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School:University of North Carolina

2014-09-30T22:58:13Z

Shannoncoy:

= Overview – University of the People <sup>7</sup> =

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill is an original member of “The Triangle,” a group of three universities—North Carolina State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—whose research facilities and the educated workforce they provide have historically served as a major attraction for businesses located in and around the region, which came to be known in the 1950s as the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina.

Currently, the entrepreneurship program at UNC, Chapel Hill is driven by Chancellor Holden Thorp, an academician, NACIE member, former entrepreneur and venture capitalist, who has co-written a book, ''Engines of Innovation'', about innovation on university campuses. Even so, the UNC Chapel Hill community believes that what sets their school apart from others is that “it is, as it was meant to be, the University of the people.”

The “University of the People” ethos also extends to the current structure of the entrepreneurship programs at UNC, Chapel Hill. Entrepreneurship has moved from the exclusive domains of the business and engineering schools to the people, as the university moves to institutionalize a campus-wide culture of entrepreneurship.

Along with the students, the faculty is also encouraged to think entrepreneurially. An invitation only faculty boot camp sponsored by the Chancellor affords 20 faculty members (at a time) the opportunity to develop their business ideas. Support services include assistance with business plans and workshops. Students are also given opportunities to translate their entrepreneurial plans into viable commercial ventures.

'''The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies '''at the Kenan-Flagler Business School is UNC Chapel Hill’s flagship entrepreneurial program. The Center offers staff, faculty, and especially students the resources to identify and evaluate valuable entrepreneurial opportunities.

'''The Office of Technology Development (OTD)''' is UNC, Chapel Hill’s technology transfer office.  OTD advances UNC, Chapel Hill’s mission to encourage innovation and disseminate knowledge. Principally, the OTD serves the UNC Chapel Hill community and the public by licensing innovations developed by faculty, students and staff.

In addition to encouraging university wide entrepreneurial culture, UNC, Chapel Hill believes there is still a strong role for the government in promoting innovation and commercialization at the nation’s universities. This role includes increasing funding for proof-of-concept centers, instituting further patent reform, and revising immigration law to make it easier for American companies to hire bright American university trained immigrant students.

UNC Chapel Hill also welcome and value OIE’s deep dives on university innovation and commercialization. And to realize its commitment to the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university innovation and commercialization letter, UNC Chapel Hill has adopted the following strategies:

= Innovate @ Carolina =

The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship serves as the strategic center for coordinating and supporting entrepreneurial development at the University. An important aspect of this is their [http://innovate.unc.edu/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/FINAL-report-PDF.pdf roadmap ]and the process for continually monitoring and updating it.

= Student Entrepreneurship =

'''With over 20 MBA electives, the entrepreneurship curriculum at Kenan-Flagler''' covers a broad spectrum, including specialty topics such as family business, entrepreneurship through acquisition, and social entrepreneurship.

In addition, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies boasts a wide range of programs, conferences and competitions which deeply enrich the entrepreneurial experience of, and allow students to engage their entrepreneurial interests through a variety of perspectives. These include:

== Programs, Conferences, & Competitions ==

'''Startups'''

*'''Launching the Venture''' is a series of courses that help faculty, staff and students from across the UNC campus turn new ideas into viable ventures
<ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>The mission of the program is to equip aspiring UNC entrepreneurs with the tools to successfully launch their venture</li>
<li>MBA students may explore ventures of their own or join teams as “free agents”</li>
<li>The Launch curriculum comprises four distinct phases: Opportunity, Feasibility, Business Planning and Financing</li>
<li>Launch teams undergo weekly coaching sessions in which they receive invaluable feedback from successful entrepreneurs and domain leaders</li>
</ul>
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<li>'''Outcomes'''</li>
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<li>Since its inception in 1999,  ''Launch'' has aided in the creation of 50 startups</li>
</ul>

*'''The Carolina Challenge''' is an annual startup competition open to all UNC students, staff, faculty, and alumni
<ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Entrants compete in one of four tracks: '''traditional''', '''social''', '''high tech''' and '''scientific'''</li>
<li>Entrants undergo several rounds of competition, including an elevator pitch round</li>
<li>Activities surrounding the Carolina Challenge span the academic year, including a campus-wide idea competition in the fall</li>
</ul>
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<li>'''Outcomes'''</li>
</ul>
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<li>The Carolina Challenge awards $50K in prize money each year</li>
</ul>

*'''The Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC)''' gives MBA student teams the unique opportunity to learn about venture funding by acting as venture capitalists and evaluating the viability of five real startup ventures
<ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>'''VCIC’s 40 events''' have become a network of mini-venture fairs in which MBAs and Venture Capitalists (VC) get an early peek at viable startups</li>
</ul>
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<li>'''Outcomes'''</li>
</ul>
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<li>VCIC competition now attracts '''1,200 students''', '''150 venture capitalists''' and '''100 entrepreneurs''' each year from three different continents</li>
<li>¼ of aspiring entrepreneurs in VCIC mini-venture fairs go on to raise venture funding</li>
</ul>

*'''Student-Run Private Equity Fund: The Kenan-Flagler Private Equity Fund''' which launched in 2007 is the first and only student-run fund associated with a top-tier global business school that seeks to provide real returns to its limited partners

*Kenan-Flagler also boasts two student-run real estate funds and a fund dedicated to investing in publically-traded companies
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<li>The private equity fund management team comprises nine Kenan-Flagler students, five second-year MBAs and four BSBAs</li>
<li>All students serve a three-semester term with the program</li>
<li>In addition to active investment activities, students participate in a series of private equity courses, lectures and events</li>
<li>Students manage all aspects of the investment cycle: raising capital, sourcing deals, performing due diligence, making investment decisions and presenting decisions to the Board of Directors</li>
</ul>
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<li>'''<span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none" id="cke_bm_99s"> </span><span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none" id="cke_bm_100s"> </span>Outcomes'''</li>
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<li>The Kenan-Flagler student run Private Equity Fund now has more than $4.4 million of committed capital under management; and</li>
<li>Z Capital Partners and James J. Zenni awarded a $100,000 grant to the Kenan-Flagler Business School to support private equity (PE) education for MBA and undergraduate business students.
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== The Minor in Entrepreneurship<br/> ==

Over the past several years the University has worked to provide a more encompasing entrepreneurial culture and climate to the campus community. One of the major examples of this push has been the minor in entrepreneurship within the college of arts and sciences. The goal of the minor is to prepare students outside of the undergraduate business program to start ventures with the requisite qualitative and quantitative knowledge. The minor has severa tracks for students to choose and specialize in: Sports, Social, Commercial, Science, Artistic, and recently added Public Health.

'''Resources the Minor Provides:'''

*Business planning and methodologies such as the lean startup 
*A track specific fail - safe environment within the venture planning course ECON 327 
*A required Internship oppurtuntity to help students apply what they've learned and gain experience. 
*An oppurtuntiy to work abroad for the internship requirement (Beijing Program)
*Connections and career help through student organizer working to find oppurtunitites for each of the students within the minor. 
*Case competitions and venture competitons around the region and even the country 
*Fellowships and Post Graduate oppurtunities 
*Scholarship oppurtuntities for incoming undergraduate students (Innovation Scholars)

= Faculty Entrepreneurship =

Chancellor Thorp’s co-author, Buck Goldstein is the University Entrepreneur in Residence and Professor of the Practice in the Department of Economics. Mr. Goldstein is the co-founder of '''Information America''', an online information and database business, which evolved over a 15-year period, from start-up through venture financing to public company. Information America was eventually acquired by the Thomson Corporation. Mr. Goldstein subsequently became a partner in Mellon Ventures, the venture capital arm of Mellon Bank, where he served on the Board of numerous early stage information companies.

In addition to Mr. Goldstein, many practicing entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, venture lawyers and others who have the most current and relevant knowledge on specific entrepreneurial topics also teach entrepreneurship courses.

Faculty members are encouraged to and recognized for exemplary faculty scholarship. Faculty recognition initiatives include:

*'''The C. Felix Harvey Award''' is given to the UNC faculty member or members whose proposed outreach project best reflects applied innovation of scholarly expertise in the humanities and social sciences. It seeks to support faculty who want to move their research findings from the campus to directly serve communities
*'''Launch the Venture''' is an interactive 6-month course designed to assist faculty entrepreneurs in evaluating the feasibility of their potential company, designing a business strategy and creating a business plan. The course is free to UNC-affiliated faculty, staff and students. It is offered by the Office of Technology Development (OTD) in partnership with the Kenan-Flagler Business School

= University Technology Transfer Functions =

OTD typically handles approximately 125 novel technologies yearly, generating over 50 patent filings, 30 license agreements and 3-5 startup companies.

*OTD’s services include evaluating, patenting, licensing and assisting faculty in obtaining research support from corporate sponsors.
*OTD serves to fulfill UNC Chapel Hill’s mission to advance knowledge, enhance education, and solve societal problems, and enrich the quality of life in the State of North Carolina by:
<ul style="margin-left: 40px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Facilitating the translation of new discoveries into useful products</li>
<li>Attracting industry research collaboration; and</li>
<li>Stimulating local and regional economic development</li>
</ul>

*OTD’s professional project managers have considerable expertise in science, business development, and intellectual property law. OTD provides the following services when UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff, and students report their innovations:
<ul style="margin-left: 40px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Evaluate the innovation for commercial potential</li>
<li>Take steps to obtain appropriate protection for the intellectual property represented by the innovation</li>
<li>Identify strong prospects for commercial partnership</li>
<li>Negotiate appropriate licensing agreement(s)</li>
</ul>

*OTD’s licensing activities also includes copyright works and trademarks, a variety of programs to license and disseminate software, multimedia and tangible research property for both research and commercial applications
*OTD also develops, reviews and negotiates Material Transfer Agreements to facilitate the movement of research materials to and from the University

== OTD Internship and Fellowships ==

*The OTD internship program is an eight month position for graduate students and/or post-doctoral fellows who wish to learn more about intellectual property and technology commercialization
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<li>The internship runs during the academic year, from August to May, and requires a commitment of approximately 8-12 hours per week.</li>
<li>Interns will participate in a formal training series covering the basics of technology transfer, conduct market assessments and direct marketing efforts for select technologies, and gain exposure to ongoing negotiations between OTD and industry partners.</li>
</ul>

*'''OTD Training Series''' include a monthly series of internal training sessions for interns, new OTD employees and visiting technology transfer professionals.
*'''OTD Market Analyses''' is a critical initiative that includes performing market assessments of promising UNC technology.
*'''Gillings Innovation Labs''' focuses on solving significant public health challenges with fundamental breakthroughs in public health, through competitively funded research programs.
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<li>The Gillings School of Global Public Health established a $50 million fund with a gift from Dennis and Joan Gillings to anticipate emerging public health challenges, accelerate solutions, and improve people’s lives across the state and the world.</li>
</ul>

== UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Office of Entrepreneurial Development and Global Engagement (EDGE) ==

The Office of Entrepreneurial Development and Global Engagement (EDGE) facilitates the School's development of entrepreneurial and global initiatives to address unmet needs in human health nationally and internationally.

Their mission is supported by:

*Cultivating strategic international collaborations around pharmacy education, practice and research
*Enabling global education and service learning opportunities that promote professional development
*Developing and sustaining external relationships within the R&D community
*Enhancing intellectual property development and start-up formation to improve economic growth

=== EDGE Fellowships ===

==== Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellow ====
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<li>The I&E Fellow program is an two year position for graduate students and/or post-doctoral fellows who wish to learn more about intellectual property and technology commercialization. </li>
</ul>

==== Global Engagement Fellow ====
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<li>The GE Fellow program is a two year position that aims to expand the School's excellence in pharmacy education, practice, and research worldwide. This aspiration is achieved through the engagement of our faculty, students, and staff in global activities and through the collaboration with other UNC health science schools.</li>
</ul>

=== EDGE Opportunities ===

EDGE sponsors two business consulting internships for graduate and professional students every summer. Students get to work with local companies in the pharmaceutical field that are in need of help commercializing their venture.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

UNC Chapel Hill maintains several collaborative relationships with industry groups to enhance industry access to their research expertise, intellectual property, and commercial opportunities. These include:

*'''The Council for Entrepreneurial Development''' (CED) members have a shared mission to identify, enable and promote high-growth, high-impact companies and to accelerate the entrepreneurial culture of the Research Triangle and North Carolina. CED members are a community of people inspired by entrepreneurship. They include startup companies, more mature growth-stage firms, investors, service partners, academics, and individuals.
*'''North Carolina Biotechnology Center''' provides long-term economic and societal benefits through support of biotechnology research, business, education and strategic policy by:
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<li>Serving as the statewide hub of life-science commercialization</li>
<li>Bootstrapping companies and new business sectors with loans and other support</li>
<li>Funding key faculty recruitment and commercially promising research</li>
<li>Linking academic, business, civic and policy leaders</li>
<li>Supporting workforce development activities</li>
<li>Providing curriculum development and workshops for educators</li>
</ul>

*'''North Carolina Small Business Technology Development Center''' (SBTDC) is a program of The University of North Carolina System, in partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration, which provides resources for growing and developing businesses. These resources include: Training & Education for Business Startups; Direct Service to Economic Development Organizations, Government Agencies, and University Departments; and Leverage University Resources Statewide.
*'''North Carolina Innovative Development for Economic Advancement''' (NC I.D.E.A) provides small grants to high-tech startup companies to support business activities that validate potential markets, reduce risk of early failure, and advance projects to the point of self-sustainability at which time they are suitable for private equity investment

'''Internships and Fellowships '''programs are another collaborative vehicle between UNC, Chapel Hill and industry. These programs include:

*'''The Carolina Entrepreneurial Fellows Program (CEF)''' is a collaborative effort between the Center and ''the MBA Entrepreneurship Club'' which matches entrepreneurial students with local startups
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<li>Typically students work two days a week with one startup (perhaps their own), two days at another startup and each Friday on group projects.</li>
<li>This 2/2/1 format gives students a broad entrepreneurial experience and exposure to the local startup community.</li>
<li>Internships are funded by clients, the ''MBA Entrepreneurship Club'' and ''the North Carolina Small Business Technology and Development Center.''</li>
</ul>

*''The '''''Carolina Venture Fellows Program (CVF)''' is inspired in part by the ''Kauffman Fellows Program''. CVF is a highly competitive program that places select students in a structured twelve-month <span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none" id="cke_bm_83s"> </span>apprenticeship with a venture capital firm
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<li>The venture fellow works part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer.</li>
<li>Over twelve months, the venture fellow is involved in all facets of a venture firm: sourcing deals, structuring investments, assisting portfolio companies and fundraising.<span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none" id="cke_bm_83e"> </span></li>
</ul>
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<li>'''Outcomes'''</li>
</ul>
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<li>Venture firms that have participated in CVF include: Intersouth Partners, IDEA Fund Partners, Southern Capitol Ventures, A.M. Pappas & Associates, SJF Ventures, Hatteras Venture Partners, Parish Capital, Golden Pine Ventures, Dogwood Equity, The Aurora Funds and Carrboro Capital</li>
</ul>

*'''The Alternative Investments Fellows Program (AIF)''' connects MBAs with rare summer internship opportunities at private equity and hedge funds
<ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">
<li>These internships allow students to be involved in all facets of the firm’s investment process, including: sourcing deals, due diligence, valuing and structuring investments, and assisting portfolio companies</li>
<li>Proceeds from ''the Alternative Investments Conference'' help fund the fellowships.</li>
</ul>
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<li>'''Outcomes'''</li>
</ul>
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<li>Participating firms include: Brown Brothers Harriman, North State Capital Investors, Bank of America Global Strategic Capital, The Halifax Group, Jacobs Capital, and Google.</li>
</ul>

= Regional and Local Economic Development =

UNC Chapel Hill participates in several economic development initiatives that impact the regional economy. These include:

'''''Innovate@Carolina: Important Ideas for a Better World''''' has raised more than $11 million for a new $125 million fundraising campaign developed by UNC alumni and friends experienced in leading innovation in science, business, medicine, nonprofits and academia to bring the power of innovation and entrepreneurship to bear on the world’s biggest problems.

'''Outcomes'''

*UNC’s membership in a consortium created by a $3.6 million gift from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation
*The consortium will help the Research Triangle develop a network of entrepreneurial assistance similar to those in Silicon Valley and the Boston Corridor
*Partners include Duke University, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Central University, and the Center for Entrepreneurial Development

<br/>'''Impact (anticipated)'''

*The network has the potential over a decade to create jobs, attract seed, startup and expansion capital, and generate revenue

= Deep-Dive Questions =

*Is innovation an integral part of UNC Chapel Hill’s institutional culture?
**The [http://innovate.unc.edu/ Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship] is a campus-wide initiative to promote this culture change.
*Why is it important? And how does it influence entrepreneurship and tech transfer?
**Ideas aren't born in a vacuum. It is rare for a good idea to meet a driven person and see that to fruition. It's important to bring those resources together to facilitate their ideation and development.
*How do you envision your program in the future?
**The program is on the verge of exponential growth. Innovation is springing up around the university, but collaboration and communication remains to be developed.
*How does your institution leverage (or intend to leverage) geographic endowment?
**Close connections with Research Triangle Park, budding developments with public-private partnerships, and collaborations with neighboring University entrepreneurship initiatives
*Are your entrepreneurship and tech transfer programs integrated?
**They are moving to closer connections, and many of the people in both departments have been trained together

= Conclusion =

UNC Chapel Hill appears to have on-going initiatives in all areas of its commitment to initiate and expand technology commercialization processes, encourage entrepreneurship, and institute policies and programs that support regional economic development. However, there does not appear to be a formal collaborative relationship between the various initiatives in OTD and the Center for Entrepreneurial studies.

Even so, a central challenge for UNC Chapel Hill would be how to better leverage its geographic and human capital endowments. The region’s Research Triangle Park (RTP) offers robust high-tech research and development centers that serve as incubators for new ideas, as well as opportunities for entrepreneurial faculty and students to gain invaluable practical experience. UNC Chapel Hill should also continue to better cultivate and leverage the financial and professional support of successful alumni, entrepreneurs, and investors to provide a sustainable source of funding for innovative commercialization and entrepreneurship programs, as well as guidance to help it reach the market place.

Lastly, Ms. Judith Cone's comments will be instructive in better understanding UNC, Chapel Hill’s various innovative entrepreneurship, research, and technology transfer programs. As well as the impact of the NACIE commitment letter in framing UNC, Chapel Hill’s strategic plans and institutional culture.

The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship thanks UNC, Chapel Hill’s assistance with this case study, and looks forward to a continued close and collaborative relationship in building America’s innovation infrastructure.

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= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_Student_Priorities University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Teerth_Brahmbhatt UI Fellow - Teerth Brahmbhatt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Sherman UI Fellow - Alex Sherman]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shannon_Coy UI Fellow-Shannon Coy]

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<sup>7  </sup>Comments by: Judith Cone, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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About the Authors:
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Charles Kuralt, at the UNC Bicentennial in 1993:
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Source: "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus", Department of Commerce, October 2013.
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Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:56:41Z

Shannoncoy:

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Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

Shannon is also a part of UNC's student "Core Creators" team students collaborating to developing the programming and design of UNC's soon to be launched, fully-functioning maker space. The team is working with mentors and project planners to give student input on the creation of the space.

Related Links:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill<br/>]

Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:55:53Z

Shannoncoy:

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Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

Shannon is also a part of UNC's student "Core Creators" team students collaborating to developing the programming and design of UNC's soon to be launched, fully-functioning maker space. The team is working with mentors and project planners to give student input on the creation of the space.

Priorities:University of North Carolina Student Priorities

2014-09-30T22:55:18Z

Shannoncoy:

= Overview<br/> =

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has many opportunities for students to get involved with innovations around campus. In researching these opportunities, it became apparent that it would be an impossible task to catalog them all. What was also apparent was that without exception these opportunities were not being spurred by a central mandate, but arising as needed from all of the individual schools and programs. The opportunity on this campus is to work on bringing all of those opportunities together in a way that is easy for potential students and investors to locate. Additional work should also be done in lowering existing barriers to innovation in all disciplines, and connecting the University more formally to the resources of surrounding universities and the Research Triangle Park (RTP).

The Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship has worked closely with the Chancellor to design a roadmap for innovation at our campus. The roadmap was holistic in its reach and incorporated a great deal of student feedback, making it easy to fit tactics into the university's overall vision ([http://innovate.unc.edu/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Innovate_at_Carolina_Roadmap.pdf Innovate@Carolina Roadmap]). The roadmap aligned ''five key recommendations'' for the campus:

#Prepare faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, staff, and the broader Carolina community with the knowledge, skills, and connections necessary to translate new ideas into innovations
#Catalyze innovation at Carolina by facilitating the work of faculty, staff, and students as they put important ideas to use for a better world
#Translate important new ideas more expediently and at an increased volume into innovations that improve society
#Align people, incentives, resources, and processes to strengthen an intentional culture of innovation at Carolina
#Catalyze innovation at Carolina by facilitating the work of faculty, staff, and students as they put important ideas to use for a better world

= Strategy #1: Prepare faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, staff, and the broader Carolina community with the knowledge, skills, and connections necessary to translate new ideas into innovations.<br/> =

== Tactic #1: The Minor in Design<br/> ==

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<span style="font-size: larger;">Description: The lack of  a formal college of engineering within the university has lead to a lack of supply for technical education. There is definitely some great technical programs on campus such as Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Environmental Engineering. But much of the design and engineering knowledge for these tracks of study are only attainable by students who have completed a large amount of science prerequisites, and have access to courses such as ENVR 451, Chemical Reaction Engineering. There was a similiar problem in the past decade of lack of innovation and entrepreneurial training for undergrads, it was mitigated by creating a minor of entrepreneurship within the College of Arts and Sciences. To mitigate this gap in technical education within the university we will be implementing an Interdisciplinary design minor within the College of Arts and Sciences. The Design minor will look to pull courses from many different disciplines across campus such as Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Math, Information and Library Science, Biology, City Planning, and Journalism and Mass Communication which houses our department of graphic design. We hope to establish an introductory course that each member of e given cohort of the minor would take together, it would introduce the general concenpts of Design and attaining a deisgn state of mind. From that point on we hope to have multiple tracks specific to what a given student wants to work in, such as Visual Deisgn, Structural Design, Commerical Design, Scientific Deisgn, and any other relevant paths of design work. The minor will include either a required, internship, co-op, or Capstone design project experience. The ultimate goal of the minor implementation is to take the great environment we have here on campus for ideation and innovation and give each of these innovators and oppurtuntity to gain technical skills that will help their creative endeavors and post-graduation prospects.</span>

<span style="font-size: larger;">Team Leaders: Teerth Brahmbhatt</span>

<span style="font-size: larger;">Milestones:  </span>

*<span style="font-size: larger;">Connect the departments across campus</span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Come up with the numerous tracks and interests on campus </span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Currciculum overview and approval (work with other institutions to design the curriculum and implement it)</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Find home department and facilities</span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Find Corporate or Local partners for experiential portion of the curriculum </span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Raise Awareness of the program within our campus community</span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Fully implement within undergraduate Program/Curriculum </span>

== Tactic #2: ==

== Tactic #2: An Innovation and Entrepreneurship Living-Learning Community<br/> ==

*Description: Creative ideas are best faciliated when in the right mindset. Being in a creative mindset means being surrounded by support, encouragement and often just an open ear for feedback. UNC has living and learning communities geared towards everything from sustainable living to immersive-language adaption programs. Yet there are 32 residence halls at UNC and only 9 living-learning communities. There is certainly the room and precedent for an LLC for innovation and entrepreneurship to come to Carolina. There is undoubtedly a need for a program like this where incoming students can live an immersive environment with creative, like-minded (yet diverse!) minds. The movement around innovation and entrepreneurship on campus is fastly growing, so the time is prefect to bring this program to life and equip the next class of entreprenurial students with the tools to pursue big ideas right at the beginning of their college careers.

*Team Leader(s): Shannon Coy
*Milestones:
**Bring UNC's Department of Residence Hall Education on board
**Gain financial backing for the program
**Create programming and curriculum
**Find faculty and staff support
**Find the approriate location
**Pilot the program in a residence hall

= Strategy #2: Catalyze innovation at Carolina by facilitating the work of faculty, staff, and students as they put important ideas to use for a better world. =
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== Tactic #1 (write your projects here): ==

*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Description: The opportunity for graduate and professional students to collaborate is limited. The current opportunities exist outside the scope of the normal experience for these students, either in co-curricular activities or self-initiated discovery. The main purpose of interdisciplinary electives is to teach the steps that everyone has in common, such as patient safety or simulation. These experiences are extremely valuable, although only open to a small set of students and highly structured based on common experiences among students, We have learned through past experiences in problem-based learning that too much direction is equally as detrimental as not enough. It is our opinion that the curricula of graduate and professional schools is overly structured, and there are an overwhelming number of negative incentives in place to collaborating with other disciplines and professions. There is also no dedicated space to open and deliberative sharing of ideas between the professions that draws students together. It is the hypothesis of this project that the creation of a self-directed learning space that is available, accessible, and approachable by students in the health professions and graduate programs will be able to serve as a catalyst for solving complex multidisciplinary problems in the related fields.</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Team Leader: Alex Sherman</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Milestones:</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Environmental scan: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Small meetings with stakeholders in each school: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">On-boarding and selection of development team: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Development of a project plan for creation of a joint space: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Proposal of project plan to stakeholders: Winter 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Implementation of joint space plan into new building development: Spring 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Formation of a joint, interprofessional, interdisciplinary, collaborative space: Fall 2015</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Expected Activities in the Space:</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">The space will act as both a self-organized learning environment ([http://www.ted.com/prize/sole_toolkit SOLE]) for graduate and professional students and a place for group work and projects between those students</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Activities may include:</span>
***<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Facilitated discussions around topic catalysts related to problems in healthcare delivery</span>
***<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Reverse pitches from subject matter experts about problems in their fields of expertise</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Rationale:</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Bringing people together for the sake of bringing people together, with the simple intent of promoting open curiosity and inquiry, is a powerful tool for tackling complicated problems. This ability is currently unavailable across many professional and graduate school programs.</span>

== Tactic #2: ==

== Tactic #etc. ==
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= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]

[http://innovate.unc.edu/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Innovate_at_Carolina_Roadmap.pdf Innovate @ Carolina Roadmap]
<div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Teerth_Brahmbhatt UI Fellow - Teerth Brahmbhatt]</div><div><br/></div><div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Sherman UI Fellow - Alex Sherman]<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shannon_Coy UI Fellow-Shannon Coy]<br/></div>

Priorities:University of North Carolina Student Priorities

2014-09-30T22:54:02Z

Shannoncoy:

Priorities:University of North Carolina Student Priorities

2014-09-30T22:51:42Z

Shannoncoy:

= Overview<br/> =

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has many opportunities for students to get involved with innovations around campus. In researching these opportunities, it became apparent that it would be an impossible task to catalog them all. What was also apparent was that without exception these opportunities were not being spurred by a central mandate, but arising as needed from all of the individual schools and programs. The opportunity on this campus is to work on bringing all of those opportunities together in a way that is easy for potential students and investors to locate. Additional work should also be done in lowering existing barriers to innovation in all disciplines, and connecting the University more formally to the resources of surrounding universities and the Research Triangle Park (RTP).

The Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship has worked closely with the Chancellor to design a roadmap for innovation at our campus. The roadmap was holistic in its reach and incorporated a great deal of student feedback, making it easy to fit tactics into the university's overall vision ([http://innovate.unc.edu/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Innovate_at_Carolina_Roadmap.pdf Innovate@Carolina Roadmap]). The roadmap aligned ''five key recommendations'' for the campus:

#Prepare faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, staff, and the broader Carolina community with the knowledge, skills, and connections necessary to translate new ideas into innovations
#Catalyze innovation at Carolina by facilitating the work of faculty, staff, and students as they put important ideas to use for a better world
#Translate important new ideas more expediently and at an increased volume into innovations that improve society
#Align people, incentives, resources, and processes to strengthen an intentional culture of innovation at Carolina
#Catalyze innovation at Carolina by facilitating the work of faculty, staff, and students as they put important ideas to use for a better world

= Strategy #1: Prepare faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, staff, and the broader Carolina community with the knowledge, skills, and connections necessary to translate new ideas into innovations.<br/> =

== Tactic #1: The Minor in Design<br/> ==

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<span style="font-size: larger;">Description: The lack of  a formal college of engineering within the university has lead to a lack of supply for technical education. There is definitely some great technical programs on campus such as Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Environmental Engineering. But much of the design and engineering knowledge for these tracks of study are only attainable by students who have completed a large amount of science prerequisites, and have access to courses such as ENVR 451, Chemical Reaction Engineering. There was a similiar problem in the past decade of lack of innovation and entrepreneurial training for undergrads, it was mitigated by creating a minor of entrepreneurship within the College of Arts and Sciences. To mitigate this gap in technical education within the university we will be implementing an Interdisciplinary design minor within the College of Arts and Sciences. The Design minor will look to pull courses from many different disciplines across campus such as Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Chemistry, Physics, Math, Information and Library Science, Biology, City Planning, and Journalism and Mass Communication which houses our department of graphic design. We hope to establish an introductory course that each member of e given cohort of the minor would take together, it would introduce the general concenpts of Design and attaining a deisgn state of mind. From that point on we hope to have multiple tracks specific to what a given student wants to work in, such as Visual Deisgn, Structural Design, Commerical Design, Scientific Deisgn, and any other relevant paths of design work. The minor will include either a required, internship, co-op, or Capstone design project experience. The ultimate goal of the minor implementation is to take the great environment we have here on campus for ideation and innovation and give each of these innovators and oppurtuntity to gain technical skills that will help their creative endeavors and post-graduation prospects.</span>

<span style="font-size: larger;">Team Leaders: Teerth Brahmbhatt</span>

<span style="font-size: larger;">Milestones:  </span>

*<span style="font-size: larger;">Connect the departments across campus</span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Come up with the numerous tracks and interests on campus </span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Currciculum overview and approval (work with other institutions to design the curriculum and implement it)</span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;">Find home department and facilities</span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Find Corporate or Local partners for experiential portion of the curriculum </span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Raise Awareness of the program within our campus community</span>
*<span style="font-size: larger;">Fully implement within undergraduate Program/Curriculum </span>

== Tactic #2: ==

== Tactic #2: An I&E LLC<br/> ==

*Description: Creative ideas are best faciliated when in the right mindset. Being in a creative mindset means being surrounded by support, encouragement and often just an open ear for feedback. UNC has living and learning communities geared towards everything from sustainable living to immersive-language adaption programs. Yet there are 32 residence halls at UNC and only 9 living-learning communities. There is certainly the room and precedent for an LLC for innovation and entrepreneurship to come to Carolina. There is undoubtedly a need for a program like this where incoming students can live an immersive environment with creative, like-minded (yet diverse!) minds. The movement around innovation and entrepreneurship on campus is fastly growing, so the time is prefect to bring this program to life and equip the next class of entreprenurial students with the tools to pursue big ideas right at the beginning of their college careers.

*Team Leader(s): Shannon Coy

= Strategy #2: Catalyze innovation at Carolina by facilitating the work of faculty, staff, and students as they put important ideas to use for a better world. =
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== Tactic #1 (write your projects here): ==

*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Description: The opportunity for graduate and professional students to collaborate is limited. The current opportunities exist outside the scope of the normal experience for these students, either in co-curricular activities or self-initiated discovery. The main purpose of interdisciplinary electives is to teach the steps that everyone has in common, such as patient safety or simulation. These experiences are extremely valuable, although only open to a small set of students and highly structured based on common experiences among students, We have learned through past experiences in problem-based learning that too much direction is equally as detrimental as not enough. It is our opinion that the curricula of graduate and professional schools is overly structured, and there are an overwhelming number of negative incentives in place to collaborating with other disciplines and professions. There is also no dedicated space to open and deliberative sharing of ideas between the professions that draws students together. It is the hypothesis of this project that the creation of a self-directed learning space that is available, accessible, and approachable by students in the health professions and graduate programs will be able to serve as a catalyst for solving complex multidisciplinary problems in the related fields.</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Team Leader: Alex Sherman</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Milestones:</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Environmental scan: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Small meetings with stakeholders in each school: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">On-boarding and selection of development team: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Development of a project plan for creation of a joint space: Fall 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Proposal of project plan to stakeholders: Winter 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Implementation of joint space plan into new building development: Spring 2014</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Formation of a joint, interprofessional, interdisciplinary, collaborative space: Fall 2015</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Expected Activities in the Space:</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">The space will act as both a self-organized learning environment ([http://www.ted.com/prize/sole_toolkit SOLE]) for graduate and professional students and a place for group work and projects between those students</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Activities may include:</span>
***<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Facilitated discussions around topic catalysts related to problems in healthcare delivery</span>
***<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Reverse pitches from subject matter experts about problems in their fields of expertise</span>
*<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Rationale:</span>
**<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.600000381469727px;">Bringing people together for the sake of bringing people together, with the simple intent of promoting open curiosity and inquiry, is a powerful tool for tackling complicated problems. This ability is currently unavailable across many professional and graduate school programs.</span>

== Tactic #2: ==

== Tactic #etc. ==
</div>
= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]

[http://innovate.unc.edu/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Innovate_at_Carolina_Roadmap.pdf Innovate @ Carolina Roadmap]
<div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Teerth_Brahmbhatt UI Fellow - Teerth Brahmbhatt]</div><div><br/></div><div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alex_Sherman UI Fellow - Alex Sherman]</div>

Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:21:09Z

Shannoncoy:

Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:19:33Z

Shannoncoy:

<span style="font-size:medium">[[File:ShannonCoy.jpg|none]]</span>

Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

Shannon is also a part of UNC's student "Core Creators" team students collaborating to developing the programming and design of UNC's soon to be launched, fully-functioning maker space. The team is working with mentors and project planners to give student input on the creation of the space.

File:ShannonCoy.jpg

2014-09-30T22:17:48Z

Shannoncoy:

Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:16:17Z

Shannoncoy:

[[File:Scoy.jpg|none]]Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

Shannon is also a part of UNC's student "Core Creators" team students collaborating to developing the programming and design of UNC's soon to be launched, fully-functioning maker space. The team is working with mentors and project planners to give student input on the creation of the space.

Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:15:36Z

Shannoncoy:

[http://universityinnovation.org/images/4/40/Scoy.jpg http://universityinnovation.org/images/4/40/Scoy.jpg]

Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

Shannon is also a part of UNC's student "Core Creators" team students collaborating to developing the programming and design of UNC's soon to be launched, fully-functioning maker space. The team is working with mentors and project planners to give student input on the creation of the space.

Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:13:08Z

Shannoncoy:

[[File:Scoy.jpg|none]]

Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

Shannon is also a part of UNC's student "Core Creators" team students collaborating to developing the programming and design of UNC's soon to be launched, fully-functioning maker space. The team is working with mentors and project planners to give student input on the creation of the space.

File:Scoy.jpg

2014-09-30T22:11:39Z

Shannoncoy:

Fellow:Shannon Coy

2014-09-30T22:08:55Z

Shannoncoy: Created page with "none Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double major..."

[[File:ShannonCoy.jpg|none]]

Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is double majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

Shannon is also a part of UNC's student "Core Creators" team students collaborating to developing the programming and design of UNC's soon to be launched, fully-functioning maker space. The team is working with mentors and project planners to give student input on the creation of the space.

User:Shannoncoy

2014-08-25T18:55:08Z

Shannoncoy:

[[File:ShannonCoy2.jpg|thumb]]

Shannon is studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her specialization is in public relations. She is also majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe. She has dreams of working for some kind of international organization, hopefully doing public relations, marketing or communications.

At UNC, Shannon lead a chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, in the process of applying to the national network). She is passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, she is one of the curators for UNC's annual TEDx conference. This year they are gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.

File:ShannonCoy2.jpg

2014-08-25T18:53:13Z

Shannoncoy:

User:Shannoncoy

2014-08-25T18:47:28Z

Shannoncoy: Created page with "I am studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My specialization is public relations. I am also majoring in global studies, with focus on interna..."

I am studying journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My specialization is public relations. I am also majoring in global studies, with focus on international politics and Western Europe. I have dreams of working for some kind of international organization, hopefully doing public relations, marketing or communications. I have a passion for travel and learning languages. My goal coming into college was to learn as many languages as possible. I have basic knowledge of Italian and German, and I can speak and write in French at an intermediate level. My next pursuit is Spanish.

At UNC, I lead our chapter of Design for America (tentative chapter, we're in the process of applying to the national network). I'm passionate about design thinking and using this process to solve social issues. Additionally, I'm one of the curators for our annual TEDx conference. We're gearing this conference towards the maker movement and inspring students and community members to engage with their ideas in tanbible ways.