University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Fellow:Nick Smith

2018-02-25T22:28:34Z

Ykhan:

Nick Smith is a Univeristy Innovation Fellow Candidate and an undergraduate studying Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Computer Science at Elon [[File:Nick Smith.jpeg|thumb]]University in North Carolina. He is originally from Virgina Beach and currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. Nick's love for Innovation and Entrepreneurship stems fom learning about entrepreneurship from his father, who ran a business with his mother all from the comforts of their home. He took interest in the UIF program at Elon after meeting other fellows and learning of their impact and accomplishments.

At Elon, Nick serves as a student mentor for Campus Outreach and the SGA Representative to the Elon Athletics Committee. In these two roles, he has been abe to gauge several aspects of Elon's campus, from academics to athletics to the social climate. He strives daily to improve all aspects of life at Elon, and Nick firmly believes he can contribute as an entrepreneur, innovator, and creator. Nick is not only passionate about changing Elon through innovation and entrepreneurship, but it is his life goal to make a profound and lasting impact on the world through his work. A cause that he especially cares about is helping children, whether it be volunteering at the local Boys and Girls Club, at an orphanage, or participating in programs that help children with disabilities. 

Nick is the only boy in his family with four sisters, and he hopes to have a large family as well one day. In his free time, Nick enjoys a round of golf with his father, playing the piano, reading a good book, or enjoying an Italian meal.

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

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Fellow:Nick Smith

2018-02-25T22:27:46Z

Ykhan:

Nick Smith is a Univeristy Innovation Fellow Candidate and an undergraduate studying Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Computer Science at Elon [[File:Nick Smith.jpeg|thumb]]University in North Carolina. He is originally from Virgina Beach and currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. Nick's love for Innovation and Entrepreneurship stems fom learning about entrepreneurship from his father, who ran a business with his mother all from the comforts of their home. He took interest in the UIF program at Elon after meeting other fellows and learning of their impact and accomplishments.

At Elon, Nick serves as a student mentor for Campus Outreach and the SGA Representative to the Elon Athletics Committee. In these two roles, he has been abe to gauge several aspects of Elon's campus, from academics to athletics to the social climate. He strives daily to improve all aspects of life at Elon, and Nick firmly believes he can contribute as an entrepreneur, innovator, and creator. Nick is not only passionate about changing Elon through innovation and entrepreneurship, but it is his life goal to make a profound and lasting impact on the world through his work. A cause that he especially cares about is helping children, whether it be volunteering at the local Boys and Girls Club, at an orphanage, or participating in programs that help children with disabilities. 

Nick is the only boy in his family with four sisters, and he hopes to have a large family as well one day. In his free time, Nick enjoys a round of golf with his father, playing the piano, reading a good book, or enjoying an Italian meal.

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

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University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]
===

Fellow:James Setzer

2018-02-25T22:27:29Z

Ykhan:

I am a junior at Elon University, pursuing a double major in marketing and economics. I am passionate about making impacts[[File:Jamesheadshot.jpg|thumb|Jamesheadshot.jpg]] on my campus in various ways. I am focused on maximizing efficiency in various operations at the school. For example, my most passionate project is a student-to-student and student-to-faculty connection and messaging app. This would be a direct line to collaboration and a way of recieving real-time feedback from faculty members at Elon. I am in a band on campus, which allows me to make money at school doing what I love. I play the bass guitar, and have played bass for nearly 9 years. Along with bass, I also play 5 other instruments - drums, piano, guitar, ukulele, and harmonica. I joined the Innovation Fellows so I could connect with other students and resources to become the change-agent on campus that I have always wanted to be. I am passionate about improving the world and collaborating with innovative and academically-driven individuals.[[Category: |Student_Contributors]]

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:James Setzer

2018-02-25T22:27:18Z

Ykhan:

I am a junior at Elon University, pursuing a double major in marketing and economics. I am passionate about making impacts[[File:Jamesheadshot.jpg|thumb|Jamesheadshot.jpg]] on my campus in various ways. I am focused on maximizing efficiency in various operations at the school. For example, my most passionate project is a student-to-student and student-to-faculty connection and messaging app. This would be a direct line to collaboration and a way of recieving real-time feedback from faculty members at Elon. I am in a band on campus, which allows me to make money at school doing what I love. I play the bass guitar, and have played bass for nearly 9 years. Along with bass, I also play 5 other instruments - drums, piano, guitar, ukulele, and harmonica. I joined the Innovation Fellows so I could connect with other students and resources to become the change-agent on campus that I have always wanted to be. I am passionate about improving the world and collaborating with innovative and academically-driven individuals.[[Category: |Student_Contributors]]

= Related Links =

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[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

===

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:James Setzer

2018-02-25T22:27:09Z

Ykhan:

I am a junior at Elon University, pursuing a double major in marketing and economics. I am passionate about making impacts[[File:Jamesheadshot.jpg|thumb|Jamesheadshot.jpg]] on my campus in various ways. I am focused on maximizing efficiency in various operations at the school. For example, my most passionate project is a student-to-student and student-to-faculty connection and messaging app. This would be a direct line to collaboration and a way of recieving real-time feedback from faculty members at Elon. I am in a band on campus, which allows me to make money at school doing what I love. I play the bass guitar, and have played bass for nearly 9 years. Along with bass, I also play 5 other instruments - drums, piano, guitar, ukulele, and harmonica. I joined the Innovation Fellows so I could connect with other students and resources to become the change-agent on campus that I have always wanted to be. I am passionate about improving the world and collaborating with innovative and academically-driven individuals.[[Category: |Student_Contributors]]

= Related Links =

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[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]
===

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Briana Brady

2018-02-25T22:26:57Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Briana.png|thumb|Briana.png]]

'''Bio'''

Briana is a sophomore at Elon University studying Applied Math with minors in Finance and Computer Science, from Long Island New York. She got her passion for innovation from her brother, a Stanford graduate who was listed in 2017's Forbes 30 under 30 for Venture Capital. Within his four years in college he was able to obtain 13 internships and start his own consulting firm. Through his experience Briana has learned about Silicon Valley, and found her own passion in that realm.  

She hopes to end up in California after college working in a startup company. Briana has worked as an intern in both startups and Venture Capital. For startup companies she has worked on the business expansions aspect. Briana reached out to potential customers and worked on establishing relationships with them in order to peak their interest in the product. Her work in venture capital focused on market search. She would be given startups that the company had interest in, and created slide decks on the market size and potential outlook of the company within their designated industry.

Briana likes to keep herself involved on campus. She is currently working two internships, is on the board of the Women in Finance Club, and is a mentor to first year students.  She plans on pairing up with the local Boys and Girls club to create a free basketball training program. In her free time, she allows herself to relax from her busy schedule through her love of basketball, the outdoors, and music.

Back home Briana left a large impact on her community. Briana founded a basketball program for the young boys and girls of the community. She was the head coach of an elite basketball team, and still returns to watch her old players play as well as continue to mentor them. Due to all of her hard work with basketball in her community the town created a basketball scholarship named in her honor. 

'''Clubs/Organizations'''

Women in Finance - Alumni Outreach Committee

Intern for the Organization for Data Analytics 

 Teacher's Assistant for Elon 101 Course.

Recipient of the Elon Presidential Scholarship

Delta Delta Delta

Club Basketball 

'''Interests'''

Venture Capital

Startup Culture 

Hedgefunds

Technology

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= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

===

Fellow:Briana Brady

2018-02-25T22:26:49Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Briana.png|thumb|Briana.png]]

'''Bio'''

Briana is a sophomore at Elon University studying Applied Math with minors in Finance and Computer Science, from Long Island New York. She got her passion for innovation from her brother, a Stanford graduate who was listed in 2017's Forbes 30 under 30 for Venture Capital. Within his four years in college he was able to obtain 13 internships and start his own consulting firm. Through his experience Briana has learned about Silicon Valley, and found her own passion in that realm.  

She hopes to end up in California after college working in a startup company. Briana has worked as an intern in both startups and Venture Capital. For startup companies she has worked on the business expansions aspect. Briana reached out to potential customers and worked on establishing relationships with them in order to peak their interest in the product. Her work in venture capital focused on market search. She would be given startups that the company had interest in, and created slide decks on the market size and potential outlook of the company within their designated industry.

Briana likes to keep herself involved on campus. She is currently working two internships, is on the board of the Women in Finance Club, and is a mentor to first year students.  She plans on pairing up with the local Boys and Girls club to create a free basketball training program. In her free time, she allows herself to relax from her busy schedule through her love of basketball, the outdoors, and music.

Back home Briana left a large impact on her community. Briana founded a basketball program for the young boys and girls of the community. She was the head coach of an elite basketball team, and still returns to watch her old players play as well as continue to mentor them. Due to all of her hard work with basketball in her community the town created a basketball scholarship named in her honor. 

'''Clubs/Organizations'''

Women in Finance - Alumni Outreach Committee

Intern for the Organization for Data Analytics 

 Teacher's Assistant for Elon 101 Course.

Recipient of the Elon Presidential Scholarship

Delta Delta Delta

Club Basketball 

'''Interests'''

Venture Capital

Startup Culture 

Hedgefunds

Technology

==== ====

=== ===

= Related Links =

= [http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities] =

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

===

Fellow:Briana Brady

2018-02-25T22:26:41Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Briana.png|thumb|Briana.png]]

'''Bio'''

Briana is a sophomore at Elon University studying Applied Math with minors in Finance and Computer Science, from Long Island New York. She got her passion for innovation from her brother, a Stanford graduate who was listed in 2017's Forbes 30 under 30 for Venture Capital. Within his four years in college he was able to obtain 13 internships and start his own consulting firm. Through his experience Briana has learned about Silicon Valley, and found her own passion in that realm.  

She hopes to end up in California after college working in a startup company. Briana has worked as an intern in both startups and Venture Capital. For startup companies she has worked on the business expansions aspect. Briana reached out to potential customers and worked on establishing relationships with them in order to peak their interest in the product. Her work in venture capital focused on market search. She would be given startups that the company had interest in, and created slide decks on the market size and potential outlook of the company within their designated industry.

Briana likes to keep herself involved on campus. She is currently working two internships, is on the board of the Women in Finance Club, and is a mentor to first year students.  She plans on pairing up with the local Boys and Girls club to create a free basketball training program. In her free time, she allows herself to relax from her busy schedule through her love of basketball, the outdoors, and music.

Back home Briana left a large impact on her community. Briana founded a basketball program for the young boys and girls of the community. She was the head coach of an elite basketball team, and still returns to watch her old players play as well as continue to mentor them. Due to all of her hard work with basketball in her community the town created a basketball scholarship named in her honor. 

'''Clubs/Organizations'''

Women in Finance - Alumni Outreach Committee

Intern for the Organization for Data Analytics 

 Teacher's Assistant for Elon 101 Course.

Recipient of the Elon Presidential Scholarship

Delta Delta Delta

Club Basketball 

'''Interests'''

Venture Capital

Startup Culture 

Hedgefunds

Technology

==== ====

=== ===

= Related Links =

===
[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]
===

Fellow:Josh Cadorette

2018-02-25T22:26:22Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Josh Cadorette.jpg|thumb|Josh Cadorette.jpg]]Josh Cadorette is a University Innovation Fellows candidate who attends Elon University in North Carolina. His intended major is Finance with minors in Political Science and Leadership Studies. Josh will graduate in May of 2019 and is originally from Media, Pennsylvania which is located just outside of Philadelphia.

 At Elon, Josh is a part of the Leadership Fellows - a program that works to develop students' leadership skills to impact themselves, their community, and the world around them. In addition, he works as a technology consultant with Emerging Leaders in Technology at Elon and serves as a University Ambassador for the non-partisan National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the alto saxophone and golf.

 From a young age, Josh possessed an interest with entrepreneurship as he ran a small landscaping operation in his neighborhood. Since then, he has interned with Junior Achievement at SAP where he helped start two student-run ventures and has more recently interned with Quantum Strategies in West Chester, PA to further develop his knowledge of investment management. 

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

===

Fellow:Josh Cadorette

2018-02-25T22:26:08Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Josh Cadorette.jpg|thumb|Josh Cadorette.jpg]]Josh Cadorette is a University Innovation Fellows candidate who attends Elon University in North Carolina. His intended major is Finance with minors in Political Science and Leadership Studies. Josh will graduate in May of 2019 and is originally from Media, Pennsylvania which is located just outside of Philadelphia.

 At Elon, Josh is a part of the Leadership Fellows - a program that works to develop students' leadership skills to impact themselves, their community, and the world around them. In addition, he works as a technology consultant with Emerging Leaders in Technology at Elon and serves as a University Ambassador for the non-partisan National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the alto saxophone and golf.

 From a young age, Josh possessed an interest with entrepreneurship as he ran a small landscaping operation in his neighborhood. Since then, he has interned with Junior Achievement at SAP where he helped start two student-run ventures and has more recently interned with Quantum Strategies in West Chester, PA to further develop his knowledge of investment management. 

= Related Links =

= [http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities] =

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

===

Fellow:Josh Cadorette

2018-02-25T22:25:51Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Josh Cadorette.jpg|thumb|Josh Cadorette.jpg]]Josh Cadorette is a University Innovation Fellows candidate who attends Elon University in North Carolina. His intended major is Finance with minors in Political Science and Leadership Studies. Josh will graduate in May of 2019 and is originally from Media, Pennsylvania which is located just outside of Philadelphia.

 At Elon, Josh is a part of the Leadership Fellows - a program that works to develop students' leadership skills to impact themselves, their community, and the world around them. In addition, he works as a technology consultant with Emerging Leaders in Technology at Elon and serves as a University Ambassador for the non-partisan National Campaign for Political and Civic Engagement. In his spare time, he enjoys playing the alto saxophone and golf.

 From a young age, Josh possessed an interest with entrepreneurship as he ran a small landscaping operation in his neighborhood. Since then, he has interned with Junior Achievement at SAP where he helped start two student-run ventures and has more recently interned with Quantum Strategies in West Chester, PA to further develop his knowledge of investment management. 

= Related Links =

===
[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]
===

Fellow:Haley Brengartner

2018-02-25T22:25:35Z

Ykhan:

<div>[[File:HaleyHeadshot.jpg|thumb|HaleyHeadshot.jpg]] </div><div>Haley Brengartner is a sophomore at Elon University completing a double major in Economic Consulting and Entrepreneurship. Her focuses include data analytics and creative problem solving. Haley is originally from Strongsville, Ohio which is a suburb outside of Cleveland, until she moved to North Carolina to pursue her undergraduate degree.                          </div><div> </div><div>At Elon University, Haley is a Leadership Fellow, a Resident Assistant, and an active member of her school's premier business fraternity, Alpha Kappa Psi. In addition, she interns at Volvo and Mack Trucks in Greensboro, North Carolina working on Competitive Intelligence. Her interests for entrepreneurship began at a young age and continue throughout her university experiences. Outside of her academic endeavors, Haley is working towards attaining her Captains License to fulfill her passion for sailing. She strives to be a lifelong learner by becoming endlessly engaged with her surroundings and wishes to aid others in their entrepreneurial pursuits as they come.</div><div> </div><div>
= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]
</div>

Fellow:Noor Irshaidat

2018-02-25T22:25:25Z

Ykhan:

[[File:2017-05-09-PHOTO-00006497.jpg]]Noor Irshaidat is a sophomore student studying International Business & International and Global Studies at Elon University, North Carolina. Her focuses include European Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, and Leadership Studies. Noor is originally from Amman, Jordan, where she lived until 2016 when she moved to Elon, North Carolina for college. Elon University's wide network helped Noor meet couple of University Innovation Fellows who encouraged her to apply and become one herself.

At Elon University, Noor is involved with Elon International Society, Model United Nations, and Student Government Organization. In addition, Noor has worked with students as an Orientation Leader and a Teacher Assistant for first years through their transition process to college. Finally, Noor is also a Group Exercise Instructor working with Elon Campus Recreation to help offer a variety of Group Exercise Classes for the student body.

Noor has been able to fulfill her passion for leadership through becoming an Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellow. As a Leadership Fellow, Noor is learning in depth about leadership and working in teams, which is an essential aspect of successful inititatives. Noor believes that positive change cannot be established without the suitable leadership style and approach. With the help of creativity, team work, and research Noor hopes to achieve a positive change that will leave a sustainable impact not only on Elon's Campus but on the community members as a whole. 

= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

Fellow:Regan O'Donnell

2018-02-25T22:25:15Z

Ykhan:

Hi all! My name is Regan and I am a first-year from Elon University. I am currently planning on majoring in marketing with a digital marketing track, and want to pair it with a communications minor. At Elon, I am a member of the Business Fellowship Program, which gives me the opportunity to take special classes, work closely with a cohort of 30, and prepare for a future career in business. I have grown up in a family of business owners, so I have always known a business track would be right for me. I have chose marketing because I enjoy the statistical analysis of data, but also the creative design aspects used in marketing in order to design campaigns, products, and advertisements. I have helped my dads company, the Merjant Group, with CIS Reports and presentations as a graphic design consultant, and love the challenge of design consistency and matching color schemes and fonts. I applied to the University Innovations Fellows program for the opportunity to create change on my campus– and hopefully on a broader spectrum, too– through innovation, entrepreneurship, and design. [[File:ReganODonnell.jpeg]]
= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Yousaf Khan

2018-02-25T22:23:31Z

Ykhan:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[File:Ykhan headshot.png|right|200x238px|Ykhan headshot.png]] Yousaf Khan is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student studying Computer Science and Finance at Elon University in North Carolina. He is an Odyssey Scholar and Gates Millenium Scholar (Class of 2016). Yousaf is originally from Pakistan and he immigrated to the United States in 2003 at the age of five. He currently resides in New Jersey. In seventh grade, he was accepted into the Wight Foundation Scholars Program founded by Russel B. Wight Jr. to place gifted and talented students into boarding high schools. Yousaf attended St. Andrew’s School in Delaware where he played football, squash and participated in theatre.Yousaf enjoys reading nonfiction books and pursuing weekend projects.
<div> </div><div>
= Related Links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elon%20University%20Student%20Priorities Elon University Student Priorities]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018: 

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O'Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner] 

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Briana Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

Spring 2016:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Elizabeth%20Jordan Elizabeth Jordan]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Gabrielle%20Vance Gabrielle Vance]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sean%20Webber Sean Webber]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kyle%20McKinley Kyle McKinley]

[http://universityinnovation.org/William%20Kakavas William Kakavas]

Spring 2015:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ben%20Driscoll Ben Driscoll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jensen%20Roll Jensen Roll]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Matt%20Snow Matt Snow]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Giles%20Roll Giles Roll]
</div>

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:34:02Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>
 Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div>Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:33:22Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>
 Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div>Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School</div><div>of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:32:58Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>
 Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div>Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School</div><div>of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:32:07Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>
 Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div>Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School</div><div>of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:31:14Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepeneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>
 Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div>Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School</div><div>of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:31:03Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepeneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>

Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div> Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School</div><div>of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:30:33Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepeneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>


Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div> Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement</div><div>engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School</div><div>of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:30:09Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Interdisciplinary Classes =

Purpose:

One opportunity for improvement at Elon is a current lack of interdisciplinary courses which bring together different subjects to engage students in subjects outside of their majors. Elon should create courses to combat this which bring together the different disciplines offered on campus to offer students a well rounded education by connecting areas of study.

Strategies:

*Strategize with a team to create and test prototype (aka mock syllabi, possible coursework, lecturers, etc.).
*Get feedback from students to guage who would be interested, gain support.
*Contact the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli, about a the possibility of the course(s).
*Propose course(s) to academic council, department heads of all schools, provost, and more faculty who could help introduce the course(s) into our curriculum.

= Priority #7: Increase Innovation and Entrepeneurship Enagagement =

Purpose:
<div>The campus does not lack innovation or entrepreneurship events and resources. Instead, the campus must cultivate student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation. There are more events hosted than students who attend. In order to increase engagement with entrepreneurship courses, maker hub spaces, and other opportunities, there must be an investigation into the lack of student involvement.</div>
Strategies:

*<div>Engage Elon students in conversations and surveys with students in regards to their motivation for attending campus events. The following questions can guide the conversation:</div><div>a. How did you find out about this event? (Email Newsletter, Flyer, Word-of-mouth)</div><div>b. Is this event related to your major?</div><div>c. Were you required to attend?</div>
*<div> Analyze data compiled by Nicole Filippo, communications manager, to explore university advertisement</div><div>engagement rates. It will help determine how to target students who express interest in innovation and</div><div>entrepreneurship events. </div>
*<div>Implement method of working from the inside-out: Focus on engaging students who express an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship before reaching out to the broader student body. </div>
*<div>Speak with students who have previously run successful events and determine causation for the student-body turnout. </div>
*<div>Compile an overview of sources and successful methods of student engagement across campus.</div>
*<div>Move entrepreneurship events to theaters with larger foot traffic such as Turner Theatre in the School</div><div>of Communications.</div>

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-21T23:26:36Z

Ykhan:

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-01T02:27:57Z

Ykhan:

[[File:Heading.jpg|border|Heading.jpg]]

2017 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrhCFtWhTB4&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrhCFtWhTB4&t=7s]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Startup Weekend =

Purpose:

In order invigorate innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, Elon should sponsor a Startup Weekend filled with activities and promotion for the entrepreneurship resources available on campus. It would also encourage students to look into UIF for Elon. 

Strategies:

*Contact Alyssa Martina, Director of Entrepreneurship at Elon's Love School of Business
*Speak with the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli about a weekend devoted to entrepeurship
*Strategize with Elon's Makerhub to sponsor the event in a large location and bring out 3D printers and other equipment
*Do an initial tally of teams and students via Google Forms and campus advertising who would be interested in the event.

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

'''RTENOTITLE'''

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Yousaf_Khan Yousaf Khan ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Haley_Brengartner Haley Brengartner]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Regan_O%27Donnell Regan O' Donnell]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noor_Irshaidat Noor Irshaidat]

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Priorities:Elon University Student Priorities

2018-02-01T02:25:53Z

Ykhan:

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2017 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrhCFtWhTB4&t=7s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrhCFtWhTB4&t=7s]

2016 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAjhrGy_YII]

2015 UIF Pitch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGugNRw0iQ0]

'''Priority #1: UIF Involvement with Sankey Hall'''

Purpose:

Elon University has announced that they will expand the Love School of Business with the addition of Sankey Hall. This building will house two new academic centers focussed on financial education and design thinking. Elon hopes to encourage students from all disciplines to gather in this space and work collaboratively on projects that incorporate design thinking.

Strategies:

*Reach out to Stanford D school faculty while in California to ask which resources they think are necessary in a large design thinking space
*Network with other students to ask about their schools' design thinking spaces
*Talk to students on-campus across disciplines to determine what resources they think that we need
*Work with faculty here to ensure that all disciplines are accomodated in this new space
*Inquire about a UIF internship program that allows trained UIFers to have office hours within the design thinking space

 

'''Priority #2: Elon University Crowd Fund'''

Purpose:

''CollegeFundFestival'' is a one day event run by Enactus at Elon University where creators at Elon and in the community get the resources to fund their ideas. The festival is free to the public and students and showcases entrepreneurial projects ranging from Science and Technology, Art, Culture, Education, Social Good, Wellness, Lifestyle or anything in between. The festival is fun for all ages, with all day activities including music, food, and entertainment. At ''CollegeFundFestival'', attendees vote for their favorite projects, give immediate feedback to creators, and can contribute to the project themselves using crowdfunding. Additionally, the crowd decides on projects to get funded; The top entrepreneurs are guaranteed funding based on voting. 

Strategies:

*Reach out to various sources on and off campus for funding and support for the event. 
*Research other Universities that have a crowdfunding platform already set up. 
*Create a platform or use existing platform. 
*Advertise and connect with all involved Elon parties to create large event with many supporters. 
*Evaluate what could be improved from the event.
*Present proof of concept to school and start to market in Alumni circles. 

= Priority #3: Consult With and Work on Current I&E Clubs and Organizations on Campus =

Purpose: 

Fortunately, Elon has a lot of programs and organizations that encourages students to explore I&E; however, many of these have either died out within the past couple years, have a lack of leadership or have needed a good push in the right direction. As UIF members we seek to build these programs and organizations back up.

Strategies:

*Identify organizations at Elon that work on I&E. 
*Evaluate their current state and future sustainability.
*Help them build stronger leadership teams by involving ourselves in their programs to spur progress and connect different groups. 
*Connect these different organizations with one another to build their recognition on campus and encourage collaboration without competition.
*Connect these organizations with different resources inside and outside of the school that might be helpful for them. Create a group of presidents and UIF leaders that meets once a semester to discuss the current state of I&E.

= Priority #4: Create and Market A University Wide Hackathon =

Purpose:

Get more students interested in STEM and the opportunities STEM has in terms of transforming the world. To have students and faculty across disciplines interact with eachother and come to a unique idea together.

Strategies:

*Contact the Department Chair of the Computing Sciences Department.
*Talk to and interact with upper level majors in Computer Science.
*Use outlets of the the Innovation House, STEM Living Learning Community, Maker Hub, and Carpenter Lab to promote the event. 
*Construct publicity & advertising tactics for event.
*Mass publicize event to student body.
*Host event while also publicizing Elon’s University Innovation Fellows to student body.
*Send thank you cards to speakers to hopefully gain a connection with them and gain support.
*Try and get 100+ student and faculty to come to one of the events.

= Priority #5: Elon Maker Space Improvements =

Purpose:

With the establishment of the Maker Hub in Fall 2015, Elon took the first step towards establishing a dedicated I&E makerspace. However, students still need a space that is effectively staffed, well and reliably equipped, and where they feel comfortable to brainstorm and prototype their ideas.

Strategies:

*Identify what aspects of the Maker Hub are most in need of improvement. 
*Work on training every student staff member on the full arsenal of tools and equipment availble in order to streamline students' making process.
*Improve equipment uptime; especially the 3D printers. 
*Advertise the Maker Hub by integrating the space with traditional class curriculums.
*Connect the space with other incubators in the area.

= Priority #6: Elon Innovators Network' =

Purpose:

One way to encourage others to take their ideas and dreams to the next level is to show them that it has and is being done! This project would seek to shine a light on Elon’s current and past entrepreneurs.

Strategies:

*Contact individual currently in charge of Doherty Center Electronic message board TV.
*Research students involved with I&E on campus.
*Email these students asking for a “profile”.
*Feature students on the board and expand to online.
*Establish an Elon Innovators page on various social media platforms.
*Feature students and alumni working on innovative and entrepreneurial projects.

= Priority #7: Startup Weekend =

Purpose:

In order invigorate innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, Elon should sponsor a Startup Weekend filled with activities and promotion for the entrepreneurship resources available on campus. It would also encourage students to look into UIF for Elon. 

Strategies:

*Contact Alyssa Martina, Director of Entrepreneurship at Elon's Love School of Business
*Speak with the Dean of the Love School of Business, Raghu Tadepalli about a weekend devoted to entrepeurship
*Strategize with Elon's Makerhub to sponsor the event in a large location and bring out 3D printers and other equipment
*Do an initial tally of teams and students via Google Forms and campus advertising who would be interested in the event.

= Related Link =

[[Elon University]]

'''RTENOTITLE'''

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2017:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Josh_Cadorette Josh Cadorette]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Briana_Brady Brianna Brady]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nick_Smith Nick Smith]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_setzer James Setzer]

Spring 2016:

[[Elizabeth Jordan]]

[[Gabrielle Vance]]

[[Sean Webber]]

[[Kyle McKinley]]

[[William Kakavas]]

Spring 2015:

[[Ben Driscoll]]

[[Jensen Roll]]

[[Matt Snow]]

[[Giles Roll]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|e]]

Organization:Cleantech Open

2018-01-11T02:08:10Z

Ykhan:

= Overview =
[[File:CTO Prmry 5cea.png]]
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open (CTO) is the world’s largest clean technology accelerator program run by the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) with the mission to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with the most promising cleantech startup ideas on the planet. It is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. Since then, Cleantech Open has worked with over 1,300 early stage cleantech entrepreneurs by helping them to develop their business models, engage investors and secure first customers.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The accelerator runs for six to seven month with three months recognized as the most intense.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CTO accepts startups at all stages of development. Winning teams in the past started the program only with a concept and no prototype while some teams joined with a product already on the market.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accepted applicants to the accelerator program will work with mentors, access a valuable network of professionals and attend business clinics and webinars that enable them with the skills to take their business forward. Teams present their ideas for regional-level judging and receive prizes for the regional level in the fall. Finalist teams from across the country then move on to be showcased in their annual Global Forum. The Global Forum features a competition among the regional winners where national prizes are awarded.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some of their featured startups: (Click the name to visit their website and learn more)

[https://www.tankutility.com/ Tank Utility]

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tank Utility uses state-of-the-art technology to monitor propane tank levels and provides monitoring via desktop and mobile apps. This solution helps customers save on energy consumption and on their bill.

[http://www.aseptoray.com/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AseptoRay]

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AseptoRay uses their proprietary eco-friendly pasteurization solution based on ultra violet technology to increase food safety, quality and shelf life while reducing energy consumption by 73%. AseptoRay, part of the MGT Group, was founded after the group recognized the need for cold pasteurization of turbid liquids.

[http://www.khayapower.co.za/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khaya Technology]

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khaya Technology delivers clean-power through smart technologies such as regardable battery packs and clean-burning cookstoves in Africa.

= Purpose =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open strives to “find, fund, and foster the most promising cleantech startups on the planet.”
<div> </div>
= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since 2005, Cleantech Open has trained over 1200 early-stage clean technology startup entrepreneurs through its accelerator.<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The startups who survived the accelerator and landscape of startup “valley of death” have gone on to raise $1.2 billion and create over 3,000 clean economy jobs. CTO’s innovation ecosystem spans over 11 years with innovation hubs in the U.S. and globally.

= Steps Required to Bring Resources to Campus =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open is looking to match undergraduate and graduate students as interns to startups participating in the accelerator.

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your campus can take advantage of this opportunity and connect Cleantech Open with the Careers & Services Office. By reaching out to Ian Donnelly at [mailto:idonnelly@cleantechopen.org <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">idonnelly@cleantechopen.org]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, you can begin the process of a partnership between your college’s career office and the internships available at selected startups in Cleantech Open’s accelerator.

= Contact Information =

=== '''Website: '''[https://cleantechopen.org/ https://cleantechopen.org/] ===

=== '''Address: '''525 S Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013  ===

=== '''Phone: '''888.989.6736 ===

=== '''Email: '''contact@cleantechopen.org ===

=== ===

[[Category:Resources]]

File:CTO Prmry 5cea.png

2018-01-11T02:07:12Z

Ykhan:

Fellow:Yousaf Khan

2018-01-11T02:06:22Z

Ykhan:

Fellow:Yousaf Khan

2018-01-11T02:05:42Z

Ykhan:

Fellow:Yousaf Khan

2018-01-11T02:05:12Z

Ykhan: Created page with "<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-v..."

File:Ykhan headshot.png

2018-01-11T02:00:31Z

Ykhan:

Organization:Cleantech Open

2018-01-11T01:36:26Z

Ykhan:

= Overview =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open (CTO) is the world’s largest clean technology accelerator program run by the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) with the mission to find, fund, and foster entrepreneurs with the most promising cleantech startup ideas on the planet. It is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. Since then, Cleantech Open has worked with over 1,300 early stage cleantech entrepreneurs by helping them to develop their business models, engage investors and secure first customers.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The accelerator runs for six to seven month with three months recognized as the most intense.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CTO accepts startups at all stages of development. Winning teams in the past started the program only with a concept and no prototype while some teams joined with a product already on the market.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accepted applicants to the accelerator program will work with mentors, access a valuable network of professionals and attend business clinics and webinars that enable them with the skills to take their business forward. Teams present their ideas for regional-level judging and receive prizes for the regional level in the fall. Finalist teams from across the country then move on to be showcased in their annual Global Forum. The Global Forum features a competition among the regional winners where national prizes are awarded.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are some of their featured startups: (Click the name to visit their website and learn more)

[https://www.tankutility.com/ Tank Utility]

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tank Utility uses state-of-the-art technology to monitor propane tank levels and provides monitoring via desktop and mobile apps. This solution helps customers save on energy consumption and on their bill.

[http://www.aseptoray.com/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AseptoRay]

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AseptoRay uses their proprietary eco-friendly pasteurization solution based on ultra violet technology to increase food safety, quality and shelf life while reducing energy consumption by 73%. AseptoRay, part of the MGT Group, was founded after the group recognized the need for cold pasteurization of turbid liquids.

[http://www.khayapower.co.za/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khaya Technology]

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Khaya Technology delivers clean-power through smart technologies such as regardable battery packs and clean-burning cookstoves in Africa.

= Purpose =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open strives to “find, fund, and foster the most promising cleantech startups on the planet.”
<div> </div>
= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since 2005, Cleantech Open has trained over 1200 early-stage clean technology startup entrepreneurs through its accelerator.<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The startups who survived the accelerator and landscape of startup “valley of death” have gone on to raise $1.2 billion and create over 3,000 clean economy jobs. CTO’s innovation ecosystem spans over 11 years with innovation hubs in the U.S. and globally.

= Steps Required to Bring Resources to Campus =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cleantech Open is looking to match undergraduate and graduate students as interns to startups participating in the accelerator.

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Your campus can take advantage of this opportunity and connect Cleantech Open with the Careers & Services Office. By reaching out to Ian Donnelly at [mailto:idonnelly@cleantechopen.org <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">idonnelly@cleantechopen.org]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, you can begin the process of a partnership between your college’s career office and the internships available at selected startups in Cleantech Open’s accelerator.

= Contact Information =

=== '''Website: '''[https://cleantechopen.org/ https://cleantechopen.org/] ===

=== '''Address: '''525 S Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013  ===

=== '''Phone: '''888.989.6736 ===

=== '''Email: '''contact@cleantechopen.org ===

=== ===

[[Category:Resources]]