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School:Elon University

2020-09-19T16:41:00Z

Mcox26: /* Promotes Student Entrepreneurship and Innovation */

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= '''Overview''' =
<div>Founded in 1889, Elon University is a private institution with an undergraduate enrollment rate of more than 6,000 students. Currently organized into six schools: the College of Arts and Sciences, Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, and School of Law, this university allows students to decide from nearly 60 majors. While the curriculum is grounded in the traditional liberal arts and sciences, all first year students are given the option to choose among multiple programs and organizations. As of 2019, Elon University withholds more than 250 organizations ranging from academic honors to undergraduate research associations. In addition to this, Elon University is also currently ranked in #1 for Study Abroad, and #2 for Undergraduate Teaching by the US News and World Report. Students and faculty members at this university are joined in classrooms with a ratio of 12:1 with all faculty and staff members exhibiting vast skills in research, scholarship, and academic affairs. </div><div> </div>
== '''Promotes Student Entrepreneurship and Innovation''' ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elon currently offers a major and a minor in entrepreneurship through the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship which prepares students to become entrepreneurs in either for-profit businesses or social businesses. While this helps, it is not enough. This program is a registered major and department under the Love School of Business. The business school alone seems to have a monopoly on entrepreneurship and there is not enough interdisciplinary application of design thinking and innovation. Since the Sankey Hall building was established in 2018 the Entrepreneurship professors and Doherty Center and its staff is housed there. Our promotion of I&E seeks to inspire students to create and change the world around them in a variety of majors, requiring widespread faculty support and appeals to creativity that match all kinds of students. The Doherty Center is transitioning to be more interdisciplinary. The entrepreneurship major still focuses on business, startup processes, and design thinking the Doherty Center Director Alyssa Martina is continuously seeking to include new students from other majors. She has established numerous events and programs that are offered as interdisciplinary in focus and the Doherty Center Scholar Interns work at establishing relationships with students across campus. Its signature event is a 24 hour "hackathon" challenge, known as the Elon Innovation Challenge where teams that involve students from different schools take part to solve a wicked challenge. This past year, several universities across the East Coast joined the Challenge. Two other important annual events for the Center are the W.E Do! Women and Entrepreneurship conference and the Black Innovation Matters Conference. Both the Elon Innovation Challenge and the W.E. Do! conference are co-chaired by a UI Fellow.
In addition to the innovation major and the Elon Innovation Challenge, Elon University has funded the Center for Design Thinking on campus. This center works with faculty to facilitate workshops for students to learn how to use design thinking in their classes, projects and throughout their lives. Danielle Lake, the director of the Center for Design Thinking, is working on partnering with different organizations on campus, such as the CREDE and the GLC, to bring the campus together and help educate students about how design thinking can be used to create solutions to social justice issues. This is also shown through their work with Design for America, a nationally recognized organization that uses the design thinking process to bring about social change within the Elon community Additionally, students have the opportunity to apply to work as Design Thinking Catalysts through the Center for Design Thinking to help educated their peers on design thinking processes and methods. The Center for Design Thinking is also partnering with the Maker Hub this semester with an event called Pop-Up & Play. This event focuses on helping students bring play back into their lives by using design thinking methods. The Center for Design thinking also offers a one credit winter term course available to students of all majors.
Student Made Elon is a program through the Doherty Center at Elon that highlights students who have started their own businesses. This program works with the students to promote their business and is a great opportunity for any students who are already entrepreneurs. Student Made Elon also provides students with a tent at the Elon Farmer's Market if they want to sell their products to the community. 
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== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==

Many faculty members within Elon University are very innovative and entrepreneurial in the way in which they approach their independent research projects and publications. Staff memebers are encourgaged to complete research and to offer students the opportunity to work alongside them. A key component of Elons booming sucess is the small ratio of students to professors in each class, allowing a more intament relationship between students and their circulum. As a result of this, professors often reach out to students about research opportunities that believe might interest them. While the reseach itself is encouraged, students and community memebers often remain unaware of the accomplishments of the faculty as it is rarley shared commercially. In order to encourage our faculty members to continue being innovative and entrepreneurial we must reward them for what they are already doing and find ways to share their finding with the community as a whole. 

== '''Actively Support the University Technology Transfer Function''' ==

Although we do not have anything on campus that falls into this category as of right now, one of our prior cohort's prototypes involved the addition of a new office to the "Instructional & Campus Technologies" department named "Protection for You". The office would work on informing students and faculty on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. In addition, the office would simply answer any questions students may have or guide students in the proper direction. 

== '''Facilitating University - Industry Collaboration''' ==

Elon is located in the Triad and is very close to the Research Triangle. Our Student Professional Development Center works to connect students with businesses in both of these areas. In addition, Elon also hosts large job and internship fairs that bring in startups and large companies from around the US, like Deloitte and Oracle. Because Elon is surrounded by many other universities with strong research focuses, it can be difficult to attract larger research projects. Despite this struggle, Elon has been able to build meaningful relationships and provide opportunities for collaboration with some smaller local companies. For example, our Environmental Department has been involved with doing some really neat testing for products that will be sold to Kobalt. Working on similar projects with other local businesses and throughout other Elon departments is something we could definitely continue to push for as a Leadership Circle. To do this we will need to continue to build connections by reaching out to local companies to see what types of projects and research that Elon students could help progress. Additionally, because we are such a small school compared to schools like NC State, Elon could also benefit from reaching out to these other, larger universities. Creating a connection between these schools could expand the network of opportunities not only for Elon students but for college students all around North Carolina. 

== '''Engaging with Regional and Economic Development Efforts''' ==

Elon has made a lot of progress in this area and our plans are to continue to make huge leaps and bounds here. The town of Elon and the surrounding area were hit hard when the textile companies left. Over the next 20 years our university has major priorities to help build up the areas around Elon and create an environment that will bring in more business and attract students and faculty. We have also invested in offices in downtown Burlington and Greensboro that are specifically geared toward community engagement, innovation, and entrepreneurship. These efforts are only possible with the support of the entire university so we plan to help out in whatever way we can. Initially it will be important to do surveys and studies on other universities that have accomplished similar goals. One example that we have looked at is Duke University, which has helped transform Durham over the years. The University has also invested capital into local education. A new elementary school, funded by Elon University, opened its doors for the first time to students in the fall of 2018.

 

== '''Next Steps''' ==

Interdisciplinary innovation (not just through business school)

*Creating I&E culture (forums, speakers, discussions, LLC, awards, more student businesses, etc.)
*Marketing (using Pendulum, career fair, and likely social media to advertise our events)
*Identifying all possible sources that can stimulate innovation (for funding, advice, etc.)

Since Elon is essentially starting from "stage 1," we must do everything we can to get more students to start businesses, non-profits, organizations, etc. and truly ingrain creativity into our culture.

= Elon University Landscape Canvas =

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Hmia4R_OXcxJC5nCxr9RyLWOUG-bQjhQvFJnhepDSus [1]]]

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TCittUeWJaZGflEmA0TvSvxcCWw_Zo0jzAET9-RSoNE/edit?usp=sharing Slidedeck] 

= Related Links =

[https://www.elon.edu/ Elon University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elon_University_Student_Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Fall 2019: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alaa_Suleiman Alaa Suleiman], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Jperline Julia Perline], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Lrothschild Lilly Rothschild], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Samgans Sam Gans]

Fall 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gillian_Hook Gillian Hook], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/SYDNEY_THORNTON Sydney Thornton]

Spring 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Jordan Elizabeth Jordan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Vance Gabrielle Vance], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sean_Webber Sean Webber], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_McKinley Kyle McKinley], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/William_Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ben_Driscoll Ben Driscoll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jensen_Roll Jensen Roll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matt_Snow Matt Snow], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giles_Roll Giles Roll]

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School:Elon University

2020-09-19T16:37:03Z

Mcox26: /* Entrepreneurship and Innovation */

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= '''Overview''' =
<div>Founded in 1889, Elon University is a private institution with an undergraduate enrollment rate of more than 6,000 students. Currently organized into six schools: the College of Arts and Sciences, Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, and School of Law, this university allows students to decide from nearly 60 majors. While the curriculum is grounded in the traditional liberal arts and sciences, all first year students are given the option to choose among multiple programs and organizations. As of 2019, Elon University withholds more than 250 organizations ranging from academic honors to undergraduate research associations. In addition to this, Elon University is also currently ranked in #1 for Study Abroad, and #2 for Undergraduate Teaching by the US News and World Report. Students and faculty members at this university are joined in classrooms with a ratio of 12:1 with all faculty and staff members exhibiting vast skills in research, scholarship, and academic affairs. </div><div> </div>
== '''Promotes Student Entrepreneurship and Innovation''' ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Elon currently offers a major and a minor in entrepreneurship through the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship which prepares students to become entrepreneurs in either for-profit businesses or social businesses. While this helps, it is not enough. This program is a registered major and department under the Love School of Business. The business school alone seems to have a monopoly on entrepreneurship and there is not enough interdisciplinary application of design thinking and innovation. Since the Sankey Hall building was established in 2018 the Entrepreneurship professors and Doherty Center and its staff is housed there. Our promotion of I&E seeks to inspire students to create and change the world around them in a variety of majors, requiring widespread faculty support and appeals to creativity that match all kinds of students. The Doherty Center is transitioning to be more interdisciplinary. The entrepreneurship major still focuses on business, startup processes, and design thinking the Doherty Center Director Alyssa Martina is continuously seeking to include new students from other majors. She has established numerous events and programs that are offered as interdisciplinary in focus and the Doherty Center Scholar Interns work at establishing relationships with students across campus. Its signature event is a 24 hour "hackathon" challenge, known as the Elon Innovation Challenge where teams that involve students from different schools take part to solve a wicked challenge. This past year, several universities across the East Coast joined the Challenge. Two other important annual events for the Center are the W.E Do! Women and Entrepreneurship conference and the Black Innovation Matters Conference. Both the Elon Innovation Challenge and the W.E. Do! conference are co-chaired by a UI Fellow. In addition to the innovation major and the Elon Innovation Challenge, Elon University has funded the Center for Design Thinking on campus. This center works with faculty to facilitate workshops for students to learn how to use design thinking in their classes, projects and throughout their lives. Danielle Lake, the director of the Center for Design Thinking, is working on partnering with different organizations on campus, such as the CREDE and the GLC, to bring the campus together and help educate students about how design thinking can be used to create solutions to social justice issues. This is also shown through their work with Design for America, a nationally recognized organization that uses the design thinking process to bring about social change within the Elon community Additionally, students have the opportunity to apply to work as Design Thinking Catalysts through the Center for Design Thinking to help educated their peers on design thinking processes and methods. The Center for Design Thinking is also partnering with the Maker Hub this semester with an event called Pop-Up & Play. This event focuses on helping students bring play back into their lives by using design thinking methods. The Center for Design thinking also offers a one credit winter term course available to students of all majors. 
<div> </div>

== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==

Many faculty members within Elon University are very innovative and entrepreneurial in the way in which they approach their independent research projects and publications. Staff memebers are encourgaged to complete research and to offer students the opportunity to work alongside them. A key component of Elons booming sucess is the small ratio of students to professors in each class, allowing a more intament relationship between students and their circulum. As a result of this, professors often reach out to students about research opportunities that believe might interest them. While the reseach itself is encouraged, students and community memebers often remain unaware of the accomplishments of the faculty as it is rarley shared commercially. In order to encourage our faculty members to continue being innovative and entrepreneurial we must reward them for what they are already doing and find ways to share their finding with the community as a whole. 

== '''Actively Support the University Technology Transfer Function''' ==

Although we do not have anything on campus that falls into this category as of right now, one of our prior cohort's prototypes involved the addition of a new office to the "Instructional & Campus Technologies" department named "Protection for You". The office would work on informing students and faculty on patents, copyrights, and trademarks. In addition, the office would simply answer any questions students may have or guide students in the proper direction. 

== '''Facilitating University - Industry Collaboration''' ==

Elon is located in the Triad and is very close to the Research Triangle. Our Student Professional Development Center works to connect students with businesses in both of these areas. In addition, Elon also hosts large job and internship fairs that bring in startups and large companies from around the US, like Deloitte and Oracle. Because Elon is surrounded by many other universities with strong research focuses, it can be difficult to attract larger research projects. Despite this struggle, Elon has been able to build meaningful relationships and provide opportunities for collaboration with some smaller local companies. For example, our Environmental Department has been involved with doing some really neat testing for products that will be sold to Kobalt. Working on similar projects with other local businesses and throughout other Elon departments is something we could definitely continue to push for as a Leadership Circle. To do this we will need to continue to build connections by reaching out to local companies to see what types of projects and research that Elon students could help progress. Additionally, because we are such a small school compared to schools like NC State, Elon could also benefit from reaching out to these other, larger universities. Creating a connection between these schools could expand the network of opportunities for college students all around North Carolina. 

== '''Engaging with Regional and Economic Development Efforts''' ==

Elon has made a lot of progress in this area and our plans are to continue to make huge leaps and bounds here. The town of Elon and the surrounding area were hit hard when the textile companies left. Over the next 20 years our university has major priorities to help build up the areas around Elon and create an environment that will bring in more business and attract students and faculty. We have also invested in offices in downtown Burlington and Greensboro that are specifically geared toward community engagement, innovation, and entrepreneurship. These efforts are only possible with the support of the entire university so we plan to help out in whatever way we can. Initially it will be important to do surveys and studies on other universities that have accomplished similar goals. One example that we have looked at is Duke University, which has helped transform Durham over the years. The University has also invested capital into local education. A new elementary school, funded by Elon University, opened its doors for the first time to students in the fall of 2018.

 

== '''Next Steps''' ==

Interdisciplinary innovation (not just through business school)

*Creating I&E culture (forums, speakers, discussions, LLC, awards, more student businesses, etc.)
*Marketing (using Pendulum, career fair, and likely social media to advertise our events)
*Identifying all possible sources that can stimulate innovation (for funding, advice, etc.)

Since Elon is essentially starting from "stage 1," we must do everything we can to get more students to start businesses, non-profits, organizations, etc. and truly ingrain creativity into our culture.

= Elon University Landscape Canvas =

[[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Hmia4R_OXcxJC5nCxr9RyLWOUG-bQjhQvFJnhepDSus [1]]]

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1TCittUeWJaZGflEmA0TvSvxcCWw_Zo0jzAET9-RSoNE/edit?usp=sharing Slidedeck] 

= Related Links =

[https://www.elon.edu/ Elon University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elon_University_Student_Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Fall 2019: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alaa_Suleiman Alaa Suleiman], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Jperline Julia Perline], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Lrothschild Lilly Rothschild], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Samgans Sam Gans]

Fall 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gillian_Hook Gillian Hook], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/SYDNEY_THORNTON Sydney Thornton]

Spring 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Jordan Elizabeth Jordan], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gabrielle_Vance Gabrielle Vance], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sean_Webber Sean Webber], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_McKinley Kyle McKinley], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/William_Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ben_Driscoll Ben Driscoll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jensen_Roll Jensen Roll], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matt_Snow Matt Snow], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Giles_Roll Giles Roll]

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2020-09-05T14:54:09Z

Mcox26 (talk | contribs) commented on "Elon University's Remote Upgrade" (Elon is encouraging classes to use Microsoft Teams for their outside of class work. This platform allows professors to see what students...)

Resource talk:How to use your UIF skills to become a badass in any industry

2020-09-05T14:32:11Z

Mcox26: /* Empathy when designing */ new section

Very good text, I am glad to know that the tools uif delivers, will be useful in the future at work. Especially if they will be of help to understand the needs or inconveniences of the clients, I think it is something very important and difficult to achieve. I also loved the phrase about the importance of listening to learn, so wise! So I hope to became a badass same day haha.
Carolina Orueta.

I think that this article is badass. The fact that I can take these skills from design thinking and social innovation into my career in the future? Amazing. Reading through this article, I found it intriguing that the process is ongoing as opposed to traditional learning styles. Overall, the industries that UIF members go into will be welcoming badasses left and right. -ethan paras
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== Empathy when designing ==

This text is so interesting because it focuses on listening to other's in order to be successful. This idea is often overlooked when listing attributes, however, it is so important. By using empathy and getting to the root of the problem, the solution that is created from this will be so much more successful and really solve the problem. By using the Design Thinking Process, one can learn to avoid jumping to conclusions and instead sitting in the mess and the unknown of a problem in order to find the best way to solve it. Great article!

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2020-08-29T19:13:06Z

Mcox26 (talk | contribs) commented on "Equality" (Your why is so important! When we are exposed to people of different backgrounds, we can collaborate to create something that is more inc...)

Fellow:Maggie Cox

2020-08-29T18:20:57Z

Mcox26: Created Fellow Page - 2020

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==Bio==
Maggie Cox is an engineering major with a minor in Spanish. She also loves to dance. She hopes to get her masters in aerospace engineering. At Elon, she is a Design Thinking Catalyst and works to inform the campus about how design thinking can be applied to everyday life. She is a member of Alpha Omicron Pi, physics club, engineering club, and danceworks.

==Achievements==
She was awarded the First-Year Physics award for her hardwork and determination in her physics courses last year. She is also the catalyst coordinator and outdoor workshop lead for her job at the Center for Design Thinking on campus.

==Social media profiles==
Instagram: Margaret_Elaine

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2020-08-29T18:20:57Z

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2020-08-29T18:13:13Z

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