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Fellow:Maliik Nelson

2016-02-18T22:59:59Z

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[[File:--Maliik-Nelson profile--.jpeg]]Maliik Nelson is a sophomore undergraduate business student at Morgan State University. As a former track and field athlete and current member of the Entrepreneur Society, Maliik has developed a strong and determined personality to achieve his own aspirations as an entrepreneur with hopes of creating multiple startups and patented inventions. Maliik has participated in competitions ranging from the 2015 Urban Financial Services Oratorical Competition, 2015 Mark 1 Competition, as well as the 2016 Next Generation Mobility Challenge sponsored by Toyota and Net Impact. Maliik currently interns at WEAA 88.9 the voice of the community, a nonprofit radio station located on Morgan States campus where he gains insight under the Membership Director. He is also interested in pursing careers within the marketing and branding aspect of a business operation. Although business has played a vital role in his background much like his father, Maliik also has interest in sports, music (specifically the saxophone), Television Production, Radio Broadcasting, even the game of chess. One of the quotes that Maliik lives by is " Be the change that you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

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2016-02-18T22:19:58Z

Maliik: Maliik Nelson is a sophomore undergraduate business student at Morgan State University. As a former track and field athlete and current member of the Entrepreneur Society, Maliik has developed a strong and determined personality to achieve his own aspi...

Maliik Nelson is a sophomore undergraduate business student at Morgan State University. As a former track and field athlete and current member of the Entrepreneur Society, Maliik has developed a strong and determined personality to achieve his own aspirations as an entrepreneur with hopes of creating multiple startups and patented inventions. Maliik has participated in competitions ranging from the 2015 Urban Financial Services Oratorical Competition, 2015 Mark 1 Competition, as well as the 2016 Next Generation Mobility Challenge sponsored by Toyota and Net Impact. Maliik currently interns at WEAA 88.9 the voice of the community, a nonprofit radio station located on Morgan States campus where he gains insight under the Membership Director. He is also interested in pursing careers within the marketing and branding aspect of a business operation. Although business has played a vital role in his background much like his father, Maliik also has interest in sports, music (specifically the saxophone), Television Production, Radio Broadcasting, even the game of chess. One of the quotes that Maliik lives by is " Be the change that you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

File:--Maliik-Nelson profile--.jpeg

2016-02-18T21:56:23Z

Maliik Nelson is a sophomore undergraduate business student at Morgan State University. As a former track and field athlete and current member of the Entrepreneur Society, Maliik has developed a strong and determined personality to achieve his own aspirations as an entrepreneur with hopes of creating multiple startups and patented inventions. Maliik has participated in competitions ranging from the 2015 Urban Financial Services Oratorical Competition, 2015 Mark 1 Competition, as well as the 2016 Next Generation Mobility Challenge, sponsored by Toyota and Net Impact. Maliik currently interns at WEAA 88.9 the voice of the community, a nonprofit radio station, located on Morgan States campus where he gains insight and skills under the Membership Director. He is also interested in pursing careers within the marketing and branding aspect of a business operation. Although business has played a vital role in his background much like his father, Maliik also has interest in sports, music (specifically the saxophone), Television Production, Radio Broadcasting, even the game of chess. One of the quotes that Maliik lives by is " Be the change that you wish to see in the world" - Mahatma Gandhi

Priorities:Morgan State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:58:37Z

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Morgan State University is the premier public urban research university in Maryland known for its excellence in teaching, intensive research, effective public service, and community engagement. Morgan prepares diverse and competitive graduates for success in a global, interdependent society. 

= Strategic Pitch =

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2015 Fall Cohort

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 '''Strategic Priorities'''

1.    '''Encourage student Awareness and Involvement on Campus'''

The University Innovation Fellows at Morgan State University are unique because our team is composed of individuals who have different backgrounds and experiences creating an abundance of ideas and perspectives.  The team’s goal is to help bring about a change that the students want to see, and also help raise awareness and understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation. Morgan State offers many useful resources but they are either limited to certain majors or most students simply do not know they exist. Our goal is to make all labs, workshops and development centers accessible to every student.

 

2.  '''Create an Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Center:'''

This premier urban innovation center will foster creativity, improve entrepreneurial skill sets, and increase interdisciplinary collaborations. It will include a skills lab for learning hard skills. Weekly tech tutorials and workshops will also be given in this space.

 

'''3. Install BearBoards throughout campus.'''

To implement this project, the steps that need to be taken are:

1.   Present Idea to Stakeholders, and check the interest and support levels

2.   Ask students on campus how they would like BearBoards

3.   Come up with specific design and prototype of BearBoards

4.   Reveal the prototype to Stakeholders and possible Sponsors and Donors

5.   Begin the installation process for the BearBoards

6.   Announce the opening of the BearBoards and promote usage throughout campus.

 

'''4. Product Development Center'''

The University Innovation Fellows plan to bring a Product Development Center to Morgan State University. This center will be a makerspace which allows students to develop prototypes. Morgan is home to many great ideas and wonderful entrepreneurs but students do not have a space to make those dreams come to fruition.

 

'''  5.'''  '''Design Thinking Workshops'''

Design thinking workshops that involve both engineering and business students will be beneficial because students will collaborate ideas when working with such individuals form different fields. Mixing the two majors can have a huge impact on the university and growth of the students as well. Design thinking invokes a new process for developing answers to problems from multidimensional perspectives making it an excellent project.

 

=  Expose more STEM students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

'''Tactic #1-'''The provision of an Introduction to Business course for STEM majors will heavily attract the interest of these students who feel they just have to get the A's  to become well rounded.

'''Tactic #2- '''Introducing a Campus Discovery concept called Morgan Konnect where students will be able to view and leverage the [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By3dnjIxAwoDalFnNmF3ZzI4QjA&usp=sharing# Morgan State University Landscape Canvas] to Discover,Learn, Experiment, Pursue, and Spin out.

'''Tactic #3- '''Building an incubator for students who have personal projects they would like to pursue in line with technological innovation. This environment will aid the students to build a creative mindset which may be the seed of "The Next Big Thing."

=  Increase Student-Driven Commercialization =

Morgan has stated that it will "support innovation in business and the commercialization of intellectual property through growing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, securing an increased number of patents, and establishing a technology transfer center to support the creation of new business and technology transfer enterprises"

'''Tactic #1: Local Tech Collaboration with incubators such as [http://etcbaltimore.com/ ETC Baltimore] and accelerators such as [http://www.juxtopia.org/about/founder/ Juxtopia]:'''

Morgan has stated that it wants to "explore public/private collaborative relationships with developers, contractors, and other commercial groups and entities to develop new environmentally-sustainable and technologically-advanced administrative and student residential facilities, to expand Morgan’s physical presence throughout the state, and to promote the state and the Morgan brand."

Local partnerships will expose students to industrial and entrepreneurial skills through projects designed by members of the local tech community.

'''Tactic #2: Redefining the terms of the intellectual property rights outline by Morgan State University:'''

Students are eager to build new technology and make changes, but as individuals who have work hard though using the resources of the college would like to believe that in the 21st century students can still receive recognition for their work. A proposal is that "any potentially patentable inventions belong to the university, and royalties are split between the inventor, his/her department and Morgan State University (1/3 each). For undergraduates, the IP is theirs, unless their work has been supported by research funds, or they have made use of shops, labs and other Morgan State University property more than incidentally."

=  Morgan Konnect =

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= Related Links =

[[Morgan State University|Morgan State University]]

[[Jaime Arribas Starkey-El|Jaime Arribas Starkey-El]]

[[Adrien Feudjio|Adrien Feudjio]]

[[Iyanna Patterson|Iyanna Patterson]]

[[Ravin Jajistar|Ravin_Jajistar]]

[[Mareco Edwards|Mareco_Edwards]]

[[Michael Shiferaw|Michael_Shiferaw]]

[[Abdoul Mohammed|Abdoul_Mohammed]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Chanell_Mosley Chanell Mosley ]

[[Category:Student Priorities|m]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Maliik_Nelson Nelson ]

Priorities:Morgan State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:55:47Z

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Priorities:Morgan State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:55:03Z

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Priorities:Morgan State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:54:17Z

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Morgan State University is the premier public urban research university in Maryland known for its excellence in teaching, intensive research, effective public service, and community engagement. Morgan prepares diverse and competitive graduates for success in a global, interdependent society. 

= Strategic Pitch =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=Sxno3a5exSQ}} {{#Widget:Youtube|id=XkbGKTnYlhM}}

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xn00ltkcLuU |width=900|height=400 }}

2015 Fall Cohort

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=gBT0_xUoVcY}}

 '''Strategic Priorities'''

1.    '''Encourage student Awareness and Involvement on Campus'''

The University Innovation Fellows at Morgan State University are unique because our team is composed of individuals who have different backgrounds and experiences creating an abundance of ideas and perspectives.  The team’s goal is to help bring about a change that the students want to see, and also help raise awareness and understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation. Morgan State offers many useful resources but they are either limited to certain majors or most students simply do not know they exist. Our goal is to make all labs, workshops and development centers accessible to every student.

 

2.  '''Create an Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Center:'''

This premier urban innovation center will foster creativity, improve entrepreneurial skill sets, and increase interdisciplinary collaborations. It will include a skills lab for learning hard skills. Weekly tech tutorials and workshops will also be given in this space.

 

'''3. Install BearBoards throughout campus.'''

To implement this project, the steps that need to be taken are:

1.   Present Idea to Stakeholders, and check the interest and support levels

2.   Ask students on campus how they would like BearBoards

3.   Come up with specific design and prototype of BearBoards

4.   Reveal the prototype to Stakeholders and possible Sponsors and Donors

5.   Begin the installation process for the BearBoards

6.   Announce the opening of the BearBoards and promote usage throughout campus.

 

'''4. Product Development Center'''

The University Innovation Fellows plan to bring a Product Development Center to Morgan State University. This center will be a makerspace which allows students to develop prototypes. Morgan is home to many great ideas and wonderful entrepreneurs but students do not have a space to make those dreams come to fruition.

 

'''  5.'''  '''Design Thinking Workshops'''

Design thinking workshops that involve both engineering and business students will be beneficial because students will collaborate ideas when working with such individuals form different fields. Mixing the two majors can have a huge impact on the university and growth of the students as well. Design thinking invokes a new process for developing answers to problems from multidimensional perspectives making it an excellent project.

 

=  Expose more STEM students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

'''Tactic #1-'''The provision of an Introduction to Business course for STEM majors will heavily attract the interest of these students who feel they just have to get the A's  to become well rounded.

'''Tactic #2- '''Introducing a Campus Discovery concept called Morgan Konnect where students will be able to view and leverage the [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By3dnjIxAwoDalFnNmF3ZzI4QjA&usp=sharing# Morgan State University Landscape Canvas] to Discover,Learn, Experiment, Pursue, and Spin out.

'''Tactic #3- '''Building an incubator for students who have personal projects they would like to pursue in line with technological innovation. This environment will aid the students to build a creative mindset which may be the seed of "The Next Big Thing."

=  Increase Student-Driven Commercialization =

Morgan has stated that it will "support innovation in business and the commercialization of intellectual property through growing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, securing an increased number of patents, and establishing a technology transfer center to support the creation of new business and technology transfer enterprises"

'''Tactic #1: Local Tech Collaboration with incubators such as [http://etcbaltimore.com/ ETC Baltimore] and accelerators such as [http://www.juxtopia.org/about/founder/ Juxtopia]:'''

Morgan has stated that it wants to "explore public/private collaborative relationships with developers, contractors, and other commercial groups and entities to develop new environmentally-sustainable and technologically-advanced administrative and student residential facilities, to expand Morgan’s physical presence throughout the state, and to promote the state and the Morgan brand."

Local partnerships will expose students to industrial and entrepreneurial skills through projects designed by members of the local tech community.

'''Tactic #2: Redefining the terms of the intellectual property rights outline by Morgan State University:'''

Students are eager to build new technology and make changes, but as individuals who have work hard though using the resources of the college would like to believe that in the 21st century students can still receive recognition for their work. A proposal is that "any potentially patentable inventions belong to the university, and royalties are split between the inventor, his/her department and Morgan State University (1/3 each). For undergraduates, the IP is theirs, unless their work has been supported by research funds, or they have made use of shops, labs and other Morgan State University property more than incidentally."

=  Morgan Konnect =

{{#Widget:Prezis| id=qrxvqd4pjinh |width=900|height=400 }}

= Related Links =

[[Morgan State University|Morgan State University]]

[[Jaime Arribas Starkey-El|Jaime Arribas Starkey-El]]

[[Adrien Feudjio|Adrien Feudjio]]

[[Iyanna Patterson|Iyanna Patterson]]

[[Ravin Jajistar|Ravin_Jajistar]]

[[Mareco Edwards|Mareco_Edwards]]

[[Michael Shiferaw|Michael_Shiferaw]]

[[Abdoul Mohammed|Abdoul_Mohammed]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Chanell_Mosley Chanell Mosley ]

[[Category:Student Priorities|m]]

http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/File:Maliik_profile.jpg]

File:Maliik profile.jpg

2016-02-12T03:50:17Z

Maliik: Maliik uploaded a new version of "File:Maliik profile.jpg": Maliik Nelson was born in New Jersey and raised in Maryland. He is currently majoring in business administration as an undergraduate of Morgan State University. He wishes to pursue

Maliik Nelson, a Maryland resident, is an undergraduate Business Administration student at Morgan State University. He wishes to become more involved in entrepreneurship as well as innovation and the creation of start-up companies.

File:Maliik profile.jpg

2016-02-12T03:19:16Z

Maliik: Maliik Nelson, a Maryland resident, is an undergraduate Business Administration student at Morgan State University. He wishes to become more involved in entrepreneurship as well as innovation and the creation of start-up companies.

School:Morgan State University

2016-02-12T02:53:31Z

Maliik: /* Morgan Innovation Day */

[[File:MSULOGOheader.png|700px|MSULOGOheader.png]]

Founded in 1867, Morgan State University is a Carnegie classified Doctoral Research Institution offering more than 70 academic programs leading to bachelor’s degrees as well as programs at the masters and doctoral levels. As Maryland’s Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multi-ethnic and multi-racial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible.

= Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Morgan State University-Interview with Dr. Singh By Adrien Feudjio

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[[File:Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project.jpg|center|900x700px|Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project.jpg]]

= Student Research Opportunities =

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= Campus Overview =

1. Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship: At Morgan State, our leadership circle has dug deep and found that students have aspirations and dreams of starting their own  businesses. The Morgan State Landscape Canvas provides sufficient amount of programs and seminars to get students on campus aware of entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. The issue on campus is students don’t feel empowered enough to voice their opinions. There’s a lack of interdisciplinary spaces that let students from different backgrounds come together and collaborate ideas and projects. The labs and facilities our school has are exclusive and only a few know about the resources. Morgan State is an HBCU, a school with strong culture and traditions. The students here have a different ways of learning and progressing within the academic curriculum. We need to develop an effective approach to get students involved and gear them towards an innovative mindset.

2. Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship: The faculty at Morgan are interested and willing to  help promote innovation and entrepreneurship into the Morgan ecosystem.The President, Dr. David Wilson, has voiced his support on the I&E movement; “I am truly excited with the innovation culture that is engulfing the campus and want to do everything I can to support and encourage it”. Encouraged faculty will subsequently strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship mindset in the teachers’ students. The vision will be shared and students will start to understand what it's all about. Dr. Archibald, from the Social Work Department, has stated that this movement is very important to him, and has some ideas on how to speed up this movement. Keeping in mind that Morgan State is an overall commuter school, we should make resources accessible for all students with hours that are convenient for all. Most of the commuter students have heavy schedules and are balancing full-time work schedules while having part-time or full-time course loads. The faculty will be a big part of this movement, because they can help articulate and help voice important student issues

3. Actively supporting the university technology transfer function:The Office of Technology Transfer here at Morgan State University is a key tool that supports all entrepreneurs and innovators that have copyright needs or patents. They support all faculty and students that partake in research within the labs and facilities. They focus on intellectual property issues that may be concerning an individual. The purpose of The Office of Technology Transfer isto serve as a fully integrated center, structured to manage Morgan State’s intellectual property, fulfill the university's federal obligations, interact with industry to commercialize university intellectual property, foster economic development, and ultimately increase Morgan State’s resources to support its strategic goals. This office needs to operate at its highest level at all times. The students and researchers need to know all the rules and regulations to take their creations and discoveries to the industry smoothly and properly, and with the help of the Office of Technology Transfer, Morgan State can accomplish that.

 4. Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration: The step from gathering your findings within a campus and getting it fine tuned to present to the industry is not an easy task, and requires the right tools and mentoring for a successful launch in the industry world. Morgan provides a few options to students who need help making the transition into the industry. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Strategy focuses on supporting  start-up entrepreneurs in getting the right advice and helping with longevity and success. Director, Robert Singh, PhD., who is apart of this big movement, is a big believer in inclusive entrepreneurship and would like to make incubators for young entrepreneurs and training. The Earl G. Graves Business Building, which is the newest addition at MSU, will be the location of many of these spaces and tools.

 5. Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: The mission of the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory  (PEARL) is to provide society with the knowledge to solve its environmental challenges through research, education and economic development. This is the biggest partnership Morgan (since 2004) has that focuses on bettering the community by research and findings based on the community needs. It is located near the Patuxent River in Saint Leonard, Maryland. The laboratory capabilities include Benthic, Pelagic & Nearshore Monitoring, Water Quality Monitoring, Power Plant & Industrial Compliance, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, GIS in Coastal Waters, Quantitative Analysis & Modeling, Natural Resource Economics, and Population and Community Ecology. We need to ensure the lab is being utilized at its fullest potential and if there is needs for improvement, we need to gather funds from sponsors to help the community grow.

= [[Morgan State University Student Priorities|Morgan State University Student Priorities]]  =

The Above Link Directs You to Leadership Circle's Strategic Priorities 

http://news.morgan.edu/2014-morgan-innovation-day/

= Morgan State University Landscape Canvas =

([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadFhtWVNBaE1keFhSSzhLTXM4RS1vZUE&usp=sharing Canvas 2014])Campus Landscape Canvas ([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VXf-_t9FZfpy0ztqyqsyyoQY5IW1AcgIkH1SC5ygK0A/edit?usp=sharing Updated Canvas 2015])

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= The University Technology Transfer Function =

'''Office of Technology and Transfer'''

The OTTR assists faculty and staff members, administrators, and students with intellectual property issues resulting from their reearch discoveries, and other scholarly and creative activities. It exists to foster the creation of innovative technologies and to manage those technologies and other intellectual property for the benefit of the university and the public. The OTTR provides assistance on such issues as patent applications, registering trademarks and copyrights.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

'''Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)'''

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A multidisciplinary team of Morgan State University scientists, under the leadership of Dr. Joseph A. Whittaker, successfully won a joint cooperative agreement from the Earth Sciences Division of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) worth nearly $96M, the largest federal contract in the institution's history. Through funding, the MSU component of the GESTAR Program began in May 2011. This program brings more than 40 established and internationally recognized scientists to MSU and creates broad research and internship opportunities in earth and atmospheric sciences for students. 

'''Extreme Science Internship'''

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The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI) at Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University announce a collaborative educational program called the Extreme Science Internship Program. This program is designed to provide a bridge between Morgan State science and engineering undergraduates and Johns Hopkins University, as well as fourteen other major research institutions and a large group of technology companies. HEMI addresses the fundamental issues associated with materials under extreme conditions, such as those developed during impact events. Our specific aim is to improve the human condition by providing government, industry and national institutions with science-based tools for designing materials for extreme environments. An endeavor as ambitious as this requires a collaborative effort across the nation’s top research institutes.

</div>
= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

'''Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL)'''

Research conducted at the PEARL facility located near the Patuxent River is designed to increase the understanding of coastal ecosystems so that they may be properly managed and protected. Much of the work is focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, such as the Patuxent River.

'''New Business School'''

Morgan State University has just opened a new and modern Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management building. The building contains hotel rooms, large kitchens for hospitality majors, Bloomberg terminal, and more. This building so far has allowed the campus to gain outsider attention. In under a year there has been multiple business that have hosted major events in the beautiful building. 

[[File:Morgan state business center.JPG|center|400x400px|Morgan state business center.JPG]]

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Morgan_State_University_Student_Priorities Morgan State University Student Priorities]

'''Fall 2013 '''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jaime_Arribas_Starkey-El University Fellow Jaime Arribas Starkey-El]

'''Fall 2014'''

[[Adrien Feudjio|University Fellow Adrien Feudjio]]

'''Fall 2015: 1st Leaderhip Circle'''

[[Ravin Jajistar|University Fellow Ravin Jajistar]]

[[Abdoul Mohammed|University Fellow Abdoul Mohammed]]

[[Iyanna Patterson|University Fellow Iyanna Patterson]]

[[Michael Shiferaw|University Fellow Michael Shiferaw]]

[[Mareco_Edwards|Mareco_Edwards]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Morgan State University

2016-02-12T02:44:11Z

Maliik: /* Morgan Innovation Day */

[[File:MSULOGOheader.png|700px|MSULOGOheader.png]]

Founded in 1867, Morgan State University is a Carnegie classified Doctoral Research Institution offering more than 70 academic programs leading to bachelor’s degrees as well as programs at the masters and doctoral levels. As Maryland’s Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multi-ethnic and multi-racial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible.

= Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Morgan State University-Interview with Dr. Singh By Adrien Feudjio

{{ #Widget:Youtube|id=RtNtTRZZPLM |width=900|height=400 }}

[[File:Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project.jpg|center|900x700px|Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project.jpg]]

= Student Research Opportunities =

{{#Widget:Prezis| id=djdwxjbh20b5 |width=900|height=400 }}

= Campus Overview =

1. Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship: At Morgan State, our leadership circle has dug deep and found that students have aspirations and dreams of starting their own  businesses. The Morgan State Landscape Canvas provides sufficient amount of programs and seminars to get students on campus aware of entrepreneurship and innovative thinking. The issue on campus is students don’t feel empowered enough to voice their opinions. There’s a lack of interdisciplinary spaces that let students from different backgrounds come together and collaborate ideas and projects. The labs and facilities our school has are exclusive and only a few know about the resources. Morgan State is an HBCU, a school with strong culture and traditions. The students here have a different ways of learning and progressing within the academic curriculum. We need to develop an effective approach to get students involved and gear them towards an innovative mindset.

2. Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship: The faculty at Morgan are interested and willing to  help promote innovation and entrepreneurship into the Morgan ecosystem.The President, Dr. David Wilson, has voiced his support on the I&E movement; “I am truly excited with the innovation culture that is engulfing the campus and want to do everything I can to support and encourage it”. Encouraged faculty will subsequently strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurship mindset in the teachers’ students. The vision will be shared and students will start to understand what it's all about. Dr. Archibald, from the Social Work Department, has stated that this movement is very important to him, and has some ideas on how to speed up this movement. Keeping in mind that Morgan State is an overall commuter school, we should make resources accessible for all students with hours that are convenient for all. Most of the commuter students have heavy schedules and are balancing full-time work schedules while having part-time or full-time course loads. The faculty will be a big part of this movement, because they can help articulate and help voice important student issues

3. Actively supporting the university technology transfer function:The Office of Technology Transfer here at Morgan State University is a key tool that supports all entrepreneurs and innovators that have copyright needs or patents. They support all faculty and students that partake in research within the labs and facilities. They focus on intellectual property issues that may be concerning an individual. The purpose of The Office of Technology Transfer isto serve as a fully integrated center, structured to manage Morgan State’s intellectual property, fulfill the university's federal obligations, interact with industry to commercialize university intellectual property, foster economic development, and ultimately increase Morgan State’s resources to support its strategic goals. This office needs to operate at its highest level at all times. The students and researchers need to know all the rules and regulations to take their creations and discoveries to the industry smoothly and properly, and with the help of the Office of Technology Transfer, Morgan State can accomplish that.

 4. Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration: The step from gathering your findings within a campus and getting it fine tuned to present to the industry is not an easy task, and requires the right tools and mentoring for a successful launch in the industry world. Morgan provides a few options to students who need help making the transition into the industry. The Center for Entrepreneurship and Strategy focuses on supporting  start-up entrepreneurs in getting the right advice and helping with longevity and success. Director, Robert Singh, PhD., who is apart of this big movement, is a big believer in inclusive entrepreneurship and would like to make incubators for young entrepreneurs and training. The Earl G. Graves Business Building, which is the newest addition at MSU, will be the location of many of these spaces and tools.

 5. Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts: The mission of the Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory  (PEARL) is to provide society with the knowledge to solve its environmental challenges through research, education and economic development. This is the biggest partnership Morgan (since 2004) has that focuses on bettering the community by research and findings based on the community needs. It is located near the Patuxent River in Saint Leonard, Maryland. The laboratory capabilities include Benthic, Pelagic & Nearshore Monitoring, Water Quality Monitoring, Power Plant & Industrial Compliance, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, GIS in Coastal Waters, Quantitative Analysis & Modeling, Natural Resource Economics, and Population and Community Ecology. We need to ensure the lab is being utilized at its fullest potential and if there is needs for improvement, we need to gather funds from sponsors to help the community grow.

= [[Morgan State University Student Priorities|Morgan State University Student Priorities]]  =

The Above Link Directs You to Leadership Circle's Strategic Priorities 

= Morgan Innovation Day =

The annual showcase of faculty and student research and industrial development offers an interactive opportunity for lawmakers and citizens to learn more about Morgan’s strategic plans for commercializing science and technological innovation for Maryland’s emerging STEM industries.

= Morgan State University Landscape Canvas =

([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtGRsz4i6ggadFhtWVNBaE1keFhSSzhLTXM4RS1vZUE&usp=sharing Canvas 2014])Campus Landscape Canvas ([https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VXf-_t9FZfpy0ztqyqsyyoQY5IW1AcgIkH1SC5ygK0A/edit?usp=sharing Updated Canvas 2015])

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= The University Technology Transfer Function =

'''Office of Technology and Transfer'''

The OTTR assists faculty and staff members, administrators, and students with intellectual property issues resulting from their reearch discoveries, and other scholarly and creative activities. It exists to foster the creation of innovative technologies and to manage those technologies and other intellectual property for the benefit of the university and the public. The OTTR provides assistance on such issues as patent applications, registering trademarks and copyrights.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

'''Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR)'''

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A multidisciplinary team of Morgan State University scientists, under the leadership of Dr. Joseph A. Whittaker, successfully won a joint cooperative agreement from the Earth Sciences Division of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) worth nearly $96M, the largest federal contract in the institution's history. Through funding, the MSU component of the GESTAR Program began in May 2011. This program brings more than 40 established and internationally recognized scientists to MSU and creates broad research and internship opportunities in earth and atmospheric sciences for students. 

'''Extreme Science Internship'''

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The Hopkins Extreme Materials Institute (HEMI) at Johns Hopkins University and Morgan State University announce a collaborative educational program called the Extreme Science Internship Program. This program is designed to provide a bridge between Morgan State science and engineering undergraduates and Johns Hopkins University, as well as fourteen other major research institutions and a large group of technology companies. HEMI addresses the fundamental issues associated with materials under extreme conditions, such as those developed during impact events. Our specific aim is to improve the human condition by providing government, industry and national institutions with science-based tools for designing materials for extreme environments. An endeavor as ambitious as this requires a collaborative effort across the nation’s top research institutes.

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= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

'''Patuxent Environmental & Aquatic Research Laboratory (PEARL)'''

Research conducted at the PEARL facility located near the Patuxent River is designed to increase the understanding of coastal ecosystems so that they may be properly managed and protected. Much of the work is focused on the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, such as the Patuxent River.

'''New Business School'''

Morgan State University has just opened a new and modern Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management building. The building contains hotel rooms, large kitchens for hospitality majors, Bloomberg terminal, and more. This building so far has allowed the campus to gain outsider attention. In under a year there has been multiple business that have hosted major events in the beautiful building. 

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= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Morgan_State_University_Student_Priorities Morgan State University Student Priorities]

'''Fall 2013 '''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jaime_Arribas_Starkey-El University Fellow Jaime Arribas Starkey-El]

'''Fall 2014'''

[[Adrien Feudjio|University Fellow Adrien Feudjio]]

'''Fall 2015: 1st Leaderhip Circle'''

[[Ravin Jajistar|University Fellow Ravin Jajistar]]

[[Abdoul Mohammed|University Fellow Abdoul Mohammed]]

[[Iyanna Patterson|University Fellow Iyanna Patterson]]

[[Michael Shiferaw|University Fellow Michael Shiferaw]]

[[Mareco_Edwards|Mareco_Edwards]]

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