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= '''Overview- A Campus on the Move<br/> ''' =

<span style="font-size:small;">UMass The University of Massachusetts Lowell Innovation and Entrepreneurship Landscape Canvas is a top-tier research university with a full plate of opportunitiesofferings for innovation and entrepreneurship. The University of Massachusetts Lowell is growing at high rates, faculty and we administration are moving along these lines in order eager to achieve even better results than everconnect with the movement of promoting an innovative culture at the university level.&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: ArialBeing a national research university, sans-serif; line-height: 20.15999984741211px;">UMass Lowell has been evolving quite a bit in every aspect; the past few years: new buildings have sprouted everywhere, classrooms are being upgraded classroomsto support a culture of learning, libraries and labs; new centers for innovation are being built to involve as many students as possible in I&E. As well, programs and renovated student living and activity spaces; and enhanced parking facilities are a few on the list of what has offerings have been updated and changed refined over the past decade of campus improvementyears to adapt to our changing society.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.15999984741211px;">UMass Lowell's Entrepreneurial entrepreneurial culture is budding and many changes are already has been active since around 2011, with the DifferenceMaker Program kicking off in the works2012. Since then, a wealth of programs have been started to connect students with more opportunities for entrepreneurship. The faculty and administration at university has taken many steps to work with the University City of Massachusetts Lowell are supportive of the movement and want to embrace the economic developments that are possible local companies for students, the school, greater benefit and economic development of the city of Lowellarea. Programs and organizations There are many programs in place that have been put into place to give given us a great head start, but there is still more to come from our Universityyet.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 20.15999984741211px;">Our strategic plan will incorporate centers around the promotion and growth idea of what already has began 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>

= Strategy #1: Changing the Potential Value on Clemson's Campus<br/> ''Fall 2015 Innovation Fellows''' =

*Description: The current I&E curriculums across campus address only juniors and seniors in the Executive Leadership and Entrepreneurship department, Engineering Senior Capstone Design Classes, or even only graduate students in the MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MBAe) program. What is needed is a course that brings together sophomore level students from all disciplines to introduce the concepts on innovation and entrepreneurship before it is too late. Many students do not encounter design or innovation until their senior design capstone engineering classes, at which point, the students have already committed to medical schools, law schools, graduate schools, or other careers that are not within I&E. This course will be offered to all colleges in hopes to bring together young, innovative minds to shape the I&E landscape at the start. In addition, plans to partner aspiring business students with senior design engineering and science students will help stimulate venture growth of life science technologies.*Team Leader: John DesJardins, PhD (current advisor and mentor to University Innovation Fellow, Breanne Przestrzelski), Peter Gianidos (graduate professor of MBA in Entrepreneurship and undergraduate professor in College of Business and Behavioral Science)*Milestones:**Curriculum Assessment- completed with undergraduate student services coordinators- January 2014**Small Interest Meetings with faculty and students of affected departments- March 2014**Preparation of Audience- completed with help from Martine LaBerge (current Bioengineering Department Head)- May 2014**Presentation to Undergraduate Advisory Council, Board of Trustees, and University President- June 2014**Curriculum Preparation- Fall 2014**Faculty Search- Spring and Summer 2014**Full Acceptance into Undergraduate Curriculum-Fall 2014nbsp;

== Tactic #3: Summer LemonADE Stand: Acceleration in Design and Entrepreneurship '''JUMP-STARTING AWARENESS''' ==

*Description: There is little direction on ''Our plans involve getting students engaged in the Clemson University Campus once students do become passionate about process of I&E. To address this gap, it is necessary to offer programs and outlets for students to learn from those who have been in their shoes, current successful CEOs of small business start-ups, from professors whose passion is in teaching design will work with and innovation to young captivating minds. This summer course will not be for credit. This summer course will not be for a certificate. This summer course will be for alongside the experiencecurrent programs on campus. Two passionate individuals While our projects will lead stand on their own version (a Clemson version) of a Lean Start-Up summer workshop- getting students passionate about I&E while teaching them a thing or two along , we will work very hard to display the way about how full offerings on campus to create their own start-upthe participants.*Team Leaders: John DesJardins, PhD, Assistant Professor, BioE Senior Design Capstone Instructor, David Orr, PhD, CEO of Kiyatec (a start-up founded on his Clemson University research), and Peter Gianidos (graduate professor in MBA in Entrepreneurship Program and undergraduate professor in College of Business and Behavioral Science)*Milestones:**Attend Lean Start-Up Workshops- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014**Create a Portfolio of Topics- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014**Formulate a Summer Curriculum- Fall 2013 through Summer 2014**Pitch the Idea/Concept- Fall 2014**Find a Space/Infrastructure- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015**Funding- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015**Purchase Supplies- Fall 2014 through Spring 2015**Marketing Resources- Spring 2015**Generate Awareness- Spring 2015**Prepare for First Summer Session- Spring 2015**Host First Summer Session- Summer 2015''

= Strategy #2: Executing Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at Clemson<br/> == River Hawk Tank ===

Following are an array *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-based learning and quick crash course sessions*Will be targeting new students, to show them the complete offerings of strategies that the DifferenceMaker Program*When the program ends, we will fully address Gap #funnel participants directly into the DifferenceMaker competitions*Program Layout**&nbsp;Session 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 over a 2-: Reach out to teams, guide them with their solutions***Make sure things are viable/the team is passionate enough if it is not viable**Session 3 year period:Basic Business Model (Deliverable), Practice Pitch?**Session 4: Mock Shark Tank (Practice for College Competitions)

== Tactic #1: Tiger Business Alliance through Clemson InnoVenture Network == ​Timeline<br/> ====

*Description''Spring 2016'': Alumni presence to a university is crucial for many reasons, with funding being that which commons to mind most often. However, keeping a successful alumni network close to the students for mentorship opportunities is one that should first come to mind. The Tiger Business Alliance will keep successful graduate entrepreneurs connected to the university. This program will allow for mentorship within the community from those who have the answers, understand where Begin organizing and promoting the young entrepreneurs are starting out, and will be there for them along their own journey towards I&E. It is crucial to execute this program with the right mindset. It is not a goal to raise x dollars for Clemson University. It is to foster a relationship between successful graduate entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs- all who have been and will forever be TIGERS.*Team Leaders: John Warner (CEO of InnoVenture), David Orr, PhD, and Matthew Gaevert, PhD (co-founders of Kiyatec)*Milestones:**Reach out to gearing up current alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014**Explore the local, regional, and national entrepreneurial space for Clemson alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014**Formulate a list of interested alumni- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014**Create a forum and central space for these alumni- Summer 2014**Host webinar sessions students on goals of the program- Summer 2014**Re-evaluate interested alumni- Fall 2014**Afford benefits and rewards to committed alumni- Fall 2014**Generate awareness of program to current students- Spring 2015**Marketing resources- Spring 2015**Connect students with alumni- Fall 2015fence about entrepreneurship

== Tactic #2''Spring/Summer 2016'': BioInnovation ==Talk with faculty and organizations on campus about being speakers in our Tank program

*Description''Summer 2016'': Already in place at Tulane University is a mentorship program Visit orientations, giving pitches for entrepreneurial minded scientists looking to take their research interests beyond the labspace or machine shop. This program is designed to capture the attention of undergraduates who possess that drive for I&E but are unsure how to attack it. To lead and mentor these students, PhD entrepreneurs (both aspiring and achieved) work with undergraduates to foster new innovators and entrepreneurs.*Team Leader: TBD*Milestones:**Reach out to current graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014**Formulate a list of interested graduate students- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014**Create a forum River Hawk Tank and central space for these graduate getting incoming students- Summer 2014**Host webinar sessions on goals of the program- Summer 2014**Re-evaluate interested graduate students- Fall 2014**Afford benefits and rewards to committed graduate students- Fall 2014**Generate awareness of program to current students- Spring 2015**Marketing resources- Spring 2015**Connect students with graduate students- Fall 2015

== Tactic #3''Fall 2016'': Transformation Jump-start the program in the first week or two of school, and funnel students into the Clemson University Office of Technology Transfer ==DifferenceMaker Program

*Description''After Program'': The purpose of a technology transfer office is to facilitate innovation from laboratory to commercialization. This is fostered by various techniques, a benchmark of which is still to be established. One tactic to raise the bar for technoogy transfer offices across the country is to establish a mentorship relationship between current I&E students and their university technology transfer office. This could be facilitated through work-shops, seminars, How-To sessions. All of these outlets generate learning experiences and shine a positive light on the technology transfer office, an entity whoMeeting with DifferenceMakers, if they facilitate technology development throughout all stagesfaculty, will clearly be seen as facilitating innovation from laboratoty to commercializationetc.*Team Leader: Sarah Helms (current BioE Master's candidate), Elizabeth Perpall, Chief Technology Transfer Officer, Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF)*Milestones:**Set goals with students (What would they like to see from their OTT?)- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014**Set goals with OTT (What would they like where to see from their students?)- Fall 2013 through Spring 2014***Setting these goals with both parties sets expectations and responsibilities with each party**Negotiate goals- Spring 2014**Set Measurable Standards- Summer 2014**Facilitate Student-OTT Interactions- Fall 2014**Select and Prepare OTT speakers- Fall 2014**OTT Seminars (re-curring event)- Fall 2014**Prepare Work-Shop Attendance List- Winter 2014**OTT Work-Shops (re-curring event)- Spring 2015**Generate Awareness of How-To Sessions- Spring 2015**Accept Applications- Spring 2015**Verify Applications- Spring 2015**Select Teams- Spring 2015**OTT How-To Sessions (recurring event)- Spring 2015improve

= Impact<br/> == Prototyping Hackathons ===

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= Related Links == TEDx ===

*This event will be centered around inspiring students toward innovation with tips from local entrepreneurs*Will engage the broader innovative community ==== ​Timeline ==== ''Fall 2016'': Organize a date and location with the university (or with the city) ''Winter 2016'': Begin advertising and reaching out to prospective speakers ''Spring 2016'': Advertise more heavily and finalize list of speakers. Host event, and figure out where to improve == '''CONNECTING FACULTY AND STUDENTS''' == 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, but for students needing a basic education in a certain 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, they can endorse professors for a particular skill. There will be no way to “downvote” any professors, 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. &nbsp; = '''2013 Innovation Fellows''' = == '''Enhance & Synergize the University I&E Ecosystem''' == === '''Inspire Club''' === Inspire Club seeks to introduce students to innovation and entrepreneurship as well as connect them to 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 in a traditional corporate environment where forward thinking, collaboration, and creativity are rapidly being adopted. ==== &nbsp;'''Goals of Inspire''' ==== *&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Introduce creative problem-solving, innovation 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; Push for development of a Maker Space&nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Help develop new experiential activities&nbsp;*&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Motivate & Capture new audiences &nbsp; = '''Related Links''' = [[http://universityinnovation.org/University%20of%20Massachusetts%20Lowell University of Massachusetts Lowell]]

[[Ana Gouveia]] [[James Abdallah]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Stephen_Kender Stephen Kender]

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