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== Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) Program ==

In the circle of academics, faculty often find themselves repeating what they have done and are comfortable with - highly academic settings with work that doesn't allow for creativity and innovation. We propose to educate faculty by utilizing the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program and the Work on Purpose program which is currently used by Dr. Peter Hackbert in the 8-week (now 6-week) Entrepreneurship for the Public Good program to teach the cohorts about the entrepreneurial mindset. This would instill in the faculty and staff ideas about how to implement entrepreneurial thinking in each of their respective disciplines, thus changing the way the student body thinks.

Though change is never easy, these simple programs do a fantastic job of exposing the entrepreneurial mindset for what it is. In order to create an environment suitable for students to create, innovate, and potentially launch startups, their mentors and educators must first have said mindset to aid them along in their journey.

'''Berea College Office of Career Development '''has partnerships with several companies for students to increase various career development.<br/>&nbsp;It hosts several programs like such as the yearly '''''career fair''''' that bring brings outside industry industries in to recruit students for both internships and full-time positions. It also organizes various events throughout the year to prepare students for internships and life after graduation, like such as&nbsp;'''''Cornell Weekend'''''. Cornell Weekend is an event where MBA student students from Cornell University come to Berea College for a weekend and meet with students to help them with their resumes and do practice interviewswith them. It also provides students with funding for various career development opportunities and graduate school endeavors like funds for professional clothing, grants for grad graduate school application and travel, for job interviews, and attending professional conferences. In terms of innovation and entrepreneurship, outside of Entrepreneurship for the Public Good and their regional contacts that aid their efforts in Central Appalachia, there is no university-industry collaboration.

The Entrepreneurship for the Public Good program selects twenty promising and competent&nbsp;20 competitive Berea College&nbsp;&nbsp;students to participate in an 8-week (now 6-week) summer institute. EPG cohorts focus on creating a more sustainable economy mobilizing the area's resources: Adventure tourism industry. &nbsp;Cohort 12 submitted The Director of the program Dr. Hackbert shares the Berea Trail Town application to work he does in the Appalachia region with his students. The work is generally not known in advance and gets discovered once the new cohort starts the state of Kentucky as a project to boost Berea’s local economyprogram. On November 10th 2015 Cohorts redesign hiking and biking experiences, and other experiences based on the specific needs and vision the program has for the year. They have worked on making Berea was officially certified as a Kentucky Trail Town. In facttrail town, have enhanced cycling experience in Appalachia and have recently finished creating, alongside the Adventurous Cycling&nbsp;Berea’s Trail town approval was one of the fastest processes thanks to the cascading model adopted by EPG program. Association, a North-South bicycling&nbsp;map.

The Center for Excellent Excellence in Learning Through Service department is home for to more than 15 8 community-service programs led by students. The college partners with local nonprofit organizations in order to develop benefit the local economy of the city of Bereacommunity through service programs. Students manage student volunteers for on and off-campus events. Student volunteers get the chance to apply their academic knowledge and critical thinking skills to meet genuine community needs. Through reflection and assessment, students gain the deeper understanding of course content and the importance of civic engagement. Programs Offered: *Berea Buddies*Berea Teen Mentoring*Adopt a Grandparent*Habitat for Humanity*The Hispanic Outreach Project*People Who Care*Berea Tutoring*Service Learning*Community Partnerships*Bonner Scholars

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17NPXY8jv2MELeIQYQw5E63UEWFzNYgNcQ2qisC4h8sQ1pFB3mAVfATLtQX7OAcY4OWUp8LS943qGYSfS4a8WGYU/edit?usp#gid=sharing 4 Landscape Canvas Spreadsheet] [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1djo0AdRzz3u80criT39YayrN-eeqc3tGaUx8Y3HfZgM/edit?usp=sharing Landscape Canvas Presentation]

 <br/>Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Kayla BarbourJulia Roberts]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kayla_barbour Julia RobertsKayla Barbour]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Minashsha%20Zareel%20Lamisa Minashsha&nbsp;Zareel Lamisa]

[[Tran K. Nguyen|Tran Nguyen]]

[[Dylan mullins|Dylan Mullins]]