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Utilize the BIC to create competition's competitions targeting the Freshmen freshmen and Sophmore sophmore-level students.  These can be Business Plan business plan competitions, or even a more relaxed "idea"storm sessionideastorm sessions, allowing students to think about the feasability and marketability of their ideas and marketability.

Implore Registered Student Organizations to create workshops open to all students, so that students have the opportunity to learn skills, (for free), that they normally would not have the opportunity to.  Particularly important organizations to target would be : the Entrepreneur Club, CEO Club, and [http://fsu.acm.org/ ACM], as the these clubs have relevant skills that they can offer to the student body.  This These workshops will also act in be part of helping Freshmen freshmen to obtain skills that will later help them later in fostering the FSU-PC's I&E landscape within FSU-PC.

Florida State University, Panama City does not offer any sort of interdiscplinary course that fosters innovation and entrepreneurship.  This summer, a minor in entrepreneurship is opening up to students, but this is not enough to create a truly progressive environment that nurtures innovation.  Thus, a project -based course should be established that combines all majors (targeting STEM students) to work together and solve a problem.  This course could be offered as an Advanced Elective over the summer, as it's its project -based approach would deeply utilize every studentstudents's respective skills from their major.  This course would probably be offered towards for upperclassmen, simply as these are students who simply have the skills necessary to create bring their prototypes to completion.  This course has the potentially potential to make a local university, or even city-wide , impact, as the problems given to students can be related to these areas, in order to create solutions.

Steps have already been made taken to establish such a course, and the Faculty faculty seems to think it is a great idea.  Currently, we are search searching for a professor that can juggle the wide variety of majors , and synthesize the abstract nature of the class into one that can actually be created. 

The IdeaSpace is a newly -created room on the Florida State University, Panama Citycampus.  It was created to inspire students to communicate ideas to one another - with a theme of "No idea is too crazy!".  This location has been marginally succesful, with a few team projects having grown out of the problems the Problem Board (a white board where students can write problems that they have found) has attracted. However, as the IdeaSpace is ultimately a university asset, further development aided by the university must be requested and used to enlarge the space.  This space attacks the most fundamental part of innovation and entrepreneurship, : the willpower to try.

More advertising materials must be made in order to get students ' attention, and show them how the space is useful to them.  It is a naturally fun environment, and really only requires walking into in to realize how beneficial it is beneficial - whether for stress relief or creativity.

A schedule of activities needs to be made.  This in itself requires a couple of assets from the university.  If given domain space, then an IdeaSpace website could hold all of this information.  Funds donated to the space could be utilized in creating to create workshops like the ideas proposed ideas above.  These improvements will create a better environment for student creativity - , especially considering that the next five years at Florida State University are supposed to support nourishing critical think thinking skills for their in its students.

While Florida State University is a research university, there is no research occuring at it's its Panama City campus.  The impact that research has to on a campus is substantial, as student interns gain experience in innovation through discovering new insights into their field.  Furthermore, research strengthens major-related skills, which are important in many studentstudents's entrepreneurial businessbusinesses.  This is a feature I believe is incredibly important in establishing a student's confidence within himselfor herself, which will translate into the courage to pursue and create a business.

=== 1. Establish Research on Campus<br/> ===

The Florida State University, Panama City, can may find a professor who may might wish to pursue research on campus.&nbsp; This research opportunity would should be open to undergraduate students, which would give them relevant experience in their field, as well as the willpower to innovate.&nbsp;

=== 2.&nbsp; Offer Distance Research<br/> ===

Certain majors, particularly Computer Science, could participate in research over a long distance.&nbsp; Other majors could perhaps accomplish distance research, utilizing internet communications and repositories to share information and discoveries.&nbsp; This is not the ideal option, but either option will fulfill the establishment of such an important resource for on our campus.

There are many local businesses that could offer experience to prospective students at the Florida State University, Panama City.&nbsp; These locations could provide workshops and other experience experiences to students in their respective fieldfields, strengthening that students a student's skillset and enabling a student to bring their personal projects to completion.&nbsp; The Florida State University, Panama City has not yet made any steps toward pursuing a co-educational relationship with these businesses, which is a great underutilization of local resources.

=== 1. iSirona/NantHealth<br/> ===

[[File:NantHealth.png]]<br/><br/>iSirona/NantHealth is a medical application business that would could target Computer Science students at Florida State University, Panama City.&nbsp; As they deal directly with the creation of Android and iPhone programming, they could offer workshops to students that help in order to foster these skills.&nbsp; Furthermore, NantHealth could provide expert resources to the BIC to , and offer advice for the technology start-ups that occur there.

=== 2.&nbsp; Panama City Beach Navy Base<br/> ===

There is a very large navy research base Navy Research Base located in Panama City Beach - literally 5 minutes away from campus.&nbsp; This is an incredible resource - ; full to the brim with engineers and scientists.&nbsp; These people would be an incredible resource to Florida State University, Panama City students, either as expert advisors as was noted above, or as teachers in voluntary workshops to strengthen studentstudents's skills.