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Priorities:Johnson C. Smith University Student Priorities

2019-10-31T23:29:31Z

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== Student Priorites<br/> ==

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Johnson C. Smith University offers students the opportunity to be unique entrepreneurs. Events are hosted throughout the year through different organizations and departments. All of which, allows these individuals to expand their knowledge and brands. Having more opportunities presented to the university will allow a greater amount of exposure and position students to be aligned with greatness.  </span>

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As University Fellows, we would like to bring forth Pop-Up Shop learning session opportunities with guests speakers. Our guests will be individuals whom are established entrepreneurs thats are more than willing to offer knowledge to students on how to navigate Pop-Up Shops successfully. It is a goal of ours to host this event at least once a month. Thus, allowing students to attend one of the forums. The most important life lesson entrepreneurs can teach you that failure isn't always necessarily a bad thing, but with these experienced guests could give student entrepreneurs an outline of how to overcome such obstacles because they've experienced it themselves. </span>

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Social Media 101 would also be an entrepreneurial opportunity we would like to bring forth to students. Being social media savvy will be beneficial to students. Being socially savvy helps you increase your brand awareness and your messaging. Social media is a chance you to showcase what you stand for in the public eye so people understand not only what your goal  is as an entrepreneurs but what they stand for. If people don't know your business, they can't become your customers. So in order to become socially involved with your customers, young entrepreneurs must know how important social media has become over time.</span>

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another entrepreneurial opportunity that we would like to propose to the university is to allow professionals to speak in classroom settings. We’re taught by highly educated individuals who’s studied a subject matter but may have never been workers of the field other than teaching. It would be relatable for students to have someone face to face with them who does what they desire to do in the near future. This gives a realistic approach to how the work world will look for us.</span>

<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lastly, we would like to add more internship opportunities in other fields outside of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. It was once said that experience is the best teacher. Having some form of experience will then qualify if this is what our peers really want for themselves. Not only can our colleagues benefit from these opportunities but we can as well.</span>

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Priorities:Johnson C. Smith University Student Priorities

2019-10-28T15:42:55Z

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== Student Priorites<br/> ==

Johnson C. Smith University offers students the opportunity to be unique entrepreneurs. Events are hosted throughout the year through different organizations and departments. All of which, allows these individuals to expand their knowledge and brands. Having more oppurtuities presetd to the unviersity will allow a greater amoun of exposure and positon students to be aligned with greatness. 
<div>Our team of 2 was able to conduct a few projects for our university which focused on improving the life of student</div><div>engagement and professionalism for students. We listened to the voiced needs that students and peers have</div><div>expressed to us through interviews, and based on their concerns we produced buildups to fulfill these needs. One of</div><div>our projects, titled HUSTLE, which created an outlet for students to find creative ways to innovate, and start their</div><div>ideas. Innovation and technology was a department we decided to give focus to, so we created workshops to allow</div><div>students to network with peers and faculty to create airspaces for maybe the next Facebook or Uber to be created.</div><div>We also created school spirit workshops to allow for an increase in student engagement and involvement. Both were</div><div>successful and set strong footprints in two fields that we wanted to focus in, innovation and engagement.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>As University Fellows, we would like to bring forth Pop-Up Shop learning session opportunities with guests speakers. Our guests will be individuals whom are established entrepreneurs thats are more than willing to offfer knowledge to students on how to navigate Pop-Up Shops successflly. It is a goal of ours to host this event at least once a month. Thus, allowing students to attend one of the forums. The most important life lesson entrepreneurs can teach you that failure isn't always neccessarly a bad thing, but with these experinced guests could give student entrepreneurs an outline of how to overcome such obstacles because they've experinced it themselves. <br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Social Media 101 would also also be an entrepreneurial opportunity we would like to bring forth to students. Being social media savvy will be benefiicial to students. Being socially savvy helps you increase your brand awareness and your messaging. Social media is a chance you to showcase what you stand for in the public eye so people understand not only what your goal  is as an entrepreneurs but what they stand for. If people don't know your business, they can't become your customers. So in order to become socially involved with your customers, young entreprenuers must know how important social media has become over time.</div>

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2019-10-28T15:42:29Z

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2019-10-28T15:31:36Z

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2019-10-28T15:24:45Z

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== Student Priorites<br/> ==

Johnson C. Smith University offers students the opportunity to be unique entrepreneurs. Events are hosted throughout the year through different organizations and departments. All of which, allows these individuals to expand their knowledge and brands. Having more oppurtuities presetd to the unviersity will allow a greater amoun of exposure and positon students to be aligned with greatness. 
<div>Our team of 2 was able to conduct a few projects for our university which focused on improving the life of student</div><div>engagement and professionalism for students. We listened to the voiced needs that students and peers have</div><div>expressed to us through interviews, and based on their concerns we produced buildups to fulfill these needs. One of</div><div>our projects, titled HUSTLE, which created an outlet for students to find creative ways to innovate, and start their</div><div>ideas. Innovation and technology was a department we decided to give focus to, so we created workshops to allow</div><div>students to network with peers and faculty to create airspaces for maybe the next Facebook or Uber to be created.</div><div>We also created school spirit workshops to allow for an increase in student engagement and involvement. Both were</div><div>successful and set strong footprints in two fields that we wanted to focus in, innovation and engagement.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>As University Fellows, we would like to bring forth Pop-Up Shop learning session opportunities with guests speakers. Our guests will be individuals whom are established entrepreneurs thats are more than willing to offfer knowledge to students on how to navigate Pop-Up Shops successflly. It is a goal of ours to host this event at least once a month. Thus, allowing students to attend one of the forums. </div><div><br/></div><div>Social Media 101 would also also be an entrepreneurial opportunity we would like to bring forth to students. Being social media savvy will be benefiicial to students. Being socially savvy helps you increase your brand awareness and your messaging. Social media is a chance you to showcase what you stand for in the public eye so people understand not only what your goal  is as an entrepreneurs but what they stand for. </div>

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2019-10-28T01:13:21Z

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School:Johnson C. Smith University

2019-10-28T00:40:42Z

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<span style="font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;">[[File:GoldenBull-Masthead3.png|border|GoldenBull-Masthead3.png]]Johnson C. Smith University</span>

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== Overview ==

[[File:JCSU seal.png|thumb]] Johnson C. Smith University is a private HBCU that sits at the highest point in Charlotte, North Carolina. Established in 1867, JCSU has a rich history in advancing and expanding the potential of its students.

JCSU is making leaps and bounds in advancing Institutional Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

 

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

==== HBCU.vc ====

[http://www.hbcu.vc/index.html HBCU.vc] is an experience-based learning opportunity in venture capital and tech entrepreneurship. Our student investor program works with students attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to teach investment fundamentals and entrepreneurship. To act as investors to fund local tech entrepreneurs and build startup communities in and around their campuses. During the program, students learn from investors and entrepreneurs as they work to identify investment opportunities, perform market research, and make funding decisions. It gives students the real world experience needed to jumpstart careers in their chosen paths.

==== FreshStart ====

FreshStart<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> is a Spring Break program that allows students to learn and practice the techniques for entrepreneurs and teams who created companies like Facebook, Apple, Uber, Rent The Runway and Spotify. It’s a full-week immersion where students will have close conversations with entrepreneurs in Charlotte, visit locations where they are building their companies and learn how they can build thier own startups or work with others to build something great.</span>

== Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function ==

Following JCSU's revamp of institutional focus to align with our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), students and faculty are able to utilize the resources at the James B. Duke Memorial Library to educate themselves on the patent process and apply it to entrepreneurship.

== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==
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==== Sustainability Village ====
<div><br/></div></div><div>An innovative living-learning prototype for students, as well as academic coursework, service-learning activities and study abroad opportunities are all part of the University’s Sustainability Village. The program integrates academic coursework, research, service learning and experiential education opportunities to enhance student understanding of sustainable development, community food systems and alternative lifestyles that promote conservation. Community and aquaponic gardens also offer opportunities for students to engage in service learning and applied interdisciplinary research. The gardens aid in the University’s recycling and waste reduction efforts by employing composting and loop system strategies. Both gardens are part of Sustainability Village, which is designed to produce food for thought as students learn while living in a sustainable environment. Funded by The Duke Endowment and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina as part of the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, the village’s centerpiece will be a model home built to accommodate four students. It will serve as an affordable prototype that could be replicated in communities impacted by natural disasters such as in the earthquake-devasted areas in Haiti.</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

== Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration ==

'''Google'''

Johnson C. Smith is a partner institute to Google's secondary education programs where students are given the ability to expand and apply their computer science skills and knowledge. Incoming freshmen are selected from a wide range for the '''Google Computer Science Summer Institute''' prior to starting their first year. This program operates on the campus of JCSU, where 20 incoming freshmen learn web development and soft skills over three weeks while learning the environment on campus. The upperclassmen are also encouraged to be involved with '''Applied Computer Science''', where they apply their lessons from class to android app development to create intuitive apps. 

'''IBM'''

JCSU CSE Department is partnering with IBM on curriculum that explains how to work with Enterprise Cloud Computing Systems. This is offered as an elctive course under Special Topics in Computer Science. Students learn about the IBM cloud platform to create a web-based application that seek to solve an issue they see on campus. Students also will earn a digital badge for completing [https://masterthemainframe.com/ '''IBM's Master the Mainframe'''] during the class.

== <span id="docs-internal-guid-2d7abc57-7fff-3ee5-f04d-ada5feafbf74"><span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span></span> ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-2d7abc57-7fff-3ee5-f04d-ada5feafbf74"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Johnson C. Smith University has strong connections with the surrounding charlotte community. Community involvement is strongly ingrained in the campus and academic culture, where all students are required to participate in 10 hours of community service and every organization on campus host events to volunteer within Mecklenburg county. The school of Social Work has a graduation requirement of 400 field hours with a local organization. The STEM Innovation Center at JCSU has involved itself with the community of startups and venture capital firms within the Charlotte ecosystem. They have hosted meeting for small businesses and local entrepreneurs, such as Start- Up Weekend and the Charlotte's meeting for small businesses. In the near future, JCSU will launch a Small Business Innovation Research Program that will service as a pathway to increase student involvement and accelerate innovation on campus.</span></span>

== Landscape Canvas & Conclusions ==

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/137-btF0RlhFHMddc7u7NtqsFeQ-c1CBm-bpyFi-Ih1U/edit?usp=sharingCLandscape Canvas Link]

== Related Links ==

Fall 2018 Fellows

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Anthony_edwards Anthony Edwards]

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Fall 2019 Fellows

[[Ahnazha Muhammad]]

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Priorities:Johnson C. Smith University Student Priorities

2019-10-28T00:21:03Z

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== Student Priorites<br/> ==
<div>Our team of 2 was able to conduct a few projects for our university which focused on improving the life of student</div><div>engagement and professionalism for students. We listened to the voiced needs that students and peers have</div><div>expressed to us through interviews, and based on their concerns we produced buildups to fulfill these needs. One of</div><div>our projects, titled HUSTLE, which created an outlet for students to find creative ways to innovate, and start their</div><div>ideas. Innovation and technology was a department we decided to give focus to, so we created workshops to allow</div><div>students to network with peers and faculty to create airspaces for maybe the next Facebook or Uber to be created.</div><div>We also created school spirit workshops to allow for an increase in student engagement and involvement. Both were</div><div>successful and set strong footprints in two fields that we wanted to focus in, innovation and engagement.<br/></div>

Priorities:Johnson C. Smith University Student Priorities

2019-10-28T00:20:33Z

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