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Fellow:Noahborden

2023-06-10T20:46:36Z

Noahborden:

[[File:NoahHeadshot1.jpg|alt=|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden, a graduate of Louisiana Tech University, is an innovative and ambitious individual dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is possible. He has a passion for innovation that shines through his academic pursuits, professional experiences, and personal endeavors.

During his time at Louisiana Tech University, Noah became actively involved in engineering clubs and organizations, such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Aerospace Engineering club, and the Supply Chain Management Club. These experiences allowed him to expand his knowledge and engage with like-minded individuals who shared his passion for innovation.

Noah's commitment to innovation led him to co-found AKT Industries, a company focused on developing innovative products. With his expertise in mechanical design and prototyping, he played a crucial role in the company's success. AKT Industries participated in idea pitch competitions, earning recognition and impressing professionals in the industry.

Driven by curiosity and a desire to explore new ideas, Noah joined the University Innovation Fellows (UIF) program. This initiative fosters innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education. During his time in the UIF training process, Noah gained valuable experience, learned from industry leaders, and contributed to innovation initiatives on campus. His dedication to pushing boundaries and embracing change perfectly aligned with the program's core principles.

Noah's passion for innovation extends beyond academia. He enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and experimenting with his 3D printer. These activities highlight his creativity and ability to think outside the box.

Inspired by previous University Innovation Fellows, Noah aims to redefine innovation and entrepreneurship in his community and beyond. His remarkable journey, from his involvement in clubs at Tech to his entrepreneurial ventures, showcases his unwavering dedication to innovation.

Noah also possesses expertise as a Master Racquet Technician (MRT), emphasizing his commitment to innovation in the tennis community. As a certified professional in tennis racquet stringing and customization, he understands the technical aspects of tennis equipment and its impact on player performance.

Through his work as an MRT, Noah explores cutting-edge technologies and techniques to optimize equipment performance. He actively engages with players, coaches, and enthusiasts to stay updated on emerging trends and advancements in tennis equipment. By fostering an open dialogue and sharing his knowledge, Noah creates an environment where innovation can thrive.

Noah's role as an MRT complements his passion for teaching tennis. By combining his technical understanding of equipment with his teaching skills, he empowers players to maximize their potential on the court. Through personalized racquet adjustments, stringing preferences, and tailored equipment recommendations, Noah enhances the overall tennis experience for players of all levels.

As a Traffic and Logistics Coordinator at Hunt Forest Products in his hometown, Noah has the opportunity to contribute to innovation in the forest products industry. His responsibilities include optimizing logistics processes, analyzing and improving distribution, ensuring compliance with US Department of Transportation regulations, and maintaining strong customer relationships.

By physically evaluating operations, leveraging data analysis, and staying updated with industry advancements, Noah drives continuous improvement and innovation in the company's logistics operations. His dedication to safety aligns with the industry's focus on enhancing safety protocols in forest products transportation and logistics.

Overall, Noah Borden is a forward-thinking and innovative individual who consistently demonstrates a passion for pushing boundaries and exploring new possibilities. His academic pursuits, professional experiences, and personal endeavors reflect his unwavering dedication to innovation. Whether it's in the fields of engineering, entrepreneurship, tennis, or logistics, Noah's impact on the world of innovation is certain to be profound.

 

Related Links:

[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

Fellow:Noah Borden

2023-06-10T20:44:12Z

Noahborden: Updated page from 2019-2020 material to current (2023) information.

[[File:NoahHeadshot1.jpg|alt=|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden, a graduate of Louisiana Tech University, is an innovative and ambitious individual dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what is possible. He has a passion for innovation that shines through his academic pursuits, professional experiences, and personal endeavors.

During his time at Louisiana Tech University, Noah became actively involved in engineering clubs and organizations, such as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Aerospace Engineering club, and the Supply Chain Management Club. These experiences allowed him to expand his knowledge and engage with like-minded individuals who shared his passion for innovation.

Noah's commitment to innovation led him to co-found AKT Industries, a company focused on developing innovative products. With his expertise in mechanical design and prototyping, he played a crucial role in the company's success. AKT Industries participated in idea pitch competitions, earning recognition and impressing professionals in the industry.

Driven by curiosity and a desire to explore new ideas, Noah joined the University Innovation Fellows (UIF) program. This initiative fosters innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education. During his time in the UIF training process, Noah gained valuable experience, learned from industry leaders, and contributed to innovation initiatives on campus. His dedication to pushing boundaries and embracing change perfectly aligned with the program's core principles.

Noah's passion for innovation extends beyond academia. He enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and experimenting with his 3D printer. These activities highlight his creativity and ability to think outside the box.

Inspired by previous University Innovation Fellows, Noah aims to redefine innovation and entrepreneurship in his community and beyond. His remarkable journey, from his involvement in clubs at Tech to his entrepreneurial ventures, showcases his unwavering dedication to innovation.

Noah also possesses expertise as a Master Racquet Technician (MRT), emphasizing his commitment to innovation in the tennis community. As a certified professional in tennis racquet stringing and customization, he understands the technical aspects of tennis equipment and its impact on player performance.

Through his work as an MRT, Noah explores cutting-edge technologies and techniques to optimize equipment performance. He actively engages with players, coaches, and enthusiasts to stay updated on emerging trends and advancements in tennis equipment. By fostering an open dialogue and sharing his knowledge, Noah creates an environment where innovation can thrive.

Noah's role as an MRT complements his passion for teaching tennis. By combining his technical understanding of equipment with his teaching skills, he empowers players to maximize their potential on the court. Through personalized racquet adjustments, stringing preferences, and tailored equipment recommendations, Noah enhances the overall tennis experience for players of all levels.

As a Traffic and Logistics Coordinator at Hunt Forest Products in his hometown, Noah has the opportunity to contribute to innovation in the forest products industry. His responsibilities include optimizing logistics processes, analyzing and improving distribution, ensuring compliance with US Department of Transportation regulations, and maintaining strong customer relationships.

By physically evaluating operations, leveraging data analysis, and staying updated with industry advancements, Noah drives continuous improvement and innovation in the company's logistics operations. His dedication to safety aligns with the industry's focus on enhancing safety protocols in forest products transportation and logistics.

Overall, Noah Borden is a forward-thinking and innovative individual who consistently demonstrates a passion for pushing boundaries and exploring new possibilities. His academic pursuits, professional experiences, and personal endeavors reflect his unwavering dedication to innovation. Whether it's in the fields of engineering, entrepreneurship, tennis, or logistics, Noah's impact on the world of innovation is certain to be profound.

Related Links:

[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

Fellow:Noahborden

2020-08-21T16:29:04Z

Noahborden:

[[File:NoahHeadshot1.jpg|alt=|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He a co-founder of AKT Industries, a company focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). AKT Industries has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two-second place trophies from those events in only 8 months' time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role for AKT Ind. primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship are all about.

 

Related Links:

[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

Fellow:Noahborden

2020-08-21T16:28:55Z

Noahborden:

Fellow:Noahborden

2020-08-21T16:28:21Z

Noahborden:

[[File:NoahHeadshot1.jpg|alt=|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He a co-founder of AKT Industries, a company focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). AKT Industries has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two-second place trophies from those events in only 8 months' time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role for AKT Ind. primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.

 

Related Links:
[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

Fellow:Noahborden

2020-08-21T16:27:17Z

Noahborden:

[[File:NoahHeadshot1.jpg|alt=|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He a co-founder of AKT Industries, a compny focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The AKT Industries has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role for AKT Ind. primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.

 

Related Links:

[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

Fellow:Noah Borden

2020-08-14T16:00:38Z

Noahborden: Photo change

[[File:NoahHeadshot1.jpg|alt=|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He a co-founder of AKT Industries, a compny focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The AKT Industries has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role for AKT Ind. primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.

 

Related Links:

[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

File:NoahHeadshot1.jpg

2020-08-14T15:59:37Z

Noahborden:

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School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-03-17T23:55:14Z

Noahborden:

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

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

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow 2019'''

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

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

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Noah Borden

2020-03-17T23:54:52Z

Noahborden:

[[File:Noah Borden.jpg|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He a co-founder of AKT Industries, a compny focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The AKT Industries has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role for AKT Ind. primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.

 Related Links:

[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

Fellow:Noah Borden

2020-03-17T23:54:39Z

Noahborden:

[[File:Noah Borden.jpg|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He a co-founder of AKT Industries, a compny focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The AKT Industries has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role for AKT Ind. primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.

 

[[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']]

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

'''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017

'''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018

Fellow:Noah Borden

2020-03-17T23:54:04Z

Noahborden:

[[File:Noah Borden.jpg|left|thumb]]
Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He a co-founder of AKT Industries, a compny focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The AKT Industries has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role for AKT Ind. primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.

 

==== [[Louisiana Tech University|'''Louisiana Tech University''']] ====

==== '''[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities]]''' ====

==== '''[[Ryan Botts]]''' Fellow-2017 ====

==== '''[[Lexie Lybrand]]''' Fellow-2018 ====

Fellow:Noah Borden

2020-03-17T23:51:32Z

Noahborden:

File:Noah Borden.jpg

2020-03-17T23:49:08Z

Noahborden:

Profile Picture

School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-03-17T23:46:20Z

Noahborden:

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship==

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

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Louisiana Tech University

2020-03-17T23:44:32Z

Noahborden: Changed link for Noah Borden

='''Campus Overview'''=

==Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

==Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

==Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

==Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

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

'''[[Noahborden|Noah Borden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

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Fellow:Noah Borden

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Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer.

During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He has also been a part of an entrepreneurial team focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The “AML” team has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role on that team primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not.

After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects.

Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:56:06Z

Noahborden:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

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

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

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

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

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Implementation by Spring 2020

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

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

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

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

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

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2019 UIFs Candidate'''

[[Noahborden|Noahborden]]

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:54:34Z

Noahborden:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

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

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

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

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

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Implementation by Spring 2020

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

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

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

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

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

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2019 UIFs Candidate'''

[[Noahborden|Noahborden]]

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:52:49Z

Noahborden:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

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

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

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

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

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Implementation by Spring 2020

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

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

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

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

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

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:52:05Z

Noahborden:

= 2019 Strategic Priorities:  =

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

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

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

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

- Implementation beginning Fall 2020

- Significant improvement in student events participation by Spring 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Implementation by Spring 2020 

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

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

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

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

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

- Finish new service platform by Spring 2021 

- Begin use Fall 2021

= =

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

 

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:46:44Z

Noahborden:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:46:24Z

Noahborden:

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:45:40Z

Noahborden:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  

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

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

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

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<parsererror style="display: block; white-space: pre; border: 2px solid #c77; padding: 0 1em 0 1em; margin: 1em; background-color: #fdd; color: black"> = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities = == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during fall quarter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019 == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019 == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)    == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

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= 2019 Student Priorities =

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

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

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during fall quarter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)   

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning.

=== ===

== Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==

= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:37:12Z

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= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 28px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018 Student Priorities = == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during fall quarter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail runs in select class during Winter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Planning during academic year 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trail run during upcoming organizational browse <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">    <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refine and implement during summer of 2019 == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 - I&E Organizations' significance is better communicated across campus == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Emphasize the importance of joining I&E organizations during a short lesson in the First Year Experience class. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In an attempt to motivate students to become more involved among campus I&E organizations, teachers could teach a lesson on the importance of participating in said organizations. The focus will be on the experience it would provide students and the benefits it would reap for both the students, school, and community. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Possible scenario- Speakers can come in to testify as to why getting involved in I&E organizations is beneficial to students during both school and later on in life. Teachers can show the different organizations offered, and what each one focuses on. Students can take some sort of “test” based on skills, values, and interests to discover which organization they best fit with. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Fall Quarter 2018 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Trial Run will occur in selected Winter 2018 class <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019 == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 - Students have opportunity to experience I&E in locations they frequent == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– During Fall Quarter, Innovation Alliance will organize daylong event, or week of smaller events, celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing in the student center. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during academic year 2018-2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 2 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by Innovation Alliance with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Projected Timeline <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2019 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-       Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)    == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial; font-size: 25.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 - I&E organizations have support from the university == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 1<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Vocal, financial, resource support from the university (specifically Innovation Enterprise) for I&E organizations like Bulldog Entrepreneurs and Operations Tech (innovation club). The university collaborates with I&E student organizations to gain help in planning and promoting events/curriculum/initiatives on campus thereby including various student perspectives and interest in university planning. 

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== Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==



= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

 [[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

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== Strategy #1 - Freshmen are exposed to I&E ==



= 2017 Student Priorities =

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

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during academic year 2017-2018

-        Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018

-        Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019

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

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

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

Projected timeline

-        Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-        Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring

-        Refine and implement during summer of 2018

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during academic year 2017/2018

-       Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018

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

Projected Timeline

-       Planning during Winter Quarter 2018

-       Test run during Spring Quarter 2018

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

Projected Timeline

-       Allocate space for students to meet completed

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

 

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

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

Projected Timeline

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

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

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

= Related Links =

[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

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

'''Fall 2018 UIFs'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIFs'''

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

 [[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities

2019-10-03T21:31:05Z

Noahborden:

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-26T16:16:07Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-26T16:15:39Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-26T16:15:16Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-26T16:14:54Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-26T16:14:36Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a maker space on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a CNC router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelor of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university-sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing a patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:34:08Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:31:59Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden|Noahborden]] UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:30:05Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''[[Noahborden|Noahborden]] ''''''UIF Fellow Candidate 2019'''

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

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

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:27:09Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

 [[Noahborden|Noahborden]]

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:25:25Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

 '''Fall 2019 UIF Candidate'''

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:24:50Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

 '''Fall 2019 UIF Candidate'''

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:17:03Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

 '''Fall 2019 UIF Candidate'''

[[Noahborden|Noahborden]]

'''Fall 2018 UIF'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIF'''

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

=== ===

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:14:02Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

 '''Fall 2019 UIF Candidate'''

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

'''Fall 2018 UIF'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIF'''

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

=== ===

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Louisiana Tech University

2019-09-25T20:12:51Z

Noahborden:

= '''Campus Overview''' =

== Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship ==

Louisiana Tech University offers many opportunities for all of the nearly 13,000 students on campus to explore their interests in innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E). To facilitate open access of I&E resources to all students, the university established the Innovation Enterprise group which is independent of any college on campus as its sole focus is promoting I&E on campus and in the region. One of the most visible projects of Innovation Enterprise is the Thingery, a makerspace on campus that has tools for rapid-prototyping including 3D printers, screen-printing stations, a cnc router, a laser cutter, and more. The Thingery also hosts workshops for all students to learn how to use the tools available and further their skills in design. Another way students can get involved is through a new workshop called Fundamentals for Founders. Being led by local executives with experience, the opportunity is open to the community. In addition to the makerspace, LaTech hosts two idea pitch competitions and a venture championship event every year to help students present their ideas to entrepreneurs in the region and receive the training and feedback necessary to grow those ideas into startups. In the classroom, engineering students are introduced to design thinking and product development during their first years as part of the freshmen “Living with the Lab” course. The business college offers a Bachelors of Arts in Management with a concentration on Entrepreneurship that provides many courses on different aspects of starting a business such as business plan development and human resources management for small businesses. Both engineering students and business students, along with art students, are offered the chance to take “Innovative Product Design”, a course that takes students through the process of forming a startup within a quarter. Engineering and entrepreneurship students can then take a senior design capstone project class where they spend the year in teams taking an idea and creating a startup from that idea. Architecture students have a junior course where they design and construct an architectural structure that solves a need for the local community (for the past few years they have done multiple projects for MedCamps, a non-profit camp for children with disabilities). New to campus is a collaborative space for students with entrepreneurial projects to develop their ideas and work to make them a reality while being able to collaborate and interact with other students working towards similar goals. In addition to university sponsored I&E activities, students are starting to take leadership in progressing I&E on campus through student organizations. An innovation club was started in 2016, and in 2017 the entrepreneurship club has started an attempt to revitalize its engagement with students and grow its presence on campus. Not even established as an official organization yet, the marketing club plans to work with other organizations to help market what they have to offer.

== Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship ==

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

== Actively supporting the university technology transfer function ==

LaTech has a technology transfer office called the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization that is an educational and management resource for faculty and students pursuing patent and licensing paths. It specifically focuses on facilitating the process of faculty assessing the commercial potential of their inventions and discoveries, and then negotiating with industrial partners to get the technology developed into applications that benefit society. There is also a “Tech Transfer and Commercialization” course offered to graduate business and engineering students to educate them on the process of successfully transitioning their intellectual works from the university to the market.

== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==

A few years ago the university broke ground on the Enterprise Campus- a research park on campus whose goal is to utilize the intellectual and research strength of LaTech along with industry partners to bring a wealth of economic development to the region. The centerpiece of the Enterprise Campus is Tech Pointe, a commercial facility located between the College of Engineering and Science and the College of Business that provides leased space to high tech companies and startups who employ students. The arrangement provides companies access to students who are learning the newest and best practices in their fields while the students are able to graduate with multiple years of real world experience. This often sets them apart from other students who have only had academic experiences and summer internships. In addition to the Enterprise Campus, LaTech has invested in and advocated for the development of the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City (roughly 60 miles away) which is working to develop a knowledge-based workforce as well as technology research and development in the region.

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

Aside from educating students who provide a major economic impact to the region both while in school and after graduating, the main vehicle through which LaTech works towards local and regional economic development is the efforts of the Innovation Enterprise team. LA Tech recently lost funding to a program that provided training, mentorship, and networking opportunities strengthened by local investors and entrepreneurs. To encourage entrepreneurship, the Technology Business Development Center helps with the process of starting, operating, and leaving an innovative business venture. Opened to the region, opportunities are held all throughout Northern Louisiana. On top of help from the community, Louisiana Tech was one of many schools in the region to receive funding from the New Louisiana Angel Fund 2. While it is still a very recent thing, the funding will go to increasing the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship on Tech’s campus.

'''Related Links'''

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

'''Fall 2019 UIF Candidate'''

'''[[Noahborden|Noah Borden]] '''

'''Fall 2018 UIF'''

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

'''Fall 2017 UIF'''

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

=== ===

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Noahborden

2019-09-25T19:58:46Z

Noahborden:

= Noah Borden  =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He has also been a part of an entrepreneurial team focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The “AML” team has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role on that team primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.
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== Related Links ==

 [[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]

[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]: Fellow 2017

[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]: Fellow 2018

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Fellow:Noahborden

2019-09-25T19:58:30Z

Noahborden:

= Noah Borden  =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah Borden is a University Innovation Fellow and Junior undergraduate student at Louisiana Tech University. He is pursuing a major in Mechanical Engineering and minors in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Mathematics. Raised in Ruston, Louisiana, Noah is pursuing his degree in his hometown. Noah hopes to work as a design engineer for a firearms company after graduating, specializing in mechanical design and prototyping.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While Noah spends most of his time studying, he enjoys teaching tennis lessons, playing tennis with friends, hunting, fishing, and prototyping ideas on his 3D printer. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">During his first two years at Louisiana Tech University, Noah has been a part of the La Tech chapter of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the Aerospace Engineering club on campus. He has also been a part of an entrepreneurial team focused on creating a ground-breaking product (AML). The “AML” team has participated in four idea pitch competitions and has two second place trophies from those events in only 8 months time. One of those "silver medals" was won at a Freshman Expo that had 88 competing teams presenting their ideas to professors and professionals from all around the city. Noah’s role on that team primarily consists of designing and 3D printing usable prototypes to learn what works, and what will not. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After learning about the program, Noah quickly applied for the opportunity to be become a UIF candidate and the chance to receive valuable lessons and experience with hands-on Innovation and Entrepreneurship projects. 

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noah follows in two Fellow’s footsteps from La Tech who are both continuing to redefine what innovation and entrepreneurship is all about.
<div> </div>
== Related Links ==

 [[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana_Tech_University]]

[[Louisiana Tech University Student Priorities|Louisiana_Tech_University_Student_Priorities]]

[[Ryan Botts|Ryan_Botts]]: Fellow 2017

[[Lexie Lybrand|Lexie_Lybrand]]:llow 2018

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