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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Overview- A Campus on the Move</span><br/> ''' =

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">The University of Massachusetts Lowell is a top-tier research university with a full plate of offerings for innovation and entrepreneurship. The faculty and administration are eager to connect with the movement of promoting an innovative culture at the university level. Being a national research university, UMass Lowell has been evolving quite a bit in the past few years: new buildings have sprouted everywhere, classrooms are being upgraded to support a culture of learning, and centers for innovation are being built to involve as many students as possible in I&E. As well, programs and offerings have been refined over the years to adapt to our changing society.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20.16px;">UMass Lowell's entrepenurial entrepreneurial culture has been active since around 2011, with the DifferenceMaker Program kicking off in 2012. Since then, a wealth of programs have been started to connect students with more opportunies opportunities for entrepreneurship. The university has taken many steps to work with the City of Lowell and local companies for the greater benefit and economic development of the area. There are many programs in place that have given us a great head start, but there is more to come yet.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20.16px;">Our strategic plan will incorporate centers around the promotion and growth idea of what has already begun to grow a reputation on campus (DifferenceMaker, Hawk Hatch, and other opportunities)Jump-Starting Awareness, where students acknowledge that the development programs exist but aren’t necessarily aware of new space, and the organization other offerings in place to help the entrepreneurial process go as smoothly as possible. Our priorities are to introduce fun and funding for a design challenge engaging events to give get students innovative and inspired toward an entrepreneurial experience as well as help our university's surrounding communityventure. We want to show that the work can be extremely rewarding, even in failure. We aim to do this through a variety of channels.</span></span></span>

= <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">2013 '''Fall 2015 Innovation Fellows</span></span> ''' =

= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Pitch Videos</span> == Rachel Silk – Marketing and Entrepreneurship ‘16 ====

== <span style="fontRachel is an active member of the entrepreneurial environment at UMass Lowell. A participant in the DifferenceMaker Program, her team started a non-size:large;"><span style="font-family:verdanaprofit, Love of the Game,genevadedicated to connecting people with disabilities to their community through sports. As an Innovation Fellow,sans-serif;">Kevin Desjardins</span></span> ==she hopes to unify the university by generating increased awareness for the offerings for I&E.

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=SkuXc0MAlsQ}}</span>== Stephen Kender – Plastics Engineering ‘18 ====

== <span style="font-family:verdanaStephen is also active in the innovative culture in the community around him. He and his team started a sports equipment company,genevaKEnDERS Athletic Body Armor,sans-serif;">Ana Gouveia</span> ==around a novel and revolutionary technology. With the training from the Innovation Fellows program, he hopes to develop new and existing entrepreneurial skills so he can bring back a plethora of opportunities for his school and his community.

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== <span style="font'''JUMP-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">James Abdallah</span> STARTING AWARENESS''' ==

<span style="font-family:verdana''Our plans involve getting students engaged in the process of I&E,genevaand will work with and alongside the current programs on campus. While our projects will stand on their own,sans-serif;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bOq_qfJ3AuM}}</span>we will work very hard to display the full offerings on campus to the participants.''

== <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Jacob Hulme</span> River Hawk Tank ===

<span style="font*Meant to involve students in a fun and engaging activity, as a pre-cursor to the DifferenceMaker Program*Will be akin to a mini-accelerator, with small deliverable-family:verdanabased learning and quick crash course sessions*Will be targeting new students,genevato show them the complete offerings of the DifferenceMaker Program*When the program ends,sans-serifwe will funnel participants directly into the DifferenceMaker competitions*Program Layout**&nbsp;">{{#WidgetSession 1: Pitch Ideas/Problems***​Form teams/solutions***Do not have to present they could just write it down and we could read it out loud.**Session 2:Youtube|id=yS-M9faYKjs}}<Reach out to teams, guide them with their solutions***Make sure things are viable/span>the team is passionate enough if it is not viable**Session 3: Basic Business Model (Deliverable), Practice Pitch?**Session 4: Mock Shark Tank (Practice for College Competitions)

= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy #1: Enhance & Synergize the University I&E Ecosystem== ​Timeline<br/span> ====

== <span style="font-family''Spring 2016'':verdanaBegin organizing and promoting the program,geneva,sans-serif;">Club Inspire&nbsp;</span> ==gearing up current students on the fence about entrepreneurship

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7800cf06-c868-93b9-9539-96e3384a9ede"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color''Spring/Summer 2016'': transparent;">Club Inspire seeks to introduce students to innovation Talk with faculty and entrepreneurship as well as connect them to organizations on campus and community resources such as ‘DifferenceMakers”, “M2D2”, “E For All”, etc. Weekly meetings will be held to expose students to an assortment of enriching experiences from innovative business model development tools and rapid prototyping exercises to guest panels and networking events. Students will be encouraged to develop ideas and solutions on an individual basis as well as to form teams in which they will combine, re-create, refine, and expand on them. We believe that this approach will engender high levels of student leadership and foster teamwork. Inspire will become an integral part of the student I&E pathway leading students from simple ideas to sustainable venture ready models. The skills learned will reflect the lean and iterative nature of the evolving economy and not only be valuable for start-ups but also about being speakers in a traditional corporate environment where forward thinking, collaboration, and creativity are rapidly being adopted.</span></span></span></span><div><br/></div><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Goals of Inspire:'''&nbsp;</span>our Tank program

*<span style="font-family''Summer 2016'':verdanaVisit orientations,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Introduce creative problem-solving, innovation giving pitches for the River Hawk Tank and entrepreneurship</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Identify purpose in each student's education</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Connect getting incoming students to I&E resources</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Encourage student leadership</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Push for development of a Maker Space&nbsp;</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Help develop new experiential activities&nbsp;</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Motivate & Capture new audiences</span>interested

= <span style="font''Fall 2016'': Jump-family:verdanastart the program in the first week or two of school,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy #2: "The Mill" & Design Challenge</span><br/> =and funnel students into the DifferenceMaker Program

<span style="font-family''After Program'':verdanaMeeting with DifferenceMakers,genevafaculty,sans-serif;">The following are some ideas for plans that we want etc. to begin out this summer & beyond</span>see where to improve

== <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp;The Mill</span> Prototyping Hackathons ===

*<span style="font-family:verdanaCurrent hackathons at the university are just idea mixers,geneva,sans-serif;">The history due to the lack of Lowell has provided us spaces available for a prototyping one*New makerspaces and centers for innovation open up amazing possibilities*Hackathon allows students to get creative with others in the end goal of creating a storyline that is completely engulfed in disruptive and innovative thinking.</span>prototype to solve a problem*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The Industrial Revolution began Hackathons will be hosted in the Spring semester (possibly integrating a Fall semester one in Lowell, and the history future) and mills that are here remind us that they should will be used as a way lead-in to inspire innovative thinkingother DifferenceMaker Programs. Typically will be 48 hours.</span>*Will have one or more themes (somewhat specific) to guide teams in their ideation

==== ​Timeline<br/>====<span style="font-familydiv>''Fall 2016'':verdana,genevaOnce dates and spaces are finalized,sans-serif;">The concept would provide maker space:reach out to local industry suppliers for donations and connections</spandiv>''Winter 2016'': Continue collecting donations, work with DifferenceMaker program to develop specific themes and rules. Advertise and promote the hackathon (announce theme and rules before winter break)

*<span style="font-family''Spring 2016'':verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The history First weekend of Lowell has provided us with a storyline that is completely engulfed in disruptive and innovative thinking.</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The Industrial Revolution began in LowellFebruary, and just before the history and mills that are here remind us that they should be used as a way to inspire innovative thinking.&nbsp;</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">We could transform a room within a mill into a design center, with whiteboards and new tools as well as old machinery from the mill's era, to generate creativity.</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">We would need to find funding and space to renovate.</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">This would allow students to see their surrounding environment and things that they could improve and change, because it is slightly off-campus.</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The goal would be to give students a more open space, where they can go to brainstorm and break things so they can potentially create more.</span>Idea Challenge Application Deadlines

== <span style="font-family''Spring 2016'':verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Design Challenge</span> ==Host hackathon and collect feedback on how well it was operated. Contact donors and see if they are alright with being recurring sponsors at annual events

*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Description: The Design Challenge would be developed to help UMass Lowell students recognize current inefficiencies within Lowell's infrastructure. &nbsp;This will not only help our current economic development of Lowell, but it will give students real-world experience moving forward. We would hopefully gain a grant to help fund this, and run multiple challenges per year.</span>*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Milestones:</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Reach out to current graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</span>**<span styleTEDx ="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Formulate a list of interested graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Create a forum and central space for these graduate students- Summer 2014</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Host webinar sessions on goals of the program- Summer 2014</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Re-evaluate interested graduate students- Fall 2014</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Afford benefits and rewards to committed graduate students- Fall 2014</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Generate awareness of program to other current students- Spring 2015</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Market resources- Spring 2015</span>**<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Connect undergraduate students with graduate students- Fall 2015</span>

= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy #3: Promote and Support Current Entrepreneurial Programs&nbsp;</span><br/> == ​Timeline ====

<span style="font-family''Fall 2016'':verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The following are already on campus but need further promoting to improve our entrepreneurial mindset culture</span>Organize a date and location with the university (or with the city)

== <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">DifferenceMaker'''™'Winter 2016''<span style="font-size: 12px;">&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-size: x-large;">Program</span></span></span> ==Begin advertising and reaching out to prospective speakers

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">''Spring 2016''About DifferenceMaker™:'''&nbsp;</span>Advertise more heavily and finalize list of speakers. Host event, and figure out where to improve

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The DifferenceMaker™ Program sponsors specific events and activities that support students in solving big problems through innovation and entrepreneurship. The Program is highly experiential and offers students a series of workshops that they can engage in to better understand innovation, entrepreneurship and launching a startup of their interest. Their mission is as follows:</span><blockquote><span style="font-size:small;">"Our goal is simple: engage students in developing sustainable solutions to real world problems. Tackling “big problems” like climate change, poverty, pollution, and hunger can prove challenging for one person, or even one organization, so DifferenceMaker works with partners to leverage experience, reach, and resources."</span></blockquote><span style'''CONNECTING FACULTY AND STUDENTS''' =="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Students of all majors and disciplines are welcome to join this Program and make a difference at UMass Lowell, in the community, or in the world through innovative and entrepreneurial action. These DifferenceMaker™ Projects include interdisciplinary student teams from all majors and skill sets.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-family:verdanaOne other project we will be working on involves connecting students to faculty to help them learn more about a specific skill. We currently have a Mentor Program,geneva,sans-serif;">&nbsp;'''Goals of DifferenceMaker™:'''&nbsp;</span>but for students needing a basic education in a certain area it is much too formal.

<span style="font-family:verdanaLike the website LinkedIn,genevawe seek to have faculty list their skills on the school website. These skills will have tags that can be searched for when students need help with one. When a student has a positive learning experience, they can endorse professors for a particular skill. There will be no way to “downvote” any professors,sans-serif;">·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduce all UMass Lowell students so there are no safeguards needed to prevent corrupting that system. All that is needed for this program is to creative problem-solvingtalk with the website developers (who are currently working on a new site, innovation so the timing could work out well) and entrepreneurship</span>see how it can be integrated.

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accelerate purpose in each student's education</span>

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect current students to alumni who have experience</span>'''2013 Innovation Fellows''' =

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">·= '''Enhance &nbsp;Synergize the University I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Encourage a social responsibility ethos</span>E Ecosystem''' ==

= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif== &nbsp;">Related Links</span> '''Goals of Inspire''' ====

<span style="font*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Introduce creative problem-family:verdanasolving,geneva,sans-serifinnovation and entrepreneurship*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Identify purpose in each student's education*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Connect students to I&E resources*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Encourage student leadership*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;">[[University Push for development of Massachusetts Lowell]]</span>a Maker Space&nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Help develop new experiential activities&nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Motivate & Capture new audiences

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif&nbsp;">University Innovation Fellows:</span>

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[Ana Gouveia]]</span>'''Related Links''' =

<span style="font-family[http:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[James Abdallah]//universityinnovation.org/University%20of%20Massachusetts%20Lowell University of Massachusetts Lowell]</span>

<span style="font-familyUniversity Innovation Fellows:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[Kevin Desjardins]]</span>

<span style="font-family[http:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[Jacob Hulme]//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Stephen_Kender Stephen Kender]</span>

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