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School:University of Twente

2017-02-16T23:14:01Z

Elisabeth de Vijlder:

= Campus Overview =
[[File:UTOverview2.jpg]]The University of Twente is a university located in Europe in the city Enschede, of the Netherlands. Founded in 1961 it now holds an approximate of 10.000 students. Originating as a technical university its motto “High Tech, Human Touch” describes how the university connects cutting edge technologies with society.Being the only university in the country having a campus, the university is located in Netherland’s hottest start-up region Twente, with approximately 140 new startups in the region every year. With a Science and Business park across the road and lots of I&E resources the University of Twente has a lot to offer to those willing to create a business.In the past couple of years the University of Twente already went through some educational changes in favour of innovation and entrepreneurship. Its new Twents Education Model (T.E.M.) revolves around a multidisciplinary, project-based approach. One of the big strengths of the university is its student driven activism, where student driven organisations organise and arrange all sorts of things for their fellow students.The University of Twente is part of the University Innovations Fellows program since Fall 2016. It is the first university in the Netherlands and Europe participating in the program.
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== '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship''' ==
The University of Twente provides everything a student may desire to pursue innovation and entrepreneurship. Starting with their first step on campus the students come into contact with the vibrant activities off and on campus.
*'''Kick-In:''' Each year all freshman students kick off there academic career with a week full of activities to discover the university, the students and the city. 

*'''Student-associations: '''Ordering books, excursions to companies, even the sport you love to play is organized and managed by fellow students. Over 100 different associations on and of campus are active in various different ways to make a more complete study life.

*'''Startup and entrepreneurship events: '''such as the three day StartupLaunch weekend, the International Startup Challenge and the EntrepreneurialU organized each year at on the campus of the university.

*'''DesignLab'': '''''sience2design4society, the DesignLab provides a creative ecosystem for connecting the science to society. In this space students from all fields of study work together to create all the crazy idea they have!

*'''Internationalisation Department: '''Each year they organise two very interesting events, the CuriuousU summer school and the PreU promoting innovation and entrepeneurship among high school students. This makes studnets looking at joining the UT aware of the highly innovation driven mindset of the current students.

*'''Week of Inspiration:''' As a yearly event, the week of inspiration is organised by student and meant to broaden the knowledge areas of students. Many lectures relate to real world problems that fuel the innovative mindset of the UT students.

== '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ''' ==
Research at the University of Twente is aimed to have a social and economic impact. With research instututes focussed on nanotechnology, ICT, biomedical technology, technical medicine, governance & behavioural sciences, engineering, geo-information sciences and earth observation the knowledge generation is not just at a high technical level but also impactfull for society. All summarized in its motto:
*'''High Tech-Human Touch: '''Connecting the research involving cutting edge high tech on campus with the (current) problems of society.

The UT has many research departments that represent faculty making strides in the area of innovation and entrepeneurship. Details about research at the UT:

*1,500 researchers work on a daily base on relevant societal challenges in a variety of disciplines
*deliver over 2,700 publications a year, providing valuable input for scientific excellence and laying the foundations for new knowledge-based spin-offs
*'''NIKOS: '''Research group at the UT that focuses on innovation and entrepeneurship. The try to bring this to the students through a entrepenurial summer school, EntrepeneurialU, and provide a minor for all students where they teach about innovation and entrepeneurship.

== '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ''' ==
''Comming Soon: There is currenty no technology transfer office at the University of Twente.''
== '''Facilitating university-industry collaboration''' ==

Located in the heart of the Dutch start-up scheme the University of Twente is surrounded by organizations providing the knowledge and experience for beginning businesses to evolve.

*'''Kennispark:''' "Kennis" is the Dutch word for knowledge, the Kennispark is a business and science park located across from the university and is home to new and developing innovative businesses. It being an incubator it is also a center of mentoring and support for starting businesses.

== '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ''' ==
The region Twente but also independent organizations are able to provide startups with the necessary economical support. All of these are readily available for students, a few of them are even specifically aimed at entrepreneurial students.
*'''Dutch Student Investment Fund:''' An organization run by students in the European Union  that helps to turn ideas into reality. The DSIF provides help with your idea, prototyping, financing and finding customers
*'''Young Technology Awards: '''An event run by the Twente region to place start-ups in the national spotlight.
*'''Fund the future: '''A funding event run by Kennispark and Powered by Twente organisations

= Related links =

=== University Website ===
[https://www.utwente.nl/en/ University of Twente]
=== Wiki pages ===
'''University of Twente'''[[University of Twente Student Priorities|University of Twente Student Priorities]]
=== University Innovation Fellows ===

==== Fall 2016 ====

[[Marjanne Luinstra|Marjanne Luinstra]]

[[David_Goedicke|David Goedicke]]

[[Jos van 't Hof|Jos van 't Hof]]

[[Arian Hohmann|Arian Hohmann]]

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Resource:How to organize a kickass planning committee

2017-01-06T10:46:39Z

Elisabeth de Vijlder:

Introduction

Are you looking to start an event at your school but don't know who you should bring in or how to even begin? Well this is the “how-to” for you! This “how-to” guide will help you find and build a kickass planning team for your event and help you advertise the event... and then pass it on to the next generation.
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Forming a kickass planning committee[[File:Kickass plannig 1.png|thumb]]

In order to form a kickass planning committee, you have to identify the ones that will support you and your cause. You may be asking yourself, " How do I do this?" 

For your very first event, make sure your friends join. Then ask those friends to invite their friends, and hopefully, those friends will invite their friends. Host the event. See how it goes. But also make sure enough other people are reached for your event. The more promotion means you use, the more people are likely to show. Think about posters, flyers, buisness card which are given personnally and promotion talks before audiances. 

The most active people can be spotted during this event. To spot them easier you can ask yourself the following questions:

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Who's left after most of the crowd has left?

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Who put their entire self into this event?

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Who couldn't help it but to assist you in organizing this event?

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Who's genuinely intrested and having passion to do the work in the Long-run?

The people that you pick out as you go through this list are the ones you need to make it all happen. 

Another aspect to keep in mind is the fact that it is a good idea to create a group with all kinds of individuals from different disciplines. Think about Who will be taking the lead? It is also a good idea to make each person responsible for different parts of the organisation (think about a treasurer if needed, head of promotion etc). To decide the division of roles, aks them to write a motivation letter beforehand and hold interviews.  

== Advertising ==

[[File:Kickass plannig 2.jpg|thumb]] Now that you have your kickass planning committee, how can you get the word out about your events? Of course, there's the obvious ways: posters, Facebook Events, emails. But how can you step it up a notch? Here's your answers.

*Meet and involve the person in charge of communications at your university in your organization.This person can get your name and organization out there in your university so that others can see your cause and maybe even join.
*Place enough posters in the right place, and that could make all the difference in the turnout of your event. Place the posters where people will have time to read them: like elevators or hallways by classrooms. Avoid places where they will get lost or looked over. 
*When trying to hook people in to your cause or organization, present it as an advantage to them. Try to sell your organization or event. You're giving them an advantage whether that'd be extra credit for a certain class, a resume builder, or even food. We all love food!
*Use tangible advertisements. Do NOT just write out long paragraphs on Facebook or in an email. People won't read them. Make your advertisements easy to read and to the point.

== Inspire people to be apart of the next planning committee[[File:Kickass plannig 3.JPG|thumb]] ==

Now for the next generation for your planning committee. You have succesfuly built and ran your event with your team and it is time to pass the torch and keep the ball rolling. How do you find these people and inspire them to contnue and improve the event.

*Talk to who ever stays after the event has ended they tend to be the most passionate of the participants who would want the event to happen again.
*"Sweeten the pot" by asking a professor or the school to give students who are involved in running the event a little something. A bit of extra credit in one class or a bit of fame through the school's paper.
*Show them that their goals align with what they would gain and get to work on as part of the Kickass planning committee.

The last step is the hardest one out of everything in this "How to". To empower the others of the committee, you will need to step back and allow it to run itself. Allowing each member to take on their own responsibility and run the next event as they choose. This is what will ensure that this group and event that you worked to create will continue even after you have moved on.

== Other Fellows ==

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Don't forget, there is an entire network of University Innovation Fellows that could possibly help you with road bumps along the way! Many other Fellows have already planned and coordinated speakers, conferences, 24 hour "Make-A-Thon" events, and the list goes on! So don't shy away from reaching out to other Fellows for advice.

== Student Contributers ==

[[Eric Rickabaugh]]

[[Allyssa Houston]]

[[Ajay Kumar]]

[[Elisabeth de Vijlder]]

[[Eric Muchisky]]

Fellow:Elisabeth De Vijlder

2017-01-05T16:11:46Z

Elisabeth de Vijlder:

Elisabeth is an Industrial Design student at the university of Twente in the Netherlands. She is currently the chairman and officer of educational affairs of the study association of Industrial Design. Doing that for a year she learned to develop her strengths and skills.  During her board year she organized lots of activities concerning education as well as fun 'after uni' activities. She is most proud of the “creative space education pilot” she organised in september of 2016. She began the pilot because she wanted to create awareness about the necessity of creative education and creative workspaces. The week was finalized with an event where hundreds of teachers, students and staff members were invited to see the results. Leading a team of 15 students and cooperating with teachers to make this week a success, she managed to change the minds of 120 employees of the University.

Next to being active in her student and study association she likes to become active in a sport (suggestions are welcome). In her free time she likes to draw, travel and cook. 

Fellow:Elisabeth De Vijlder

2017-01-05T16:11:18Z

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= Elisabeth de Vijlder =

Elisabeth is an Industrial Design student at the university of Twente in the Netherlands. She is currently the chairman and officer of educational affairs of the study association of Industrial Design. Doing that for a year she learned to develop her strengths and skills.  During her board year she organized lots of activities concerning education as well as fun 'after uni' activities. She is most proud of the “creative space education pilot” she organised in september of 2016. She began the pilot because she wanted to create awareness about the necessity of creative education and creative workspaces. The week was finalized with an event where hundreds of teachers, students and staff members were invited to see the results. Leading a team of 15 students and cooperating with teachers to make this week a success, she managed to change the minds of 120 employees of the University.

Next to being active in her student and study association she likes to become active in a sport (suggestions are welcome). In her free time she likes to draw, travel and cook. 