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<div>= Background =<br />
<div>The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance. The university has multiple research institutes which include the areas of molecular biology, neuroscience, optics and materials.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>In the fall of 2018, the UO has broken ground for the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact which aims to provide highly interdisciplinary, world-class science experience to students as well as additional training in innovation, communication and entrepreneurialism.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>One of the goals of the campus is to face global challenges in a well designed space that supports interactive discovery, leading to research that seeds start-up companies. Additionally the UO has recently offered the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div>A majority of the curricula that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups. Links to our landscape canvas are below: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kiT_ESoDEQzJQ5GcnR8a6XSm1XxlOA06pihhlYSCGBU/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kiT_ESoDEQzJQ5GcnR8a6XSm1XxlOA06pihhlYSCGBU/edit#gid=0] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zCRjfVST189HpQ_2DkiXK7JwgEKdR2PRvVKNLUWEHkk/edit#gid=0&nbsp https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zCRjfVST189HpQ_2DkiXK7JwgEKdR2PRvVKNLUWEHkk/edit#gid=0&amp;nbsp]; [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FtL6wPXB2TdLQOiBZSXUrrwgqmoVHO-U72bcXPs29IU/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FtL6wPXB2TdLQOiBZSXUrrwgqmoVHO-U72bcXPs29IU/edit#gid=0] [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14&nbsp https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14&amp;nbsp];<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
= Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship =<br />
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== Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:&nbsp; ==<br />
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==== 1) UO Entrepreneurship Club<br/> ====<br />
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Background: The Entrepreneurship Club was started to promote entrepreneurship through connecting students with local entrepreneurs and business proffessionals. Today the club is going dormant as attendance and member engagment have been dropiing significantly. This came to our attention when leadership possitions opened and no showed any interest in running.<br/>How it works: Currently the club meets bi weekly and hosts a speaker and or workshop in the Lunquist College of Business.<br/>Mission: "Our mission is to facilitate the development of young proffessionals through the entrepreneurial perspective."<br />
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==== 2) Alpha Kappa Psi, Professional Business Fraternity<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Alpha Kappa Psi is the oldest and most well-known business fraternity in the US. It was founded in 1904 by students at New York University.There are 223 chapters worldwide with over 14,400 members<br/></div><div>How it Works: Weekly chapter meetings with additional hours of community service, fundraising, and professional development hours. Chapter activities allow our members to sharpen skills which lead to success in the business world.</div><div>Mission: Providing resources for enhancing the educational experience of future business leaders.</div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 3) UO Product Design Program<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br/></div><div>How it works: Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br/></div><div>Mission: Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br/></div><div>Entrepreneurial Tie: In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 4) Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br/></div><div>How it Works: Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br/></div><div>Mission: Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 5) Oregon New Venture Championship<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br/></div><div>How it works: Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br/></div><div>Mission: NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br/></div><div>Competitors: MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand.&nbsp;<br/></div><div>Outcome: In 2013 the 1st place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3rd for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 6) TechStars Startup Weekend Eugene ====<br />
<div>Background: In just 54 hours, this event allows people to pitch ideas and learn how to create a real company, meet the best mentors, investors, co-founders, and sponsors who are eager to help others get startups going.<br/></div><div>How it works: Students, fellow community entrepreneurs, faculty and more are invited to this 3-day event to take an idea, pitch the idea, then build the idea to best of your ability in the 3 days. Then the final presentation is given to the panel of judges.<br/></div><div>Mission: The mission is to learn, test your ideas, and make new connections at the event. And if things go really well - this is where these ideas can be taken seriously and potentially transformed into an actual business.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 7) UO Innovation Summit<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: The Innovation Summit was founded by a group of students in early 2017. The first ever Summit was held on campus on October 27th 2017 where 400+ attendees and over 90 different events accumulated for a one day festival.<br/></div><div>How it works: Any community and UO member can submit a proposal to showcase their work or share their skills during the one day innovation festival. The event is open to all students and to the public. People can go to any event on the schedule throughout the day.<br/></div><div>Mission: To spread innovation and entrepreneurial thinking all across the UO campus and throughout Eugene by bringing a variety of events and activities across departments.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 8) Spark Grants<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br/></div><div>How it works: Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br/></div><div>Mission: Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 9) Rainmaker Grants<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br/></div><div>How it works: Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 10) Civil War Shark Tank<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br/></div><div>How it works: Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 11) Entrepreneurship Club<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: The current Entrepreneurship Club is slowly declining in attendance and engagment from current UO students. The club has a speaker come in every meeting to discuss business related topics while also providing inspiration and networking opportunities.<br/></div><div>How it works: The club has introduced a bi-weekly newsletter than helps students find underground awesome internships, interesting articles/videos/quotes/podcast episodes our exec team has ran across that week. We are looking into introducing a podcast to the club where we reach out to interesting people/alumni that our members what to listen to, members would send in questions mixed with exec team questions then we'd record and share to the club and the community. Potential name for podcast is "All Innovators Podcast".<br/></div><div>Mission: Connect the school (all departments) through entrepreneurship/innovation and try and make students/faculty understand that we are all entrepreneurs/innovators.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 12) Duck Ventures<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Duck Ventures is a group focused on teaching and educating students about early-stage equity investments, venture capital, and angel investing.<br/></div><div>How it works: Duck Ventures is partnered with various firms and conferences in the state of Oregon. These firms outsource market research and due dilligence to Duck Ventures students to help minimize the usually lengthy time it takes for firms to conduct dilligence on a startup that is seeking potential investment. It's also a great way for studens to get directly involved with company valuations, term sheets, and investor relations, gaining real-world experience while doing meaningful work with firms.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 12) Job Shadow Program<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: The Job Shadow Program is an opportunity for pre-business students to explore a career by observing professionals—many of whom are alumni of the Lundquist College—during a typical day on the job.&nbsp;<br/></div><div>How it works: The program pairs you with a host professional and provides training to help you make the most of the experience&nbsp;<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
== UO Undergraduate Courses<br/> ==<br />
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==== 1) Intro to Entrepreneurship BA199 ====<br />
<div>Background: The Introduction to Entrepreneurship class exposes students to the concepts, tools and principles of entrepreneurship.<br/></div><div>How it works: The class explores the local entrepreneurship ecosystem (both campus and Eugene/Springfield) by touring facilities (makerspaces, accelerators, etc) and talking with local startup founders to learn about the resources available to entrepreneurs. Students will have the opportunity to individually build their own entrepreneurial mindset by developing a project plan that will either 1) advance a business idea; 2) advance an internship or job opportunity; 3) or create a club or event on campus.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 2) Green Product Design CH114 ====<br />
<div>Background: Recently, the UO now offers a one hundred level green chemistry course that is open to all majors. The class hosts about 50-60 students. How it works: Throughout the class, the professor leads the students into hands on group work to develop ideas using Green Chemistry. THe class focus changes per term. For example, fall of 2017, the class focused on green wearables where teams were formed to developed a greener wearable using an aspect of technology.<br/></div><div>Mission: To expose students to green principles and to start thinking about innovative ways to create a more sustainable world.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
= Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship<br/> =<br />
<div>Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 1) Faculty Seed Grants ====<br />
<div>Background: Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br/></div><div>Mission: To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br/></div><div>Outcome: Grant winning Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 2) Green Product Design Network<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community. *Mission: Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br/></div><div>Outcome: Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.&nbsp;<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 3) Conferences<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br/></div><div>Mission: Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions = Actively supporting the university technology transfer function.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 4) Innovation Partnership Services<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. IPS&nbsp; partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education Mission: as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.<br/></div><div>What they do: moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration<br/> =<br />
<div>The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 1) Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon. The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development *Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon. The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation.<br/></div><div>Mission: Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br/></div><div>Leaders: UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 2) Driven-U.com<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Driven-U is a UO student startup, founded by Micah Miller in 2016.<br/></div><div>How it works:It’s an online resource that provides university students with connections to other like-minded driven students. If a student is looking for someone to program their app or need someone to design their logo but they don’t know who to ask, Driven-U.com is a geat site to connect with people who may be able to help.<br/></div><div>Mission:To connect students with people with the essential skills they need to help create what they want.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 3) Product Design Launch Lab ====<br />
<div>Background:The Product Design Launch Lab is a collaboration between the College of Design and the University of Oregon Innovation Hub, a flexible space for meeting, creating, collaboration, and networking in downtown Eugene.<br/></div><div>How it works: The Product Design Launch Lab offersa set of design studios and design services that connects UO’s expertise and students in product design with entrepreneurs inside and outside of the university.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
= Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts<br/> =<br />
<div>The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
==== 1) RAIN<br/> ====<br />
<div>Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.<br/></div><div>Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation.<br/></div><div>Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon #Market opportunities #High quality ideas #Management teams #Access to investment capital #Strong community connections.<br/></div><div>Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives. This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies<br/></div><br />
*RAIN Eugene: Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.<br />
*RAIN@UO: Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community. ===&nbsp;<br />
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==== 2) Fertilab Thinkubator<br/> ====<br />
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Background: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.<br/>Mission: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.<br/>Goal: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.<br/>Outcome: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.<br />
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= Related Links<br/> =<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities University of Oregon Student Priorities]<br/><br/>[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit?usp=sharing U of Oregon Landscape Canvas Spring 2016 ]<br/><br/>[http://innovate.uoregon.edu University Innovation Fellows ]<br/><br/>'''Spring 2019'''<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Maya_Lazaro Maya Lazaro]<br/>[[Michelle Sconce Massaquoi|Michelle Sconce Massaquoi]]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nisha_Sridhar Nisha Sridhar]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Rajshah Raj Shah]<br/><br/>'''Spring 2018 '''<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Corina_Pigg Corina Pigg]<br/>Adam Faris<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/David_Freiburger David Freiburger]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elliot_Lofts Elliot Lofts]<br/><br/>'''Spring 2017'''<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kaheawai_Kaonohi Kaheawai Kaonohi]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Hunter_Sudek Hunter Sudek]<br/><br/>Spring 2016<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini ]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susan_cooper Susan Cooper]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brandon_Crockett Brandon Crockett]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Adam_Jansons Adam Jansons]<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/David_Phillips David Philiips]<br/><br/>Spring 2014<br/>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Claire_Sakaguchi Claire Sakaguchi]<br />
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= Overview<br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b437c3ab-f600-956f-35cf-b291999e93b0"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Oregon innovation and entrepreneurship landscape canvas has many opportunities. The University of Oregon currently has many silos of innovation around campus, including the Product Design Program, The Lindquist Center for Entrepreneurship, The Green Product Design Network, Innovation Partnership Services, and the Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network. The current, multi-faceted state of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus allows tremendous opportunities for crossover, collaboration and joint innovation. Our biggest opportunity on campus is integrating and connecting the right parties together to generate new innovations and collaborations between all of our silos. Students from all disciplines will play a vital role in making this conversation possible, and linking together the centers for innovation on campus, as well as bringing the vast campus resources to the attention of the general student body. This is our UIF mission at the University of Oregon.</span></span><br />
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== Spring 2016 ==<br />
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=== Strategy #1: Facilitate University Research-Industry Collaboration ===<br />
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==== Tactic 1: Connect Innovation Partner Services with faculty across campus ====<br />
<div>The Innovation Partner Services office (formally tech transfer) is responsible for managing and distributing intellectual property that has come out of the university. While it is important students are aware of this office, it is often more important that faculty are aware of the office and it’s functions, so that the office can have longer lasting ties with departments.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><br />
==== Milestones ====<br />
<div>Spring 2016: Meet with IPS office to discuss what they think faculty would most want to hear about</div><div>Summer 2016: Meet with stakeholders in different departments and discuss their wants from IPS</div><div>Fall 2016: With IPS, hold a series of seminars with different departments where students and faculty can learn about intellectual property, and how to manage it</div><br />
==== Tactic 2: Connect local industry leaders to university faculty and students ====<br />
<div>Innovations come from many people’s good ideas.&nbsp; Sometimes you may not know an idea is useful unless you talk to people.&nbsp; We would like to enhance communication between local industry leaders, students, and staff in order for people to talk about what they do, ideas they have, and problems they have.</div><div><br/></div><div>Overview: To accomplish this, we would organize a symposia (or poster session)&nbsp; for researchers (students and staff) to talk about their research.&nbsp; Local industry leaders would be invited so that they could share their insight.</div><div><br/></div><br />
==== Milestones ====<br />
<div>Spring 2016: Identify and discuss idea with faculty in the physical sciences and product design.</div><div>Summer 2016: Identify and discuss idea with industry leaders in the Willamette Valley and Portland area</div><div>Fall 2016: Secure funding from the various departments, and the office of innovation</div><div>Fall 2016:Find and secure venue</div><div>Fall 2016: Receive commitment from students and staff to participate, secure materials</div><div>Winter 2016:&nbsp; Send invitations to industry and hold event</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Strategy #2: Leverage coursework and projects to drive entrepreneurship and innovation ===<br />
<div>Students are already doing amazing things in the classroom, finding and solving problems throughout their coursework. Unfortunately, problem solving is currently limited to the classroom. When potential solutions are found for real world problems, these solutions are left in the classroom only to satisfy course-specific goals. Additionally, the same world problems are perpetuated to each incoming class and reiterated without examining the previous years’ worth of work and input.</div><br />
==== Tactic 1: Faculty and Staff involvement ====<br />
<div>Overview: Faculty are the individuals on the ground developing class content and assignments. However many faculty are unaware of the resources on campus and the potential of their classes for innovation. Entrepreneurship and innovation need to be factors that they consider when designing projects. This will require extensive conversation with faculty by the Innovation Fellows.</div><br />
==== Milestones ====<br />
<div>Spring 2016: Identify courses with possible strong innovation focus and contact faculty.</div><div>Spring and Summer 2016: Meet with faculty to talk about innovation in class</div><div>Summer 2016: Persuade faculty to include a talk about innovation and include clause in projects with innovation potential. This clause would provide information about innovation on campus and how to finance or prototype their ideas (maker spaces or Spark Grants).</div><div>Fall 2016 - Spring 2017: Continue consulting with faculty on incorporating innovation/real world problems into projects and using previous classes work in future class.</div><br />
==== Tactic 2: Student Awareness ====<br />
<div>Overview:Students themselves are the most powerful innovators on campus and are completing the classwork. Many students complete the classwork with the sole goal of finishing the class and may miss the real world applications along the way. This may also be because students are not aware that their are campus resources for them to take their ideas outside of the classroom. In some cases resources are not available to all students. This may be discouraging knowing that resources only become available at a senior level.</div><br />
==== Milestones ====<br />
<div>Spring 2016: Conduct research on student awareness of campus resources</div><div>Spring 2016: Brainstorm events to enhance visibility of campus resources to students</div><div>Fall 2016: Have campus resources placed in course materials (syllabus, project descriptions)</div><div>Fall 2016: Make current resources accessible to all students.</div><br />
=== Strategy #3 Workshop Series to Teach Innovation and Entrepreneurship ===<br />
<div>In order to get more students to be interested in consistently coming to a workshop series to learn entrepreneurial skills we will use the effort of the students to solve a real world problem that students are passionate about.</div><br />
==== Tactic 1:&nbsp; Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by solving a real world problem ====<br />
<div>Overview: We want to determine what students are excited about in order to gain more support and consistant attendance.</div><br />
==== Milestones: ====<br />
<div>Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will start brainstorming on issues that students would like to research</div><div>Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</div><div>Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</div><div>Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</div><br />
==== Tactic 2: Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by focusing on commercializing research that is done on campus ====<br />
<div>Overview: This tactic will rely more on also getting faculty closely involved in the development of the series</div><br />
==== Milestones: ====<br />
<div>Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will gauge interest in research performed on campus</div><div>Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</div><div>Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</div><div>Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</div><div>Strategy #4 Build and expand the Entrepreneurship Club</div><div>In order for students to be more driven, confident and willing to be innovative we must provide a place that promotes and incubates innovation.</div><br />
==== Tactic 1:&nbsp; Re-Brand / Re-Build the club ====<br />
<div>Overview: We don't want the club to only represent Business and Computer Science students so we need to change the clubs physical image.</div><br />
==== Milestones: ====<br />
<div>Spring 2017: Get elected into the executive team.</div><div>Spring 2017: Determine new club name, meeting locations, and brand for the upcoming year.</div><div>Spring 2017: Promote the new ideas to current members.</div><div>Fall 2017: Implement the new plan and club.</div><br />
==== Tactic 2: Make the club a place where resources could easily be found. ====<br />
<div>Overview: This tactic will rely on building outside connections with local businesses, mentors, and entrepreneurs as well as business incubators and accelorators.</div><br />
==== Milestones: ====<br />
<div>Spring 2017: Prep the clubs website for links to future resource opportunities.</div><div>Spring 2017: Connect with local people and resources that could help students be more driven and innovative so that when the new year starts we have already establised our main network.</div><div>Fall 2017: Put all resource links onto the club website.</div><div>Winter 2017: Provide useful workshops that will benefit students</div><br />
=== Strategy #5 Create a website that houses a diverse amount of resources with student podcasts and videoblogs on innovation and entrepreneurship&nbsp;&nbsp; ===<br />
<div>In order to make students more aware of the resources they have on campus and within the community and to be inspired to use these resources, a go-to one-stop website would allow accessability and motivation for students to become more innovative and think entrepreneurally to help them get to where they want to go.&nbsp;</div><br />
==== Tactic 1: Develop a website with strong opening content that is easily navigated by students. ====<br />
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<div>Winter 2018: Outline the functions of our website</div><div>Winter 2018: Connect with a web developer to design our website</div><br />
==== Tactic 2: Gather beginning content and get faculty on board ====<br />
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<div>Winter 2018: Partner with the University for support</div><div>Spring 2018: Gather content for the page</div><div>Spring 2018:&nbsp; Market and test</div><br />
==== Tactic 3: Retain use of the website ====<br />
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<div>Spring 2018: Gather Feedback</div><div>Continue updating content</div><br />
== Spring 2018 ==<br />
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=== Strategy #6 Connect students & faculty across disciplines by consolidating information about potential collaborators&nbsp; ===<br />
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==== Tactic 1: Develop an app (CollabUO or CollabU) that allows prospective collaborators to search for other collaborators on campus by service needed or mission (think Handshake for collaborators). ====<br />
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==== Tactic 2: Hold special events connected to the app such as: quarterly meet-ups for prospective collaborators where they give 5-minute pitches to others in attendance; focus groups to improve the app; a collaborator’s fair in which various UO organizations table, pitch their work/needs, and give talks on topics related to collaboration; app designers could participate in the UO Innovation Summit. ====<br />
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=== Strategy #7 Promote inclusivity and acceptance in Innovation and Entrepreneurship ===<br />
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==== Tactic 1: Host philosophy style discussions about what innovation and entrepreneurship means and how students can access resources to act on their ideas. ====<br />
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==== Tactic 2: A mentorship program to connect individuals who have experience in innovation and entrepreneurship at the UO with students who are interested entrepreneurship (we should strive for this program to be as interdisciplinary as possible!) ====<br />
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=== Strategy #8 Expedite interdisciplinary collaboration across the university ===<br />
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==== Tactic 1: Connect students and faculty across disciplines through innovation and entrepreneurial workshops. ====<br />
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==== Tactic 2: Facilitate a collaborative mindset by easy access to of existing research/projects on campus. ====<br />
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=== Strategy #9 Facilitate communication between leaders of innovation and entrepreneurship and students ===<br />
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==== Tactic 1: Send out documents for faculty and staff to see who would want to participate in a mentorship program and facilitate matching students and faculty. ====<br />
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==== Tactic 2: Have faculty write down all experiences and strengths and allow students to see the diversity of training/skills different faculty acquired in their career. ====<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Oregon|University of Oregon]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mlazaro Maya Lazaro]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nisha_Sridhar Nisha Sridhar]<br />
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[[Hunter Sudek|Hunter Sudek]]<br />
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[[David Phillips|David Phillips]]<br />
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[[Susan cooper|Susan_cooper]]<br />
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[[Brandon Crockett|Brandon_Crockett]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
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[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire Sakaguchi]]<br />
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<div>Michelle Sconce Massaquoi graduated from Pacific University, Forest Grove OR, in May 2012 with a B.S. in Chemistry. During her undergraduate studies she pursued research at Oregon Health & Science University as a Murdock Scholar investigating a rare genetic disorder, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. After her undergraduate education, she worked as a research assistant at the VA Portland Hospital testing potential treatments for Parkinson's Disease. Michelle is now in graduate school in the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon. Her current research focuses on understanding how the presence of bacteria within the gut of animals impacts the development of the animal. Specifically, she aims to understand how a newly discovered protein made within specific bacteria promote the development of insulin-producing beta cells within the larval zebrafish. She hopes to learn how to take an interesting finding from the lab bench and turn it into innovation for the benefit of society. After the completion of her graduate degree, she is interested in pursuing science communication. When not doing science, Michelle serves as the President for the University of Oregon Women in Graduate Sciences that strives for gender equality in STEM. She also enjoys photography, running, and travel.<br />
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<div>Michelle graduated from Pacific University, Forest Grove OR, in May 2012 with a B.S. in Chemistry. During her undergraduate studies she pursued research at Oregon Health & Science University as a Murdock Scholar investigating a rare genetic disorder, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. After her undergraduate education, she worked as a research assistant at the VA Portland Hospital testing potential treatments for Parkinson's Disease. Michelle is now in graduate school in the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon. Her current research focuses on understanding how the presence of bacteria within the gut of animals impacts the development of the animal. Specifically, she aims to understand how a newly discovered protein made within specific bacteria promote the development of insulin-producing beta cells within the larval zebrafish. She hopes to learn how to take an interesting finding from the lab bench and turn it into innovation for the benefit of society. After the completion of her graduate degree, she is interested in pursuing science communication. When not doing science, Michelle serves as the President for the University of Oregon Women in Graduate Sciences that strives for gender equality in STEM. She also enjoys photography, running, and travel.<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]</div>MSMassaquoihttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=User:MSMassaquoi&diff=73581User:MSMassaquoi2018-10-17T18:00:29Z<p>MSMassaquoi: Created page with "Michelle graduated from Pacific University, Forest Grove OR, in May 2012 with a B.S. in Chemistry. During her undergraduate studies she pursued research at Oregon Health & Sci..."</p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b437c3ab-f600-956f-35cf-b291999e93b0"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Oregon innovation and entrepreneurship landscape canvas has many opportunities. The University of Oregon currently has many silos of innovation around campus, including the Product Design Program, The Lindquist Center for Entrepreneurship, The Green Product Design Network, Innovation Partnership Services, and the Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network. The current, multi-faceted state of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus allows tremendous opportunities for crossover, collaboration and joint innovation. Our biggest opportunity on campus is integrating and connecting the right parties together to generate new innovations and collaborations between all of our silos. Students from all disciplines will play a vital role in making this conversation possible, and linking together the centers for innovation on campus, as well as bringing the vast campus resources to the attention of the general student body. This is our UIF mission at the University of Oregon.</span></span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 1: Connect Innovation Partner Services with faculty across campus</span><br/> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The Innovation Partner Services office (formally tech transfer) is responsible for managing and distributing intellectual property that has come out of the university. While it is important students are aware of this office, it is often more important that faculty are aware of the office and it’s functions, so that the office can have longer lasting ties with departments. &nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Milestones</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Spring 2016: Meet with IPS office to discuss what they think faculty would most want to hear about</span><br />
*<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Summer 2016: Meet with stakeholders in different departments and discuss their wants from IPS</span><br />
*<span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent">Fall 2016: With IPS, hold a series of seminars with different departments where students and faculty can learn about intellectual property, and how to manage it</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:22.666666666666664px; font-family:Arial; color:#222222; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Tactic 2: Connect local industry leaders to university faculty and students</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Innovations come from many people’s good ideas. &nbsp;Sometimes you may not know an idea is useful unless you talk to people. &nbsp;We would like to enhance communication between local industry leaders, students, and staff in order for people to talk about what they do, ideas they have, and problems they have.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">To accomplish this, we would organize a symposia (or poster session) &nbsp;for researchers (students and staff) to talk about their research. &nbsp;Local industry leaders would be invited so that they could share their insight.</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Spring 2016: Identify and discuss idea with faculty in the physical sciences and product design.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Summer 2016: Identify and discuss idea with industry leaders in the Willamette Valley and Portland area</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Secure funding from the various departments, and the office of innovation</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016:Find and secure venue</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Fall 2016: Receive commitment from students and staff to participate, secure materials</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Winter 2016: &nbsp;Send invitations to industry and hold event</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #2: Leverage coursework and projects to drive entrepreneurship and innovation</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b437c3ab-f64e-2cb9-9e33-9954b6379b68"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are already doing amazing things in the classroom, finding and solving problems throughout their coursework. Unfortunately, problem solving is currently limited to the classroom. When potential solutions are found for real world problems, these solutions are left in the classroom only to satisfy course-specific goals. Additionally, the same world problems are perpetuated to each incoming class and reiterated without examining the previous years’ worth of work and input.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 1: Faculty and Staff involvement</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">: Faculty are the individuals on the ground developing class content and assignments. However many faculty are unaware of the resources on campus and the potential of their classes for innovation. Entrepreneurship and innovation need to be factors that they consider when designing projects. This will require extensive conversation with faculty by the Innovation Fellows.</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Identify courses with possible strong innovation focus and contact faculty.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring and Summer 2016: Meet with faculty to talk about innovation in class</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Summer 2016: Persuade faculty to include a talk about innovation and include clause in projects with innovation potential. This clause would provide information about innovation on campus and how to finance or prototype their ideas (maker spaces or Spark Grants).</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016 - Spring 2017: Continue consulting with faculty on incorporating innovation/real world problems into projects and using previous classes work in future class.</span></span><br />
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== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 22.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Tactic 2: Student Awareness</span></span> ==<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Overview:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Students themselves are the most powerful innovators on campus and are completing the classwork. Many students complete the classwork with the sole goal of finishing the class and may miss the real world applications along the way. This may also be because students are not aware that their are campus resources for them to take their ideas outside of the classroom. In some cases resources are not available to all students. This may be discouraging knowing that resources only become available at a senior level.</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Conduct research on student awareness of campus resources</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2016: Brainstorm events to enhance visibility of campus resources to students</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Have campus resources placed in course materials (syllabus, project descriptions)</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Fall 2016: Make current resources accessible to all students.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #3 Workshop Series to Teach Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap">In order to get more students to be interested in consistently coming to a workshop series to learn entrepreneurial skills we will use the effort of the students to solve a real world problem that students are passionate about.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: &nbsp;Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by solving a real world problem</span></span></span>'''</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestones:</span></span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will start brainstorming on issues that students would like to research</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</span></span></span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Tactic 2: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Develop a workshop series that will teach innovation and entrepreneurship by focusing on commercializing research that is done on campus</span></span></span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Overview: This tactic will rely more on also getting faculty closely involved in the development of the series</span></span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Have one workshop that will gauge interest in research performed on campus</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Determine faculty that are in favor of this idea and could publicize the group in their classes</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016: Find a central space on campus that this event can be held</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Summer 2016: Make a schedule for the 2016-2017 academic year</span></span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-size: 30.666666666666664px; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Strategy #4 Build and expand the Entrepreneurship Club</span></span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap">In order for students to be more driven, confident and willing to be innovative we must provide a place that promotes and incubates innovation.</span><br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1: &nbsp;Re-Brand / Re-Build the club.</span></span></span>'''</span> ==<br />
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overview: We don't want the club to only represent Business and Computer Science students so we need to change the clubs physical image.</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2017: Get elected into the executive team.</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2017: Determine new club name, meeting locations, and brand for the upcoming year.</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: small;">Spring 2017: Promote the new ideas to current members.</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fall 2017: Implement the new plan and club.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Overview: This tactic will rely on building outside connections with local businesses, mentors, and entrepreneurs as well as business incubators and accelorators.</span></span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2017: Prep the clubs website for links to future resource opportunities.</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2017: Connect with local people and resources that could help students be more driven and innovative so that when the new year starts we have already establised our main network.</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9cc3b58b-d6d8-e38f-6cf7-92450a085339"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fall 2017: Put all resource links onto the club website.</span></span></span><br />
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= <span style="font-size:larger;">Strategy #5 Create a website that houses a diverse amount of resources with student podcasts and videoblogs on innovation and entrepreneurship &nbsp;</span> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:larger;">In order to make students more aware of the resources they have on campus and within the community and to be inspired to use these resources, a go-to one-stop website would allow accessability and motivation for students to become more innovative and think entrepreneurally to help them get to where they want to go.&nbsp;</span><br />
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=== <span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic 1: Develop a website with strong opening content that is easily navigated by students.</span><br/> ===<br />
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*<span style="font-size:larger;">Winter 2018: Outline the functions of our website</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Winter 2018: Connect with a web developer to design our website</span><br />
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*<span style="font-size: larger;">Winter 2018: Partner with the University for support</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Spring 2018: Gather content for the page</span><br />
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Spring 2018: &nbsp;Market and test</span><br />
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=== <span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic 3: Retain use of the website</span><br/> ===<br />
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*<span style="font-size:larger;">Spring 2018: Gather Feedback</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size: larger;">Strategy #6 Connect students & faculty across disciplines by consolidating information about potential collaborators&nbsp;</span> =<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 1: </span>Develop an app (CollabUO or CollabU) that allows prospective collaborators to search for other collaborators on campus by service needed or mission (think Handshake for collaborators).<br/>&nbsp; ===<br />
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= <span style="font-size: larger;">Strategy #7 Promote inclusivity and acceptance in Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span> =<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 1:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Host philosophy style discussions about what innovation and entrepreneurship means and how students can access resources to act on their ideas.</span><br/>&nbsp; ===<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 2:&nbsp;</span>A mentorship program to connect individuals who have experience in innovation and entrepreneurship at the UO with students who are interested entrepreneurship (we should strive for this program to be as interdisciplinary as possible!).&nbsp; ===<br />
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= <span style="font-size: larger;">Strategy #8 Expedite interdisciplinary collaboration across the university</span> =<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 1:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Connect students and faculty across disciplines through innovation and entrepreneurial workshops.</span><br/>&nbsp; ===<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 2:&nbsp;</span>Facilitate a collaborative mindset by easy access to of existing research/projects on campus. ===<br />
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= <span style="font-size: larger;">Strategy #9 Facilitate communication between leaders of innovation and entrepreneurship and students</span> =<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 1:&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Send out documents for faculty and staff to see who would want to participate in a mentorship program and facilitate matching students and faculty.</span><br/>&nbsp; ===<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic 2:&nbsp;</span>Have faculty write down all experiences and strengths and allow students to see the diversity of training/skills different faculty acquired in their career. ===<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]</div>MSMassaquoihttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=70753School:University of Oregon2018-10-03T02:45:18Z<p>MSMassaquoi: </p>
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<div>= Background = The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance.&nbsp; The university has multiple research institutes which include the areas of molecular biology, neuroscience, optics and materials. In the fall of 2018, the UO has broken ground for the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact which aims to provide highly interdisciplinary, world-class science experience to students as well as additional training in innovation, communication and entrepreneurialism. One of the goals of the campus is to face global challenges in a well designed space that supports interactive discovery, leading to research that seeds start-up companies. Additionally the UO has recently offered the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective. Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups. Links to our landscape canvas are below: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kiT_ESoDEQzJQ5GcnR8a6XSm1XxlOA06pihhlYSCGBU/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kiT_ESoDEQzJQ5GcnR8a6XSm1XxlOA06pihhlYSCGBU/edit#gid=0] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zCRjfVST189HpQ_2DkiXK7JwgEKdR2PRvVKNLUWEHkk/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zCRjfVST189HpQ_2DkiXK7JwgEKdR2PRvVKNLUWEHkk/edit#gid=0&nbsp;] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FtL6wPXB2TdLQOiBZSXUrrwgqmoVHO-U72bcXPs29IU/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FtL6wPXB2TdLQOiBZSXUrrwgqmoVHO-U72bcXPs29IU/edit#gid=0] [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14] = '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''<br/>= == '''Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:''' == === '''UO Entrepreneurship Club''' === *'''Background:&nbsp;'''The Entrepreneurship Club was started to promote entrepreneurship through connecting students with local entrepreneurs and business proffessionals. Today the club is going dormant as attendance and member engagment have been dropiing significantly. This came to our attention when leadership possitions opened and no showed any interest in running. *'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Currently the club meets bi weekly and hosts a speaker and or workshop in the Lunquist College of<span style="font-size:small;">Business.</span> *'''Mission:&nbsp;'''"Our mission is to facilitate the development of young proffessionals through the entrepreneurial perspective."<span style="color: rgb(84, 86, 88); font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">&nbsp;</span> === Alpha Kappa Psi, Professional Business Fraternity&nbsp; === *<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Background:'''&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Alpha Kappa Psi is the oldest and most well-known business fraternity in the US. It was founded in 1904 by students at New York University.There are 223 chapters worldwide with over 14,400 members</span></span></span> *<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">How it Works:</span>'''<span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Weekly chapter meetings with additional hours of community service, fundraising, and professional development hours. Chapter activities allow our members to sharpen skills which lead to success in the business world.</span></span></span> *<br />
<div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Mission:'''&nbsp;<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; text-indent: 36pt;">Providing resources for enhancing the educational experience of future business leaders.</span></span></span></div><div><br/><br/><br/><br/></div><br/><br/><br/> === '''UO Product Design Program''' === *'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments. *'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland. *'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world. *'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc. === <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' === *'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program. *'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers. *'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network. === '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' === *'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities. *'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground. *'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions. *'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand *'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors. === TechStars Startup Weekend Eugene<br/>=== *'''<span style="font-size:small;">Background</span>'''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In just 54 hours, this event allows people to pitch ideas and learn how to create a real company, meet the best mentors, investors, co-founders, and sponsors who are eager to help others get startups going.</span> *'''How it works'''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students, fellow community entrepreneurs, faculty and more are invited to this 3-day event to take an idea, pitch the idea, then build the idea to best of your ability in the 3 days. Then the final presentation is given to the panel of judges.</span> *'''Mission''':<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mission is to learn, test your ideas, and make new connections at the event. And if things go really well - this is where these ideas can be taken seriously and potentially transformed into an actual business.</span> === UO Innovation Summit === *<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Innovation Summit was founded by a group of students in early 2017. The first ever Summit was held on campus on October 27th 2017 where 400+ attendees and over 90 different events accumulated for a one day festival.</span> *<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any community and UO member can submit a proposal to showcase their work or share their skills during the one day innovation festival. The event is open to all students and to the public. People can go to any event on the schedule throughout the day.</span> *<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To spread innovation and entrepreneurial thinking all across the UO campus and throughout Eugene by bringing a variety of events and activities across departments.</span> === <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Spark Grants === *'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017. *'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants *'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project. === Rainmaker Grants === *'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects. *'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant. === Civil War Shark Tank === *'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition. *'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism. === Making the Entrepreneurship Club the Hub for Innovation === *'''Background:&nbsp;'''The current Entrepreneurship Club is slowly declining in attendance and engagment from current UO students. The club has a speaker come in every meeting to discuss business related topics while also providing inspiration and networking opportunities. &nbsp; *'''How it works:&nbsp;'''The club has introduced a bi-weekly newsletter than helps students find underground awesome internships, interesting articles/videos/quotes/podcast episodes our exec team has ran across that week. We are looking into introducing a podcast to the club where we reach out to interesting people/alumni that our members what to listen to, members would send in questions mixed with exec team questions then we'd record and share to the club and the community. Potential name for podcast is "All Innovators Podcast".&nbsp; *'''Mission''': Connect the school (all departments) through entrepreneurship/innovation and try and make students/faculty understand that we are all entrepreneurs/innovators.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; === Duck Ventures === *'''Background:&nbsp;'''Duck Ventures is a group focused on teaching and educating students about early-stage equity investments, venture capital, and angel investing. &nbsp; *'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Duck Ventures is partnered with various firms and conferences in the state of Oregon. These firms outsource market research and due dilligence to Duck Ventures students to help minimize the usually lengthy time it takes for firms to conduct dilligence on a startup that is seeking potential investment. It's also a great way for studens to get directly involved with company valuations, term sheets, and investor relations, gaining real-world experience while doing meaningful work with firms.&nbsp; === Job Shadow Program === *'''Background:&nbsp;'''The Job Shadow Program is an opportunity for pre-business students to explore a career by observing professionals—many of whom are alumni of the Lundquist College—during a typical day on the job.&nbsp; *'''How it works:&nbsp;'''The program pairs you with a host professional and provides training to help you make the most of the experience&nbsp;&nbsp; == UO Undergraduate Courses == === Intro to Entrepreneurship BA199<br/>=== *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">'''Background:'''&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Introduction to Entrepreneurship class exposes students to the concepts, tools and principles of entrepreneurship.</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The class explores the local entrepreneurship ecosystem (both campus and Eugene/Springfield) by touring facilities (makerspaces, accelerators, etc) and talking with local startup founders to learn about the resources available to entrepreneurs. Students will have the opportunity to individually build their own entrepreneurial mindset by developing a project plan that will either 1) advance a business idea; 2) advance an internship or job opportunity; 3) or create a club or event on campus.</span></span></span> === <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Green Product Design CH114</span></span></span><br/>=== *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, the UO now offers a one hundred level green chemistry course that is open to all majors. The class hosts about 50-60 students.</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the class, the professor leads the students into hands on group work to develop ideas using Green Chemistry. THe class focus changes per term. For example, fall of 2017, the class focused on green wearables where teams were formed to developed a greener wearable using an aspect of technology.</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission: </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To expose students to green principles and to start thinking about innovative ways to create a more sustainable world.</span></span></span> = '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' = Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research. == '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/>== *'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp; *'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus *'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term. == '''Green Product Design Network''' == *'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community. *'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society. *'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative. == '''Conferences''' == *'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene. *'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions = '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' = == '''Innovation Partnership Services''' == *Background: Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. &nbsp;IPS &nbsp;partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education *Mission: as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit. *What they do: moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. &nbsp;Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy. = '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' = The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research. == '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' == *'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon *The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development *Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon *The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation *'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon. *'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa. == Driven-U.com == *<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Driven-U is a UO student startup, founded by Micah Miller in 2016.</span> *<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works:</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s an online resource that provides university students with connections to other like-minded driven students. If a student is looking for someone to program their app or need someone to design their logo but they don’t know who to ask, Driven-U.com is a geat site to connect with people who may be able to help.</span> *<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission:</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To connect students with people with the essential skills they need to help create what they want.</span> === <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Product Design Launch Lab</span></span></span><br/>=== == == *<small><span style="font-size: small;">'''<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background:</span></span>'''The Product Design Launch Lab is a collaboration between the College of Design and the University of Oregon Innovation Hub, a flexible space for meeting, creating, collaboration, and networking in downtown Eugene.</span></small> *<small><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''How it works: '''The Product Design Launch Lab offers</span></span>a set of design studios and design services that connects UO’s expertise and students in product design with entrepreneurs inside and outside of the university.</span></small> = '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' = The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative. === '''RAIN''' === *<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span> *<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span> *<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon</span></span> #<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Market opportunities</span></span> #<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">High quality ideas</span></span> #<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Management teams</span></span> #<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access to investment capital</span></span> #<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strong community connections</span></span> *<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span> === '''RAIN Eugene''' === <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.</span></span> === '''RAIN@UO''' === •&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">&nbsp; Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community.</span></span> === '''Fertilab Thinkubator''' === '''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span> *'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span> *'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span> *'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span> = Related Links = '''University of Oregon''' &#x5B;&#x5B;University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities&#x5D;&#x5D; [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 [U of Oregon Landscape Canvas Spring 2016]] University Innovation Fellows&nbsp; Spring 2018 &#x5B;&#x5B;Corina Pigg|Corina Pigg&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;Adam Faris|Adam Farris&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;David Freiburger|David Freiburger&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;Elliot_Lofts|Elliot Lofts&#x5D;&#x5D; Spring 2017 &#x5B;&#x5B;Kaheawai Kaonohi|Kaheawai Kaonohi&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;Hunter Sudek|Hunter Sudek&#x5D;&#x5D; Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini] [http://universityinnovation.org/Susan%20cooper Susan_cooper] [http://universityinnovation.org/Brandon%20Crockett Brandon_Crockett] [http://universityinnovation.org/Adam%20Jansons Adam_Jansons] [http://universityinnovation.org/David%20Phillips David Phillips] Spring 2014: &#x5B;&#x5B;Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi&#x5D;&#x5D; &#x5B;&#x5B;Category:Universities&#x5D;&#x5D;<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></div>MSMassaquoihttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Oregon&diff=70712School:University of Oregon2018-10-03T02:14:18Z<p>MSMassaquoi: </p>
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The University of Oregon is a public research University located in Eugene Oregon and founded in 1876. Our University is a rated very high on research activity and is the main flagship public university in Oregon. The institution is divided into eight individual schools including: school of architecture and allied arts (AAA), the college of arts and sciences, Charles H Lundquist College of Business, College of Education, Robert D Clark Honors College, School of Journalism and Communication, School of Law, School of Music and Dance.&nbsp;<br />
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The university has multiple research institutes which include the areas of molecular biology, neuroscience, optics and materials. In the fall of 2018, the UO has broken ground for the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact which aims to provide highly interdisciplinary, world-class science experience to students as well as additional training in innovation, communication and entrepreneurialism. One of the goals of the campus is to face global challenges in a well designed space that supports interactive discovery, leading to research that seeds start-up companies. Additionally the UO has recently offered the Product Design Program, which allows students to learn theories and applied practices of art, architecture and design to creative collaborative opportunities across disciplines. The program is still very new and growing but is deeply rooted in hands on learning where students can learn to develop projects from a personal, local and global perspective.<br />
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Currently, the entrepreneurship program at Oregon is driven by a mission to educate, inspire and empower the future of entrepreneurs by instilling in students the characteristics of innovation, initiative, accountability and dedication. The Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship (LCE) combines a foundation of theory with hands-on learning that fosters the mindset of a successful entrepreneur. Oregon believes its students are very career oriented, networked and inspired individuals. A majority of the curriculum that are defined and structured in LCE are: recognizing and evaluating business opportunities, venture planning and implementation, developing and commercializing new products, legal, financial and operational considerations for startups.<br />
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= '''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''<br/> =<br />
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== '''Programs, Opportunities, Organizations:''' ==<br />
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=== '''UO Entrepreneurship Club''' ===<br />
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*'''Background:&nbsp;'''The Entrepreneurship Club was started to promote entrepreneurship through connecting students with local entrepreneurs and business proffessionals. Today the club is going dormant as attendance and member engagment have been dropiing significantly. This came to our attention when leadership possitions opened and no showed any interest in running.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Currently the club meets bi weekly and hosts a speaker and or workshop in the Lunquist College of<span style="font-size:small;">Business.</span><br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''"Our mission is to facilitate the development of young proffessionals through the entrepreneurial perspective."<span style="color: rgb(84, 86, 88); font-family: avenir-lt-w01_35-light1475496, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">&nbsp;</span><br />
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=== Alpha Kappa Psi, Professional Business Fraternity&nbsp; ===<br />
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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Background:'''&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Alpha Kappa Psi is the oldest and most well-known business fraternity in the US. It was founded in 1904 by students at New York University.There are 223 chapters worldwide with over 14,400 members</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">How it Works:</span>'''<span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Weekly chapter meetings with additional hours of community service, fundraising, and professional development hours. Chapter activities allow our members to sharpen skills which lead to success in the business world.</span></span></span><br />
*<div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Mission:'''&nbsp;<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; text-indent: 36pt;">Providing resources for enhancing the educational experience of future business leaders.</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><br />
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=== '''UO Product Design Program''' ===<br />
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*'''Background''': This program provides a strong grounding in the use, invention and production of consumer products. It integrates the theories and applied practices of art, architecture, and design disciplines, creating collaborative opportunities across campus with the business school and anthropology and chemistry departments.<br />
*'''How it works: '''Students can get a BA or BS in Material and Product Studies in Eugene and a fifth year BFA in Product Design in Portland.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Provide students with an in-depth knowledge about materials, idea generation, prototyping and manufacturing in order to allow students to design a better world.<br />
*'''Entrepreneurial Tie: '''In order to provide students with real world opportunities, many studios tie in a competition element allowing students to pitch their designs to industry professionals. In the past competitions have involved Wilsonart Chair designs, which were highlighted at the ICFF, a user interface challenge and a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation competition, etc.<br />
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=== <span style="font-size: larger">&nbsp;</span>'''Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship''' ===<br />
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*'''Background: '''LCE offers real world experiences and mentoring students through investment competitions, consulting projects, internships, and the Venture Launch Pathway Program.<br />
*'''How it Works: '''Based on student’s area of interest, background and commitment, LCE admits them into one of four centers.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Experiential learning, curriculum to harness opportunity and strong investor and alumni network.<br />
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=== '''Oregon New Venture Championship''' ===<br />
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*'''Background''': Oregon’s New Venture Championship (NVC) is the original six-round business competition for graduate students. This movement was started at the University of Oregon and provides an opportunity to translate scholastic experiences into real world opportunities.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students get feedback from judges to help turn their business plan into a successful venture and get the chance to capture the attention of angel investors to get their business of the ground.<br />
*'''Mission:''' NVC wants to develop skilled and knowledgeable entrepreneurial leaders who will successfully confront the ever-changing business environment with creative and innovative solutions.<br />
*'''Competitors: '''MBA students from the top business programs worldwide are invited to compete. Students have come from the US and places like Hong Kong and Thailand<br />
*'''Outcome: '''In 2013 the 1<sup>st</sup> place prize went to students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration for a prebiotic syrup. In 2005, a UO student group placed 3<sup>rd</sup> for a battery replacement for transceivers and sensors.<br />
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=== TechStars Startup Weekend Eugene<br/> ===<br />
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*'''<span style="font-size:small;">Background</span>'''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In just 54 hours, this event allows people to pitch ideas and learn how to create a real company, meet the best mentors, investors, co-founders, and sponsors who are eager to help others get startups going.</span><br />
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*'''How it works'''<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students, fellow community entrepreneurs, faculty and more are invited to this 3-day event to take an idea, pitch the idea, then build the idea to best of your ability in the 3 days. Then the final presentation is given to the panel of judges.</span><br />
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*'''Mission''':<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The mission is to learn, test your ideas, and make new connections at the event. And if things go really well - this is where these ideas can be taken seriously and potentially transformed into an actual business.</span><br />
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=== UO Innovation Summit ===<br />
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*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Innovation Summit was founded by a group of students in early 2017. The first ever Summit was held on campus on October 27th 2017 where 400+ attendees and over 90 different events accumulated for a one day festival.</span><br />
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*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Any community and UO member can submit a proposal to showcase their work or share their skills during the one day innovation festival. The event is open to all students and to the public. People can go to any event on the schedule throughout the day.</span><br />
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*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To spread innovation and entrepreneurial thinking all across the UO campus and throughout Eugene by bringing a variety of events and activities across departments.</span><br />
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=== <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Spark Grants ===<br />
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*'''Background''': A brand new, small funding opportunity of $500 to get a project off the ground. Starting Fall 2017.<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Any student can submit an idea with a purpose and a plan. Students then have 6 weeks to develop and prototype their project. The students will have to present their product at the end of the 6 weeks. Possibly have their idea funded further with Rainmaker Grants<br />
*'''Mission''': Remove a barrier to starting a project.<br />
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=== Rainmaker Grants ===<br />
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*'''Background''': Five yearly grants of $5000 for developed ideas and projects.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students will need to demonstrate a well constructed and planned project or prototype. Ideally stemming from a Spark Grant.<br />
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=== Civil War Shark Tank ===<br />
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*'''Background''': An annual competition based on the TV show 'Shark Tank', University of Oregon and Oregon State University students compete to pitch their ideas in front of judges and an audience. A $1000 first prize and a place at the Willamette Angel Conference where startups compete for seed money. Also included is an elevator pitch competition.<br />
*'''How it works''': Students submit a 2 minute and 5 page executive summary and the best are chosen to represent the school at the event. At the event students must defend their idea and be well prepared for criticism.<br />
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=== Making the Entrepreneurship Club the Hub for Innovation ===<br />
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*'''Background:&nbsp;'''The current Entrepreneurship Club is slowly declining in attendance and engagment from current UO students. The club has a speaker come in every meeting to discuss business related topics while also providing inspiration and networking opportunities. &nbsp;<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''The club has introduced a bi-weekly newsletter than helps students find underground awesome internships, interesting articles/videos/quotes/podcast episodes our exec team has ran across that week. We are looking into introducing a podcast to the club where we reach out to interesting people/alumni that our members what to listen to, members would send in questions mixed with exec team questions then we'd record and share to the club and the community. Potential name for podcast is "All Innovators Podcast".&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission''': Connect the school (all departments) through entrepreneurship/innovation and try and make students/faculty understand that we are all entrepreneurs/innovators.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
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=== Duck Ventures ===<br />
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*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Duck Ventures is a group focused on teaching and educating students about early-stage equity investments, venture capital, and angel investing. &nbsp;<br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''Duck Ventures is partnered with various firms and conferences in the state of Oregon. These firms outsource market research and due dilligence to Duck Ventures students to help minimize the usually lengthy time it takes for firms to conduct dilligence on a startup that is seeking potential investment. It's also a great way for studens to get directly involved with company valuations, term sheets, and investor relations, gaining real-world experience while doing meaningful work with firms.&nbsp;<br />
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=== Job Shadow Program ===<br />
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*'''Background:&nbsp;'''The Job Shadow Program is an opportunity for pre-business students to explore a career by observing professionals—many of whom are alumni of the Lundquist College—during a typical day on the job.&nbsp; <br />
*'''How it works:&nbsp;'''The program pairs you with a host professional and provides training to help you make the most of the experience &nbsp;<br />
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== UO Undergraduate Courses ==<br />
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=== Intro to Entrepreneurship BA199<br/> ===<br />
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*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">'''Background:'''&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Introduction to Entrepreneurship class exposes students to the concepts, tools and principles of entrepreneurship.</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The class explores the local entrepreneurship ecosystem (both campus and Eugene/Springfield) by touring facilities (makerspaces, accelerators, etc) and talking with local startup founders to learn about the resources available to entrepreneurs. Students will have the opportunity to individually build their own entrepreneurial mindset by developing a project plan that will either 1) advance a business idea; 2) advance an internship or job opportunity; 3) or create a club or event on campus.</span></span></span><br />
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=== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Green Product Design CH114</span></span></span><br/> ===<br />
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*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, the UO now offers a one hundred level green chemistry course that is open to all majors. The class hosts about 50-60 students.</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the class, the professor leads the students into hands on group work to develop ideas using Green Chemistry. THe class focus changes per term. For example, fall of 2017, the class focused on green wearables where teams were formed to developed a greener wearable using an aspect of technology.</span></span></span><br />
*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission: </span><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To expose students to green principles and to start thinking about innovative ways to create a more sustainable world.</span></span></span><br />
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= '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' =<br />
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Oregon is a highly research oriented campus, with faculty working on their own projects of interest. Within the product design program, faculty are developing personal design projects in order to stay actively engaged in the rest of the design world. Within the Science departments faculty gain access to software and lab equipment for projects and research.<br />
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== '''Faculty Seed Grants'''<br/> ==<br />
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*'''Background:&nbsp;'''Faculty with ideas but lacking funding looked to the school for assitant&nbsp;<br />
*'''Mission:&nbsp;'''To give faculty access to funding for their projects while helping expand levels of innovation across campus<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Grant winning&nbsp;Faculty can be funded with up to $2,500 dollars for their projects every term.<br />
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== '''Green Product Design Network''' ==<br />
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*'''Background:''' The Green Product Design Network began with a group of faculty leaders at UO with interests and expertise in green chemistry, product design, business and journalism and community.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Take ideas from invention to the marketplace in a way that has a more expedient and lasting impact on society.<br />
*'''Outcome: '''Selected as one of five key projects that the UO is supporting and highlighting as a major strategic initiative.<br />
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== '''Conferences''' ==<br />
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*'''Background''': Conferences are hosted at the Business College to unite faculty in business from around the world. For example, in 2013, the Lunquist College’s biennial Financial Research Conference drew experts from Shanghai, London and New York to meet up in Eugene.<br />
*'''Mission: '''Focus on institutional investors and the asset management industry to benefit presenters and audience members in complementary ways. Belief that research is a collaborative process so there is a strong emphasis on collaboration where researchers can present and discuss their work with peers in face to face interactions<br />
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= '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer function''' =<br />
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== '''Innovation Partnership Services''' ==<br />
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*Background: Innovation Partnership Services ( formerly known as Technology Transfer), is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation. &nbsp;IPS &nbsp;partners with UO innovators, the public and industry to accelerate the adoption of innovations derived from UO research and education<br />
*Mission: as a fundamental extension of UO’s teaching and public benefits missions, IPS strives to employ a diversity of innovation management pathways to connect University research to societal benefit.<br />
*What they do: moves innovation into public use by identifying and creating channels for relationships between university innovators and industry, for investment and for development of user communities. &nbsp;Services include: patent filing, confidentiality/material transfer agreements, and helping UO innovators navigate federal and state policy.<br />
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= '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' =<br />
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The example below highlights how Oregon puts efforts on interdisciplinary research and teaching and always tries to create deep relationships and partnerships with important key players in education and research.<br />
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== '''Shared Research and Student Training in Gabon''' ==<br />
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*'''Background: '''The UO entered a groundbreaking research and training partnership with African nation, Gabon<br />
*The agreement will result in the creation of the Gabon-Oregon Transnational Research Center on Environmental Development<br />
*Headquartered in Eugene, OR and Libreville, Gabon<br />
*The center represents a new partnership that will enable developed and developing countries to benefit equally from shared research and two way training of students from each nation<br />
*'''Mission: '''Effort to put priority on interdisciplinary research and teaching. Need to reinforce training programs and establish strong and deep partnerships mimicking those created at Oregon.<br />
*'''Leaders: '''UO-led, five-campus Oregon African Studies Consortium: Oregon State University, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland State University, Willamette University and partner with Gabonese Government to fulfill its vision of turning the country into a laboratory for a new model of development for Africa.<br />
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== Driven-U.com ==<br />
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*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Driven-U is a UO student startup, founded by Micah Miller in 2016.</span><br />
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works:</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s an online resource that provides university students with connections to other like-minded driven students. If a student is looking for someone to program their app or need someone to design their logo but they don’t know who to ask, Driven-U.com is a geat site to connect with people who may be able to help.</span><br />
*<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission:</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To connect students with people with the essential skills they need to help create what they want.</span><br />
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= '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' =<br />
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The example below highlights how University of Oregon likes to work closely with other Oregon universities in order to help the greater community of Oregon reach its potential. Initiatives are very interdisciplinary and collaborative.<br />
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=== '''RAIN''' ===<br />
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*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Background: Regional Accelerator and Innovation Network (RAIN) connects government, academic and industry resources in the community. There is both a RAIN Eugene and a RAIN@UO branch.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mission: advance the formation, growth, and retention of tech-based startups in the South valley in order to triple the current rate of new tech business formation and job creation</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Goal: Address five key ingredients that transform innovative ideas into viable thriving business for the state of Oregon</span></span><br />
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#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Market opportunities</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">High quality ideas</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Management teams</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Access to investment capital</span></span><br />
#<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strong community connections</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Outcome: By funding RAIN, Oregon (as a state) will enable these key ingredients by mobilizing and expanding the assets of the South Valley region: nearly $400M of combined research activity at Oregon State, University of Oregon and linked regional economic development initiatives.&nbsp;This will grow the ecosystem of entrepreneurial talent and tech based companies&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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=== '''RAIN Eugene''' ===<br />
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">•&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Offers a 12 week accelerator program for new businesses and also part of the RAIN innovation network.</span></span><br />
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=== '''RAIN@UO''' ===<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">&nbsp; Allows for students and faculty to learn more about innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and in the community.</span></span><br />
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=== '''Fertilab Thinkubator''' ===<br />
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'''Background'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Fertilab Thinkubator is an incubator for start-ups, a co-working space and a place for events held for those interested in entrepreneurship and innovation in town. There is a location in Eugene and in Springfield.</span><br />
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*'''Mission'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promote entrepreneurship and innovation as a way to develop the economy and the workforce.</span><br />
*'''Goal'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Build the next generation of businesses in Eugene.</span><br />
*'''Outcome'''<span style="font-size: 12px">: Promoting entrepreneurship in Eugene and enhancing the collaboration in the start-up community.</span><br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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'''University of Oregon'''<br />
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[[University of Oregon Student Priorities|University_of_Oregon_Student_Priorities]]<br />
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[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13jiXff2iiII7nvmQqi5vTdxT1FgJ3ZDSThDC5ah0zt8/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 [U of Oregon Landscape Canvas Spring 2016]]<br />
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[[Kaheawai Kaonohi|Kaheawai Kaonohi]]<br />
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[[Hunter Sudek|Hunter Sudek]]<br />
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Spring 2016:<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Capaldini Nick Capaldini]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/Susan%20cooper Susan_cooper]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/Brandon%20Crockett Brandon_Crockett]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/Adam%20Jansons Adam_Jansons]<br />
<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/David%20Phillips David Phillips]<br />
<br />
Spring 2014:<br />
<br />
[[Claire Sakaguchi|Claire_Sakaguchi]]<br />
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