University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T03:33:07Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

*Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making.
*Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth
*Milestones: Built December 2014
*Open to Public January 2015                                             

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

*Description: We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply.
*Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)
*Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014
*Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

== ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course-'''https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we46fDkUiGg ==

*Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 
*Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW
*Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random Strategy: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

We only have normal career fairs with big energy companies. It would be awesome to spur interest for entrepreneurship by bringing in start-up companies that were looking to hire recent college grads. We haven't looked into this as much, but even having a few start-up companies at our normal career fair would help a lot. 

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Lauren_Abston http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Lauren_Abston]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ryan_Phillips http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ryan_Phillips]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma]

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-04-06T03:12:50Z

Lauren Abston:

===== '''Take a state you normally wouldn't think of in this regard: Oklahoma. It has its own Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology...''' =====
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===== '''- Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat.''' =====

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'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Venture Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions. 

The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester long internships for university undergrads to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship. High-performing undergraduate students are paired with an inventor of a product or idea, a mentor, and over the course of a semester they work on the venture and achieve impactful results. 

Under the umbrella of CCEW, the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator is a student-run business consulting organization formed to assist local and student entrepreneurs in starting and expanding their businesses. 

I&E resources include: 

Center for Entrepreneurship- [http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html]

CCEW- [http://ccew.ou.edu/ http://ccew.ou.edu/]

OFA- [http://universityinnovation.org/Www.okfa.org Www.okfa.org]

Sooner Launch Pad- [http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]

Govenor's Cup Competition- [http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/ http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/]

TedxOU- [http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]

One University Store- [http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html]

Computer Science Software Studio -[https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/cs/software_studio.html https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/cs/software_studio.html]

Engineering Practice Facility - [https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/about/facilities/practice.html https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/about/facilities/practice.html]

Startup Weekend - [http://ou.startupweekend.org/ http://ou.startupweekend.org/]

'''Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated OU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University for the 2013 school year. 

The OU Research Campus was named as the Outstanding Research Park by the Association of University Research Parks for the year of 2013. ([https://aurp.memberclicks.net/assets/Video/university%20of%20oklahoma%20research%20campus%20video%20-%20sd.mp4 https://aurp.memberclicks.net/assets/Video/university%20of%20oklahoma%20research%20campus%20video%20-%20sd.mp4])

The Office of the Vice President for Research includes many incentives for faculty to engage with entrepreneurship through a faculty challenge grant program, awards program, and research incentives program. 

The University encourages innovation through their Intellectual Property Declaration, which can be found here: [http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf]

'''University Technology Transfer Function'''

There is a strong emphasis on research at OU. The University Research Campus includes the Office of Economic Development. This office is comprised of three parts: Corporate Engagement Office, Office of Technology Development, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. 

The Office of Technology Development is the main resource for technology transfer.  The Office of Technology Development is responsible for all intellectual property developed by OU faculty and coordinates filing patents and copyrights for the new technology. 

'''University-Industry Collaboration'''

The Corporate Engagement Office is the main resource for University and Industry Collaboration. The Corporate Engagement Office is on the University Research Campus and deals primarily with corporate relations and business analytics. 

The National Weather Center, one of the most advanced radar research facilities in the world, brings together government and industry with students in a unique one-of-a-kind facilities. [http://www.nwc.ou.edu/ http://www.nwc.ou.edu/]

'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

Innovation to Enterprise (i2E, Inc.) is a nationally recognized private not-for-profit corporation focused on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy.

OU, Oklahoma State University, and Innovation to Enterprise(i2E) have teamed up to develop a Proof of Concept Center. 

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology offers inventor's assistance, manufacturing assistance, seed capital, federal funding support, and technology commercialization for entrepreneurs. 

Venture Spur serves as a venture accelerator and offers seed capital to early stage, high-growth ventures. They have an application process to accept start-ups and then have a 12-week program of education and development, office space, mentors, and technical services for the companies.  

=====

= Related Links =

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma_Student_Priorities

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Lauren_Abston

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ryan_Phillips

Fellow:Lauren Abston

2014-04-06T03:11:57Z

Lauren Abston:

[[File:Lauren Abston.jpg|thumb]]Lauren Abston 

University Innovation Fellow Spring 2014

Lauren is currently a junior at the University of Oklahoma who is expecting to graduate in May of 2015 with a degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Spanish. She is a University Innovation Fellow in training for the Spring 2014 program, and is excited to see what the program has to offer and discover how she can spread innovation on campus. At school, Lauren serves as the Team Lead for the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator, a student-run business consulting organization that works with local entrepreneurs to help start and expand their businesses. Since freshman year, Lauren has been involved with the Student Government Association where she currently serves as the Acting President’s Chief of Staff. As a National Merit Scholar, Lauren chose to go to OU, where she has learned to love football and jumped on board as an OKC Thunder fan. Concerned with the food industry and overall health, Lauren hopes to keep changing the way we eat for the better and eventually hopes to open her own co-working kitchen. During the summer of 2014, Lauren will be a Pricing Analyst Intern at Sam's Club. 

Related Links:

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma_Student_Priorities

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-04-06T03:10:28Z

Lauren Abston:

===== '''Take a state you normally wouldn't think of in this regard: Oklahoma. It has its own Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology...''' =====
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===== '''- Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat.''' =====
Landscape Canvas: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlC0_GO9dHdTdFl6WEdwYzh3cGZWUzdTS1ZZQVZjenc&usp=drive_web#gid=0

'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Venture Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions. 

The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester long internships for university undergrads to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship. High-performing undergraduate students are paired with an inventor of a product or idea, a mentor, and over the course of a semester they work on the venture and achieve impactful results. 

Under the umbrella of CCEW, the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator is a student-run business consulting organization formed to assist local and student entrepreneurs in starting and expanding their businesses. 

I&E resources include: 

Center for Entrepreneurship- [http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html]

CCEW- [http://ccew.ou.edu/ http://ccew.ou.edu/]

OFA- [http://universityinnovation.org/Www.okfa.org Www.okfa.org]

Sooner Launch Pad- [http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]

Govenor's Cup Competition- [http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/ http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/]

TedxOU- [http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]

One University Store- [http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html]

Computer Science Software Studio -[https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/cs/software_studio.html https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/cs/software_studio.html]

Engineering Practice Facility - [https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/about/facilities/practice.html https://www.ou.edu/content/coe/about/facilities/practice.html]

Startup Weekend - [http://ou.startupweekend.org/ http://ou.startupweekend.org/]

'''Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated OU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University for the 2013 school year. 

The OU Research Campus was named as the Outstanding Research Park by the Association of University Research Parks for the year of 2013. ([https://aurp.memberclicks.net/assets/Video/university%20of%20oklahoma%20research%20campus%20video%20-%20sd.mp4 https://aurp.memberclicks.net/assets/Video/university%20of%20oklahoma%20research%20campus%20video%20-%20sd.mp4])

The Office of the Vice President for Research includes many incentives for faculty to engage with entrepreneurship through a faculty challenge grant program, awards program, and research incentives program. 

The University encourages innovation through their Intellectual Property Declaration, which can be found here: [http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf]

'''University Technology Transfer Function'''

There is a strong emphasis on research at OU. The University Research Campus includes the Office of Economic Development. This office is comprised of three parts: Corporate Engagement Office, Office of Technology Development, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. 

The Office of Technology Development is the main resource for technology transfer.  The Office of Technology Development is responsible for all intellectual property developed by OU faculty and coordinates filing patents and copyrights for the new technology. 

'''University-Industry Collaboration'''

The Corporate Engagement Office is the main resource for University and Industry Collaboration. The Corporate Engagement Office is on the University Research Campus and deals primarily with corporate relations and business analytics. 

The National Weather Center, one of the most advanced radar research facilities in the world, brings together government and industry with students in a unique one-of-a-kind facilities. [http://www.nwc.ou.edu/ http://www.nwc.ou.edu/]

'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

Innovation to Enterprise (i2E, Inc.) is a nationally recognized private not-for-profit corporation focused on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy.

OU, Oklahoma State University, and Innovation to Enterprise(i2E) have teamed up to develop a Proof of Concept Center. 

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology offers inventor's assistance, manufacturing assistance, seed capital, federal funding support, and technology commercialization for entrepreneurs. 

Venture Spur serves as a venture accelerator and offers seed capital to early stage, high-growth ventures. They have an application process to accept start-ups and then have a 12-week program of education and development, office space, mentors, and technical services for the companies.  

=====

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T03:08:05Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

*Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making.
*Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth
*Milestones: Built December 2014
*Open to Public January 2015                                             

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

*Description: We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply.
*Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)
*Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014
*Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

== ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

*Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 
*Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW
*Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random Strategy: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

We only have normal career fairs with big energy companies. It would be awesome to spur interest for entrepreneurship by bringing in start-up companies that were looking to hire recent college grads. We haven't looked into this as much, but even having a few start-up companies at our normal career fair would help a lot. 

= Related Links =

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Lauren_Abston

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ryan_Phillips

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T03:05:21Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

*Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making.
*Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth
*Milestones: Built December 2014 
*Open to Public January 2015                                             

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

*Description: We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply.
*Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)
*Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014 
*Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

== ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

*Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 
*Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW
*Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random Strategy: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

We only have normal career fairs with big energy companies. It would be awesome to spur interest for entrepreneurship by bringing in start-up companies that were looking to hire recent college grads. We haven't looked into this as much, but even having a few start-up companies at our normal career fair would help a lot.

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T03:04:57Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

*Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making.
*Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth
*Milestones: Built December 2014 
*Open to Public January 2015                                             

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

*Description: We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply.
*Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)
*Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014 
*Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

== ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

*Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 
*Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW
*Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

We only have normal career fairs with big energy companies. It would be awesome to spur interest for entrepreneurship by bringing in start-up companies that were looking to hire recent college grads. We haven't looked into this as much, but even having a few start-up companies at our normal career fair would help a lot.

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T03:02:01Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

*Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making.
*Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth
*Milestones: Built December 2014 
*Open to Public January 2015                                             

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

*Description: We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply.
*Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)
*Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014 
*Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

== ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

*Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 
*Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW
*Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T03:01:38Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

*Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making.
*Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth
*Milestones: Built December 2014 
*Open to Public January 2015                                             

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

*Description: We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply.
*Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)
*Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014 
*Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

== ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 

Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW

Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T02:59:40Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

== Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making. ==

==
Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth

Milestones: Built December 2014

Open to Public January 2015                                             
==

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

Description: We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply.

Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)

Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014

Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

== ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 

Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW

Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T02:57:14Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

== ==

== Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth ==

== Milestones: Built December 2014 ==

== Open to Public January 2015                                              ==

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

== We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply. ==

Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)

Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014

Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 

Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW

Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T02:56:18Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

== Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making. ==

== Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth ==

== Milestones: Built December 2014 ==

== Open to Public January 2015                                              ==

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

== We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply. ==

Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)

Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014

Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

Description: There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 

Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW

Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T02:55:59Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

== Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making. ==

== Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth ==

== Milestones: Built December 2014 ==

== Open to Public January 2015                                              ==

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

== We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply. ==

Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)

Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014

Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course''' ==

There are Presidential Dream Courses taught at OU that bring together professors and speakers from all different disciplines. They are a series of lectures taught by accredited and renowned leaders from their fields. The Dream Courses range from science to the existence of God, from music to ancient Roman history. We are hoping to host a Presidential Dream Course on creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. We are hoping this will have three main effects. First, this will bring important leaders in creativity(like Tina Seelig) to the OU campus and they will see the infrastructure we already have in place. Secondly, this course will be open to all students and will bring in some that may have not thought they had an interest in entrepreneurship. Third, it will prove to the university and the University President the demand for entrepreneurship and creativity on our campus. This is my top priority and something that will cause lasting change on campus, and is unique to our campus landscape. 

Team Leads: Lauren Abston, Ryan Phillips, CCEW

Milestones- Spring 2014- Have Course

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T02:47:10Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

== Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making. ==

== Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth ==

== Milestones: Built December 2014 ==

== Open to Public January 2015                                              ==

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America''' ==

== We are hoping to bring Design for America to our campus to increase innovation and entrepreneurship in the design sphere. We are hoping that this will encourage more students in the design and arts and sciences sphere to engage in Entrepreneurship. Design for America will open their applications to more campuses this fall and OU will apply. ==

Team Leaders: Lauren Abston, Trisha Murray(Architecture)

Milestones: Apply for DFA- Fall 2014

Start Plans on Campus Spring 2015

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course-L''' ==

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-06T02:41:25Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Overview                                                                        '''

The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.

= '''Strategy #1: I&E Spaces                                           ''' =

== '''Tactic #1: FabLab''' ==

== Description- We are hoping that the FabLab will be our Design Space, "Makery", Maker Space, etc., where students can come and design their new ideas. We want this to be our Google Garage, if you will. This fabrication lab will have a 3D printer, all the office supplies imaginable, tinkering spaces, and tools. This fablab will be on the South Research campus, near CCEW, in the new building that is being currently built. Students will either be charged an entrance fee, or it will be free, and then they will be free to use the space and everything in it. There is already the funding for this project and the plans are in the making. ==

== Team Lead: Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth ==

== Milestones: Built December 2014 ==

== Open to Public January 2015                                              ==

== '''Tactic #2: IBM Design                                         ''' ==

*Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
*Milestones - 
**First workshop - August 2014
**First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014

== '''Tactic #3: Design For America- L''' ==

= '''Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers''' =

== '''Tactic #1: Creativity Course''' ==

*Description - In our time spent at Stanford, many of the professors described the classes they taught as creativity courses where crazy brainstorming and rapid prototyping is a key portion of the class. At OU, we have very little of this. Almost all classes, even in the visual communications department are focused on traditional lecture classes. One of our main goals is to promote this creative thinking through working with professors to offer a creative thinking course similar to the one Tina Seelig teaches. This initially be something that is just offered to a few students and once the benefits are seen and it is shown that students enjoy using their hands to prototype with playdoh and other materials during class, we will look to expand to offer more classes.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Daniel Pullin (Dean of Business College)
*Milestones -
**First class offered - Fall 2014
**First Creativity major offered - Fall 2014
**Other Majors required to take course in creative thinking - Fall 2016

== '''Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors''' ==

*Description - There are few ideas that span every major at a major university, but one that is absolutely true for each is the fact that a student learns more by doing rather than listening. Universities like Stanford have begun to implement this with the d.school being open to all majors, but OU is slow in this area. If we want students to be as well prepared as possible when graduating, we need to get the students doing projects that have a real world impact and allow the students to get a hands on experience. To do this, we can partner with local business and work directly with them to develop projects that a small team of students can work on.
*Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips, Thomas Landers (Dean of Engineering), Cameron McCoy (Executive Director of Corporate Engagement Office)
*Milestones - 
**First agreement with company for students to work on project - Fall 2014
**Integrate into class - Spring 2015

== '''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course-L''' ==

= '''Random: Start-Up Career Fair''' =

Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities

2014-04-04T02:09:57Z

Lauren Abston:

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-03-12T02:49:32Z

Lauren Abston:

===== '''Take a state you normally wouldn't think of in this regard: Oklahoma. It has its own Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology...''' =====
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(241, 236, 217); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: center;">
===== '''- Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat.''' =====

'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Product Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions. 

The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester long internships for university undergrads to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship. High-performing undergraduate students are paired with an inventor of a product or idea, a mentor, and over the course of a semester they work on the venture and achieve impactful results. 

Under the umbrella of CCEW, the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator is a student-run business consulting organization formed to assist local and student entrepreneurs in starting and expanding their businesses. 

I&E resources include: 

Center for Entrepreneurship- [http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html]

CCEW- [http://ccew.ou.edu/ http://ccew.ou.edu/]

OFA- www.okfa.org

Sooner Launch Pad- [http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]

Govenor's Cup Competition- [http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/ http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/]

TedxOU- [http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]

One University Store- [http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html]

'''Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated OU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University for the 2013 school year. 

The OU Research Campus was named as the Outstanding Research Park by the Association of University Research Parks for the year of 2013. 

The Office of the Vice President for Research includes many incentives for faculty to engage with entrepreneurship through a faculty challenge grant program, awards program, and research incentives program. 

The University encourages innovation through their Intellectual Property Declaration, which can be found here: [http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf]

'''University Technology Transfer Function'''

There is a strong emphasis on research at OU. The University Research Campus includes the Office of Economic Development. This office is comprised of three parts: Corporate Engagement Office, Office of Technology Development, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. 

The Office of Technology Development is the main resource for technology transfer. 

'''University-Industry Collaboration'''

The Corporate Engagement Office is the main resource for University and Industry Collaboration. The Corporate Engagement Office is on the University Research Campus and deals primarily with corporate relations and business analytics. 

'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

Innovation to Enterprise (i2E, Inc.) is a nationally recognized private not-for-profit corporation focused on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy.

OU, Oklahoma State University, and Innovation to Enterprise(i2E) have teamed up to develop a Proof of Concept Center. 

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology offers inventor's assistance, manufacturing assistance, seed capital, federal funding support, and technology commercialization for entrepreneurs. 

Venture Spur serves as a venture accelerator and offers seed capital to early stage, high-growth ventures. They have an application process to accept start-ups and then have a 12-week program of education and development, office space, mentors, and technical services for the companies.

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-03-12T02:45:13Z

Lauren Abston:

===== '''Take a state you normally wouldn't think of in this regard: Oklahoma. It has its own Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology...''' =====
<p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(241, 236, 217); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; text-align: center;">
===== '''- Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat.''' =====

'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Product Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions. 

The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester long internships for university undergrads to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship. High-performing undergraduate students are paired with an inventor of a product or idea, a mentor, and over the course of a semester they work on the venture and achieve impactful results. 

Under the umbrella of CCEW, the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator is a student-run business consulting organization formed to assist local and student entrepreneurs in starting and expanding their businesses. 

I&E resources include: 

Center for Entrepreneurship- [http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html]

CCEW- http://ccew.ou.edu/

OFA- www.okfa.org

Sooner Launch Pad- [http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]

Govenor's Cup Competition- http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/

TedxOU- [http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]

One University Store- [http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html]

'''F''''''aculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated OU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University for the 2013 school year. 

The OU Research Campus was named as the Outstanding Research Park by the Association of University Research Parks for the year of 2013. 

The Office of the Vice President for Research includes many incentives for faculty to engage with entrepreneurship through a faculty challenge grant program, awards program, and research incentives program. 

The University encourages innovation through their Intellectual Property Declaration, which can be found here: http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf

'''University Technology Transfer Function'''

There is a strong emphasis on research at OU. The main resource is the University Research Campus which includes the Office of Economic Development. This office is comprised of three parts: Corporate Engagement Office, Office of Technology Development, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. 

The Office of Technology Development is the main resource for technology transfer. 

'''University-Industry Collaboration'''

The Corporate Engagement Office is the main resource for University and Industry Collaboration. The Corporate Engagement Office is on the University Research Campus and deals primarily with corporate relations and business analytics. 

'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

Innovation to Enterprise (i2E, Inc.) is a nationally recognized private not-for-profit corporation focused on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy.

OU, Oklahoma State University, and Innovation to Enterprise(i2E) have teamed up to develop a Proof of Concept Center. 

Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology offers inventor's assistance, manufacturing assistance, seed capital, federal funding support, and technology commercialization for entrepreneurs. 

Venture Spur serves as a venture accelerator and offers seed capital to early stage, high-growth ventures. They have an application process to accept start-ups and then have a 12-week program of education and development, office space, mentors, and technical services for the companies.

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-03-12T02:24:04Z

Lauren Abston:

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-03-12T02:19:26Z

Lauren Abston:

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-03-10T22:16:19Z

Lauren Abston:

'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Product Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development.

The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester long internships for university undergrads to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship.

Other I&E resources include: 

Sooner Launch Pad- [http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]

Office of Technology Development- [http://otd.ou.edu/ http://otd.ou.edu/]

TedxOU- [http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]

'''F''''''aculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

'''University Technology Transfer Function'''

'''University-Industry Collaboration'''

'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

School:University of Oklahoma

2014-03-09T19:06:23Z

Lauren Abston: Created page with "'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' '''..."

'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

'''F''''''aculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''

'''University Technology Transfer Function'''
'''University-Industry Collaboration'''
'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''

Fellow:Lauren Abston

2014-02-23T05:10:36Z

Lauren Abston:

[[File:Lauren Abston.jpg|thumb|Lauren Abston.jpg]]Lauren Abston 

University Innovation Fellow Spring 2014

Lauren is currently a junior at the University of Oklahoma who is expecting to graduate in May of 2015 with a degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Spanish. She is a University Innovation Fellow in training for the Spring 2014 program, and is excited to see what the program has to offer and discover how she can spread innovation on campus. At school, Lauren serves as the Team Lead for the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator, a student-run business consulting organization that works with local entrepreneurs to help start and expand their businesses. Since freshman year, Lauren has been involved with the Student Government Association where she currently serves as the Acting President’s Chief of Staff. As a National Merit Scholar, Lauren chose to go to OU, where she has learned to love football and jumped on board as an OKC Thunder fan. Concerned with the food industry and overall health, Lauren hopes to keep changing the way we eat for the better and eventually hopes to open her own co-working kitchen. During the summer of 2014, Lauren will be a Pricing Analyst Intern at Sam's Club. 

Fellow:Lauren Abston

2014-02-23T05:10:25Z

Lauren Abston:

[[File:Lauren Abston.jpg|thumb]]Lauren Abston 

University Innovation Fellow Spring 2014

Lauren is currently a junior at the University of Oklahoma who is expecting to graduate in May of 2015 with a degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Spanish. She is a University Innovation Fellow in training for the Spring 2014 program, and is excited to see what the program has to offer and discover how she can spread innovation on campus. At school, Lauren serves as the Team Lead for the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator, a student-run business consulting organization that works with local entrepreneurs to help start and expand their businesses. Since freshman year, Lauren has been involved with the Student Government Association where she currently serves as the Acting President’s Chief of Staff. As a National Merit Scholar, Lauren chose to go to OU, where she has learned to love football and jumped on board as an OKC Thunder fan. Concerned with the food industry and overall health, Lauren hopes to keep changing the way we eat for the better and eventually hopes to open her own co-working kitchen. During the Summer of 2014, Lauren will be a Pricing Analyst Intern at Sam's Club. 

Fellow:Lauren Abston

2014-02-23T05:04:06Z

Lauren Abston:

Fellow:Lauren Abston

2014-02-23T05:03:34Z

Lauren Abston:

http://universityinnovation.org/images/8/89/Lauren_Abston.jpg
Lauren Abston 

University Innovation Fellow Spring 2014

Lauren is currently a junior at the University of Oklahoma who is expecting to graduate in May of 2015 with a degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Spanish. She is a University Innovation Fellow in training for the Spring 2014 program, and is excited to see what the program has to offer and discover how she can spread innovation on campus. At school, Lauren serves as the Team Lead for the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator, a student-run business consulting organization that works with local entrepreneurs to help start and expand their businesses. Since freshman year, Lauren has been involved with the Student Government Association where she currently serves as the Acting President’s Chief of Staff. As a National Merit Scholar, Lauren chose to go to OU, where she has learned to love football and jumped on board as an OKC Thunder fan. Concerned with the food industry and overall health, Lauren hopes to keep changing the way we eat for the better and eventually hopes to open her own co-working kitchen. 

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Unniversity Innovation Fellow Spring 2014

Lauren is currently a junior at the University of Oklahoma who is expecting to graduate in May of 2015 with a degree in Economics and Entrepreneurship and a minor in Spanish. She is a University Innovation Fellow in training for the Spring 2014 program, and is excited to see what the program has to offer and discover how she can spread innovation on campus. At school, Lauren serves as the Team Lead for the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator, a student-run business consulting organization that works with local entrepreneurs to help start and expand their businesses. Since freshman year, Lauren has been involved with the Student Government Association where she currently serves as the Acting President’s Chief of Staff. As a National Merit Scholar, Lauren chose to go to OU, where she has learned to love football games and jumped on board as an OKC Thunder fan. Concerned with the food industry and overall health, Lauren hopes to keep changing the way we eat for the better and eventually hopes to open her own co-working kitchen. 