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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: Promote and Support Current Entrepreneurial Programs&nbsp;<br/> '''Fall 2015 Innovation Fellows''' =

== Rachel is an active member of the entrepreneurial environment at UMass Lowell. A participant in the DifferenceMaker Program ==, her team started a non-profit, Love of the Game, 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&E.

The DifferenceMaker™ Program sponsors specific events Stephen is also active in the innovative culture in the community around him. He and activities that support students in solving big problems through innovation his team started a sports equipment company, KEnDERS Athletic Body Armor, around a novel and entrepreneurshiprevolutionary technology. The Program is highly experiential by offering students a series of workshops that they can engage in With the training from the Innovation Fellows program, he hopes to better understand innovation, entrepreneurship develop new and launching existing entrepreneurial skills so he can bring back a start-up plethora of their interestopportunities for his school and his community.

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;

&nbsp;== '''Goals of DifferenceMaker™:JUMP-STARTING AWARENESS'''&nbsp;==

·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Our plans involve getting students engaged in the process of I&nbsp;&nbsp; Introduce all UMass students to creative problem solvingE, innovation and entrepreneurshipwill work with and alongside the current programs on campus. While our projects will stand on their own, we will work very hard to display the full offerings on campus to the participants.''

·*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 the DifferenceMaker Program*When the program ends, we will funnel participants directly into the DifferenceMaker competitions*Program Layout**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect current students 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: Reach out to alumni experienceteams, guide them with their solutions***Make sure things are viable/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)

= Strategy #2''Spring 2016'': "The Mill" & Design Challenge<br/> =Begin organizing and promoting the program, gearing up current students on the fence about entrepreneurship

*The history ''Fall 2016'': Jump-start the program in the first week or two of Lowell has provided us with a storyline that is completely engulfed in disruptive and innovative thinking.*The Industrial Revolution began in Lowellschool, and funnel students into the history and mills that are here to remind us should be used as a way to inspire innovative thinkingDifferenceMaker Program

The concept would provide maker space''After Program'':Meeting with DifferenceMakers, faculty, etc. to see where to improve

*Description==== ​Timeline<br/> ====<div>''Fall 2016'': The Design Challenge would be developed Once dates and spaces are finalized, reach out to help UMass Lowell students recognize current inefficiencies within Lowelllocal industry suppliers for donations and connections</div>'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 'Winter 2016'': Continue collecting donations, work with DifferenceMaker program to help fund this, develop specific themes and run multiple challenges a yearrules.*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 Advertise and central space for these graduate students- Summer 2014**Host webinar sessions on goals of promote the program- Summer 2014**Re-evaluate interested graduate students- Fall 2014**Afford benefits hackathon (announce theme 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 2015rules before winter break)

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''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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