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<span style="font-size:large;">'''Berea Innovation Studio&nbsp;'''</span>OVERVIEW =

Berea Innovation Studio (BIS) is inspired by the need to provide Entrepreneurship at Berea College students from STEAM disciplines a platform to interact with peers has manifested itself in different academic and labor activities on ideas generationcampus such as the General Studies Program, prototype creationService-Learning Program, and foster innovation skillsActive-Learning Experience.&nbsp; As innovation becomes essential for competitive and successful organizations and entrepreneursMost distinctively, we recognize the importance of BIS in exposing Berea College students to Entrepreneurship for the concept, and creating an environment that nurtures Public Good (EPG) Program has been the innovative energy and entrepreneurial spirit on campus. BIS will be a collaborative space for students of all majors to design, think and develop projects with their peers. Finally, BIS strives to inspire innovation spirit leading department in all Berea college educating students, widening their personal and professional horizon and build a national reputation for the Collegeabout entrepreneurship.

*Contribute to a culture of interdisciplinary &nbsp;innovation and entrepreneurship in <div>[[File:Berea*Create a Platform for students to share experiences, ideas and insights*Build on the potential of interdisciplinary collaboration to support innovation*Provide resources to launch real life projectscollege.jpg]]

= Values = Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Academics ==

*EncourageI&nbsp; E is integrated into various coursework offered by the participation of all Berea College students from different academic backgrounds*Value all ideas Agriculture and input from all involved students Natural Resources, Art, Business Administration, Communication, Computer Science, General Studies, Education, Sustainability and faculty*Promote creativity, a spirit of collaborationEnvironmental Studies, Technology and Applied Design and an environment for exchanging of ideasTheatre departments. All the courses are listed in the Berea College Landscape Canvas (link).

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

*Coding Saturdays*P2P Ideas review*Prototype '''<span style="font-size:larger;">EPG Summer Institute:</span>&nbsp;'''The EPG Summer Institute is an 8-week entrepreneurial leadership program at Berea College. Each summer, a cohort of 20 students are selected through a competitive application process to participate in the program. The Summer Institute has a distinctive teaching approach; it focuses on the EPG Cycle of Abilities for Entrepreneurial Leadership: engaging complexity and uncertainty, exploring values and ethical structures, facilitating group decisions, recognizing opportunity, mobilizing resources and design sessions*Hacker Camps*Startups Weekends*Makers Faire*Designing projects advocating for business change. From the program, the cohort gains extensive knowledge on social entrepreneurship through coursework and community partnershands-on experience by implementing the Cycle of Abilities in local communities in the Appalachia.

*<span style= Team ="font-size:larger;">'''Business Competitions:&nbsp;'''</span>The EPG department provides students with the opportunity to attend regional and national business and social entrepreneurial competitions. Dr. Peter Hackbert, the director of the program, provides mentoring and guidance to students at different levels of the process of how to create a business from an idea/problem. Following are the business competitions/opportunities student can partake in:**Idea State U**Collegiate**Harvard ABC**Clinton Global Initiative

Ali Djire&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp*'''<span style="font-size:larger;">StartUp Weekend and Other I&nbsp; Ability Kakama&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Solomon Alolga&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E Engagement:</span>&nbsp; Sandra Tombe'''The EPG department creates the opportunity for all students to attend various events and conferences that promote innovation, entrepreneurship and social change all around the US. The department is unique is sponsoring all student costs for attending these events.**StartUp Weekend – Lexington and Louisville**VentureWell Open Conference**Ashoka U Exchange**Sullivan Foundation Ignite Retreats

<span style="font-size: larger;">'''Name of SponsorLocal Hack Day:&nbsp;''': Dr</span>Local Hack day was organized as an incentive to engage the campus and the community into the mindset of coming together and solving a problem in electronics or computer science for 12 hours, without any prior knowledge in coding. It was organized for the first time in December 2017 and brought together about two dozens of students. Peter Hackbert

'''Partners<span style="font-size:larger;">Campus Challenges</span>: '''The campus challenges are designed to interact with students on the campus and engage them in&nbsp;prototyping and thinking about creative ways of solving challenges through making tangible things. = FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP = 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 in their journey. = UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION = Berea College is committed to providing an environment that supports the learning, teaching, scholarship, and creative activity of its faculty, students, and staff. While there isn’t a tech transfer office, there are other resources that will help students shift their student research or idea to a commercial business. All the administrative work that is related to commercialization or patenting of an idea created by faculty, and/or student is handled by the vice president of Academics and the Dean of Faculty. “Within this context, the Intellectual Property Rights Policy is intended to: *encourage excellence and innovation in teaching, scholarship, and creative activities by identifying and protecting the intellectual property rights of faculty, staff, students, and the College;*encourage the notion that creative and scholarly works produced at Berea College should advance the state of knowledge and contribute to the public good;*acknowledge and preserve the traditional property rights of scholars with respect to products of their intellectual endeavors (e.g., books, articles, manuscripts, plays, writings, musical scores, and works of art); and*guide policy and process for commercial uses of intellectual property other than the traditional products of scholarly work. <br/>This Policy covers all types of intellectual property, including, in particular, works protected by copyright, patent, and trade secret laws. Although the following list is not exhaustive, it provides examples of the kinds of work the Policy addresses: inventions, discoveries, trade secrets, trade and service marks, writings, art works, musical compositions and performances, software, literary works, and architecture.” ("[http://catalog.berea.edu/2013-2014/Faculty-Manual/Selected-Institution-Wide-Policies/Intellectual-Property-Rights-Policy Intellectual Property Rights Policy]." Berea College) = UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION = '''Berea College Office of Career Development '''has partnerships with several companies for students to increase various career development.&nbsp;It hosts several programs such as the yearly '''''career fair''''' that brings outside 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, such as&nbsp;'''''Cornell Weekend'''''. Cornell Weekend is an event where MBA students from Cornell University come to Berea College for a weekend and meet with students to help them with their resumes and practice interviews with them. It also provides students with funding for various career development opportunities and graduate school endeavors like funds for professional clothing, grants for graduate school application and travel, for job interviews, and attending professional conferences. = REGIONAL AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS = == Recognizing opportunity and advocating for change == The Entrepreneurship for the Public Good program selects twenty promising and competent&nbsp;Berea College 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: Computer Science DepartmentAdventure tourism industry.&nbsp; The Director of the program Dr. Hackbert shares the 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 program.  Cohorts redesign hiking and biking experiences, Technology and Applied Designother experiences based on the specific needs and vision the program has for the year. They have worked on making Berea a trail town, have enhanced cycling experience in Appalachia Studiesand have recently finished creating, alongside the Adventurous Cycling&nbsp;Association, Business a North-South bicycling&nbsp;map. == <span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: normal;">Leadership and Economicscivic engagement</span> == The Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service department is home to more than 8 community-service programs led by students. The college partners with local nonprofit organizations in order to benefit the local community 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 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 = Landscape Canvas = [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pFB3mAVfATLtQX7OAcY4OWUp8LS943qGYSfS4a8WGYU/edit#gid=4 Landscape Canvas Spreadsheet] = Related Links = [[Berea College Student Priorities]] '''University Innovation Fellows''' <br/>Spring 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andreea_Teban Andreea Teban] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Julia Roberts] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kayla_barbour Kayla Barbour] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rodney_Kimbangu Rodney Kimbangu]   Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/Ishwar%20Agarwal Ishwar Agarwal] [http://universityinnovation.org/Bessaad%20Syrine Bessaad Syrine] [http://universityinnovation.org/Minashsha%20Zareel%20Lamisa Minashsha Lamisa] [http://universityinnovation.org/Talha%20Rehman Talha Rehman]   Spring 2015: [[Tran K. Nguyen|Tran Nguyen]] [[Dylan mullins|Dylan Mullins]] [[Jacob Heller]] [[Eugeniu Prodan]] [[Anthony Ayebiahwea]] [[Robert Hosking]]   Spring 2014: [[Ali Djire]] [[Solomon Alolga]] Ability Kakama [[Category:Universities]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:Berea_College]]{{CatTree|Berea_College}}