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= [[File:Susquehannalogo.jpg|frame]]<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 a diverse world though through academics, service, and personal values assets, which is shown represented through the university University motto of “achieve“Achieve, leadLead, serve,” as well as the school’s teaching and community environmentServe”. Susquehanna is centrally located within a 3 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. 

= <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 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. AdditionallyIn recent years, Susquehanna has recently 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 At Susquehanna, opportunities for student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovation continue to grow each year. The University established an Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor to replace the Business Administration Entrepreneurship emphasis. Faculty and staff members teaching entrepreneurship courses are encouraging students to participate in the program regardless of academic discipline. Hopeful students who wish to create their own organizations or campus publications will quickly learn about the willingness and guidance from the faculty and staff to help students turn their ideas into reality. The University hosted a Pitch Contest in the past and plans to continue the "House of Hawks" Pitch Contest to showcase student creativity. The University Innovation Fellows team wishes to collaborate with the Business School, Susquehanna alumni, and the career development center to continue the Pitch Contest in future years. '''What is the Pitch Contest?''' - The Pitch Contest was organized to “help students gain experience in developing and presenting ideas for innovation”. Susquehanna Alumni served as the judges during the event and shared their own experiences while building connections with current students to establish a basis for a greater network. The event helped inspire ideas and provide valuable feedback on how students can improve their ideas and pitching skills in the future. Students were given two minutes to describe their ideas and convince the judges of their merit, learning how to effectively communicate to sell their products and ideas. <span id=Faculty Innovation and Entrepeneurship = In the past, faculty members at Susquehanna University partnered with companies and organizations such as the Keystone Innovation Zone and the American Physiological Society to involve students in entrepreneurial and innovative opportunities. These opportunities help faculty members receive funding for projects and research to provide students with opportunities and skills to strengthen their innovative and entrepreneurial assets. In recent years, the Keystone Innovation Zone provided funding to one faculty member in the Sigmund Weis Business School to assist in the development of a website for Fresh Roasted Coffee, a local company in Selinsgrove. In addition, the allotted funding allowed the faculty member to collaborate with two Susquehanna University students on the project. The Keystone Innovation Zone has given students and faculty the privilege of assisting one other local company in the development of a device to scale trees for hunters in the area. Also, 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 will not only assist faculty members in their research but grant students the opportunity to take part in the research alongside their professors. Additionally, the Center for Teaching and Learning provides grants for faculty members that foster curricular or pedagogical innovations to enhance learning. It hosts lunches and workshops where faculty members can learn about teaching strategies and share innovative ideas, conducts a "docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32cetalk-591awhile-f3cbyou-561b62ac9d26walk"><span styleinitiative 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 ="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, 0Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning Dr. Amir Bahman Radnejad, Assistant Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship); background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student</span></span> Ron Cohen, Vice President for University Relations Becky Deitrick, Assistant VP of Alumni, Parent and Donor Engagement

Susquehanna is growing in opportunities for students to engage in entrepreneurship and innovation. The university has recently established an Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor to replace the business administration entrepreneurship emphasisScott Cox, and faculty currently teaching entrepreneurship classes are striving to enroll students from all different disciplines. Students hoping to create their own organizations or campus publications will quickly learn about the faculty and staff’s willingness to give advice and guidance to help turn their ideas into realities. The university ran a Pitch Contest in the spring of 2014 and saw students from various backgrounds and departments bring forth ideas for innovation and creativity. The Pitch Contest has not been held since, but we hope to collaborate with the business school, alumni relations and the career development center to reinstate the Pitch Contest by spring of 2018.Adjunct Professor

<u>Pitch Contest</u>: 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 = The Pitch Contest was organized to “help science department at Susquehanna keeps students gain experience highly involved in developing and presenting ideas the forefront of the research process from the beginning of their undergraduate studies. Students are regularly invited to partner with faculty for innovationthe summer to conduct research in the professors’ area of expertise. = University-Industry Collaboration = Susquehanna University is centrally located in a small but bustling economic center within central Pennsylvania.” &nbsp;Alumni served as Academically, the judges Sigmund Weis School of Business leads the event and were able to share campus in industry collaboration. A variety of business classes push their own experiences while building connections between current students beyond the classroom to collaborate with local small businesses and alumni for a greater networkentrepreneurs. The event helped to inspire ideasExtracurricular organizations such as Enactus and, in the past, the Entrepreneurship Club have acted as well as provide space for feedback 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 how campus, students may improve their ideas and/or pitches for have the futureopportunity to complete internships with Geisinger. Students were given two minutes  Alongside the University's strong alumni network, students have opportunities to describe interact and work with professionals regularly throughout their ideas academic career. Formal events, such as “Breakthrough: To Life After Graduation” allow students to discuss topics such as entrepreneurship and convince research with experienced professional alumni. Moreover, the judges of their meritCareer Development Center, Alumni Office, learning how and individual departments actively try to best communicate in order to sell their products/ideasbuild informal networks between students and alumni for mentoring, internship, and employment opportunities.&nbsp; = 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 within 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 beyond the classroom They offer information and resources to collaborate 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 connecting 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;"><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;"></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;"></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 throughout their academic career. Formal events, such as “Breakthrough: To Life After Graduation” allow students to discuss variety of services aimed at topics such as entrepreneurship and research with experienced professional alumni. MoreoverGovernment Marketing, the Career Development CenterInternational Business, Alumni OfficeTechnology assistance, and individual departments actively try to build informal networks between students and alumni for mentoring, internship, and employment opportunitiesEnvironmental Management.</span></span></p><p dir = Landscape Canvas ="ltr" style ="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span><span styleFall 2019 ="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space [https: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1docs.google.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></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:<com/span><spreadsheets/span><d/span><e/p>*<span id="docs2PACX-internal1vQWcgU5EijnW4S4ROtLWcaw90U4URK99eNuE8OMSZ_4sWX5vi7kmRpk8QH-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; colorx_Rup1wlNsI9EdNArnTp/pubhtml https: 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<.google.com/span><spreadsheets/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<d/span><e/span>*<span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a2PACX-f3cb1vQWcgU5EijnW4S4ROtLWcaw90U4URK99eNuE8OMSZ_4sWX5vi7kmRpk8QH-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<x_Rup1wlNsI9EdNArnTp/span></span>pubhtml] *<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-wraplarge;">Empire Kosher</span>Related links</span>=

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= <span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c383da6-32ce-591a-f3cb-561b62ac9d26"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color{{#Widget: 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 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;">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. SEDA-Council of Governments focuses on 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: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;">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>Fb30yXi1k9s}}</span></p>

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<u>'''Students[http:'''</u>/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]&nbsp; (Spring&nbsp;2015), [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan Perkins], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tiffany_Richards Tiffany Richards]

2016 Fellows:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan PerkinsHana_Feiner Hana Feiner],&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spring&nbsp;2015)[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aviel_Stein Aviel Stein],[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rachel_Tate Rachel Tate]

2017 Fellows:&nbsp;[Tonia Hall],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tiffany_Richards Tiffany RichardsAlexandra_Haller Alexandra Haller],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:DamianMunoz Damian Munoz],&nbsp;(Spring 2015)[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Daniel_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/Hana%20Feiner Hana Feinerwiki/Joseph_Morante Joseph Morante],&nbsp;(Fall 2016)[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_Williams Kyle Williams]

2019 Fellows:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Samantha_Brumagin Samantha Brumagin],&nbsp;[Aviel Stein|Aviel Steinhttp://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Donovan_Gayles Donovan Gayles],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_ludwig Elizabeth Ludwig],&nbsp;(Fall 2016)[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andrea_Repetz Andrea Repetz]