li>
<li>Aid the Center in relocation and advertising the new center until opening day in Fall 2017</li>
<li>Help center run a kick-off event Fall 2017</li>
</ol>

== Steve's Innovation Station ==

== ==

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T23:16:57Z

Davism:

== Innovative Core Curriculum  ==

*'''Intro''': We want to implement an introductory alernative for the freshmen experience. We want to build a design thinking based core curriculum that will help students develop an agile mindset that promotes problem solving while also meeting the basic requirements put on by the educational system. 
*'''Why: '''The entrepreneurial mindset is critical to success, and moreover, a course like this would inspire entrepreneurial spirit in all students. Additionally, a general education course on entrepreneurship would introduce students to resources around campus, as well as game-changing events such as Minute Pitch and Innovation Challenge.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis & Ashley
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>''''''Meet with UMass President to discuss changing key curriculum by 12/16</li>
<li>Meet with advisors of various departments, to see if a course like this could be a general education requirement by 12/16</li>
<li>Engage active professors in syllabi production by 2/17</li>
<li>Finalize syllabi by 3/17</li>
<li>Launch trial courses by Fall of 2017</li>
</ol>

== Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor of Entrepreneurship  ==

*'''Intro''': An AVC would serve as a way to validate the I&E of all students, not just those in Isenberg. The AVC would help to centralize the I&E ecosystem and give power and resources to the hackers, makers, and innocators of UMass. If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.
*'''Team Leaders:''' Davis, Amelia, Steve, & Ashley
*'''Milestones (because of the scale of this endeavor we are unsure of the scope of this project, however we have looked into things such as the cost to the university which we estimate to be around $500,000 a year):'''

#Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.
#Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17
#Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates post 6/17 until AVC is found.
<div> </div>
== Innovation Space ==

*'''Intro:''' Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.
*'''Updates: '''Through our connections with the Center, the Entrepreneurship Club, Berthiaume Student Innovators, and Design Club we are already running a pseudo-Innovation space. This space meets in a room regurally every 2 weeks as of Oct 20th! We offer food, skill building, networking, as well as some resources. Long term we want to produce a more permanant space with more resources, but right now we have the basics, whiteboards, computers, and good people. 
*'''Team Leader: '''Davis & Josh Darling (non-UIF)
*'''Milestones (for permanant, sustainable space):'''

#Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16
#Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17.
#Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17.
#Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

== Entrepreneurial Hub  ==

*'''Intro:''' Right now, there is no school of entrepreneurship or space for entrepreneurial students to meet up, host clubs, or host events. While there is a business school, only students who are in the business school are allowed to use the space. This is exclusive, and limiting, and excludes many students who possess entrepreneurial spirit yet who are in different majors. We believe that education, especially entrepreneurial education should be inclusive, not exclusive. This is why we believe that a hub, even if it just an events hall, is critical to the success of spreading entrepreneurship on campus.
*'''Team Leader:''' Amelia
*'''Milestones:'''
<ol style="margin-left: 40px;">
<li>Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 12/16 </li>
<li>Meet with the UMass President to talk about beginning to build construction by 12/16 </li>
<li>Meet with Berthuiame Entrepreneurship Center to discuss potential ideas for the new space/hub by 1/16.</li>
<li>Aid the Center in relocation and advertising the new center until opening day in Fall 2017</li>
<li>Help center run a kick-off event Fall 2017</li>
</ol>

== The BIG Picture ==

== ==

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T23:12:13Z

Davism:

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T23:11:54Z

Davism:

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T23:11:31Z

Davism:

User:Davism

2016-10-25T23:02:19Z

Davism:

'''Davis McVay'''

'''Founder Designahlogy & Ignite Lifestyle Co.'''

I am a Marketing major and IT minor at UMass Amherst. I aspire to join the growing industry of New Media Marketing. I have an entrepreneurial drive and have started my own web design company, Design(ah)logy. I have been hired in the past as a graphic and web designer for a diverse group of clients. Through these projects I have built up a portfolio that I am ever expanding upon, because a core belief of mine is that in order to be successful, you can not stop progressing. Following this I am always learning and reaching out to new opportunities that offer a chance for my personal growth. I am a driven and disciplined individual not only professionally and academically, but in all aspects of my life. This drive has lead me through my training as a Triathlete.My drive and discipline stem from my feelings of responsibility as a the eldest brother of five. All save one of my siblings are under the age of 10. There is a large age difference between us and that has made me take a parental role with them. I am always putting my best foot forward when I am with them and this has translated to the rest of my life. It has made me more responsible, empathetic, and allowed me to teach and learn from others. When you have people looking up to you consistently you have to act deserving of the pride they have in you.

Related Links:

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T23:01:13Z

Davism:

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T22:38:55Z

Davism:

== Strategy #1 ==
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Create a space that facilitates inter- and intra-disciplinary collaboration on campus.<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Tactic #1<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>We will recreate the first floor of the new Engineering/Geosciences Building as it is central to campus and many students pass through it for general education classes.</li>
<li>In the hopes of giving a platform to the Engineering Department as well as creating a way to ignite collaboration between other majors.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

== Strategy #2 ==

*We will create a visually captivating space via graphics, a curated body of student work, and facilitate conversations via furniture and technology.
<div> </div>
== Products and/or Services Offered ==

(What value is derived by your stakeholders?)

== Significant Educational or Commercialization Outcomes ==

(What evidence of success can you cite that your program has been effective at teaching or stimulating innovation and entrepreneurshp on your campus?)

== How To Information ==

(Provide the 5-10 key steps that you undertook to establish this program, highlighting pivotal factors and lessons learned.)
[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T22:35:09Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

[http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/ http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/]

== Landscape Canvases & Conclusions ==

It has become clear to us that while our campus has many great resources, such as those provided by the Berthiaume Center, the campus is still severly lacking. Considering what the Center has done in the short time they have been in action they are to be commended, but when we begin to compare the University to its peers a definite gap can be seen.

Selected Canvases: 

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B80tzYJ1UjuKb2dzY1A5RVB4R0k https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B80tzYJ1UjuKb2dzY1A5RVB4R0k]

Check out our plans to help close this gap:



== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T22:34:45Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

[http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/ http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/]

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== Landscape Canvases & Conclusions ==

It has become clear to us that while our campus has many great resources, such as those provided by the Berthiaume Center, the campus is still severly lacking. Considering what the Center has done in the short time they have been in action they are to be commended, but when we begin to compare the University to its peers a definite gap can be seen.

Selected Canvases: 

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B80tzYJ1UjuKb2dzY1A5RVB4R0k https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B80tzYJ1UjuKb2dzY1A5RVB4R0k]

Check out our plans to help close this gap:



== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T22:34:20Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

[http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/ http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/]

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== Landscape Canvases & Conclusions ==

It has become clear to us that while our campus has many great resources, such as those provided by the Berthiaume Center, the campus is still severly lacking. Considering what the Center has done in the short time they have been in action they are to be commended, but when we begin to compare the University to its peers a definite gap can be seen.

Selected Canvases: 

[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B80tzYJ1UjuKb2dzY1A5RVB4R0k https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B80tzYJ1UjuKb2dzY1A5RVB4R0k]

Check out our plans to help close this gap:



== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T22:33:51Z

Davism:

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T22:33:01Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

[http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/ http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/]

== Landscape Canvases & Conclusions ==

It has become clear to us that while our campus has many great resources, such as those provided by the Berthiaume Center, the campus is still severly lacking. Considering what the Center has done in the short time they have been in action they are to be commended, but when we begin to compare the University to its peers a definite gap can be seen.

Selected Canvases: 

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B80tzYJ1UjuKb2dzY1A5RVB4R0k

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T22:31:18Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

[http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/ http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/]

== Landscape Canvases & Conclusions ==

It has become clear to us that while our campus has many great resources, such as those provided by the Berthiaume Center, the campus is still severly lacking. Considering what the Center has done in the short time they have been in action they are to be commended, but when we begin to compare the University to its peers a definite gap can be seen. 

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:50:13Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

[http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/ http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/]

== Landscape Analysis & Conclusions ==

It has become clear to us that while our campus has many great resources, such as those provided by the Berthiaume Center, the campus is still severly lacking. 

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:47:57Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

[http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/ http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/]

== Landscape Analysis & Conclusions ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:47:47Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

'''Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:'''

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/

== Landscape Analysis & Conclusions ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:47:28Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Office ==

UMass' Technology Transfer Office (TTO) helps to get students in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem with all of their legal work. They work closely with the Berthiaume Center with start-ups to help them make sure they secure patents and licensing. They work as a mediary between leading companies in various industries to help provide students, and their technologies, with exciting and lucrative oppertunities that can help students take the next step. 

Their main focus is with graduate and engineering students, however they also work with the Entrepreneurship Center to help young start-ups get the funding, licensing, and oppertunites they deserve. Many innvoative start-ups come through the office every year.

It is also important to note that they also work with artists in all creative arts to help them with copyrights, trademarks, etc. 

'''Check out their technology and arts database:'''

http://tto-umass-amherst.technologypublisher.com/

== Landscape Analysis & Conclusions ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:30:21Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== The University Technology Transfer Function ==

== Landscape Analysis & Conclusions ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:19:48Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function ==

== Landscape Analysis & Conclusions ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:12:51Z

Davism:

[[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]
== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function ==

== Landscape Analysis ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T21:12:11Z

Davism:

== [[File:Umass-amherst.jpg]]Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function ==

== Landscape Analysis ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

File:Umass-amherst.jpg

2016-10-25T21:10:08Z

Davism:

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T20:59:52Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function ==

== Landscape Analysis ==

== Related Links ==

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:48:32Z

Davism:

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:48:05Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:47:24Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

[http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume]

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:46:55Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years. One such stride was the creation of the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship. The center was started a few years ago after the donation from the Berthiaume family, Isenberg alumni. Currently the center has been doing a great job bringing entrepreneurship to the campus through events, courses, and guidance.

While there gowth is wonderful there are some definite roadblocks in the way of their expansion. Berthiaume is currently housed within Isenberg, the Business School, making it difficult to market it to other colleges. Isenberg is an amazing business school and continues to climb the ranks, but entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary endeavor and should be more central in the ecosystem. Their location also affects their ability to raise funds from other colleges because non-business alumni are unlikely to donate towards the business school. This could be changed with an expansion of the Berthiaume Center and will likely hopefully come in time. This can't come any sooner because the center will soon outgrow its limits within its small space within Isenberg. 

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:36:06Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has been making many entrepenurial strides in recent years.

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:33:58Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:32:15Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

'''Campus Overview'''

 Team DASA

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

Through the operation of these classes and events Berthiaume has been able to help promote students in a big way. They are continually expanding with ambitious ideas like seed funding, more events, accelerators, and an entrepreneurship minor!

Check out some of the successful ventures they've helped:

http://blog.isenberg.umass.edu/berthiaume

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:25:48Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

'''Campus Overview'''

 Team DASA

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

The UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:25:28Z

Davism:

== Overview ==

'''Campus Overview'''

 Team DASA

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

== Faculty Entrepreneurship ==

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

== College-Industry Collaboration ==

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

Finally, the UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

== Landscape Analysis ==

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-25T19:20:41Z

Davism:

'''Campus Overview'''

Team DASA

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

Finally, the UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

Related Links:

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]
'''Campus Overview'''

Team DASA

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

Finally, the UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

Related Links:

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T14:45:53Z

Davism:

'''Tactic One: '''Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor

Description: If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.

Team Leaders: Davis

Milestones: 1. Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2. Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17 3. Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates by 6/17

'''Tactic 2:''' Create a maker space

Description: Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.

Milestones: 1.) Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.) Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17. 3.) Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17. 4.) Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

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Our video:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Related Links

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T14:44:20Z

Davism:

'''Tactic One: '''Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor

Description: If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.

Team Leaders: Davis

Milestones: 1. Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2. Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17 3. Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates by 6/17

'''Tactic 2:''' Create a maker space

Description: Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.

Milestones: 1.) Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.) Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17. 3.) Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17. 4.) Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

Our video:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Related Links

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T14:42:25Z

Davism:

'''Tactic One: '''Secure an Associate Vice Chancellor

Description: If students had an individual with a great deal of power to vouch for them, students would be able to produce more work and entrepreneurial spirit on campus would be increased. Furthermore, students would have access to more funding, and a more powerful network.

Team Leaders: Davis

Milestones: 1. Meet with the current Chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2. Outline responsibilities and begin searching for qualified individuals by 6/17 3. Work with school officials to form a hiring committee and interview potential candidates by 6/17

'''Tactic 2:''' Create a maker space

Description: Currently, students who are interested in entrepreneurship don’t have a space to work together and collaborate. Even within Isenberg school of business, there are not many spaces to meet and work together. A makerspace is certainly needed, as more work could be produced if there was a creative, accessible place for students to work.

Milestones: 1.) Meet with chancellor to propose the idea by 11/16 2.) Secure a space, or choose an area to renovate by 3/17. 3.) Work with a student committee to make sure that the makerspace is as ideal as possible by 4/17. 4.) Buy materials to furnish the makerspace and keep it as creative as possible by 5/17

Our video:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Related Links

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-25T14:41:11Z

Davism:

User:Davism

2016-10-24T22:39:11Z

Davism:

'''Davis McVay'''

'''Founder Designahlogy & Ignite Lifestyle Co.'''

I am a Marketing major and IT minor at UMass Amherst. I aspire to join the growing industry of New Media Marketing. I have an entrepreneurial drive and have started my own web design company, Design(ah)logy. I have been hired in the past as a graphic and web designer for a diverse group of clients. Through these projects I have built up a portfolio that I am ever expanding upon, because a core belief of mine is that in order to be successful, you can not stop progressing. Following this I am always learning and reaching out to new opportunities that offer a chance for my personal growth. I am a driven and disciplined individual not only professionally and academically, but in all aspects of my life. This drive has lead me through my training as a Triathlete.My drive and discipline stem from my feelings of responsibility as a the eldest brother of five. All save one of my siblings are under the age of 10. There is a large age difference between us and that has made me take a parental role with them. I am always putting my best foot forward when I am with them and this has translated to the rest of my life. It has made me more responsible, empathetic, and allowed me to teach and learn from others. When you have people looking up to you consistently you have to act deserving of the pride they have in you. Related Links:

Related Links:

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

School:University of Massachusetts Amherst

2016-10-24T22:38:16Z

Davism:

'''Campus Overview'''

Team DASA

The University of Massachusetts Amherst has done a great deal, especially recently, to promote student innovation and entrepreneurship. New funding and the new Entrepreneurship Center are two excellent examples of this. From a wide range of classes, to events, to major and minor opportunities, UMass offers many opportunities for students with an entrepreneurial spirit. In short, the campus ecosystem does a great job of promoting student innovation.

UMass faculty members are certainly supported in their entrepreneurial ventures, as UMass is a top research school and there is a great deal of funding that goes to research and carrying out venture ideas...However, UMass can claim up to 70 percent of the venture started by faculty or students, which hurts the drive to innovate inside the school. That being stated, the business school hires many individuals whom have been successful in entrepreneurship, which is telling about the culture UMass fosters. One example of a faculty member hired is Bob Lowry Johnson, who owns Bueno Y Sano in downtown Amherst. Faculty innovation and exploration of their entrepreneurial potential is valued at UMass.

Facilitating university-industry collaboration is definitely a weakness in the UMass ecosystem. When we were doing research for our landscape canvas, we found very little information about industrial parks.Though UMass is a top research center, there really aren’t makerspaces or centers for students interested in entrepreneurship to work in; hence, this is an area of improvement for UMass. Research is more reserved for students who are STEM focused, with little collaboration in regards to entrepreneurship. Moreover, there are few industry mentor networks, and the ones out there are not easily accessible to students. In this way, the university could do a much better job facilitating university-industry collaboration.

Finally, the UMass Amherst ecosystem is also lacking in the way it engages with regional and local economic development efforts. Upon researching, we found that there is a committee that deals with economic development, but it is unclear what their goals are or what they actually do. The website simply stated names of who was involved, with no mission statement. We believe that most students are unaware of this resource, and more than that, when a student is aware there is little information to be found. The university does not appear to be very committed to research and development for positive local economic benefit, and we believe that would benefit Umass to do a better job.

Related Links:

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

[[Category:Universities]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-24T22:36:37Z

Davism:

Our video:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Related Links

Our priorities page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of]...

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-24T22:35:37Z

Davism:

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-24T22:34:08Z

Davism:

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Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-24T22:33:51Z

Davism:

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-24T22:31:47Z

Davism:

Related Links:

Our University page: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst]

Our video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-24T22:27:22Z

Davism:

Check out our Video:

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Massachusetts Amherst Student Priorities

2016-10-24T16:27:27Z

Davism:

Check out our Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFK0g6jSRPE

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]