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= Overview=<br/div> = [[[[File:Boise-State-Campus.jpg|none|Boise-State-Campus.jpg]] ]]'''<span style="font-size:x-smallsmaller;">Photo credit: John Kelly of Boise State Photographic Services</span> Boise is '''</div><br/>Boise is one of the [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45mhlf/15-boise-id/ fastest growing] cities in the United States, and consistently ranks in Forbes' top 10 [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45gihi/no-2-boise-idaho/ cities for careers] and [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45edgee/no-7-boise-id/ cities for careers and families]. Boise State University [http://enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/02/Census-Day-Enrollment-Profile-Fall-2015-1.pdf serves about serves about 21,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students]. Engineering enrollment has grown by 75%, to 2,847 students, over the past five years. Key partners include Micron Technology, a top 5 semiconductor company with headquarters headquartered in Boise, NASA, and Idaho National Laboratories. Recently, Boise became home to the business incubatorTrailhead, [https://trailheadboise.org/ Trailhead], as well as well as annual speaking events including [http://tedxboise.org/ TedX], [http://www.igniteboise.com/ Ignite Boise], and the [http://ethosprojectboise.com/ Ethos Project]Ethos Project. New initiatives at Boise State University include the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College], which has launched 17 revenue -generating businesses, the [http://cid.boisestate.edu/ College of Innovation and Design], a [https://makerlab.boisestate.edu/ MakerLab]MakerLab, and the [http://www.techhelp.org/services/design-prototype-new-product-development/ New Product Development Lab], and as well as a [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2015/10/22/micron-foundation-gives-25-million-for-materials-science/ $$25M Center for Materials Research]. = Student Entrepreneurship<br/> = Business launched through Boise State University and the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College] include: *[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel Boise community generate awareness and water bottles. A portion help others discover the value of each sale provides potable water to people in need. *[http://www.txtengage.com/ txtENGAGE] provide customer relationship student innovation and entrepreneurship with a variety of experiential courses and workshops, programs, inspiration events, and marketing platformscommunication initiatives. *[http://www.gratisaid.org/ Gratis Huminatarian Aid Network] distributes medical supplies to remote regions in Eastern One example is the Work U program, coordinated by the Boise State Career Center, which targets students whose major may not have have a specific career track and Central Africapairs them with an entrepreneur or project within the Boise community. *[http://wwwThe Digital Marketing course from the College of Innovation + Design’s Bridge to Career Program gives students practical, workplace skills and culminates in a final project that can be reflected in the workplace.adventuredataTedxBoise is an annual event that brings people together to share ideas worth spreading and with a mission to explore, expose, and expand.com/ Adventure Data] provides real-time avalanche data monitoring for outdoor safety. *[http://whitneyhansen.com/ Whitney Hansen] provides finanial consulting with a focus Major marketing initiatives, from the College of Innovation + Design’s annual report to the Focus on student debt. Boise State magazine, all help to communicate the positive and valuable experience of students involved in innovative and entrepreneurial efforts at Boise State and beyond. = Faculty Entrepreneurship = Examples of faculty-led innovation can be seen across the Boise State Campus. A prime example of this is the [httphttps://cid.boisestate.edu/iecvip/ The Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge] awards over $100Vertically Integrated Projects ]program, or VIP, which gives faculty avenues for conducting their research,000 annually in seed funding while also pairing them with interested students to student entrepreneurshelp conduct the research and gain valuable skills. Previous winners include: *The [httphttps://wwwcid.moto-traxboisestate.comedu/hes/ MotoTraxHuman-Environment Systems] designs, manufactures, or HES program does a similar job to the VIP program but is focused solely on biology centered topics. The Instructional Design and sells "snowbikes"Educational Assessment, a dirtbike/snowmobile crossover *TimeStage provides staining and imaging technology IDEA shop for short is part of the Center for microscopes that improves diagnosis Teaching and research related to infectious diseasesLearning. *TriBiz provides a targeted advertising service restaurantsThe IDEA shop focuses on helping faculty integrate technology into their teaching, learning, and assessment. Another resource on campus that helps both faculty and students access technologies and develop ideas is the Makerlab. *The [httphttps://vividrootsmakerlab.comboisestate.edu/ Vivid RootsBoise State Makerlab] sells apparel and water bottlesis a radically inclusive community which focuses on democratizing access to emerging technologies, and training students and faculty how to use the technology at zero cost, along with zero cost to use any of the equipment. A portion Some examples of each sale provides potable water to people in need. = Faculty Entrepreneurship<br/> = *[http://coen.boisestate.edu/magnetic-materials-lab/peter-mullner/ Dr. Peter Mullner] specializes faculty entrepreneurship and research are: *Dr. Peter Mullner specializes in shape-memory alloys. He recently [http://www.shawmountaintechnology.com/about.html launched a startup] to launched a startup to commercialize solid-state electronic devices based on these materials. *[http://coen.boisestate.edu/faculty-staff/yanliangzhang/ Dr. Yanliang Zhang] completed [http://coen.boisestate.edu/mse-reu/project-13/ successful prototypes] of a thermoelectric successful prototypes of a thermoelectric device designed to replace alternators in cars. This work, funded by a Department of Energy grant, should improve fuel economy by 10-15%. Hyundai (or Honda?) is currently working to commercialize this device. *[http://research.boisestate.edu/uiv/executives-in-residence/ Dr. Kevin Learned] co-founded Idaho's first commercial software company and its first angel investment group. *[http://www.medman.com/ Ed Zimmer] Ed Zimmer served as the CEO of ECCO Group as it grew from 20 employees to over 500 employees with plants in Boise, England, and Australia. = University-Industry Collaboration = <span style="font-size:smaller;"br/><span style="font-family Boise State university offers many opportunities to connect students to industry connections. [https:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-29c9d108-7fff-fe28-a46d-ac660e18ebc6"><span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38)//cid.boisestate.edu/venturecollege/ Venture College] serves as a resource to connect university students to industry leaders. They have designed an internship program to connect students to small businesses in need of help in a variety of skill sets. Internships are tailored to meet the skill interests of students. background-color: transparent <br/>The font-weight[https: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian//career.boisestate.edu/ Career Center ]at Boise State houses the [https: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white//cid.boisestate.edu/work-space: pre-wrap;">Boise State university offers many opportunities to connect u/employers/ Work U Program,] which connects undergrad students to industry connectionsselect businesses in Boise. </span>[https://cidFor example, St.boisestateLukes, City of Boise, Albertsons, etc. This program allows student to receive credit while developing Boise connections and gaining work experience.edu <br/venturecollege>The [https:/ <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background/cobe.boisestate.edu/blog/2018/05/strategic-color: transparent; fontgrowth-variantcapital-numeric: normal; fontpartnership-variantyear-eastin-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Venture Collegereview/ Strategic Growth Partnership] is a program within Boise State’s business school. The program is lead by John Williamson, a local executive, and it's mission is to accelerate Boise State Entrepreneurs. It offers connections to multiple business such as Blast Resolve, GenZ Technology, Melt Organic, Recovery Help, TeaDora,Uniscen, VersaBuilt. <br/span>[https://www.boiseyp.org/ Boise Young Professionals] <span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38)is a local group coordinated to establish relationships between recent graduates and engage them in the professional part of the Boise community. The goal is to connect and develop meaning and beneficial relationships that can lead to job connections and resources within Boise and beyond. background-color Below are a few other examples of Boise State faculty and student connections to local and national communities: transparent font-variant-numeric: normal; font *The Scalable Nanomanufacturing Grant, led by Dr. Will Hughes, partners Boise State University with Harvard University and Micron Technologies. This project investigates applications for DNA nanotechnology in the semiconductor industry.*A year-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">serves as a resource to connect university long Senior Design course partners senior engineering students with an industry sponsor to gain practical industry leadersexperience. They have designed an internship program to connect students to small business in need of help in a variety of skill setsPartners include: Micron Technology, Clearwater Analytics, Hewlett Packard, Cradlepoint Technology, and Idaho Power, among others. Internships are tailored to meet the skill interests of students. </span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:smaller*The Boise State Computer Science Department has moved into a new building downtown, which they will share with local tech company Clearwater Analytics, among others. "><span styleThis move positions Boise State Computer Science students and faculty within close proximity to the growing number of tech startups located in downtown Boise. ="font-family:arialUniversity Technology Transfer Office = Boise State and the greater Boise area has a number of resources which can help with technology transfer,helveticaaccessing startup resources such as space and mentorship,sans-serif;">[https://careerventure capital firms, and angel investors.boisestate.edu/ <span style="color: rgb(17The Office of Technology Transfer at Boise State supports research activities, 85and manages industry relations, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as well as the commercialization of intellectual property. The Venture College is a resource provided by the College of Innovation and Design which offers student led startups space to run their business from, as well as access to an extensive mentor network and help with finding funding, as well as providing help and information with copyright and other intellectual property. A similar program offered by the College of Business and Economics is the Strategic Growth Capital Partnership. The Career Center</span>] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(29University of Idaho also offers a free service to help students patent their ideas and inventions for free, 33, 38); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at offering legal advice and help with researching similar and existing patents. Boise State also offers graduate classes in grant writing. Boise State houses Angel Alliance and Loon Creek Capital are both resources to connect startups with angel investors, simplifying the </span>[https://cidprocess of getting seed funding.boisestate = Local and Regional Development = Boise’s innovation ecosystem is rapidly expanding.edu/work-u/employers/ <span style="color: rgb(17JUMP is a new building in Boise meant to facilitate connections and networking in Boise. is an Urban Meeting Space funded by the J.R. Simplot foundation. This building operates as a nonprofit meeting space meant to facilitate curiosity, 85creativity, 204); background-color: transparentand playfulness for people of all ages. JUMP is a recourse for connection building within the Boise community. <span style="font-variant-numericsize: normalsmall; "><span style="font-variantfamily:arial,helvetica,sans-eastserif;"><span id="docs-asian: normal; textinternal-decorationguid-line: underline; text7977d510-decoration7fff-skip59e4-ink: none; vertical6510-aligndbf7641f8d7e">[https: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work U Program</span>]/trailheadboise.org/ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(2917, 3385, 38204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trailhead</span>] <span style="color: rgb(29, which connects undergrad students to select businesses in Boise. For example, St. Lukes33, City of Boise, Albertsons, etc. This allows student to receive credit while developing Boise connections.</span></span></span> <span style="38); background-color: transparent; font-sizevariant-numeric:smallernormal;"><span style="fontfont-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-familyspace:arial,helvetica,sanspre-serifwrap;">[https://cobeis a Boise based space for entrepreneurs that offers space to work and a connection to resources.boisestateThis resource is not free, but Boise State has connection to Trailhead Board of Directors and they can help Boise State Student get connected to resources and mentors in the area.edu</blogspan></2018span></05/strategic-growth-capital-partnership-year-in-reviewspan></ span> <span style="colorfont-size: rgb(17small;"><span style="font-family:arial, 85helvetica, 204)sans-serif; background"><span id="docs-color: transparent; fontinternal-variantguid-numeric: normal; font7977d510-7fff-variant59e4-east6510-asiandbf7641f8d7e">[https://www.boiseangels.com/ <span style="color: normalrgb(17, 85, 204); textbackground-decorationcolor: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Strategic Growth PartnershipBoise Angel Alliance</span>] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">’s mission is to advance opportunity, empowerment, and innovation through strategic investment. Entrepreneurs pitch business ideas for a program within Boise State’s business schoolchance to earn investments and funding for their ventures. The program is lead by </span></span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); font-variant-numericsize: normalsmall; "><span style="font-variant-east-asianfamily: normal; verticalarial,helvetica,sans-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapserif;">John Williamson, local executive, and its mission is to </spanid="docs-internal-guid-7977d510-7fff-59e4-6510-dbf7641f8d7e">[https://community.newonline.org/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=bf0305da-6999-48ef-a3ff-b16041b2f1a5 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(2917, 3385, 38204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">accelerate Boise State Entrepreneurs. It offers conNetwork of Executive Women</span><] <span style="color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">nections to multiple business such as Blast Resolvefocuses on empowering young professionals, GenZ Technology,Melt Organic, Recovery Help, TeaDora,Uniscen, VersaBuilttypically in the hopes of generating healthy working ecosystems for women.</span></span></span> </span> '''<span style="font-size:smallersmall;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[https:<span>Below are facts about Boise State University’s Economic Impact</span></www.boiseyp.orgspan></ <span style>''' *<span style="colorfont-family: rgb(17arial, 85helvetica, 204); backgroundsans-color: transparentserif; font"><span id="docs-variantinternal-numeric: normal; fontguid-a949ca89-variant7fff-east3708-asian: normal; text277b-decorationa5c4f6e3c999"><span style="font-linesize: underline10.5pt; text-decoration-skip-inkcolor: none; rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boise Young ProfessionalsEmployment: BSU employs more than 3,000 Idaho residents directly and another 2,000 indirectly. Wages and salary in total are $113M</span></span></span>] *<span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; color: rgb(29arial, 33helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a local group coordinated to establish relationships between recent graduates to engage. The is to connect and develop meaning and beneficial relationships that can lead to job connections and resources within Boise and beyond.Spending: students spend $195M annually on living expenses in Idaho</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID<span id=1344915 The Scalable Nanomanufacturing Grant]"docs-internal-guid-a949ca89-7fff-3708-277b-a5c4f6e3c999"><span style="font-size: smaller10.5pt;">color: rgb(29, 33, led b</span>y [http38); background-color://coen.boisestate.edu/facultytransparent; font-variant-staff/willhughes/ Dr. Will Hughes], <span style="numeric: normal; font-sizevariant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: smallerpre-wrap;">partners Boise State University with Harvard University and Micron Technologies. This project investigates applications for DNA nanotechnology in the semiconductor industry.Out-of-state students spend another $17M annually</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: smaller10.5pt;">A yearcolor: rgb(29, 33, 38); background-color: transparent; font-long Senior Design course partners senior engineering students with an industry sponsor to gain practical industry experience. </span>[httpvariant-numeric://coen.boisestate.edu/seniordesign/industrynormal; font-variant-sponsors/ Partners include]<span style="fonteast-sizeasian: smallernormal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Micron TechnologyBSU purchasing, Clearwater Analytics, Hewlett Packard, Cradlepoint Technologyconstruction, and Idaho Power, among others.employee spending is ~$325M annually</span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: smaller;">The Boise State </span>[http://coen.boisestate.edu/cs/ Computer Science Department]<span style="font-size: smaller10.5pt;">has color: rgb(29, 33, 38);</span>[httpsbackground-color://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/06/24/computertransparent; font-sciencevariant-program-movingnumeric: normal; font-variant-east-downtownasian: normal; vertical-boise/ moved into a new building downtown]<span style="fontalign: baseline; white-sizespace: smallerpre-wrap;">Service: 2, which they will share with local tech company 000 students across 30 departments contribute ~52,000 hours to 80 community organizations through the service-learning program</span>[http:</span></clearwater-analytics.com/about Clearwater Analytics]span>*<span style="font-sizefamily: smallerarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">, among others<span><span style="font-size: 10. 5pt; This move positions Boise State Computer Science students and faculty within close proximity to the growing number of tech startups located in downtown Boise.</span></span> <color: rgb(29, 33, 38);parsererror style="displaybackground-color: blocktransparent; whitefont-variant-spacenumeric: prenormal; borderfont-variant-east-asian: 2px solid #c77normal; paddingvertical-align: 0 1em 0 1embaseline; marginwhite-space: 1em; backgroundpre-color: #fddwrap; color">Alumni: black"> === This page contains the following errors: ===70% of Boise State alumni remain in Idaho, working and paying taxes</span></span></span>*<div span style="font-family:monospacearial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px">error on line 1 at column 197: attributes construct error</divspan id="docs-internal-guid-a949ca89-7fff-3708-277b-a5c4f6e3c999"><span style=== Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error"font-size: 10. === <5pt; color: rgb(29, 33, 38);/parsererror>background-color: transparent; = University Technology Transfer Office<br/> = Boise State and the greater Boise area has a number of resources which can help with technology transfer, accessing startup resources such as font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space and mentorship, venture capital firms, and angel investors. The Office : pre-wrap;">Idaho residents with at least a bachelor's degree earn double the wages of Technology Transfer at Boise State supports research activities, and manages industry relations, as well as the commercialization of intellectual propertythose without one. The Venture College Alumni have an unemployment rate that is about 1/3 of that of the workforce with only a resource provided by the College of Innovation and Design which offers student led startups space to run their business from, as well as access to high school diploma Alumni have an extensive mentor network and help with finding fundingestimated $903M economic impact on the state annually</span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, as well as providing help and information with copyright and other intellectual propertysans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 10. A similar program offered by the College of Business and Economics is the Strategic Growth Capital Partnership. 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Boise Angel Alliance and Loon Creek Capital are both resources to connect startups with angel investorsretailers</span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, simplifying the process of getting seed funding. = Local and Regional Developmentsans-serif;"><br/> = = Related Linksspan><br/> span style= '''RTENOTITLE''' ["font-size: 10.5pt;ּolor: rgb(29, 33, 38);Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities񝮬kground-color: transparent;ןont-variant-numeric: normal; University Innovation Fellows Spring 2016font-variant-east-asian: [normal;[vertical-align: baseline;Ann Delaney]] [[Kelly Schutt]] [[Rebecka Seward]] Fall 2016white-space: [pre-wrap;[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]] [[Sienna George|Sienna George]] [http">Research:Boise State attracts more than $37M in research awards, 80% of which are from federal sources<//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Schloss Alexander Schloss] Spring 2017: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Carson_Addison Carson Addison] span><br/span></span> = Related Links = == Additional Information == [httphttps://universityinnovationdocs.google.orgcom/spreadsheets/d/wiki11JjdaVCnz0GlY2aaq4qxi0TT0KP4guxfXnemFNDSYhg/Zachary_Andreason Zachary Andreasonedit?usp=sharing Landscape Canvas]<br/> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CamilleEddy Camille Eddy<br/>index.php?title=Boise_State_University_Student_Priorities Student Priorities] == Previous Cohorts == === Spring 2016 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/ThomasLippman Thomas Lippman<brAnn_Delaney Ann Delaney] [http:/>][[HaydenRogers|HaydenRogers]] [[Category:Universities]] <br/><bruniversityinnovation.org/><brwiki/><brKelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt] [http:/><br/><bruniversityinnovation.org/><brwiki/><brRebecka_Seward Rebecka Seward] === Fall 2016 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Donovan_Kay Donovan Kay] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/>Sienna_George Sienna George] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexander_Schloss Alexander Schloss] === Spring 2017 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Carson_Addison Carson Addison] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Andreason Zachary Andreason] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/CamilleEddy Camille Eddy] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/ThomasLippman Thomas Lippman] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/HaydenRogers Hayden Rogers] === Fall 2018 === [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Evanann_Whitaker Evanann Whitaker] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pamela_craig Pam Craig] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ollie_Shannon Ollie Shannon] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Chris_Dagher Chris Dagher] [[Category:Universities|b]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:Boise_State_University]]{{CatTree|Boise_State_University}}