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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Scheduling App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: The organization expo. will keep students engaged in different organizations as time goes on. As of now, the only way students know about things happening on campus or different organizations is at orientation and welcome week. Organizations can show off different aspects to all kinds of students, including transfer students. As a cohort, we could set up a smaller trial to test how well individuals take interest in it, then we could move on to a bigger event. One way we could incorporate I&E in the event would be encouraging professors to share something they love to teach and have a passion for. The event could apply for the Makers Fair to bring in new ideas to campus. To increase student engagement, this will be on campus and also include certain field day events. These field day events will be a pickup game and some will have an incentive for competition. Depending on excitement, this will happen once a year or once a quarter.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: LA Tech having a program for undecided majors is beneficial to both students and the university. It could incorporate all colleges and highlight popular majors. The dean of each college would be able to present information about their specific college. If a student in the program wanted to learn more information about a specific major they could ask the instructor or email after the presentation. Another way to increase student engagement is to encourage older students to talk about their specific major. Education majors are able to get volunteer hours for teaching a program to students. As for the university, short term, it will see small losses as each student finds a major faster decreasing wasted payments for classes not needed; however, long term, the university will gain more students and retain students to possibly go on to become a graduate program candidate. Over time, the program could turn into a class undecided majors take to figure out exactly what they want to get a degree in. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Scheduling App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: The organization expo. will keep students engaged in different organizations as time goes on. As of now, the only way students know about things happening on campus or different organizations is at orientation and welcome week. Organizations can show off different aspects to all kinds of students, including transfer students. As a cohort, we could set up a smaller trial to test how well individuals take interest in it, then we could move on to a bigger event. One way we could incorporate I&E in the event would be encouraging professors to share something they love to teach and have a passion for. The event could apply for the Makers Fair to bring in new ideas to campus. To increase student engagement, this will be on campus and also include certain field day events. These field day events will be a pickup game and some will have an incentive for competition. Depending on excitement, this will happen once a year or once a quarter.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: LA Tech having a program for undecided majors is beneficial to both students and the university. It could incorporate all colleges and highlight popular majors. The dean of each college would be able to present information about their specific college. If a student in the program wanted to learn more information about a specific major they could ask the instructor or email after the presentation. Another way to increase student engagement is to encourage older students to talk about their specific major. Education majors are able to get volunteer hours for teaching a program to students. As for the university, short term, it will see small losses as each student finds a major faster decreasing wasted payments for classes not needed; however, long term, the university will gain more students and retain students to possibly go on to become a graduate program candidate. Over time, the program could turn into a class undecided majors take to figure out exactly what they want to get a degree in. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Scheduling App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: The organization expo. will keep students engaged in different organizations as time goes on. As of now, the only way students know about things happening on campus or different organizations is at orientation and welcome week. Organizations can show off different aspects to all kinds of students, including transfer students. As a cohort, we could set up a smaller trial to test how well individuals take interest in it, then we could move on to a bigger event. One way we could incorporate I&E in the event would be encouraging professors to share something they love to teach and have a passion for. The event could apply for the Makers Fair to bring in new ideas to campus. To increase student engagement, this will be on campus and also include certain field day events. These field day events will be a pickup game and some will have an incentive for competition. Depending on excitement, this will happen once a year or once a quarter.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: LA Tech having a program for undecided majors is beneficial to both students and the university. It could incorporate all colleges and highlight popular majors. The dean of each college would be able to present information about their specific college. If a student in the program wanted to learn more information about a specific major they could ask the instructor or email after the presentation. Another way to increase student engagement is to encourage older students to talk about their specific major. Education majors are able to get volunteer hours for teaching a program to students. As for the university, short term, it will see small losses as each student finds a major faster decreasing wasted payments for classes not needed; however, long term, the university will gain more students and retain students to possibly go on to become a graduate program candidate. Over time, the program could turn into a class undecided majors take to figure out exactly what they want to get a degree in. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2020 UIFs'''

'''[[Fellow:Abigail Hildenbrand|Abigail_Hildenbrand]]'''

'''[[Fellow:Courtney Wessels|Courtney_Wessels]]'''

'''[[Fellow:Jatavion Jackson|Jatavion_Jackson]]'''

'''[[Fellow:Kayley Kraig|Kayley_Kraig]]'''

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'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Fellow:Noah Borden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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2020-10-12T23:29:01Z

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='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. For more about Louisiana Tech's I&E information, click [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1udJsNftwEl1jDozpmvlLVowqAWimCqiJNC6hL65I5ew/edit?usp=sharing here].

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LA Tech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Point which provides space that is able to be leased to high tech companies and startups who employ students. Through the arrangement, companies have access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields. This gives students the opportunity to graduate with multiple years of real-world experience and often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LA Tech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region. As well as the Enterprise Campus, Louisiana Tech also collaborates with many corporations like CenturyLink, John Deere, and NASA Stennis as well as many more. All of these [https://www.latech.edu/research-innovation-enterprise/learn-about-corporate-partnerships/ partnerships] enhance campus innovation and entrepreneurship which helps students build connections with companies during and after their collegiate years. 

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

The Innovation Enterprise at Louisiana Tech University is a hotbed of ideas, entrepreneurship, creativity, and new partnerships created through collaborations involving students, faculty, and business partners. Tech engages in local and regional economic development efforts through the Innovation Enterprise team and the Chief Innovation Office. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus. Dr. Norris, the Chief Innovation Officer at the university has served on several statewide boards including the Louisiana Business Incubator Association, the LONI Economic Development Advisory Board, and the Louisiana Occupational Forecasting Conference, thus making him a resource for every student on campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Fellow:Abigail Hildenbrand|Abigail_Hildenbrand]] UIF Fellow 2020'''

'''[[Fellow:Courtney_Wessels|Courtney_Wessels]] UIF Fellow 2020'''

'''[[Fellow:Jatavion_Jackson|Jatavion_Jackson]] UIF Fellow 2020'''

'''[[Fellow:Kayley_Kraig|Kayley_Kraig]] UIF Fellow 2020'''

'''[[Noah Borden|Noah_Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

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Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2020-09-28T03:43:09Z

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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Scheduling App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: The organization expo. will keep students engaged in different organizations as time goes on. As of now, the only way students know about things happening on campus or different organizations is at orientation and welcome week. Organizations can show off different aspects to all kinds of students, including transfer students. As a cohort, we could set up a smaller trial to test how well individuals take interest in it, then we could move on to a bigger event. One way we could incorporate I&E in the event would be encouraging professors to share something they love to teach and have a passion for. The event could apply for the Makers Fair to bring in new ideas to campus. To increase student engagement, this will be on campus and also include certain field day events. These field day events will be a pickup game and some will have an incentive for competition. Depending on excitement, this will happen once a year or once a quarter.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: LA Tech having a program for undecided majors is beneficial to both students and the university. It could incorporate all colleges and highlight popular majors. The dean of each college would be able to present information about their specific college. If a student in the program wanted to learn more information about a specific major they could ask the instructor or email after the presentation. Another way to increase student engagement is to encourage older students to talk about their specific major. Education majors are able to get volunteer hours for teaching a program to students. As for the university, short term, it will see small losses as each student finds a major faster decreasing wasted payments for classes not needed; however, long term, the university will gain more students and retain students to possibly go on to become a graduate program candidate. Over time, the program could turn into a class undecided majors take to figure out exactly what they want to get a degree in. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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Kraigke: /* Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. */

= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: The organization expo. will keep students engaged in different organizations as time goes on. As of now, the only way students know about things happening on campus or different organizations is at orientation and welcome week. Organizations can show off different aspects to all kinds of students, including transfer students. As a cohort, we could set up a smaller trial to test how well individuals take interest in it, then we could move on to a bigger event. One way we could incorporate I&E in the event would be encouraging professors to share something they love to teach and have a passion for. The event could apply for the Makers Fair to bring in new ideas to campus. To increase student engagement, this will be on campus and also include certain field day events. These field day events will be a pickup game and some will have an incentive for competition. Depending on excitement, this will happen once a year or once a quarter.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: LA Tech having a program for undecided majors is beneficial to both students and the university. It could incorporate all colleges and highlight popular majors. The dean of each college would be able to present information about their specific college. If a student in the program wanted to learn more information about a specific major they could ask the instructor or email after the presentation. Another way to increase student engagement is to encourage older students to talk about their specific major. Education majors are able to get volunteer hours for teaching a program to students. As for the university, short term, it will see small losses as each student finds a major faster decreasing wasted payments for classes not needed; however, long term, the university will gain more students and retain students to possibly go on to become a graduate program candidate. Over time, the program could turn into a class undecided majors take to figure out exactly what they want to get a degree in. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2020-09-28T03:40:35Z

Kraigke: /* Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   */

= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: The organization expo. will keep students engaged in different organizations as time goes on. As of now, the only way students know about things happening on campus or different organizations is at orientation and welcome week. Organizations can show off different aspects to all kinds of students, including transfer students. As a cohort, we could set up a smaller trial to test how well individuals take interest in it, then we could move on to a bigger event. One way we could incorporate I&E in the event would be encouraging professors to share something they love to teach and have a passion for. The event could apply for the Makers Fair to bring in new ideas to campus. To increase student engagement, this will be on campus and also include certain field day events. These field day events will be a pickup game and some will have an incentive for competition. Depending on excitement, this will happen once a year or once a quarter.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: LA Tech having a program for undecided majors is beneficial to both students and the university. It could incorporate all colleges and highlight popular majors. The dean of each college would be able to present information about their specific college. If a student in the program wanted to learn more information about a specific major they could ask the instructor or email after the presentation. Another way to increase student engagement is to encourage older students to talk about their specific major. Education majors are able to get volunteer hours for teaching a program to students. As for the university, short term, it will see small losses as each student finds a major faster decreasing wasted payments for classes not needed; however, long term, the university will gain more students and retain students to possibly go on to become a graduate program candidate. Over time, the program could turn into a class undecided majors take to figure out exactly what they want to get a degree in. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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2020-09-28T03:32:04Z

Kraigke: /* Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech */

= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: The organization expo. will keep students engaged in different organizations as time goes on. As of now, the only way students know about things happening on campus or different organizations is at orientation and welcome week. Organizations can show off different aspects to all kinds of students, including transfer students. As a cohort, we could set up a smaller trial to test how well individuals take interest in it, then we could move on to a bigger event. One way we could incorporate I&E in the event would be encouraging professors to share something they love to teach and have a passion for. The event could apply for the Makers Fair to bring in new ideas to campus. To increase student engagement, this will be on campus and also include certain field day events. These field day events will be a pickup game and some will have an incentive for competition. Depending on excitement, this will happen once a year or once a quarter.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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2020-09-28T03:25:08Z

Kraigke: /* Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events */

= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App on campus will allow the cohort to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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2020-09-28T03:24:27Z

Kraigke: /* Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events */

= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bringing the Retain App will allow the campus to incorporate innovation through different schedules. Each person can subscribe to a class, organization, current events, etcetera to personalize their information. The app will be beneficial to campus through academics, and we can help maintain professor usage through allow students to input class schedules. Athletes on campus already use Retain as a way to keep up with practice schedules. To start out, the cohort will ask organizations for schedules and input all different schedules for all kinds of events. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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Kraigke: /* Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. */

= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Bring LA Tech to off-campus places and increase I&E throughout colleges in LA Tech. The regional meetup will allow us to create design classes and incorporate all regional UIF Universities. Through the meet up and design classes, the colleges will engage through innovation and entrepreneurship with campus organizations. Others in the university can join for volunteer hours and to further their interest in I&E.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

 [[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|LA Tech 2020 Candidates]]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

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[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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'''Fall 2020 UIFs Candidates'''

'''[[https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Category:Louisiana_Tech_University_(2020_cohort)|2020 Candidates]]''' 

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah_Borden]]'''

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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= 2020 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through a Design Think Program and Regional Meetup. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2020-2021 academic year

- Implementation beginning Spring 2021

- Students see I&E events on campus and can participate in different design groups.

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: Easier Calendar App for All Events ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with faculty, students, and organizations throughout the Fall and Winter Quarters 2020-2021

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new scheduling policies that would lead to more student involvement by Winter Quarter 2020-2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Organization Expo. for I&E and Colleges of LA Tech ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter tactic here.  

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2020-2021 to get all departments and organizations on board

- Implementation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Program for Undecided Majors Showcasing All Colleges and Majors   ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Enter Tactic here. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2021 work with faculty, colleges, and organizations on backing the project, implementing program, and encourage students to join. 

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with top clients to get project starting and create interest.  

- Finish new program by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

*End 2020-2021 Cohort

 

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1: Students gain easier access to I&E events on campus through the university academic calendar. ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work on the academic calendar with the appropriate faculty to make the website more user-friendly and promote student involvement. Currently, the website does not have nearly all events that are happening around campus. Most of these event’s information is sent to students through their emails which get overlooked more often than not. When the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Technology sends an email about upcoming events, for example; students often never see it because they are overwhelmed with so many other events. If this calendar was updated then all events could be filtered through to find exactly what students wanted to see and would also eliminate the need for student organizations to send so many emails. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Planning and meeting with appropriate faculty during the 2019-2020 academic year

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2: I&E events promoted more efficiently through email ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Louisiana Tech University has a thriving population of student organizations that is growing every day. While this is an excellent way for students to get involved in activities and groups that they really enjoy, our email system becomes really crowded with organization events and activities. By working with the Student Government Association on campus who organizes the student organizations on campus, we could work on making sure that the emails being sent are more pertinent to students and that emails are only sent for important notifications. This would eliminate a lot of the emails that are sent by organizations which aren’t applicable for most students and don’t contain clear information. By decluttering students emails, all emails that are sent would have a better chance at student reception including those sent by I&E organizations which are promoting their events.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Work with SGA throughout the Fall and Winter quarters 2019-2020

- Start meeting with organization leaders to promote new email policies that would lead to more student involvement by Spring Quarter 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3: Work with campus CEnIT to physically promote I&E events on campus ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Our I&E department makes efficient use of the availability of bulletin boards and flat screen TVs around campus to promote events but some colleges are more particular about what content goes on these screens. I would work interdepartmentally to ensure that I&E events were allowed to be promoted across campus because these events are for all students and promote the campus as a whole. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

-Work through Winter Quarter 2019-2020 to get all departments on board

- Implementation by Spring 2020

== <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4: Bulldog Entrepreneurs promote I&E through a new event app  ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: Work with the Bulldog Entrepreneurs club (BE)  on campus to create a new event app that serves as a resource for students to learn about all events and opportunities on campus. This app/website, while showing all events, would be run by BE to promote specific I&E events. This app would be a way for students to see and filter out all events that they were not interested in and see only what they wanted to view. The University Academic Calendar could keep just relevant university events, the La Tech email would be only for important University notifications and the new app would be for all events and opportunities on campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

- Spring Quarter 2020 work with organizations on backing the project and performing market research withstudents

- Starting Fall 2020 begin working with students to develop app and website 

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities =

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-        Planning during fall quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

  

== <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university ==

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

= 2017 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen experience I&E ==

'''Tactic 1''' - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course

The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

'''Tactic 2''' – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.

Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.

Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

== '''Strategy #2 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

'''Tactic 2 '''– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018

-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)

== '''Strategy #3 - I&E organizations have support from the university''' ==

'''Tactic 1''' – Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

 

== '''Strategy #4 - Support for I&E development after graduation''' ==

'''Tactic 1 '''– Establish “Collaborative Community” group of entrepreneurial students

Support creation and development of a “Collaborative Community” with space on campus for entrepreneurial students to work on startup ideas, collaborate with others working on their own startups, and have opportunity to develop network for after graduation. Ground work for this is already laid with a few students and faculty setting up the vision for this group and first steps towards creation having been taken. Full implementation with university support will allow students on campus to meet and develop their ideas for startups and entrepreneurial skills together.

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

-       Recruit students at different levels of idea development to start the community end of fall quarter 2017

 

'''Tactic 2''' – Mentoring Network between entrepreneurial minded students, alumni, and local business owners

Establish a university sponsored network where students that want to dive into entrepreneurship, alumni that are involved with entrepreneurial activities, and local entrepreneurs can meet, communicate, collaborate, lend resources/expertise, and learn from each other. The individuals with a lot of experience can officially mentor less experienced members meeting online or in person weekly or monthly to strengthen community connection between like-minded people in the region.

Projected Timeline

-       Recruit and logistics planning for network during academic year 2017/2018

-       Soft launch of network to work out bugs and issues fall 2018

-       Pending soft launch is effective, official launch spring quarter 2019

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w https://youtu.be/j-ao8DN2w2w]

'''Fall 2019 UIFs Candidate'''

[[Noahborden|Noahborden]]

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]'''

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]'''

 

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School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-28T02:27:19Z

Kraigke: /* Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship */

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. For more about Louisiana Tech's I&E information, click [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1udJsNftwEl1jDozpmvlLVowqAWimCqiJNC6hL65I5ew/edit?usp=sharing here].

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LA Tech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Point which provides space that is able to be leased to high tech companies and startups who employ students. Through the arrangement, companies have access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields. This gives students the opportunity to graduate with multiple years of real-world experience and often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LA Tech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region. As well as the Enterprise Campus, Louisiana Tech also collaborates with many corporations like CenturyLink, John Deere, and NASA Stennis as well as many more. All of these [https://www.latech.edu/research-innovation-enterprise/learn-about-corporate-partnerships/ partnerships] enhance campus innovation and entrepreneurship which helps students build connections with companies during and after their collegiate years. 

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

The Innovation Enterprise at Louisiana Tech University is a hotbed of ideas, entrepreneurship, creativity, and new partnerships created through collaborations involving students, faculty, and business partners. Tech engages in local and regional economic development efforts through the Innovation Enterprise team and the Chief Innovation Office. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus. Dr. Norris, the Chief Innovation Officer at the university has served on several statewide boards including the Louisiana Business Incubator Association, the LONI Economic Development Advisory Board, and the Louisiana Occupational Forecasting Conference, thus making him a resource for every student on campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

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[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
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School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-18T23:37:35Z

Kraigke: /* Facilitating university-industry collaboration */

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LA Tech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Point which provides space that is able to be leased to high tech companies and startups who employ students. Through the arrangement, companies have access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields. This gives students the opportunity to graduate with multiple years of real-world experience and often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LA Tech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region. As well as the Enterprise Campus, Louisiana Tech also collaborates with many corporations like CenturyLink, John Deere, and NASA Stennis as well as many more. All of these [https://www.latech.edu/research-innovation-enterprise/learn-about-corporate-partnerships/ partnerships] enhance campus innovation and entrepreneurship which helps students build connections with companies during and after their collegiate years. 

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

The Innovation Enterprise at Louisiana Tech University is a hotbed of ideas, entrepreneurship, creativity, and new partnerships created through collaborations involving students, faculty, and business partners. Tech engages in local and regional economic development efforts through the Innovation Enterprise team and the Chief Innovation Office. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus. Dr. Norris, the Chief Innovation Officer at the university has served on several statewide boards including the Louisiana Business Incubator Association, the LONI Economic Development Advisory Board, and the Louisiana Occupational Forecasting Conference, thus making him a resource for every student on campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

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[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
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School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-18T23:35:26Z

Kraigke: /* Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts */

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LA Tech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Point which provides space that is able to be leased to high tech companies and startups who employ students. Through the arrangement, companies have access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields. This gives students the opportunity to graduate with multiple years of real-world experience and often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LA Tech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region. As well as the Enterprise Campus, Louisiana Tech also collaborates with many corporations like CenturyLink, John Deere, and NASA Stennis as well as many more. All of these partnerships enhance campus innovation and entrepreneurship which helps students build connections with companies during and after their collegiate years. 

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

The Innovation Enterprise at Louisiana Tech University is a hotbed of ideas, entrepreneurship, creativity, and new partnerships created through collaborations involving students, faculty, and business partners. Tech engages in local and regional economic development efforts through the Innovation Enterprise team and the Chief Innovation Office. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus. Dr. Norris, the Chief Innovation Officer at the university has served on several statewide boards including the Louisiana Business Incubator Association, the LONI Economic Development Advisory Board, and the Louisiana Occupational Forecasting Conference, thus making him a resource for every student on campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

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[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
{{CatTree|Louisiana_Tech_University}}

School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-18T23:34:09Z

Kraigke:

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LA Tech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Point which provides space that is able to be leased to high tech companies and startups who employ students. Through the arrangement, companies have access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields. This gives students the opportunity to graduate with multiple years of real-world experience and often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LA Tech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region. As well as the Enterprise Campus, Louisiana Tech also collaborates with many corporations like CenturyLink, John Deere, and NASA Stennis as well as many more. All of these partnerships enhance campus innovation and entrepreneurship which helps students build connections with companies during and after their collegiate years. 

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

[[Category:Universities]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
{{CatTree|Louisiana_Tech_University}}

School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-18T23:31:15Z

Kraigke: /* Facilitating university-industry collaboration */

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LA Tech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Point which provides space that is able to be leased to high tech companies and startups who employ students. Through the arrangement, companies have access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields. This gives students the opportunity to graduate with multiple years of real-world experience and often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LA Tech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region. As well as the Enterprise Campus, Louisiana Tech also collaborates with many corporations like CenturyLink, John Deere, and NASA Stennis as well as many more. All of these partnerships enhance campus innovation and entrepreneurship which helps students build connections with companies during and after their collegiate years. 

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

[[Category:Universities]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
{{CatTree|Louisiana_Tech_University}}

School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-18T23:30:13Z

Kraigke: /* Actively supporting the university technology transfer function */

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

[[Category:Universities]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
{{CatTree|Louisiana_Tech_University}}

School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-18T23:29:47Z

Kraigke: /* Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship */

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development. Start-ups can be created and backed through the University Technology Business Development Center by having resources that can help entrepreneurs through every step of the business process.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

[[Category:Universities]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
{{CatTree|Louisiana_Tech_University}}

School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-09-18T23:29:20Z

Kraigke: /* Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship */

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for nearly 12,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Along with the Thingery, the Incubator helps aid students with their startups by offering every resource they could need. In addition to the makerspace, LA Tech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The College of Business offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration in Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design,” a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University has many research centers on campus involving faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students that provide opportunities for developing new technologies. Encouraging innovation, establishing technological breakthroughs, and creating economic value for the region are all highly valued by the university and any opportunities to do so are encouraged. Research and economic developments of developed technologies are practiced within the College of Engineering and Science where many professors spend the bulk of their time. Here, they can lead research endeavors or run a side business (oftentimes with their graduate students) that make use of the technologies produced during research. The university has a system in place to retain a percentage of profits from technologies and patents developed with university resources, but it is not so large a percentage that faculty refrain from pursuing further development.

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

'''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]'''

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

'''[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]] UIF Fellow 2018'''

'''[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]] UIF Fellow 2017'''

[[Category:Universities]]
[[Category:Schools]]
[[Category:Louisiana_Tech_University]]
{{CatTree|Louisiana_Tech_University}}

Resource talk:How to create a design thinking class for incoming first-year students

2020-09-02T22:59:04Z

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== Design thinking classes are a great way to introduce incoming first-year students to innovation. ==

I think this is a great idea for incoming first-years! Having them participate in a design thinking class right at the beginning will allow them to find their passion and see if they could potentially be a good fit for UIF. Not only does it help them find a passion, it could very well be a new way to broaden their horizons as they develop deeper thinking skills. Opening their minds encourages them to enter into a new way of thinking that may not be standard in higher education. That will encourage change and more innovation on campus at an earlier age. It all starts with the key stakeholders such as students, faculty, and administration. If they get a large following of students it will be easier to talk to faculty and administration about implementing a new way of teaching class. Even a little demonstration class would help receive student interest on it.

Resource talk:How to create a design thinking class for incoming first-year students

2020-09-02T22:58:53Z

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Resource talk:How to create a design thinking class for incoming first-year students

2020-09-02T22:57:53Z

Kraigke: Design thinking classes are a great way to introduce incoming first-year students to innovation.

I think this is a great idea for incoming first-years! Having them participate in a design thinking class right at the beginning will allow them to find their passion and see if they could potentially be a good fit for UIF. Not only does it help them find a passion, it could very well be a new way to broaden their horizons as they develop deeper thinking skills. Opening their minds encourages them to enter into a new way of thinking that may not be standard in higher education. That will encourage change and more innovation on campus at an earlier age. It all starts with the key stakeholders such as students, faculty, and administration. If they get a large following of students it will be easier to talk to faculty and administration about implementing a new way of teaching class. Even a little demonstration class would help receive student interest on it.

Topic:Vsr8n1s5vtzwn2a9

2020-08-26T02:58:06Z

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Fellow:Kayley Kraig

2020-08-15T06:19:51Z

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==Bio==
Kayley is a student at Louisiana Tech University. She plans to graduate in March 2022 with a B.S. in Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Some activities she enjoys are volunteering locally, learning new things, and spending quality time with family and friends. She likes to attend church on Sundays and grow in her faith each day. One of her favorite memories is volunteering for Ruston RETREET planting trees after a tornado destroyed many the year before. Kayley's future goals include securing internships, traveling to new places, and working in a career she loves.

==Achievements==
Along with her academic achievements, Kayley has a certification in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop. She pushes herself to learn new things, such as becoming an American Red Cross Certified Lifeguard with CPR/AED. Before COVID-19, she was in the process of interviewing with the National Security Agency, NSA, for an internship in Installations and Logistics. Kayley maintains a 4.0 GPA as well as participating in the National Society for Leadership and Success and Sophomore Honor Society.

==Social media profiles==
'''LinkedIn:''' www.linkedin.com/in/kayleykraig

'''Instagram:''' @kayley.kraig

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Fellow:Kayley Kraig

2020-08-15T05:59:19Z

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;Majoring in:Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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==Bio==
Kayley is a student at Louisiana Tech University. She plans to graduate in March 2022 with a B.S. in Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Some activities she enjoys are volunteering locally, learning new things, and spending quality time with family and friends. She likes to attend church on Sundays and grow in her faith each day. One of her favorite memories is volunteering for Ruston RETREET planting trees after a tornado destroyed many the year before. Kayley's future goals include securing internships, traveling to new places, and working in a career she loves.

==Achievements==
Along with her academic achievements, Kayley has a certification in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop. She pushes herself to learn new things, such as becoming an American Red Cross Certified Lifeguard with CPR/AED. Before COVID-19, she was in the process of interviewing with the National Security Agency, NSA, for an internship in Installations and Logistics. Kayley maintains a 4.0 GPA as well as participating in the National Society for Leadership and Success and Sophomore Honor Society.

==Social media profiles==
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kayleykraig

Instagram: @kayley.kraig

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2020-08-15T05:58:59Z

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==Bio==
Kayley is a student at Louisiana Tech University. She plans to graduate in March 2022 with a B.S. in Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Some activities she enjoys are volunteering locally, learning new things, and spending quality time with family and friends. She likes to attend church on Sundays and grow in her faith each day. One of her favorite memories is volunteering for Ruston RETREET planting trees after a tornado destroyed many the year before. Kayley's future goals include securing internships, traveling to new places, and working in a career she loves.

==Achievements==
Along with her academic achievements, Kayley has a certification in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop. She pushes herself to learn new things, such as becoming an American Red Cross Certified Lifeguard with CPR/AED. Before COVID-19, she was in the process of interviewing with the National Security Agency, NSA, for an internship in Installations and Logistics. Kayley maintains a 4.0 GPA as well as participating in the National Society for Leadership and Success and Sophomore Honor Society.

==Social media profiles==
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kayleykraig

Instagram: @kayley.kraig

Emails: kraigke64@gmail.com or kek023@latech.edu

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Fellow:Kayley Kraig

2020-08-15T05:58:14Z

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;Majoring in:Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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==Bio==
Kayley is a student at Louisiana Tech University. She plans to graduate in March 2022 with a B.S. in Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Some activities she enjoys are volunteering locally, learning new things, and spending quality time with family and friends. She likes to attend church on Sundays and grow in her faith each day. One of her favorite memories is volunteering for Ruston RETREET planting trees after a tornado destroyed many the year before. Kayley's future goals include securing internships, traveling to new places, and working in a career she loves.

==Achievements==
Along with her academic achievements, Kayley has a certification in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop. She pushes herself to learn new things, such as becoming an American Red Cross Certified Lifeguard with CPR/AED. Before COVID-19, she was in the process of interviewing with the National Security Agency, NSA, for an internship in Installations and Logistics. Kayley maintains a 4.0 GPA as well as participating in the National Society for Leadership and Success and Sophomore Honor Society.

==Social media profiles==
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kayleykraig

Instagram: @kayley.kraig
Emails: kraigke64@gmail.com or kek023@latech.edu

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2020-08-15T05:57:28Z

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2020-08-15T05:57:27Z

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==Bio==
Kayley is a student at Louisiana Tech University. She plans to graduate in March 2022 with a B.S. in Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Some activities she enjoys are volunteering locally, learning new things, and spending quality time with family and friends. She likes to attend church on Sundays and grow in her faith each day. One of her favorite memories is volunteering for Ruston RETREET planting trees after a tornado destroyed many the year before. Kayley's future goals include securing internships, traveling to new places, and working in a career she loves.

==Achievements==
Along with her academic achievements, Kayley has a certification in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop. She pushes herself to learn new things, such as becoming an American Red Cross Certified Lifeguard with CPR/AED. Before COVID-19, she was in the process of interviewing with the National Security Agency, NSA, for an internship in Installations and Logistics. Kayley maintains a 4.0 GPA as well as participating in the National Society for Leadership and Success and Sophomore Honor Society.

==Social media profiles==
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kayleykraig
Instagram: @kayley.kraig
Emails: kraigke64@gmail.com or kek023@latech.edu

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2020-08-07T18:35:20Z

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