At the CMURC, students and professionals alike develop innovation-based solutions to real-world problems.

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2022-12-12T00:32:00Z

Kapus1ja:

At the Next-Gen lab, students are shown resources for designing and maintaining quality information systems.

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2022-12-09T19:44:48Z

Kapus1ja (talk | contribs) commented on "Central Michigan University Fellow Alumnus Insights" (Our meetings conducted with our previous fellows was developed out of a hybrid model. We met with D'Yon Padgett and Josh Wright through c...)

School:Central Michigan University

2022-11-23T00:46:04Z

Kapus1ja:

'''CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY: WE DO ENTREPRENEURSHIP'''

'''Campus Overview'''

With over 200 undergraduate majors, over 50 graduate and doctoral degrees, and a multitude of certifications to pursue, Central Michigan University offers all its students the variety to explore their passions and find the programs that are best suited for their needs.

Central Michigan University offers a variety of support systems to their students to help them create and maintain a healthy environment to thrive in during their time in Mount Pleasant and beyond. Central Michigan provides many mental health resources such as CMU Cares, the counseling center that is free for students, and SAPA which is a student run organization that supports students going through health and safety issues. Central Michigan also ensures to have financial support for all of its students through our student financial aid, as well as serving students through the student pantry where you do not have to enclose your financial background to receive food from the university. Central Michigan University makes it possible for students to flourish on campus and receive the support they need.

'''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''

Central Michigan’s entrepreneurship and innovation team would not be anything without its students that help shape the college. At Central, students are given many opportunities to be able to get into their own creative flow. An example of promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship is the CMU sales challenge which provides students an excellent way to showcase their abilities in marketing that they have been taught all year. The CMU Sales Challenge brings in what students have been practicing in the classroom, and brings forth their ideas to professionals that may be recruiting. This is also a great way for students to win scholarship money.

Another way for students to display their new talents is at the first inaugural CMU Hackathon, which was a collaboration between colleges over a 24 hour period. The event started with icebreakers and team building to help to create teams to tackle multiple different challenges. Throughout the time allotted for problem solving, students are able to remain within the building whether it be for working, eating, sleeping on provided cots, and brainstorming within their teams. Judges are brought in to judge the final exhibition to award students for their work and innovative ideas for these projects.

The Adobe Creative Jam was an event on campus to promote a new resource that is available to all students and staff. Creative and accessible technology was the focus of this event with a speaker from Adobe talking about a video editing app that was built to allow easy editing for anyone. Along with this, the Adobe Creative Lounge (located in the CMU Library) was introduced, where there are spaces to meet collaboratively and rent space like the sound booth. This space gives anyone that uses it access to professional equipment and help when using software like the Adobe Creative Cloud (available for all students and faculty).

'''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship'''

The innovation and entrepreneurial mindset does not end at the students, faculty are encouraged to pursue their own ventures as well. The Office of Research and Graduate Studies is a resource that can provide support in the way of learning, funding, and exhibition. Through this office, grants are available to support not only research but creative endeavors as well, helping to foster an environment of innovation. Along with this, there are spaces that are available to present ventures that faculty have spearheaded. One of these is the Baber Room within the library that is used as an exhibition space, giving access to creative endeavors created by all disciplines. This space not only allows for faculty to promote their work but also to reach students that might have an interest in furthering their academics through possible mentors.

Groups within CMU are beginning to pop up as well bring together different colleges in the hopes of collaboration and innovation. One group that is prevalent in innovation and entrepreneurship focuses on innovation, entrepreneurship and the maker ecosystem within CMU as a university, stressing the need to work between colleges to allow for better access to resources. These groups allow for the conversations to start about how to create environments that will foster connection and creativity, two key items when developing ideas and working towards better design thinking principles.

'''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function'''

There are multiple resources available to help people with their technology transfer function such as:

Technology is constantly being iterated on within Central's campus. Within the IDEA den, a plethora of resources, including 3D printers, access to graphics and content software, training, and people to build confidence with all of these innovative tools is a constant.

At the Adobe Creative Lounge, located at the University Library, students are able to create media while accessing professionals to support in their creative endeavors.

The Office of Research and Graduate Studies works in tandem with CMU RC, and develops research technology and creative endeavors. Grant searching, providing insights into exhibition spaces, and promoting a culture of innovation are all high level assets that the Office provides to transform innovation throughout the university.

'''Facilitating university-industry collaboration'''

At CMU, developing meaningful relationships is the foundation on which collaboration across industries is innovated. Internships, travel opportunities and events, both virtual and in-person with companies such as SAP, Ford, and Isabella Bank are all being iterated on to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and ''intrapreneurship'' within industry environments.

The Isabella Bank Institute for Entrepreneurship sponsors the IDEA Den, a center for student-led Innovation that focuses on incubating start-up ideation and growing new ventures. Additionally within the College of Business, the SAP Next-Gen Lab is constantly developing '''ERPsimulation''' events, workshops, and speaker series’ to engage students with innovation in information systems. This last year, over 50 students traveled to Chicago to create a relationship with SAP leadership.

Additionally, continuous development of internships and industry collaboration is competitive. Within CMU’s entrepreneurship workshops and bootcamps, over 20 entrepreneurs from around the nation fly and drive in to mentor students on new ventures and startups.

'''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts'''

Development on a local and regional scale is also important in a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. Central Michigan engages in this effort by guiding people towards the resources that are available in the area and on campus. The CMU Research Cooperation (CMU RC) is a space that allows for co-working in four different cities. These spaces give all different levels of business networking and collaboration opportunities, as well as support from staff that helps entrepreneurs tackle their issues and strive for success. Along with this, the CMU RC gives people from start ups, established companies, the university and more the opportunity to share resources and innovate.

Another fantastic way to engage with economic development efforts is the Michigan Small Business Development Center, which is located within the Mid-Michigan College campus that is less than 5 miles from CMU’s campus. This center provides resources to small businesses to help them get on their feet, grow as a business, or develop more skills through training.

The Mount Pleasant Chamber of Commerce is a group that holds events and supports small businesses.

'''The CMU Landscape Campus can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/114kCw-ZmxINMch6hBsjFWHJZUc5DauTCt3fSJIp2a1U/edit?usp=sharingHere here].''' 
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School:Central Michigan University

2022-11-23T00:45:43Z

Kapus1ja:

File:Jake Kapusansky, Central Michigan University Introduction.jpeg

2022-10-14T14:14:01Z

Kapus1ja: /* Summary */

==Summary==
Hello all,

My name is Jake Alihan Kapusansky and I am an agent of change. I spend my time cultivating relationships and developing science surrounding justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and I hope to work hard with each now of you to create authentic, innovative experiences for people across the world.

This past year at my university, I co-founded the Organization of Asian Leaders with my peers and collaborators, and what I found was a family and a community that I hold very close to my heart.

With this initiative, we lead Asian Pacific American Heritage Month across our campus, and as the President of my team, I lead and managed the vision of the 10+ events that we hosted on our campus.

This summer, I had the opportunity to work at Dell Technologies as a Services Sales Intern. Over the 12 weeks that I worked in our services organization, I was able to work with incredible leaders and professionals that pushed me to challenge myself, every single day.

While I delivered on my weekly projects specified to sales, I also took my subject matter expertise from justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and built a process that is currently being implemented into our employee resource group intern '23 cohort strategy. The project is based on an Agile framework that was refined over time with my two leadership mentors, Laddie Suk, Global Digital Transformation and Industry Solutions Lead and Ro O'Brien Principle Program Manager, Certified Scrum Master. I am proud of what I created, and could not have done this work without the council of an incredible team of mentors and advisors.

To get personal, in my free time, I love talking with my best friends and family about philosophy, culture, and life. Most of the time, these conversations are had over good food.

As one of my core philosophies is to seek discomfort, inspired by [https://www.youtube.com/c/YesTheory/featured Yes Theory]. As a result of constantly pursuing discomfort, I have created space and resources for myself to travel with people that I love dearly. This year, I worked and explored in Austin, TX; Anchorage, AK, Minneapolis, MN; Toledo, OH; Chicago, IL; and most importantly, embarked on a yearly road trip that I take with my Grandpa, Pat Kapusansky from Florida to Michigan. We drive for a few days, stopping, talking, and listening to each other's stories.

For the future, I am currently working with my teams to travel more. My next grand adventures will be focused internationally.

Thank you for your time- I cannot wait to meet and collaborate with you all!

- J. Alihan

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2022-09-16T14:35:56Z

Kapus1ja (talk | contribs) commented on "Central Michigan University" (Along with the information shared by my teammates, the value that coincides with LinkedIn has been a growing endeavor, as well as our uni...)

Resource talk:How to organize a TEDx event on your campus

2022-09-16T14:20:51Z

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As an avid listener to TEDTalks podcasts, I am amazed that a student-led initiative brought a TEDx event to the university setting. Spoken word is very powerful, and to add to the author's point there is benefit to having shorter talks that leave the audience contemplating the mental stimulation they experienced instead of dosing off during a longer deliberation. I would be interested to see how the format of a TEDx Talk on campus would change amidst a global pandemic.

== Very Interesting Read ==

When I read this, I imagined what it would be like for our campus to host a TEDx talk and how that would look. This is such a fantastic way to bring people out of the community to talk about ideas worth spreading.

== Inspiring and Encouraging ==

Really enjoyable and inspiring topic to read. Personally, after reading this text it showed me not to scared to start new events .

==Interesting and Exciting ==

I always wondered how different colleges were able to host TEDx talks on their campus, my school hosted one last year. I think this is a great way to hear really interesting stories from people on campus and give people a chance to discuss new ideas and perfect their public speaking.

== TEDx in the time of COVID-19 ==

I found this topic very interesting and exciting! The idea of bringing TEDx to a college campus through student effort is very impressive. The topic made me look up whether my school had a TEDx and made me start thinking about how TEDx could occur in a virtual setting and how it could help bring people together. Definitely made me think, which I really appreciate!

== Inspiring meeting at our uni? ==

As a big fan of TED talks myself I love to hear about so many inspirational ideas. So I thought how special it would be to organize such a TEDx event on our campus and hear about ideas from people from our university. Additionally it would be fun to organize and you would meet many students, faculty members,... with inspiring ideas. Good to know is that it took about 3/4 year to organize and that it might take time and frustration until you get the TEDx event license.

== Catching and enlightening ==

I really didn't know one is able to organise TEDx talks themselves. Thanks for the insight and bringing the attention this. It is a really awesome idea to plan our own one, even if it takes so long! This could also be ONE way to honour outstanding achievements at university.

== Informational and Interesting ==

This is a great read and a fantastic guide for people wanting to host a TEDx event. The steps were precise and straightforward as to how to make the event possible and interesting for everyone involved in the process.

== Came to know the unknown ==

I admire TEDx a lot and used to think how nicely people share their life journey over there but came to know the unknown story of how people approach to speak in the TEDx dice. And came to know how people get trained to speak confidently in the TEDX.
I felt great to read this topic on TEDx. So I too want to see myself as a story teller in TEDx and will try to set it in my school.

== Motivating and learning ==

I recently came to know about TEDx talks. These are pretty amazing and inspiring knowing the back stories of successful people. We can learn a lot from their life stories. I actually think it is good for students to know the inspiring stories from these inspiring people from TEDx talks.

== Super Cool! ==

Last semester, I saw that my school had a tedX event, but I wasn't able to go. I was curious about how they were able to do that, and this article definitely gave some insight on that. It's super cool to see students creating events that they're passionate about!

== It would be great to organize a TEDx event ==

Organizing a TEDx event at my own institution is another dream of mine. The fact that one of us can plan such an event is incredibly inspiring. TEDx conferences are my favorite because the guests are always very motivational.

== Collaboration Towards Innovation on Campus ==

I have found a collective group of individuals that are looking to bring a Ted Talk to our campus, and I have started to share this information as a result of their own initiatives.

How can we create a centralized support system from UIF to other Change Agents across our campus to implement and generate movement rather than being bogged down in the bureaucracy of higher education? This has been a question I have been asking for the past two years, and is a question that I am still attempting to figure out.

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2022-09-16T14:13:23Z

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2022-08-19T14:52:09Z

Kapus1ja (talk | contribs) commented on "Jake's Why" (My name is J Alihan Kapusansky, and I was born in the Tyumen region of Russia, in a town called Yalutorovsk. As a baby, I lived in an orp...)

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2022-08-16T01:46:58Z

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==Bio==
Hey! I'm glad you're here.

My name is Jake Alihan Kapusansky, and I pride myself on being a visionary leader and professional speaker. I currently serve on various justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion advisory boards including the Presidential Student Advisory Network and the College of Business DEI Committee through my start-up, Kap and Company: www.changewithkapandco.com.

This summer, I worked as a Services Sales Intern at Dell Technologies, and over a 12-week period of rigorous project development and presentation(s), I learned the value of having someone believe in you.

At Dell, any idea I had, thought through, and worked to develop was supported and championed. In congruence with my Services Sales training, I gained the confidence to create a holistic business process that will be implemented into the summer '23 cohort based on culture, diversity, and inclusion principles.

My personal mission is to create and maintain multiple streams of problem-solving ideas, to have a lasting proactive impact on long-term actionable change.

To align with this mission, in 2020, I co-founded the Organization of Asian Leaders, which aims to develop diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that support the Asian community in Mt. Pleasant. As a champion of diversity, I continue to develop science through my start-up, Kap and Company while I mentor students to develop their personal & professional brands as a Resident Assistant and advisor to my communities.

While I currently reside in Mt. Pleasant, MI, I am pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Marketing with a Professional Sales Concentration with a minor in Information Systems at Central Michigan University.

When I am not working, I spend my time with my family and friends, eating, laughing, and having conversations about life. I love to watch movies, read, write, and go for runs at a very slow pace.

Check out my blog to learn more about my life: https://jakekapusansky.wixsite.com/my-site-1

==Achievements==
- Raised $2,000 in Start-Up funding for Kap and Company, Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consulting

- Created an inclusion strategy process based on my work with the employee resource group, Asians in Action for a 1,000+ intern cohort at Dell Technologies

- Founded the Organization of Asian Leaders at Central Michigan University, leading an executive board of 8 individuals to execute Asian Pacific American Heritage while hosting 100+ CMU students at each event: https://www.cm-life.com/article/2022/03/ji4cqlfluo4riz1

- Organization of Asian Leaders wins "Outstanding New Student Organization", Central Michigan Universities S.O.A.R. awards

- University of Toledo Sales Competition, Top 3 Nationally ranked, $500

- Twin Cities Collegiate Team Sales Competition, Team Captain, Top 5 Place Nationally Ranked

- Converted 79 cold leads into prospects resulting in a $15,329.13 annualized premium written as Jake from State Farm, the intern

- CMU Sales Challenge, 1st Place “My Story of Success” Winner, $150

==Social media profiles==
www.changewithkapandco.com

www.jakekapusansky.wixsite.com/my-site-1

Insta: JakeKapusansky

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jacobakap

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW7QzQzXTnu0G4G3_V8t-hQ

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2022-08-14T22:10:17Z

Kapus1ja: /* Summary */

==Summary==
Hello all,

My name is Jake Alihan Kapusansky and I am an agent of change. I spend my time cultivating relationships and developing science surrounding justice, diversity, and inclusion, and I hope to work hard with each now of you to create authentic, innovative experiences for people across the world.

This past year at my university, I co-founded the Organization of Asian Leaders with my peers and collaborators, and what I found was a family and a community that I hold very close to my heart.

With this initiative, we lead Asian Pacific American Heritage Month across our campus, and as the President of my team, I lead and managed the vision of the 10+ events that we hosted on our campus.

This summer, I had the opportunity to work at Dell Technologies as a Services Sales Intern. Over the 12 weeks that I worked in our services organization, I was able to work with incredible leaders and professionals that pushed me to challenge myself, every single day.

While I delivered on my weekly projects specified to sales, I also took my subject matter expertise from justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and built a process that is currently being implemented into our employee resource group intern '23 cohort strategy. The project is based on an Agile framework that was refined over time with my two leadership mentors, Laddie Suk, Global Digital Transformation and Industry Solutions Lead and Ro O'Brien Principle Program Manager, Certified Scrum Master. I am proud of what I created, and could not have done this work without the council of an incredible team of mentors and advisors.

To get personal, in my free time, I love talking with my best friends and family about philosophy, culture, and life. Most of the time, these conversations are had over good food.

As one of my core philosophies is to seek discomfort, inspired by [https://www.youtube.com/c/YesTheory/featured Yes Theory]. As a result of constantly pursuing discomfort, I have created space and resources for myself to travel with people that I love dearly. This year, I worked and explored in Austin, TX; Anchorage, AK, Minneapolis, MN; Toledo, OH; Chicago, IL; and most importantly, embarked on a yearly road trip that I take with my Grandpa, Pat Kapusansky from Florida to Michigan. We drive for a few days, stopping, talking, and listening to each other's stories.

For the future, I am currently working with my teams to travel more. My next grand adventures will be focused internationally.

Thank you for your time- I cannot wait to meet and collaborate with you all!

- J. Alihan

File:Jake Kapusansky, Central Michigan University Introduction.jpeg

2022-08-14T16:43:27Z

Kapus1ja: Hello all, My name is Jake Alihan Kapusansky and I am an agent of change. I spend my time cultivating relationships and developing science surrounding justice, diversity, and inclusion, and I hope to work hard with each now of you to create authentic, innovative experiences for people across the world. This past year at my university, I co-founded the Organization of Asian Leaders with my peers and collaborators, and what I found was a family and a community that I hold very close to my h...

== Summary ==
Hello all,

My name is Jake Alihan Kapusansky and I am an agent of change. I spend my time cultivating relationships and developing science surrounding justice, diversity, and inclusion, and I hope to work hard with each now of you to create authentic, innovative experiences for people across the world.

This past year at my university, I co-founded the Organization of Asian Leaders with my peers and collaborators, and what I found was a family and a community that I hold very close to my heart.

With this initiative, we lead Asian Pacific American Heritage Month across our campus, and as the President of my team, I lead and managed the vision of the 10+ events that we hosted on our campus.

This summer, I worked for the opportunity to intern at Dell Technologies in our Services Sales business unit, and I worked to understand and train on our Services portfolio through a generalist approach.

While I delivered on weekly projects specified to sales, I took my subject matter expertise from justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and built a process that is currently being implemented into our employee resource group intern '23 cohort strategy that aligns with our 2030 CD & I moonshot goals.

In my free time, I love talking with my best friends and family about philosophy, culture, and life over good food.

One of my core philosophies is to seek discomfort, inspired by Yes Theory (check them out on YouTube, their stories are incredible) and as a result, I have created space and resources for myself to travel with people that I love dearly. This year, I worked and explored Austin, TX; Anchorage, AK, Minneapolis, MN; Toledo, OH; Chicago, IL; and adventure on my yearly road trip with my Grandpa from Florida to Michigan.

I am currently working with my teams to travel more, but the next focus is to become a world traveler!

Thank you for reading and listening to my stories. I cannot wait to meet you all!