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= [[File:Susquehannalogo.jpg|frame|Susquehannalogo.jpg]]<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Overview</span> =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32cd-4dfb-d7f0-9ee8a0392d08"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0Founded in 1858, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Susquehanna University is a private liberal arts institution. It was founded in 1858 college located in the small town of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. The university Susquehanna University is dedicated to helping students become productive, creative proactive leaders in diverse world though through academics, service, and personal values assets, which is shown represented through the university saying of “leadUniversity motto “Achieve, achieveLead, serve,” as well as the school’s teaching and community environmentServe”. Susquehanna is central centrally located within 3 hours a three-hour drive of 4 four major cities - – Philadelphia, New York City, Baltimore, and Washington, DC D.C. and is 4 four hours from Pittsburgh and just 1.5 one-and-a-half hours from the scenic Pocono Mountains.</span></span></p><div> Susquehanna University believes cross-cultural experiences are essential to a liberal arts education – the University has made it part of the central curriculum. Susquehanna University’s distinctive award-winning cross-cultural program, Global Opportunities (GO), offers students a wide range of off-campus educational programs in both domestic and international locations. 

</div><div>= <span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></span></span> =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Susquehanna University has , entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities exist for students and experienced professors on and helpful professorsoff campus. Students are able to can learn from professors through their class lessons and success succeed outside of the classroom with their own personal ventures and research. The In addition, the Sigmund Weis School of business has an Business implemented entrepreneurship and innovation as an undergraduate minor. Additionally In recent years, Susquehanna has just started a partnership partnered with Columbia University for to create a combined dual degree program in liberal arts Liberal Arts and Science education Education and Engineering. Interested students will be able to &nbsp;obtain two bachelors bachelor’s degrees in just a short span of five years.<br/span></span></p>Student Engagement== <span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student</span></span> ==<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0At Susquehanna, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Susquehanna is growing in opportunities for students to engage student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovationcontinue to grow each year. The university has recently University established an entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor to replace the business Business Administration Entrepreneurship emphasis. Faculty and staff members teaching entrepreneurship majorcourses are encouraging students to participate in the program regardless of academic discipline. Students hoping Hopeful students who wish to create their own organizations or campus publications will quickly learn about the faculty and staff’s willingness to give advice and guidance from the faculty and staff to help students turn their ideas into realitiesreality. Last year, the university ran The University hosted a Pitch Contest in the past and saw students from various backgrounds and departments bring forth ideas for innovation and plans to continue the "House of Hawks" Pitch Contest to showcase student creativity. According The University Innovation Fellows team wishes to a student who is currently a collaborate with the Business Entrepreneurship majorSchool, Susquehanna alumni, “the business department gives us and the tools that are needed career development center to become successful and creative entrepreneurscontinue the Pitch Contest in future years.” &nbsp;</span></span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family:  ''Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is the Pitch Contest</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: ?''Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: The Pitch Contest was organized to “help students gain experience in developing and presenting ideas for innovationinnovation”.” &nbsp;Susquehanna Alumni served as the judges of during the event and were able to share shared their own experiences while building connections between with current students and alumni to establish a basis for a greater network. The event helped to inspire ideas as well as showing and provide valuable feedback on how students how to can improve their ideas for and pitching skills in the future. Two Students were given two minutes to describe your idea their ideas and convince the judges of its their merit made the Pitch Contest very interesting and intense. Elevator pitches do not have fancy presentations with powerpoints and posters; they have simplicity, the product and the presenter. Students learned an important aspect of the business world through these quick pitches as they learned learning how to effectively communicate to sell their product products and learn from the judges comments as well as their fellow classmatesideas.</span></span></p><br/> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Faculty</span></span> =Innovation and Entrepeneurship =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0In the past, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Susquehanna University faculty introduce a plethora of opportunity for the students to engage both on campus and the local/regional setting. Faculty members at Susquehanna University have recently engaged in innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities partnered with many companies and organizations such as the Keystone Innovation Zone and the American Physiological Societyto involve students in entrepreneurial and innovative opportunities. These opportunities open the gateway for help faculty members receive funding for projects and research to provide funding students with opportunities and the opportunity for students interested in order skills to build strengthen their confidence and encourage their innovation innovative and entrepreneurial skill setassets.</span></span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently In recent years, the Keystone Innovation Zone provided funding to a professor one faculty member in the Sigmund Weis Business School to assist in developing the development of a website for the local Selinsgrove company, Fresh Roasted Coffee, a local company in Selinsgrove. The In addition, the allotted funding provided allowed the faculty member to involve collaborate with two Susquehanna University students for this great opportunityon the project. The Keystone Innovation Zone has also provided given students and faculty and students the privilege of assisting another one other local company develop in the development of a device to scale trees in order to assist the for hunters in the area. CurrentlyAlso, faculty in the Biology department at Susquehanna University are working to gain funding from the American Physiological Society and the National Science Foundation to conduct innovative research. The funding is said to will not only assist the faculty member members in their research but to encourage grant students the opportunity for students to take part in the research as wellalongside their professors. Additionally, the Center for Teaching and Learning provides grants for faculty members that foster curricular or pedagogical innovations to enhance learning.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style=It hosts lunches and workshops where faculty members can learn about teaching strategies and share innovative ideas, conducts a "linetalk-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;marginwhile-bottom:0pt;textyou-align: justify;walk"></p>initiative for faculty to walk while they talk about teaching, and joins faculty members with two or three peers to discuss teaching strategies more intimately. =Innovation Allies = <span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size Dr. Samya Bano Zain, Associate Professor of Physics, Physics Department Chair Robert Sieczkiewicz, Assistant Professor, Research Librarian: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgbInstruction and Digital Scholarship Dr. Emma Fleck, Associate Professor of Management (0Entrepreneurship) Dr. Betsy Verhoeven, 0Associate Professor of English, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Dr. Amir Bahman Radnejad, 0Assistant Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Staff</span></span>  Ron Cohen, Vice President for University Relations Becky Deitrick, Assistant VP of Alumni, Parent and Donor Engagement Scott Cox, Adjunct Professor Dr. Linda McMillan, Provost and Dean of the Faculty Dr. Lori Ellison, Assistant Professor of Management Dr. Matthew Rousu, Dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business Dr. Karen Mura, Associate Professor of English =Technology Transfer Function =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1The science department at Susquehanna keeps students highly involved in the forefront of the research process from the beginning of their undergraduate studies. Students are regularly invited to partner with faculty for the summer to conduct research in the professors’ area of expertise.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id ="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6University-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span styleIndustry Collaboration ="font-size: 16px; font-family:  Susquehanna University is centrally located in a small but bustling economic center within central Pennsylvania. Academically, the Sigmund Weis School of Business leads the campus in industry collaboration. A variety of business classes push their students beyond the classroom to collaborate with local small businesses and entrepreneurs. Extracurricular organizations such as Enactus and, in the past, the Entrepreneurship Club have acted as bridges connecting SU students with industries both local and abroad. Geisinger Hospital is also an industry collaborator. In addition to the establishment of the Geisinger Medical Center on campus, students have the opportunity to complete internships with Geisinger. Alongside the University'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0s strong alumni network, 0students have opportunities to interact and work with professionals regularly throughout their academic career. Formal events, 0); background-colorsuch as “Breakthrough: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Alumni Relations To Life After Graduation” allow students to discuss topics such as entrepreneurship and research with experienced professional alumni. Moreover, the Career Development - Becky DietrickCenter, Alumni Office, Ron Cohen → Have connected and individual departments actively try to Alumni on Innovation build informal networks between students and Entrepreneurship. Breakthrough excellent resources of talentalumni for mentoring, fundinginternship,</span></span></p>and employment opportunities. = Collaborators = *Agricultural Region*Weis Markets*Hershey Medical*Harley Davidson Headquarters*Empire Kosher 

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: large;">Technology Transfer Function</span>Regional and Local Economic Development = <p dir="ltr" style="lineSEDA-height:1Council of Governments is a regional public organization that serves 11 counties in Central Pennsylvania. The organization is overseen by a Board which consists of elected officials and local people.15;marginSEDA-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0Council of Governments focuses on transportation, international sales, 0information technology, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The science department at Susquehanna keeps students highly involved in the forefront of the research process from the beginning of their undergraduate studiesand financial packaging. Students are regularly invited to partner with faculty This organization works on marketing local products for the summer to conduct research in the various areas of the professors’ areas of expertiseinternational export.<br/span></span></p>= <span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgbPennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (0, 0, 0SBDC); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University Industry Collaboration</span></span></span> =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Susquehanna University is centrally located leads a major effort to aid in a small, but bustling economic center with central Pennsylvania. Academically, the Sigmund Weis School development of Business leads the campus in industry collaborationsmall businesses. A variety of business classes push their students They offer information and resources to beyond the classroom to collaborated with local small start businesses and entrepreneurs. Extracurricular organizations such as Enactus andhelp with growth, in the pastcontinuity, and survival once the Entrepreneurship Club have also acted as bridges connected SU students with industries both local and abroadbusiness has been started. Geisinger Hospital is also an industry collaboratorSBDC has many branches including one at nearby Bucknell University. Students have the opportunity to complete internships with Geisinger and the campus also hosts SBDC offers a Geisinger Health Center.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This factor coupled with the college’s strong alumni network present students with opportunities to interact and work with professionals regularly through their academic career. Formal events, such as “Breakthrough: To Life After Graduation” allow students to discuss topic variety of services aimed at topics such as entrepreneurship and research with experienced professional alumni. MoreoverGovernment Marketing, the Career Development CenterInternational Business, Alumni Office, and well as individual departments actively try to build informal networks between students and alumni for mentoring, internshipTechnology assistance, and employment opportunitiesEnvironmental Management.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="line-height: 14px;">Collaborators:</span></span></span></p>*<span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Agricultural Region</span></span>*<span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Weis Markets</span></span>*<span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hershey Medical</span></span>*<span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Harley Davidson Headquarters</span></span>*<span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Empire Kosher</span></span>

= Landscape Canvas = = Fall 2019 = [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQWcgU5EijnW4S4ROtLWcaw90U4URK99eNuE8OMSZ_4sWX5vi7kmRpk8QH-x_Rup1wlNsI9EdNArnTp/pubhtml https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQWcgU5EijnW4S4ROtLWcaw90U4URK99eNuE8OMSZ_4sWX5vi7kmRpk8QH-x_Rup1wlNsI9EdNArnTp/pubhtml] = <span style="font-size:large;">Related links</span> = <span style="font-size:large;">Pitch Video (Fall 2019)</span> <span style="font-size:large;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=Fb30yXi1k9s}}</span> <span style="font-size:large;">Pitch Video (Fall 2018)</span> <span style="font-size:large;">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xmRyLXyqz9k}}</span> <span style="font-size:large;">Cohort Change Story Platform (Fall 2017)</span> [https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/ https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/ UIF Facebook Page] <span style="font-size:large;">Pitch Video (Fall 2016)</span>

= <span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regional and Local Economic Development</span></span></span> =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SEDA-Council of Governments is a regional public organization that serves 11 counties in Central Pennsylvania. The organization is overseen by a Board which consists of elected officials and local people. There is focus in transportation, international sales, information technology and financial packaging. This organization works on marketing local products for international export.</span></span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height{{#Widget:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span Youtube|id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) leads a major effort to aid in the development of small businesses. They offer information and resources to start businesses and help with growth, continuity and survival once the business has been started. SBDC has many branches including one at nearby Bucknell University. SBDC offers a variety of services aimed to topics such as Government Marketing, International Business, Technology assistance and Environmental Management.</span>uhbBjd26XYA}}</span></p>----

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Introduction Video[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University_Student_Priorities Susquehanna University Student Priorities]

2015 Fellows: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ethan_Eastwood Ethan Eastwood], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexis_Gargin Alexis Gargin], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan Perkins], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University_Student_Priorities Student PrioritiesTiffany_Richards Tiffany Richards]

<u>'''Students2016 Fellows:'''<&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Hana_Feiner Hana Feiner],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aviel_Stein Aviel Stein],[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/u>Rachel_Tate Rachel Tate]

2017 Fellows:&nbsp;[Tonia Hall],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexandra_Haller Alexandra Haller],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:DamianMunoz Damian Munoz],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexis_Gargin Alexis GarginDaniel_Yim Daniel Yim]

2018 Fellows:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Leah_Cieniawa Leah Cieniawa],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brianna_Murphy Brianna Murphy],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Joseph_Morante Joseph Morante],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ethan_Eastwood Ethan EstwoodKyle_Williams Kyle Williams]

2019 Fellows:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Samantha_Brumagin Samantha Brumagin],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Donovan_Gayles Donovan Gayles],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_ludwig Elizabeth Ludwig],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan PerkinsAndrea_Repetz Andrea Repetz]

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