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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 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 UMass Lowell's entrepreneurial culture has been active since around 2011,genevawith the DifferenceMaker Program kicking off in 2012. Since then,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20a wealth of programs have been started to connect students with more opportunities for entrepreneurship.16px;">UMass Lowell's entrepenurial culture has been active since around 2011, The university has taken many steps to work with the DifferenceMaker Program kicking off in 2012. Since then, a wealth City of programs have been started to connect students with more opportunies for entrepreneurship. The university has taken many steps to work with the City of Lowell 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 Our strategic plan centers around the idea of Jump-family:verdanaStarting Awareness,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 20.16px;">Our strategic plan will incorporate where students acknowledge that the programs exist but aren’t necessarily aware of the promotion and growth of what has already begun other offerings in place to grow a reputation on campus (DifferenceMaker, Hawk Hatch, and other opportunities), the development of new space, and the organization and funding for a design challenge to give students innovative and help the entrepreneurial experience process go as well smoothly as help our university's surrounding communitypossible. Our priorities are to introduce fun and engaging events to get students inspired toward an entrepreneurial venture.</span></span></span> = <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:verdanaWe want to show that the work can be extremely rewarding,geneva,sans-serif;">2013 even in failure. We aim to do this through a variety of channels. = '''Fall 2015 Innovation Fellows</span></span> ''' = === = <span styleRachel Silk – Marketing and Entrepreneurship ‘16 ="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Pitch Videos</span> = == <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva Rachel is an active member of the entrepreneurial environment at UMass Lowell. A participant in the DifferenceMaker Program,sans-serif;">Kevin Desjardins</span></span> == <span style="fonther team started a non-family:verdanaprofit,genevaLove of the Game,sans-serif;">dedicated to connecting people with disabilities to their community through sports. As an Innovation Fellow, she hopes to unify the university by generating increased awareness for the offerings for I{{#Widget:Youtube|id=SkuXc0MAlsQ}}</span> E. ==== <span styleStephen Kender – Plastics Engineering ‘18 ="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Ana Gouveia</span> == <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva Stephen is also active in the innovative culture in the community around him. He and his team started a sports equipment company,sans-serif;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=atgA6BH-4_s}KEnDERS Athletic Body Armor, 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. }nbsp;</span> == <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|idwe will work very hard to display the full offerings on campus to the participants.'' =bOq_qfJ3AuM}}</span> == <span styleRiver Hawk Tank ="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Jacob Hulme</span> == <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-family:verdanaaccelerator,geneva,sanswith small deliverable-serif;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=yS-M9faYKjs}}</span> = <span style="font-family:verdanabased learning and quick crash course sessions*Will be targeting new students,geneva,sans-serifto show them the complete offerings of the DifferenceMaker Program*When the program ends, we will funnel participants directly into the DifferenceMaker competitions*Program Layout** ">Strategy #Session 1: Enhance & Synergize the University I&E Ecosystem<Pitch Ideas/Problems***Form teams/span> = == <span style="font-family:verdana,genevasolutions***Do not have to present they could just write it down and we could read it out loud.**Session 2: Reach out to teams,sans-serif;">Club Inspire <guide them with their solutions***Make sure things are viable/span> == <span style="font-familythe team is passionate enough if it is not viable**Session 3:verdanaBasic Business Model (Deliverable),geneva,sans-serif;"Practice Pitch?**Session 4: Mock Shark Tank (Practice for College Competitions) ==== Timeline<br/><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-7800cf06-c868-93b9-9539-96e3384a9ede"><span style="color: rgb(0= ''Spring 2016'': Begin organizing and promoting the program, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-colorgearing up current students on the fence about entrepreneurship ''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 about being speakers in our Tank program ''Summer 2016'': Visit orientations, giving pitches for the River Hawk Tank and community resources such as ‘DifferenceMakers”, “M2D2”, “E For All”getting incoming students interested ''Fall 2016'': Jump-start the program in the first week or two of school, etc. Weekly meetings will be held to expose and funnel students into the DifferenceMaker Program ''After Program'': Meeting with DifferenceMakers, faculty, etc. 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 see where to develop ideas and solutions on an individual basis as well as improve === Prototyping Hackathons === *Current hackathons at the university are just idea mixers, due to form teams in which they will combine, re-create, refine, and expand on them. We believe that this approach will engender high levels the lack of 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 student leadership and foster teamwork. Inspire creating a prototype to solve a problem*Hackathons will become an integral part of be hosted in the Spring semester (possibly integrating a Fall semester one in the student I&E pathway leading students from simple ideas future) and will be a lead-in to sustainable venture ready modelsother DifferenceMaker Programs. The skills learned Typically will reflect the lean and iterative nature of the evolving economy and not only be valuable for start-ups but also be 48 hours.*Will have one or more themes (somewhat specific) to guide teams in a traditional corporate environment where forward thinking, collaboration, and creativity are rapidly being adopted.their ideation ==== Timeline<br/span>====</spandiv>''Fall 2016'': Once dates and spaces are finalized, reach out to local industry suppliers for donations and connections</span></spandiv><div><br/><br/></div><br/><span style="font-family:verdana''Winter 2016'': Continue collecting donations,geneva,sans-serif;"> work with DifferenceMaker program to develop specific themes and rules. Advertise and promote the hackathon (announce theme and rules before winter break) ''Spring 2016'Goals ': First weekend of Inspire:February, just before the Idea Challenge Application Deadlines ''Spring 2016' </span> *<span style': 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 === TEDx ==="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> Introduce creative problem-solving, *This event will be centered around inspiring students toward innovation and entrepreneurship</span> with tips from local entrepreneurs*<span styleWill engage the broader innovative community ==== Timeline ===="font-family ''Fall 2016'':verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> Identify purpose in each studentOrganize a date and location with the university (or with the city) ''Winter 2016'': Begin advertising and reaching out to prospective speakers ''Spring 2016''s education</span> *<span style="font-family:verdanaAdvertise more heavily and finalize list of speakers. Host event,geneva,sans-serif;"> Connect students and figure out where to I&E resources</span> *<span styleimprove == '''CONNECTING FACULTY AND STUDENTS''' ="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> Encourage student leadership</span> *<span style="font-family:verdana One 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;"> Push for development of but for students needing a basic education in a Maker Space </span> *<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> Help develop new experiential activities </span> *<span style="font-family:verdanacertain area it is much too formal. Like the website LinkedIn, we 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,genevathey can endorse professors for a particular skill. There will be no way to “downvote” any professors,sans-serif;"> so there are no safeguards needed to prevent corrupting that system. All that is needed for this program is to talk with the website developers (who are currently working on a new site, so the timing could work out well) and see how it can be integrated. Motivate & Capture new audiences</span> = '''2013 Innovation Fellows''' = = <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy #2: "The Mill" '''Enhance & Synergize the University I& Design Challenge</span><br/> E Ecosystem''' = <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The following are some ideas for plans that we want to begin out this summer & beyond</span> == <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> The Mill</span> '''Inspire Club''' == *<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The history of Lowell has provided us with a storyline that is completely engulfed in disruptive Inspire Club seeks to introduce students to innovation and innovative thinking.</span> *<span style="font-family:verdanaentrepreneurship as well as connect them to campus and community resources such as ‘DifferenceMakers”,geneva“M2D2”,sans-serif;">The Industrial Revolution began in Lowell“E For All”, and the history and mills that are here remind us that they should etc. Weekly meetings will be used as a way held to expose students to inspire an assortment of enriching experiences from innovative thinking.</span> <br/><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The concept would provide maker space:</span> *<span style="fontbusiness 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-family:verdanacreate,genevarefine,sans-serif;">The history and expand on them. We believe that this approach will engender high levels of Lowell has provided us with a storyline that is completely engulfed in disruptive student leadership and innovative thinkingfoster teamwork.</span> *<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The Industrial Revolution began in Lowell, and Inspire will become an integral part of the history and mills that are here remind us that they should be used as a way student I&E pathway leading students from simple ideas to inspire innovative thinkingsustainable venture ready models. </span> *<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">We could transform a room within a mill into a design center, with whiteboards The skills learned will reflect the lean and new tools as well as old machinery from iterative nature of the mill's eraevolving economy and not only be valuable for start-ups but also in a traditional corporate environment where forward thinking, collaboration, to generate and creativity.</span> *<span styleare rapidly being adopted. ===="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif ">We would need to find funding and space to renovate.</span> '''Goals of Inspire''' ==== *<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif ">This would allow students to see their surrounding environment Introduce creative problem-solving, innovation and things that they could improve and change, because it is slightly off-campus.</span> entrepreneurship* Identify purpose in each student's education*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif ">The goal would be to give Connect students a more open space, where they can go to brainstorm and break things so they can potentially create more.</span> == <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serifI&E resources* ">Design Challenge</span> == Encourage student leadership*<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. This will not only help our current economic Push for 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> Maker Space *<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif ">Milestones:</span> **<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif Help develop new experiential activities ">Reach out to current graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</span> **<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif ">Formulate a list of interested graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014</span> **<span styleMotivate & Capture new audiences = '''Related Links''' ="font-family [http:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Create a forum and central space for these graduate students- Summer 2014</span> **<span style="font-family/universityinnovation.org/University%20of%20Massachusetts%20Lowell University of Massachusetts Lowell] University Innovation Fellows:verdana,geneva,sans-serif [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Stephen_Kender Stephen Kender] ">Host webinar sessions on goals of the program- Summer 2014</span> **<span style="font-family [[Category:Student Priorities]][[Category:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Re-evaluate interested graduate students- Fall 2014</span> **<span style="font-familyStudent Priorities]][[Category:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Afford benefits and rewards to committed graduate students- Fall 2014</span> **<span style="font-familyStudent Priorities]][[Category: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> = <br/> = = <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy #3: Promote and Support Current Entrepreneurial Programs </span><br/> = <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The following are already on campus but need further promoting to improve our entrepreneurial mindset culture</span> == <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">DifferenceMaker'''™'''<span style="font-size: 12px;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">Program</span></span></span> == <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''About DifferenceMaker™:''' </span> <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="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. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"> '''Goals of DifferenceMaker™:''' </span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">· Introduce all UMass Lowell students to creative problem-solving, innovation and entrepreneurship</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">· Accelerate purpose in each student's education</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">· Connect current students to alumni who have experience</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">· Encourage a social responsibility ethos</span> = <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Related Links</span> = <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[University of Massachusetts Lowell]]</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">University Innovation Fellows:</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[Ana Gouveia]]</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[James Abdallah]]</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[Kevin Desjardins]]</span> <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[Jacob Hulme]]</span> [[University_of_Massachusetts_Lowell]][[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>]]