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= <span style="font-size:x-large;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship </span> =

<span style="font-size:small;">One goal that every university has is to guide students to become innovators and entrepreneurs. Although, universities around the globe have their own ways of promoting this. At Colorado State University (CSU), courses, clubs, workshops, facilities, etc. are available for students to participate in to expand their skills. Not only are these programs benefiting the students, but as well as also the university as whole. Students take what they learn in these programs, then apply it to different classes or new clubs they are involved in. Some courses that are offered at CSU that lead students in discovering the start the process of entrepreneurship, are Innovating Minds and Lecture Series; a&nbsp;<span style="font-family: helv, Arial;">Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Colorado Industry Tour, &nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">ESOL – Advanced 3 Academic English Listening & Speaking and </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">BMS 200 Concepts in Human Anatomy and Startup ClubPhysiology. </span>&nbsp;In addition to these learning courses, there are experimental courses that go more in depth and allow for students to do hands on learning. Examples include, COM 351 Field Management, LAND 449 Professional Practice, and Ba certificate in Design Thinking.S. in Apparel and Merchandising&nbsp;The new Richardson Design Center is a multidisciplinary space, that allows students from a multitude of courses to work with the "Makers Spaces". &nbsp;While some of these innovative courses are specific to majors and are located located in certain colleges, there are several innovation spaces that are open to everyone. With these programs imbedded embedded into CSU's campus, it creates a knowledgable environment and opens the doors for many students.</span>

With thousands of students, it can be difficult for a single student to feel personally supported by the university and its faculty. However, CSU does an outstanding jobs job aiding students by providing numerous outlets for student interaction with professors, advisors, and administration. Every department on campus has numerous staff members who are there to answer questions and support student education. Many students are provided the opportunity to work alongside faculty in various research scenarios or through different organized groups on campus. Faculty advisors are appointed to each club or society, allowing students to connect with them in environments other than a classroom. Professors are also encouraged to head their own research studies, while simultaneously teaching courses. It keeps them up-to-date with the latest information in technology and research. Also, many programs on campus advise students to seek education or internships abroad. CSU hopes that sending students overseas will increase their scope of the world and provide them with new ideas and ways of thinking. It is a great entrepreneurial tool that teaches independence and self-motivation, making students more successful. Faculty are involved throughout the entire process, and they conduct extensive research on education programs around the world to ensure students at CSU are receiving the best education possible.

As it stands, Colorado State University’s Industry outreach efforts are thorough and diverse. CSU has relations relationships with many companies in many industries to allow us students to keep up with the pulse in the business world, as well as allowing . This symbiotic relationship allows students to learn from businesses and for businesses to benefit from the world of Academia academia and student perspectives. For example, CSU and New Belgium Brewing have partnered to teach new brewery classes, and the founder of Otterbox has donated over 8 million dollars for the new Richardson Design Center at Colorado State University. CSU also engages in various incubators and start-ups through the Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF) and Venture Validator through the College of Business. There are also collaborations with tech transfer offices, namely, Innosphere Incubation Program, CSU Ventures and Office of Sponsored Programs. Grant writing and legal assistance is provided through the Research Acceleration Office and CoWood Grant Writing Support. In addition, the Dean of the College of Business has an advisory board called the Global Leadership Council. This is a group of the best and brightest minds in business and related fields, and they provide a vital link to real-world business. Furthermore, CSU has a list of employers that they partner with in order to improve the collaborative efforts of recruitment and iterations of the job itself.&nbsp;  

Colorado State University is surrounded by economic developments that could become well versed in creating opportunities for facilitating University-Industry collaboration. CSU collaborates with a potential partnervariety of research centers, industrial parks and industry/mentor networks to help entrepreneurial ventures succeed. As knownA wet lab space is provided by Innosphere Incubation Program, who is an official partner of CSU students are able . The GetWET Observatory provides in-field learning experiences and reaches out to focus on the study, wider community through means of K-12 education through CSU's Behavioral Sciences College. CSU's partnership with New Belgium Brewery has allowed its Fermentation Science, which gives students the opportunity major to flourish and those graduates are able to give back to branch out in the community by working in one of Fort Collins, CO which ' 25 breweries. Entrepreneurial mentoring and advice is offered by Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF) through their program CSU Ventures. The Institute of Entrepreneurship is known as a beer communityalso an excellent resource for knowledge gathering and application in the real world. Therefore, &nbsp; = <span style="font-size:small;">Strategic Priorities</span> = <span style="font-size:small;">2019 CSU Group:</span> <span style="font-size:small;">Venture to Improve Residence Halls (Tracey Trickey): The majority of CSU 's Residence Halls are old and very inaccessible to students with disabilities. This inaccessibility makes those students feel ostracized and unwelcome. All residence halls need to be retrofitted or designed with elevators and automated door openers so that differentially able students are able to give back not confined to the business worldfirst floor. New buildings should be designed with not only ADA federal requirements, but Universal Design. In the event Universal design is inclusive design that caters to ALL regardless of CSU making these types of classes availableage, ability, sex, New Belgium Brewing race or other. Stereotypes need to be challenged - not all disabled people need wheelchairs. Further education and CSU have partnered up awareness of differentially able students should be implemented so that all students can thrive.&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-size:small;">Upperclassman mentor/panel (RK Hancock IV): First year students will be given the opportunity to get in touch with upperclassman in their same department to build authentic relationships where the pastmentors can give relevant guidance about any topics, big or small, that the first years have. For example&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-size:small;">Peer Mentorship Program (Trenton Beeh):<font face="arial, not only helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></font><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A big problem I have they taught new brewery classes, but New Belgium Brewery seen and heard is that there is a key component disconnection between class levels and students in the same major connecting with one another. School work is challenging, but there is an easier way to be successful. The idea I propose is to have an </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upperclassmen/Peer Mentorship Program </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that focuses on quickly getting younger students to adapt to new CSU football stadium which in both cases, brings more revenuesemesters.</span></span>

<span style= Strategic Priorities ="font-size:small;">Major Exploration Program: (Dylan Frost): I realized early on in my college career that thousands of students at CSU and frankly around the country don't know why they’re in college or what they want to do here. I want to create a major exploration program that analyzes the student and helps guides them into finding a major that best suits them.</span>

Cross<span style="font-Disciplinary Collaborative Makerspace (Annaliese Cole-Weiss)size: Physical Meeting Space Faculty Advisor Variety of Technology/Equipment Materials Art/Office Supplies Funding Course/Usage Fee Assessment Training Program Membership Program Support from small;">2018 CSU StudentGroup:</Faculty Awarenessspan>

Hack<span style="font-Asize:small;">Cross-Thon Disciplinary Collaborative Makerspace (Nicholas HahnAnnaliese Cole-Weiss): MeetSteps to achieve goal -Up Location Date and Time Richardson Design Center Approval Physical Meeting Space FacultyAdvisor Variety of Technology/Administration Representation Equipment Materials for Brainstorming (Paper, Markers, etc.) TechnologyArt/Office Supplies Funding Course/Usage Fee Assessment Training Program Membership Program Support from CSU Student/Faculty Awareness</Equipment (Computers, Projectors, etc.) Guest Speakers, Lectures, Brainstorming Sessions, Panels Competitions Advertisements Refreshmentsspan>

Incoming Freshman/Transfer Student Outreach Program <span style="font-size:small;">Hack-A-Thon (Alonzo AlcocerNicholas Hahn): Voluntary Program Leaders Communication with Freshman AdvisorsSteps to achieve goal -&nbsp; Meet-Up Location Date and Time Richardson Design Center Approval Faculty/Advocates Designed Seminar CurriculumAdministration Representation Materials for Brainstorming (Paper, Markers, etc.) Technology/Presentations Meeting spaces in freshman dorms RamWelcome Orientation Booths in plaza Seminar scheduling Mentoring programs Materials Equipment (penComputers, paperProjectors, etc.)Guest Speakers, Lectures, Brainstorming Sessions, Panels Competitions Advertisements Refreshments</span>

Innovation Club <span style="font-size:small;">Incoming Freshman/Transfer Student Outreach Program (Eric ThorsonAlonzo Alcocer): Physical Steps to achieve goal -&nbsp;Voluntary Program Leaders Communication with Freshman Advisors/Advocates Designed Seminar Curriculum/Presentations Meeting Space spaces in freshman dorms RamWelcome Orientation Booths in plaza Seminar scheduling Mentoring programs Materials (Makerspace?pen, paper) Access to Makerspace/Equipment Access to Technological Resources Elected President and Board Members Faculty Advisor Support from CSU Student Organizations Funding/Student Fees Mission Statement Social Media Presence Club Following</Participationspan>

2019 UIF team&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc02eVZWodc&t=89s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc02eVZWodc&t=89s] 2018 UIF team&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQSr0CfRi_0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQSr0CfRi_0] <span style="font-size:x-large;">'''2019 Team member links'''</span> <span style="font-size:x-large;"</span>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Rkhancock http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Rkhancock]  

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