University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

School:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2019-10-22T01:36:08Z

Glrogers:

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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
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As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

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UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
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= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
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= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

 Fall 2019 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher ]

[[Caleb marks|Caleb Marks]]

[[Collin Roberts|Collin Roberts]]

[[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]]

Fall 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_davis Justin Davis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ilian_iliev Ilian Iliev]

Kaitlyn Jankowski

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mitchell_Merz Mitchell Merz ]

Spring 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

Fall 2015 -

Rustin Bergren

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aaron_Davis Aaron Davis ]

Cori Engdahl

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tahereh_Hosseini Tahereh Hosseini ]

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[[David Gallegos|David Gallegos]]

[[Nicole Green|Nicole Green]]

[[Garry Jean-Pierre|Garry Jean-Pierre]]

[[Amin Mojtahedi|Amin Mojtahedi]]

Spring 2014 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Francis Alex Francis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Carlton%20Reeves Carlton Reeves]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rob_Salamon Rob Salamon]

 '''Other Fellows:'''

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia Doxon]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2019-10-22T01:35:39Z

Glrogers:

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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
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As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

[[File:Logo.png]]

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

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UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
<div> </div>[[File:UWM-Innovation-Center.jpeg]]On June 6, 2013, UWM broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to the existing Water Institute, transforming the structure into the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences harbor campus.  The new space houses research support facilities, laboratories, teaching spaces and collaboration spaces.
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= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
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= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

 Fall 2019 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher ]

[[Caleb marks|Caleb Marks]]

[[Collin Roberts|Collin Roberts]]

[[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]]

Fall 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_davis Justin Davis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ilian_iliev Ilian Iliev]

Kaitlyn Jankowski

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mitchell_Merz Mitchell Merz ]

Spring 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

Fall 2015 -

Rustin Bergren

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aaron_Davis Aaron Davis ]

Cori Engdahl

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tahereh_Hosseini Tahereh Hosseini ]

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[[David_Gallegos|David_Gallegos]]

[[Nicole_Green|Nicole Green]]

[[Garry_Jean-Pierre|Garry Jean-Pierre]]

[[Amin_Mojtahedi|Amin Mojtahedi]]

Spring 2014 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Francis Alex Francis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Carlton%20Reeves Carlton Reeves]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rob_Salamon Rob Salamon]

 '''Other Fellows:'''

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia Doxon]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2019-10-22T01:32:04Z

Glrogers:

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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
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As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

[[File:Appbrewery.png]]

UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
<div> </div>[[File:UWM-Innovation-Center.jpeg]]On June 6, 2013, UWM broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to the existing Water Institute, transforming the structure into the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences harbor campus.  The new space houses research support facilities, laboratories, teaching spaces and collaboration spaces.
[[File:Building-freshwater.jpg]]

= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
<div> </div><div> </div>

= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

 Fall 2019 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher ]

[[Caleb marks|Caleb Marks]]

[[Collin_Roberts|Collin Roberts]]

[[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]]

Fall 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_davis Justin Davis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ilian_iliev Ilian Iliev]

Kaitlyn Jankowski

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mitchell_Merz Mitchell Merz ]

Spring 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

Fall 2015 -

Rustin Bergren

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aaron_Davis Aaron Davis ]

Cori Engdahl

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tahereh_Hosseini Tahereh Hosseini ]

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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/David_Gallegos <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Gallegos]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Universityinnovation.org%2Fwiki%2FNicole%20Green <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Green Nicole Green]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Garry_Jean-Pierre <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garry Jean-Pierre ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amin Mojtahedi ]

Spring 2014 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Francis Alex Francis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Carlton%20Reeves Carlton Reeves]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rob_Salamon Rob Salamon]

 '''Other Fellows:'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]

[[Alex Francis]]

[[Carlton Reeves]]

[[Rob Salamon]]

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]]

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Collin Roberts

2019-10-22T01:28:45Z

Glrogers:

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Collin Roberts is a University Innovation Fellow and a Business Scholar student at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee pursuing[[File:Collin Roberts.png|thumb]] a degree in Finance and a Certificate of Entrepreneurship.Understanding how experiences of suffering of his loved ones and many others around the world can be greatly reduced or overturned with empathy, and the compassion to act on that empathy, Collin is passionate about growing his and others’ empathy to help ignite passion and action in others to create sustainable positive change. Through entrepreneurship and innovation, Collin’s mission is to bring passionate people together to create startups and movements that focus on improving human and animal welfare, and the environment to be seeds for lasting change.  

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">While at UW-Milwaukee, Collin has worked with the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO), Student Startup Challenge, and many outgoing students and faculty to explore creative solutions, and is now building a startup called Pro Go (“protein on the go”), with the mission to create an easy access point for nutritious and affordable foods for college students, community areas, and food deserts. Pro Go provides plant-based foods, focused on sustainable sources without harming the environment or animals, while providing a healthy and fulfilling source of food for people. Collin is also working on other projects to help improve students’ and young business professionals’ confidence, as well as a collaboration tool called CollaborACE that aims to help students connect and create change by igniting discussions of problems opportunities into action. 

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">After working with the Key Club executive board at his high school to help revive his schools’ volunteer organization, Collin learned in greater depth the challenges people face in Milwaukee while volunteering with the Hunger Task Force non-profit organization, and further while in college volunteering with Milwaukee Feeding America and Growth International Volunteer Excursion in the Hill Tree-Tribe Villages of Thailand. With these experiences, Collin is determined to continue working with and learning from those who face adversity around the world to learn how he can best help and expose others to do the same.Working to grow these last few years at UWM, competing in entrepreneurial competitions and winning the Business Writing Competition, Business Ethics Scholarship, and placing in the Business Ethics Case Competition, Collin is motivated to finish writing a novel series that exposes young readers to the hardships communities face all over the world, and the acts of kindness taken to overcome such adversities. His goal is to share more opportunities of exposure for people to build empathy and be the voice and action of those who cannot always speak or act on their own. Collin is fundraising a trip to volunteer this summer in Africa and plans to continue his volunteer efforts in his community and abroad to learn as much as he can to create the utmost respectful and impactful literature that confidently shares people’s stories. 

 

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">This year, Collin is working with fellow college students to create a sustainable program to help ignite passion and opportunity for kids K-12 by brining entrepreneurship and innovation workshops to schools, as well as creating mentorship connections. The UW-Milwaukee UIF team, including Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Caleb Marks, and Collin Roberts, is working on creating ways for students to best utilize campus resources and connect with fellow students and staff to help students grow and get the most out of their college experience at UW-Milwaukee. Collin is specifically focused on creating a resource this year to help students connect their passions and mission with their major, creating a Campus Canvas Guide with programs, clubs, spaces, funding sources, and connections to students, staff, and mentors of all areas of study for collaboration and progression towards achieving students’ goals.

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[[Elizabeth Gallagher|<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Elizabeth Gallagher]]

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[[Grace_Rogers|<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Grace Rogers]]
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Collin Roberts

2019-10-22T01:27:23Z

Glrogers: Created page with "<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent..."

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Collin Roberts is a University Innovation Fellow and a Business Scholar student at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee pursuing[[File:Collin Roberts.png|thumb|Collin Roberts.png]] a degree in Finance and a Certificate of Entrepreneurship.Understanding how experiences of suffering of his loved ones and many others around the world can be greatly reduced or overturned with empathy, and the compassion to act on that empathy, Collin is passionate about growing his and others’ empathy to help ignite passion and action in others to create sustainable positive change. Through entrepreneurship and innovation, Collin’s mission is to bring passionate people together to create startups and movements that focus on improving human and animal welfare, and the environment to be seeds for lasting change.  

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">While at UW-Milwaukee, Collin has worked with the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO), Student Startup Challenge, and many outgoing students and faculty to explore creative solutions, and is now building a startup called Pro Go (“protein on the go”), with the mission to create an easy access point for nutritious and affordable foods for college students, community areas, and food deserts. Pro Go provides plant-based foods, focused on sustainable sources without harming the environment or animals, while providing a healthy and fulfilling source of food for people. Collin is also working on other projects to help improve students’ and young business professionals’ confidence, as well as a collaboration tool called CollaborACE that aims to help students connect and create change by igniting discussions of problems opportunities into action. 

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">After working with the Key Club executive board at his high school to help revive his schools’ volunteer organization, Collin learned in greater depth the challenges people face in Milwaukee while volunteering with the Hunger Task Force non-profit organization, and further while in college volunteering with Milwaukee Feeding America and Growth International Volunteer Excursion in the Hill Tree-Tribe Villages of Thailand. With these experiences, Collin is determined to continue working with and learning from those who face adversity around the world to learn how he can best help and expose others to do the same.Working to grow these last few years at UWM, competing in entrepreneurial competitions and winning the Business Writing Competition, Business Ethics Scholarship, and placing in the Business Ethics Case Competition, Collin is motivated to finish writing a novel series that exposes young readers to the hardships communities face all over the world, and the acts of kindness taken to overcome such adversities. His goal is to share more opportunities of exposure for people to build empathy and be the voice and action of those who cannot always speak or act on their own. Collin is fundraising a trip to volunteer this summer in Africa and plans to continue his volunteer efforts in his community and abroad to learn as much as he can to create the utmost respectful and impactful literature that confidently shares people’s stories. 

 

<span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">This year, Collin is working with fellow college students to create a sustainable program to help ignite passion and opportunity for kids K-12 by brining entrepreneurship and innovation workshops to schools, as well as creating mentorship connections. The UW-Milwaukee UIF team, including Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Caleb Marks, and Collin Roberts, is working on creating ways for students to best utilize campus resources and connect with fellow students and staff to help students grow and get the most out of their college experience at UW-Milwaukee. Collin is specifically focused on creating a resource this year to help students connect their passions and mission with their major, creating a Campus Canvas Guide with programs, clubs, spaces, funding sources, and connections to students, staff, and mentors of all areas of study for collaboration and progression towards achieving students’ goals.

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[[Grace_Rogers|Grace_Rogers]]
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

School:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2019-10-18T22:50:46Z

Glrogers:

[[File:UWM-banner logo.jpg|thumb]]

= Overview =

[[File:UWM-CEAS-logo.jpg|thumb]][[File:UWM-lubar-logo.jpg|thumb]]

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
<div> </div>[[File:Uwm-peck.gif|border|Uwm-peck.gif]]
As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

[[File:UWM-AMA orig.jpeg|thumb]][[File:UWM-CEOlogo.gif|thumb]]

There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

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UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
<div> </div>[[File:UWM-Innovation-Center.jpeg]]On June 6, 2013, UWM broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to the existing Water Institute, transforming the structure into the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences harbor campus.  The new space houses research support facilities, laboratories, teaching spaces and collaboration spaces.
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= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
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= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

 Fall 2019 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher ]

[[Caleb_marks|Caleb_Marks]]

Collin Roberts

[[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]]

Fall 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_davis Justin Davis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ilian_iliev Ilian Iliev]

Kaitlyn Jankowski

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mitchell_Merz Mitchell Merz ]

Spring 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

Fall 2015 -

Rustin Bergren

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aaron_Davis Aaron Davis ]

Cori Engdahl

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tahereh_Hosseini Tahereh Hosseini ]

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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/David_Gallegos <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Gallegos]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Universityinnovation.org%2Fwiki%2FNicole%20Green <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Green Nicole Green]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Garry_Jean-Pierre <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garry Jean-Pierre ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Amin Mojtahedi ]

Spring 2014 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Francis Alex Francis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Carlton%20Reeves Carlton Reeves]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rob_Salamon Rob Salamon]

 '''Other Fellows:'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]

[[Alex Francis]]

[[Carlton Reeves]]

[[Rob Salamon]]

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2019-10-18T22:47:08Z

Glrogers:

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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
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As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

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UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
<div> </div>[[File:UWM-Innovation-Center.jpeg]]On June 6, 2013, UWM broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to the existing Water Institute, transforming the structure into the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences harbor campus.  The new space houses research support facilities, laboratories, teaching spaces and collaboration spaces.
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= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
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= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

Fall 2019 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher ]

[[Caleb_Marks|Caleb_Marks]]

Collin Roberts

[[Grace_Rogers|Grace_Rogers]]

Fall 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_davis Justin Davis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ilian_iliev Ilian Iliev]

Kaitlyn Jankowski

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mitchell_Merz Mitchell Merz ]

Spring 2018 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

Fall 2015 -

Rustin Bergren

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aaron_Davis Aaron Davis ]

Cori Engdahl

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tahereh_Hosseini Tahereh Hosseini ]

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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/David_Gallegos <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Gallegos]

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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Garry_Jean-Pierre <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Garry Jean-Pierre ]

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Spring 2014 -

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Francis Alex Francis ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Carlton%20Reeves Carlton Reeves]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rob_Salamon Rob Salamon]

'''Other Fellows:'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]

[[Alex Francis]]

[[Carlton Reeves]]

[[Rob Salamon]]

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]]

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Caleb Marks

2019-10-18T22:32:32Z

Glrogers:

Caleb Marks is a University Innovation Candidate and is also a junior at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering.[[File:Caleb Marks.jpeg|thumb]] Caleb grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Growing up, he found a growing affinity for leadership that lead him into playing different sports such as basketball, volleyball, football and more. In high school, he learned that engineering was his true passion and decided to pursue electrical engineering at UWM. In college Caleb went out and joined different clubs like Prototyping Club and the Immersive Media Lab to explore his passion.

The Prototyping Lab and Immersive Media Lab were amazing resources for Caleb because they helped him get involved in bigger things and gave him an opportunity to express his true passion: design. The Prototyping Lab was a great experience for Caleb and taught him to keep an entrepreneurial mindset. The Immersive Media Lab was another great experience for Caleb; there he learned the value of interdisciplinary work and eventually got involved with UIF.

Currently in UIF, Caleb is exploring ways for interdisciplinary classes to become easier for students of different majors to take those classes. Caleb feels so deeply impacted from his past interdisciplinary experiences that he would like to share that with others by making it more accessible.

Related Links:

[[University of Wisconsin Milwaukee|University_of_Wisconsin_Milwaukee]]

[[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Priorities|University_of_Wisconsin-Milwaukee_Student_Priorities]]

[[Elizabeth Gallagher|Elizabeth_Gallagher]]

[[Grace Rogers|Grace_Rogers]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

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2019-10-18T22:31:37Z

Glrogers:

Fellow:Caleb Marks

2019-10-18T22:30:34Z

Glrogers:

Caleb Marks is a University Innovation Candidate and is also a junior at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering. Caleb grew up in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Growing up, he found a growing affinity for leadership that lead him into playing different sports such as basketball, volleyball, football and more. In high school, he learned that engineering was his true passion and decided to pursue electrical engineering at UWM. In college Caleb went out and joined different clubs like Prototyping Club and the Immersive Media Lab to explore his passion.

The Prototyping Lab and Immersive Media Lab were amazing resources for Caleb because they helped him get involved in bigger things and gave him an opportunity to express his true passion: design. The Prototyping Lab was a great experience for Caleb and taught him to keep an entrepreneurial mindset. The Immersive Media Lab was another great experience for Caleb; there he learned the value of interdisciplinary work and eventually got involved with UIF.

Currently in UIF, Caleb is exploring ways for interdisciplinary classes to become easier for students of different majors to take those classes. Caleb feels so deeply impacted from his past interdisciplinary experiences that he would like to share that with others by making it more accessible.

Related Links:

[[University of Wisconsin Milwaukee|University_of_Wisconsin_Milwaukee]]

[[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Priorities|University_of_Wisconsin-Milwaukee_Student_Priorities]]

[[Elizabeth Gallagher|Elizabeth_Gallagher]]

[[Grace Rogers|Grace_Rogers]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Caleb Marks

2019-10-18T22:26:56Z

Glrogers:

Fellow:Caleb Marks

2019-10-18T22:22:09Z

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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
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As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

[[File:Appbrewery.png]]

UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
<div> </div>[[File:UWM-Innovation-Center.jpeg]]On June 6, 2013, UWM broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to the existing Water Institute, transforming the structure into the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences harbor campus.  The new space houses research support facilities, laboratories, teaching spaces and collaboration spaces.
[[File:Building-freshwater.jpg]]

= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
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= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

'''Fellows'''



[[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]]

[[Cory Engdahl]]

[[Aaron Davis]]

Rustin Bergren

Tehereh Hosseini

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Green Nicole Green]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:G._J-P Garry Jean-Pierre]
<div>David Gallegos</div>
[[Alex Francis]]

[[Carlton Reeves]]

[[Rob Salamon]]

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

[[Kate Jankowski|Kate Jankowski]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2019-10-18T21:59:23Z

Glrogers:

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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
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As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
<div>
Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

[[File:Appbrewery.png]]

UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
<div> </div>[[File:UWM-Innovation-Center.jpeg]]On June 6, 2013, UWM broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to the existing Water Institute, transforming the structure into the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences harbor campus.  The new space houses research support facilities, laboratories, teaching spaces and collaboration spaces.
[[File:Building-freshwater.jpg]]

= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
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= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

'''Fellows'''
[[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]]

[[Cory Engdahl]]

[[Aaron Davis]]

Rustin Bergren

Tehereh Hosseini

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Green Nicole Green]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:G._J-P Garry Jean-Pierre]
<div>David Gallegos</div>
[[Alex Francis]]

[[Carlton Reeves]]

[[Rob Salamon]]

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

[[Kate Jankowski|Kate Jankowski]]

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Grace Rogers

2019-10-18T05:02:38Z

Glrogers:

Grace Rogers is a University Innovation Fellow and student at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.  Her major is Community art, but she is also pursuing a [[File:Grace Rogers.png|thumb]]double-minor in both Biology and Conservation and Environmental Science (CES) and a certificate in Cultures and Communities. Furthermore, Grace has filled several on-campus roles, such as Campus Ambassador, Supplemental Instruction Leader, and Innovation Intern at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. 

Grace grew up in Cedarburg, WI as the oldest of four children, and she focuses firmly on setting a good example and proving to her siblings that hard work pays off. 

Over the course of her career, she would like to create sculptures and structures that work to actively solve environmental issues, such as water pollution and the endangerment of pollinators. Her dream is to work with scientists, engineers, local government, and community members to create works that are both engaging and effective as a communication tool in the community and also serve an active purpose. 

Grace hopes that UIF will be exactly the toolbox she needs to reach her goals, and she hopes to meet people and learn things that will ease her path. As previously mentioned, her goal has always been to save the world and make an impact environmentally. She loves working with people and she love this planet, so she looks forward to combining her interests and making a difference.

Related:

 [[University of Wisconsin Milwaukee]]

[[University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Priorities]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Grace Rogers

2019-10-18T05:01:40Z

Glrogers:

Grace Rogers is a University Innovation Fellow and student at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.  Her major is Community art, but she is also pursuing a [[File:Grace Rogers.png|thumb]]double-minor in both Biology and Conservation and Environmental Science (CES) and a certificate in Cultures and Communities. Furthermore, Grace has filled several on-campus roles, such as Campus Ambassador, Supplemental Instruction Leader, and Innovation Intern at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. 

Grace grew up in Cedarburg, WI as the oldest of four children, and she focuses firmly on setting a good example and proving to her siblings that hard work pays off. 

Over the course of her career, she would like to create sculptures and structures that work to actively solve environmental issues, such as water pollution and the endangerment of pollinators. Her dream is to work with scientists, engineers, local government, and community members to create works that are both engaging and effective as a communication tool in the community and also serve an active purpose. 

Grace hopes that UIF will be exactly the toolbox she needs to reach her goals, and she hopes to meet people and learn things that will ease her path. As previously mentioned, her goal has always been to save the world and make an impact environmentally. She loves working with people and she love this planet, so she looks forward to combining her interests and making a difference.

 [[Related:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee]]

[[Related:University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Priorities]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Grace Rogers

2019-10-18T05:00:10Z

Glrogers:

Grace Rogers is a University Innovation Fellow and student at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.  Her major is Community art, but she is also pursuing a [[File:Grace Rogers.png|thumb|Grace Rogers.png]]double-minor in both Biology and Conservation and Environmental Science (CES) and a certificate in Cultures and Communities. Furthermore, Grace has filled several on-campus roles, such as Campus Ambassador, Supplemental Instruction Leader, and Innovation Intern at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. 

Grace grew up in Cedarburg, WI as the oldest of four children, and she focuses firmly on setting a good example and proving to her siblings that hard work pays off. 

Over the course of her career, she would like to create sculptures and structures that work to actively solve environmental issues, such as water pollution and the endangerment of pollinators. Her dream is to work with scientists, engineers, local government, and community members to create works that are both engaging and effective as a communication tool in the community and also serve an active purpose. 

Grace hopes that UIF will be exactly the toolbox she needs to reach her goals, and she hopes to meet people and learn things that will ease her path. As previously mentioned, her goal has always been to save the world and make an impact environmentally. She loves working with people and she love this planet, so she looks forward to combining her interests and making a difference.

 [[Related:University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Grace Rogers

2019-10-18T04:59:21Z

Glrogers:

Grace Rogers is a University Innovation Fellow and student at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.  Her major is Community art, but she is also pursuing a [[File:Grace Rogers.png|thumb|Grace Rogers.png]]double-minor in both Biology and Conservation and Environmental Science (CES) and a certificate in Cultures and Communities. Furthermore, Grace has filled several on-campus roles, such as Campus Ambassador, Supplemental Instruction Leader, and Innovation Intern at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. 

Grace grew up in Cedarburg, WI as the oldest of four children, and she focuses firmly on setting a good example and proving to her siblings that hard work pays off. 

Over the course of her career, she would like to create sculptures and structures that work to actively solve environmental issues, such as water pollution and the endangerment of pollinators. Her dream is to work with scientists, engineers, local government, and community members to create works that are both engaging and effective as a communication tool in the community and also serve an active purpose. 

Grace hopes that UIF will be exactly the toolbox she needs to reach her goals, and she hopes to meet people and learn things that will ease her path. As previously mentioned, her goal has always been to save the world and make an impact environmentally. She loves working with people and she love this planet, so she looks forward to combining her interests and making a difference.

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

[[Related:University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee]]

School:University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

2019-10-18T04:57:58Z

Glrogers:

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= Overview =

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who began forging industry partnerships with such local companies as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate.  In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.

To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout various departments, first through the business school, Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art with Dr. Kim Beckman, and the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning initial seed funds to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.
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As participation in these innovative activities sky-rocketed, the need for more activities came apparent. The next was the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of the school of business. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the faculty support of Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university.

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There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused such as the video game design organization or Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School. The innovation engine does not stop here, UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.

In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center began.  This center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar.  This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space.  This will allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning.  The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public.  The center  will help to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.

 '''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''

Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts

Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev

Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek

Fall 2015 - Aaron Davis, Tahereh Hosseini, Rustin Bergren, Cori Engdahl

Spring 2015 - Amin Mojtahedi, Nicole Green, Garry Jean-Pierre, David Gallegos

Spring 2014 - Alex Francis, Carlton Reeves, Rob Salamon

= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =

== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.

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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch Spaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus. 

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== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation with the goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.
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'''Faculty Leadership Circle''':

UWM Chancellor: Dr. Mark Mone

College of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Ilya Avdeev (avdeev@uwm.edu)

Peck School of the Arts: Dr. Kim Beckman (kbeckman@uwm.edu); Nathaniel Stern (sternn@uwm.edu)

UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)

UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: Mark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)

== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==

Connections and collaboration between faculty has produced successful start-up competitions and funding opportunities for students. Moving forward, students and student organizations will establish a coherent engine of their own alongside their faculty role models with a Student Leadership Circle. Student leaders in organizations like CEO, AMA, and SESO which focus on entrepreneurial thinking will lead collaborative projects to prepare students for these on-campus idea and start-up competitions. Collaboration will not be limited to entrepreneurial organizations but encompass other disciplines which act as a valuable resource to the budding entrepreneur at UWM. Resources in the engineering department such as the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) are available as a fantastic technical resource for product design and development.

In the Spring of 2014 the University Innovations Fellow candidates at UWM plan to bring this Student Leadership Circle together for the first time for a kickoff event. Leaders from various student organizations will help lead teams of innovative students through the opportune program from 3DS. Meanwhile, the Faculty Leadership Circle will be able to provide valuable resources such as campus space, publicity for their competitions, and guidance for new ideas.

== UWM Innovators Expo  ==

An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebrationfor these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can see what our University has been doing.

The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening.  The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.

Supported

The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support and the Fellows put in sweat equity.
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Short Program

Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship speak about their support for the ecosystem.  These stakeholders include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad.  Their insights and discussions showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for the brand new entrepreneurship center.
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== Connecting Startups with Funding ==

A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The student will submit their interest through the site. The counselor will reach out to the student with a meeting time to discuss how to best apply and what materails to bring to the meeting. During the meeting, the counselot will be able to guide the student as to where they are in the start up development to what funding makes the most sense for them - does the student need to have a business plan pulled to gether, or merely a product to pitch to apply to different funding. The counselor will be able to connect or guide students to other resources on campus if their pitch is needing development prior to applying 

= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =

At UWM, we strive towards creating mutually beneficial university-industry collaborations. Traditionally, our largest industry collaborators have been Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. These companies have assisted in research projects, laboratory, and in some cases maintain facilities with personnel on campus working hand in hand with faculty, staff, and students. More recently, the University has begun developing new incubator spaces with the Innovation Campus, where UWM aims at developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading to new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs. For example the future of biomedical research is in translational research, which takes ideas from the lab to the patient bedside. At the same time, Southeastern Wisconsin’s manufacturing sector still employs significant numbers and is looking for ways to innovate and diversify.

Another branch within the Innovation Accelerator is the UWM Mobile and Innovation Lab but fondly referred to as the App Brewery. The Brewery works to create mobile apps that benefit the Greater Milwaukee Community while providing real world work experience to add to a student's portfolio. Partnerships include Wisconsin Medical College, Waukesha County Libraries, and nonprofits.

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UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.
<div> </div>[[File:UWM-Innovation-Center.jpeg]]On June 6, 2013, UWM broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to the existing Water Institute, transforming the structure into the new graduate-level School of Freshwater Sciences harbor campus.  The new space houses research support facilities, laboratories, teaching spaces and collaboration spaces.
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= Teaching Innovation =

== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==

Product Realization

Companies need time and talent to develop new product prototypes. Students need real world experience. The ANSYS Institute’s “Product Realization Course” brings these groups together. Students design, test and produce a prototype for companies that offer funding and mentorship. Aurora Healthcare, Eaton Corporation, Rexnord, BizStarts and the Medical College of Wisconsin are just some of the organizations that have used the class to take their ideas to the next step.

=== How It Works ===

The Product Realization course is a regular course offering. Industry sponsors pay a fee to cover expenses and provide engineering personnel to mentor their student project team. The multidisciplinary approach has real benefit. The course is co-taught by an engineering professor and an art professor. Students form interdisciplinary teams of engineers, artists and designers. They review the company’s product brief, determine a budget and timeline, then design and build the prototype.

[http://uwm.edu/engineering/people/avdeev-ph-d-ilya/ Ilya Avdeev, Ph.D], assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and [http://www4.uwm.edu/psoa/artdesign/facultystaff/nathanielstern/ Nathaniel Stern, Ph.D.], associate professor of art and design and head of digital studio practice in the Peck School of the Arts, collaborate and oversee the 15-week process. Some of the projects have included eye-tracking software, wheelchair design, wave energy collectors and personal lighting devices for roadside emergencies.

The ANSYS Institute gives students hands-on access to computer-aided-engineering capabilities; a versatile A/V presentation system; studio space with workbench areas for physical prototype development and assembly; and equipment for rapid-prototyping, reverse engineering and rapid product development. Teams operate in an open lab environment that encourages a free exchange of ideas across groups.

'''Innovation and Commercialization'''

In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''

As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow.  Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.

Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.

The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.

'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''

'''Required courses (12 credits):'''

BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures

'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''

BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research BUS ADM 465 International Marketing BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)

''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''

ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics BUS ADM 330 Organizations BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing

The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]

== Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration ==

Central to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning's educational philosophy is the fundamental principle that excellence in design and research involves direct and extended interaction with design professionals and culture. The School’s sponsored studio program provides this enhanced access to the profession and affiliated businesses for faculty and students. Each of the sponsored studios focuses on a unique aspect of design and includes the engagement of professionals from architecture, development, material design, manufacturing and building management with students in the studio environment. The business partners provide funding to support studio activities, travel, lectures, publications and materials.

Design Intelligencesays the School's program is "an amazing symbiosis between practice and education."

The sponsored studio program is based on a mutually beneficial, multi-year arrangement between SARUP and the business partner. Two such studios, the IP BIM Studio, coordinated by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/snyder.cfm Associate Professor Gil Snyder]and [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/dicker.cfm Adjunct Professor Jim Dicker]in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen Architects, and the Workshop Studio conducted by [https://www4.uwm.edu/sarup/people/faculty/schermer.cfm Associate Professor Brian Schermer]in conjunction with Workshop Architects, have received [http://www.ncarb.org/ NCARB Prizes]for their integration of practice and the academy. Students from a number of sponsored studios consistently participate in a variety of national and international competitions resulting in a host of awards and opportunities.
<div> </div><div>'''Design Thinking Studio'''</div><div> </div><div>''- Course Description''</div>
David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said: “Designers are more trusted and integrated into the business strategy of companies”. Design Thinking Studio is an experiential and human-centered design course whose goal is for students to come up with innovative design solutions which could boost engagement, productivity, performance, collective learning, and ultimately, individual and organizational growth in work and learning spaces. Design solutions can vary in scale – from a single piece of furniture to a configuration of larger program spaces – and/or in strategy – from introducing new physical objects to incorporating new technologies into the space.

To inspire students, the class will be visiting and exploring some of the exemplary workplaces in Milwaukee and Chicago. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to talk to experts in the field. Accordingly, students will be introduced to the Design Thinking Framework to develop their innovative design solutions for work and learning spaces. The solutions will be collected in a catalog and will eventually be evaluated in review panels based on their innovative potential to impact the architecture/design industry.

''- Area of Focus''

Areas of focus include but are not limited to innovation in: architecture industry, design industry, knowledge management strategies, and learning methods. Some examples of solutions might include: physical-virtual coupling in work and learning spaces, using sensor-network technology to evaluate work and learning spaces, smart workplace furniture, design patterns to increase the likelihood of collisions and serendipitous encounters, etc.

''- Experiential Learning Opportunity''

The class is designed around the experiential learning model. As students go through the Design Thinking Framework, they have to observe and talk to users directly, capture and analyze the dynamics of work and learning spaces, articulate problems and opportunities, ideate in teams and share their solutions with users to receive feedback and iterate, and finally, provide something for the user to be able to interact with.

There will also be review and mentoring sessions in which innovators, entrepreneurs, and people with expertise in innovative learning methods and workplace strategies will help students throughout the process.

''- What to Achieve''

The learning goal on the individual level is to influence the identity of students to become entrepreneurial learners – a generation of learners who constantly look around for new ways and new resources to learn new things and generate new ideas.

The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning
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= Related Links =

'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Cory Engdahl]]

[[Aaron Davis]]

Rustin Bergren

Tehereh Hosseini

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Green Nicole Green]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:G._J-P Garry Jean-Pierre]
<div>David Gallegos</div>
[[Alex Francis]]

[[Carlton Reeves]]

[[Rob Salamon]]

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

[[Kate Jankowski|Kate Jankowski]]

[[Grace_Rogers|Grace Rogers]]

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2019-10-18T04:52:19Z

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2019-10-18T04:50:16Z

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Grace Rogers is a University Innovation Fellow and student at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.  Her major is Community art, but she is also pursuing a [[File:Grace Rogers.png|thumb|Grace Rogers.png]]double-minor in both Biology and Conservation and Environmental Science (CES) and a certificate in Cultures and Communities. Furthermore, Grace has filled several on-campus roles, such as Campus Ambassador, Supplemental Instruction Leader, and Innovation Intern at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. 

Grace grew up in Cedarburg, WI as the oldest of four children, and she focuses firmly on setting a good example and proving to her siblings that hard work pays off. 

Over the course of her career, she would like to create sculptures and structures that work to actively solve environmental issues, such as water pollution and the endangerment of pollinators. Her dream is to work with scientists, engineers, local government, and community members to create works that are both engaging and effective as a communication tool in the community and also serve an active purpose. 

Grace hopes that UIF will be exactly the toolbox she needs to reach her goals, and she hopes to meet people and learn things that will ease her path. As previously mentioned, her goal has always been to save the world and make an impact environmentally. She loves working with people and she love this planet, so she looks forward to combining her interests and making a difference.

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2019-10-18T04:45:56Z

Glrogers:

Priorities:University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Priorities

2019-10-04T03:59:54Z

Glrogers:

= Overview =

UWM has a uniquely vibrant culture. It is a diverse hub for research and hands-on experience which is immediately embedded in a great city that offers a wide range of ecological, historical, intellectual, and monetary resources and opportunities. Pragmatism, optimism, and social empathy are written on the DNA of the city, and accordingly, the university. There are many young, knowledgeable faculties on the campus, and students have a hunger to learn and create.

We think student priorities need to be addressed on three main stages.

#Solving Problems
#Building Upon Existing Assets
#Creating New Opportunities

Each stage can be further explored on two levels of strategic and tactical. It should be noted that there is a considerable degree of overlap between these three stages, however, they also have distinct characteristics. While each of these stages can stand on its own, they are presented in a suggested sequence under the assumption that each stage represents a level of experience before going on to the next stage.

'''The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: A History of Development, a Future of Innovation'''

 

            In order to know where you are going, it is important to know where you’ve been…

 

*1885 – the Wisconsin State Normal School is founded
*1911 – Wisconsin State Normal School absorbs the Milwaukee School of the Arts and the Wisconsin School of Fine and Applied Arts
*1951 – Curriculum is expanded to include liberal arts
*1956 – the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is established
*1956 – College of Letters & Science
*1961 – UWM’s first building is opened, Lapham Hall, named for the state’s greatest 19th century scientist, Increase Allen Lalpham.
*1962 – UWM founds more diverse programs in the College of Letters and Science   
*1962 – Peck School of the Arts
*1963 – UWM offers its first PhD degree in Mathematics
*1963 – School of Education
*1964 – College of Engineering & Applied Science
*1965 - Helen Bader School of Social Welfare
*1966 – Lubar School of Business
*1966 – School of Information Studies
*1969 – School of Architecture and Urban Planning
*1974 – The UWM Foundation is established
*1975 – College of Nursing
*1976 – College of Health Sciences
*1981 – School of Library and Information Sciences opens
*1994 – UWM is ranked as a Research II University by the Carnegie Foundation
*2000 – UWM is named among the top 102 public doctoral research universities in the nation
*2006 – UWM Research Foundation is created
*2008 – School of Public Health is established
*2009 – School of Freshwater Science is established
*2011 – UWM purchases land for its Innovation Park
*2011 – UWM CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization) is created
*2012 – First UIF cohorts
*2012 – first UWM Student Start Up Challenge
*2013 – University Innovation Fellows Launches a wiki
*2014 – UWM UIF cohorts: Alex Francis, Carton Reeves, Robert Salamon
*2015 – UWM UIF cohorts: Aaron Davis, Amin Mojtahedi, David Gallenegos, Garry Jean-Pierre, Nicole Green, Tahereh Hosseini
*2015 – UWM is ranked one of two top research universities in Wisconsin
*2015 – TEDxUWMilwaukee is founded
*2015 – Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex opens
*2016 – UWM Innovators Expo
*2016 – UWM UIF cohorts: Alycia Doxon, Hoda Barzegar Ganji, Seyedehmahshid Jalalianhosseini, Tou Jim Lee, Brayden Cutler
*2017 – Prototyping Club at UWM is created
*2018 – Opening of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center
*2018 – UWM UIF cohorts: Madeline Horinek
*Forward!
*Forward! – UWM UIF’s continue to hold the UWM Innovators Expo
*Forward! – UWM UIF’s host pop ups, new workshops, and engage stakeholders
*Continued development of the overall community of I&E at UWM

 

As the Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) culture at UWM continues to build and develop a sense of community becomes even more important. As more events are created, and others continued, there will be a large push for more students from diverse branches of academia to participate. UWM has many organizations and programs, but they hardly ever interact outside of their majors. If UWM hopes to grow further, bridges will need to be built between majors. Future events will work to bring in more branches of academia in a way that encourages students to network and work with people outside of their branch of academia.

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= Solving Problems =

== '''Strategic: Inspiration & Celebration''' ==

There are many undergrad and grad students that are skeptic of the value of what they receive as education in the university. Also, many graduate and PhD students gravitate towards merely conceptual research endeavors to maintain a place in the community of researchers. By framing “becoming innovative” as a legitimate knowledgeable identity for students, we can evoke the masses’ curiosity about the culture of I&E and encourage them to join the movement.  

'''Tactical: Storytelling'''

*Seminars and workshop series

*TEDx, Ignite Talk, PechaKucha

TEDxUWMilwaukee was founded in 2014 by a group of students from various backgrounds. The university innovation fellows at UWM we're instrumental in aiding the founding members of the group and serve as ambassadors in the community helping TEDxUWMilwaukee find new speakers and make industry conacts. 

*Walls for Jotting Imaginative and Creative Ideas

= Building Upon Existing Assets: Landscape Canvas =

'''THE MAKE-IT-HAPPEN CAMPAIGN'''

== <span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority: Connection ==

== <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increasing student exposure to other students with complementary skill sets in order to facilitate collaboration.

<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactical: Increased Initiative

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the fall of 2019, the UI Cohort put together a prototype for a website that would allow students with ideas to request help from students with complementary skill sets, such as a design student connecting with an electrical engineer and marketing major to combine efforts and create a marketable prototype. This would allow people from different backgrounds whose paths may never naturally cross to find those with common interests and the skills to make the idea work. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The improved prototype and final product would be a fully editable platform where any student could make a profile, describe their interests, describe their ideas and skills, post preliminary sketches, and ultimately request that people with the necessary skills to reach out. This could be a game-changing tool for students across campus who shoot down their ideas simply because they don’t have the necessary training to realize it. 

 

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== <span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority: Mission vs Major ==

== <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increasing student confidence involving pursuing something that they are passionate about despite risk.

<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactical: Increased Confidence

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UIF cohort created a prototype to build a greater understanding of the origin of this fear of risk and what action can be taken to turn that fear into confidence. The prototype consisted of diverse questions that brought students into deep self thought, guiding them to reflect and ask themselves questions to help them discover the routes of their passions. After multiple interviews with the questions, first being done separately then followed up with discussion, the UIF cohort found a trend in the responses with certain thought processes and emotions. With each interview and discussion, they altered the questions to best help the student reflect and get the best, unbiased responses. These responses and discussions helped them come up with some answers to why things may be as they currently are, and opened up thought to what can be solutions. At the end of each interview, we discussed possible solutions on what would have to be true to progress forward. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Frequent and detailed discussion of students’ passions and the resources outside of the classroom available to allow students to actually pursue their mission, insighting opportunity, may be very helpful first steps for students. After discussing with the students, they said they may not have all the answers, but feel more confident and excited to move forward with discovering what their next steps are. ==

== <span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority: Academia ==

== <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Increasing student initiative to take courses that teach and encourage entrepreneurship and design thinking.

<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactical: Increased Initiative

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Universities want to create “spaces” for students to be innovative. What is a space? Is it really a physical place or is it a culture within a space? Our team says the latter. It is the culture within a space that allows students to be innovative. We have the makerspaces, we have the Entrepreneurship building, we have access to a network of people looking to help and guide. What is the disconnect? Could it be that students don’t know about the resources? Only certain students are marketed to for the resources? Probably both. How do we bring innovative students from all disciplines within the university together to work with one another?

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UIF cohort wants to create a course that would satisfy a general education requirement that is centered around Innovation. Potentially coding it as a Social Science course would encourage students to get involved in entrepreneurship and design thinking early on in their collegiate experience.

 

<span style="font-size: 17pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic priority: Diversity in I&E <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Creating more natural interactions between different majors in I&E classes

<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactical: Increased Initiative

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Universities know that there are benefits to interdisciplinary studies but I realized that a major roadblock to these interactions was that these classes have course titles that didn't allow for many majors like the courses are intended to. By changing the Course title from classes like Mechanical Engineering 490 that only count for credit for mechanical engineers, to something that can be counted towards graduation for all majors. If all students can take these classes for credit then you will yield a more diverse class.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UIF Cohort wants to change the way I&E count towards credit at UWM. I&E is a skill that all majors can benefit from so with that logic I&E should count towards graduation for all majors.
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= Creating New Opportunities  =

== '''Strategic: Empowering Campus Crossroads''' ==

Campus crossroads are places where most serendipitous encounters occur.

'''Tactical: Identifying and leveraging existing crossroads on campus and creating opportunities for I&E-related discussions and activities'''

*I&E Landscape Kiosk in the Student Union
*I&E Hub in the Library

== Virtual Reality Headset and Software ==

In order to enhance our I&E on campus, bringing Virtual Reality headset and software will be key. This technology would especially help out the architecture and engineering schools. By having this new technology, students in the field will be able to enhance their prototyping and knowledge on their field material. Non-architecture and engineering students are welcomed to use the technology themselves as the technology is versatile in all majors. Because this technology is so new and exciting, we are hoping it will get students interested about I&E.

We will need to: 1) find out if anyone on campus is doing research with VR (due 11-30-2016), 2) Determine cost of VR and how to fund it (due 12-30-2016), 3)-If there are grants, ask professionals to help us write it (due 1-30-2017), 4) Draft up grant writing (2-15-2017), 5) Review grant writing with professionals (3-1-2017), 6) Submit grant proposal (5-1-2017) 

== Venture Captial (Dorm Fund) ==

During an assignment where we had to talk with fellows from other universities about our landscape canvases, one of the UWM fellows came across a fellow who had a venture capital fund running out of his school, Rowan University. After talking with him about this fund, and finding out about a similar student-run fund out of Marquette University, we think that a student-run venture capital fund might possibly be valuable on campus. We think this because, mainly, students wouldn't have to go all the way through a program to be funded by the university. The money that the university has right now to support innovative ideas is only at the end of competitions, or the culmination of different programs. If someone happens to miss a deadline, they may just be out of luck for funding their idea until the next term comes around.

We could start the potential planning of a student run venture capital fund by, 1) interviewing students to see the need for business idea funding, 2) conduct interviews with the students at Marquette university, 3) Talk to the people at our school that already have money to distribute, and see if they have any feedback, 4) Look at the track record for how many students have gotten or needed funding in the past. 5) Create a plan for gaining donations for the venture fund, 6) Find out the structure and logistical information about holding money at a university.<o:p></o:p>

== '''Strategic: Think Outside the Campus's Box''' ==

Milwaukee is a great city with a wide range of resources. We need to plug into these resources and use the energy that is generated in the city.

'''Tactical: Involving the City in & Involving in the City'''

*Finding sponsors for Case Competitions
*Creating internship opportunities
*Exploring sites in the city that has social or ecological potential and value which can be used to the benefit of people, local businesses, etc.

= UIF Cohort 2018  =

== '''Strategic: Education with Entrepreneurship''' ==

At UWM, we have many great I&E classes and a new Entrepreneurship Center but no program incorporates all of the classes together. This gap in education could be filled with an Entrepreneurship Minor. The addition of an Entrepreneurship Minor would give students the incentive to take a series of I&E classes to enhance the educational program that they are already in. With this program, we could have students take classes in an order that will enhance many concepts of I&E. 

'''Tactical: Encoorperating I&E classes into a minor'''

*Get in contact with I&E professors to see what classes should make up the 18 credit minor
*Conduct interviews with students to see what classes would create an interesting program
*Begin conversations with the College of Letters and Science to see what is required to start a new minor
*Gather all of the appropriate information and paperwork to start the program
*Present the information to stakeholders such as the Dean of the College of Letters and Science

== '''Expanding University Legal Clinic @ UWM''' ==
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<li>'''Current Information:'''<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>No communication between University of Research, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, and University Legal Clinic</li>
<li>Currently they only do simple legal advice for things like citations, injury, and landlord issues</li>
<li>This could help the legal clinic out with more experience working with startups and businesses</li>
<li>There is not a good resource that you can just walk in to recieve help for patents, business documentation</li>
<li>Most people are directed towards Marquette’s Legal Clinic for these complicated things</li>
<li>If we incorporated these elements and legal clinic into the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, it could be a one stop shop for thinking, making, legal advice, and other resources</li>
<li>Legal problems can be some of the most frustrating/confusing things when starting up a company.</li>
<li>This could boost Entrepreneurship on campus because this legal problems holds many people back</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

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<li>'''General Actions:'''<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Contact University Legal Clinic</li>
<li>Contact city-wide legal resources</li>
<li>Contact Lubar Entrepreneurship Center</li>
<li>Find a better space within LEC to house a new improved Legal Clinic</li>
<li>Find more paralegal help for the influx of entrepreneurs and students</li>
<li>Connect city-wide legal help with paralegals on campus to give training on businesses, patents, and tax information</li>
<li>Contact Marquette Legal Clinic for help on improving ours.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>

== Innovating the Freshmen Orientation ==

Every school wants to get freshmen excited about coming to campus and beginning a new journey in life, but UWM's freshmen orientation feels like it's trying to do the opposite. The orientation gets the job done in terms of checking all of the typical orientation boxes, however, it lacks being the first step in creating lasting campus connections. 

To fix this, a few objetives have been identified to create a better experience for incoming students. 

First, changing the time frame from early in the summer to a couple days right before school starts will give students more time to get acclimated with the campus. 

Second, adding in more events where new students get to interact with clubs and other resources on campus will give them the opportunity to become part of a group and feel more comfortable as they adjust to a new place. 

Third, having optional trips around the greater Milwaukee area or staying on campus to do other events such as design thinking workshops would give incoming students the opportunity for discovery on campus and in the surrounding community. 

As a forward-thinking campus there are always room for improvement, and gving students a better first year experience is one way UWM can connect students to the campus and city. 

== Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship: Zero Barriers ==

To increase diversity and inclusion at UWM by having different entrepreneurial presenters from different backgrounds come and present to cater to the needs of the community would be the strategic priority of this event.

It would allow those without a voice to be heard or anyone that may have been marginalized in the past. The faculty, staff, and students here at UWM to include directors, vice-chancellors, presidents, and numerous leaders to provide a network to use their connections to ensure a successful event of diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship. Branding would be used for awareness and to use the "1 Million Cups" reputation to draw in the general public.

We would cater to the needs of the individuals and provide an open-forum, laid-back environment that is laissez-faire in nature where it is okay to fail and not know all of the answers. Our customer archetype would be those who are in the minority and from varying creeds, backgrounds, ethnicities, socio-economic statuses, and more.

We hope that this event can be done in a quarterly fashion to increase its momentum and keep on going by celebrating diversity and inclusion on different months, like Black History Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, and National Coming Out Month.

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= Related Links =

[[University of Wisconsin Milwaukee]]

'''University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Priorities'''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Green Nicole Green]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin Mojtahedi|min Mojtahedi]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Garry_Jean-Pierre Garry Jean-Pierre]
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[[Cory Engdahl]]

[[Aaron Davis]]

Rustin Bergren

[[Tahereh Hosseini]]

[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]

[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]

[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]

[[Kate_Jankowski|Kate Jankowski]]

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