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= Student Innovation and & Entrepreneurship<br/> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-e3687445-336a-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tennessee Technological University is an upbeat campus filled populated with students who are interested in making the world work to make a better place in positive impact on their own form and fashionworld daily. For those Numerous on-campus resources exist for students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship, there are numerous onand these resources offer services and access to students from disciplines across the campus.</span></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[File:Icubelogo.png|border|Icubelogo.png]]</span></span></p><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Venues available&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-campus resources wrap;">for these individualsI&E oriented student interaction </span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">include the b</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">usiness and engineering </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">living-learning villages, 20+ student organizations fostering I&E mindsets, and the [http://www.ttuicube.com/ iCube] & iMakerspace where students and faculty imagine, inspire, and innovate.&nbsp;Located on the 3rd floor of the Volpe library, t</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">he 6,000 square foot iCube and iMakerspace facility provides students and faculty with access to virtual reality and immersive experience technologies (Oculus Rift and Vis-Box), 3-D printers, and shop tools for innovative design and prototyping. These spaces truly enable all Tech students to bring their dreams to life through hands-on design, experimentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.</span>

<span idstyle="docscolor: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-internalfamily: Arial; font-guidsize: 15px; white-e3687445space: pre-336awrap; background-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8color: transparent;">This innovative campus spirit is strengthened within the business and engineering curricula through courses focusing on real world applications. These courses,&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; fontwhite-familyspace: Arialpre-wrap; ">including CHE 4410 Process Design, CHE 4661 Transport in Biochemical and Biological Processes, and BMGT 4930 Business Strategy, </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">TTU has many places on campus for like-minded students to interact and create. Tech also two dormitories that are only for Business and Engineering majors, so an innovative environment naturally emerges there. This innovative spirit is then strengthened by the curriculum that involves classes with real world examples. Classes that show students how to not only work with theoretical design models of their designs, but also the and develop economic and & marketing side of strategies for their work. These are upper level classes such as CHE 4410 Process Design and 4930 Business Strategyventures. MKT 4900 is a new course as of Spring 2015 that provides all students interested in I&E with the opportunity to participate in innovative activities through experiential learning as taught by local entrepreneurs. Additionally, this course helps prepare prepares students for the campus wide Eagle Works business pitch competition with $10,000 in prizesheld every spring.</span></span>

<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-e3687445-336a-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Interest is also found at events like Tedx Nashville and The newest I&E-Week. Tedx Nashville is a yearly event that recently has been supported by the Dean’s Officecourse piloted Fall 2015, encouraging students to attend the event by paying for their tickets[https://www. E-week is a common event across many universities where the various engineering majors are brought together and pitted against each other in competitionstntech.<edu/span><news/releases/span><span style="color: rgb(68nursing, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; fontengineering-students-collaborate-on-size: 15px; whitehealth-space: precare-wrap;">Even if you are not a Business or Engineering major there is still plenty problems Clinical Immersion at Disciplinary Interfaces], synergizes the minds of nursing and chemical engineering students to develop solutions for health care innovation. Over the semester, students explore the local hospital and interview health care providers to take part identify problems and develop solutions which fit the needs expressed through these experiences. At the end of such as the &nbsp;recent &nbsp;Researchcourse, Innovation each team composed of nursing and Entrepreneurship Forum where speakers from the NSF will give talks chemical engineering students present their projects and prototypes to a panel of faculty and students regarding I&Eprofessionals from the community.</span>

<spanid="docs-internal-guid-e3687445-336a-782f-7574-00420f4c83a8"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students can then take their ideas to the new spaces on campusInterest is also found at events like [http: iCube //tedxnashville.com/ Tedx Nashville] and iMakerspace! These new additions to Tech provide much needed resources to students on campusE-Week. With Virtual RealityTedx Nashville is a yearly event recently supported by the Dean’s Office, 3which promotes student attendance by purchasing student tickets. E-D printersweek is a national event in which many universities participate. During the event, various engineering majors are brought together and lots of lab pitted against each other in competitions.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even if you are not a business or engineering major, there is still plenty to take part in, such as the iCube &nbsp;recent Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum where speakers from the NSF gave talks to faculty and iMakerspace enable ideas to take shapestudents regarding I&E.</span></span>

<brspan style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">UPDATE 4/18/2016: The Tennessee Board of Regents just recently approved an [https://www.tntech.edu/certificates/>innovation-and-entrepreneurship-certificate I&E certificate] to be completed in conjunction with any undergraduate bachelors degree. We are so excited this opportunity has been approved for our students and cannot wait to award these certificates!<br/span></divspan></div>= Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship<br/></div>=

<span id= Faculty Innovation "docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The teaching faculty at Tech is extremely involved with real world innovation. Many professors currently perform research which they plan to develop into a product in the future, and Entrepreneurshipothers have already started companies through their research.<br/span></span> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The faculty at TN Tech Along with this environment of start-ups, there is extremely involved with a movement forming which promotes innovationdirectly. Many professors are currently doing research on something With the help of VentureWell, faculty members attended a workshop in February 2014 where they plan received training similar to turn into a product. And many others have already started companies through their researchthat which the University Innovation Fellows receive.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Along with this environment This same group of faculty also promotes the creation of start-ups there is a movement going new major on that is pushing innovation directlycampus. With This pathway of study would combine aspects of the help business and engineering curricula to create an area of VentureWell, faculty members were able to attend a workshop study for students interested in the month of February 2014. They received similar training that University Fellows are receiving but on a higher levelentrepreneurship specifically.<br/></span></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span>

<span idfont color="docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465#444444"><span styleface="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This same group of faculty is also pushing to create a new major on campus. Something that would combine aspects of business and engineering curriculum to create a are of study for students that are interested in entrepreneurship.</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-bc653010-336b-837f-327f-595d1f353465"><span style="fontcaret-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; vertical-align: baseline15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently under construction on Tennessee Tech’s campus is a Maker Space made possible through the collaborative efforts of faculty from both Faculty also participate in courses provided by the College of Business and the College of Engineering. The vision Center for the Maker Space is to provide a space for students from all colleges to work together on projects Innovation in an innovative environment. The space will be equipped with a 3D printer, media roomTeaching and Learning, where cross-disciplinary approaches to I&E are discussed and workspace for Maker activitiespresented.</span></spanfont>

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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b6f5b89e-336c-d7ea-7c98-37c39144bedd"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The [http://www.thebizfoundry.org/ Biz Foundry ] is a local business accelerator in Upper Cumberland Tennessee, partnered with [http://launchtn.org/ Launch Tennessee]. They are focused The organization focuses on building a startup community that which nurtures local talent, innovation, and entrepreneurs in order to create a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. The accelerator program pairs startups with mentors and investors in order to help aid with the business modeldevelopment.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b6f5b89e-336c-d7ea-7c98-37c39144bedd"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Biz Foundry , located across the street from campus, is found right off campus. It’s a place for students and faculty to go for any ask questions related to start-up ventures. To aid in these start-up ventures , the Biz Foundry holds 24 Hour Launch events for students to bring their ideas to the next level of development.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-b6f5b89e-336c-d7ea-7c98-37c39144bedd"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TN Tech also has houses a [https://www.tsbdc.org/ Small Business Development Center ] for students to go and regional entrepreneurs seeking improve on their innovative ideas. It works as a sort of pre-meeting area before you go and seek more help. They also provide The center provides local business internships to students that allows them to work with local businesses. The Small Business Development Center hosts and host business seminars covering a wide range of topics dealing with innovation and entrepreneurship.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At TN Tech With the aid of grants, such as the same faculty that have attended VentureWell workshops are now pushing [http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/index.jsp National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps] (I-Corps^TM), the development amount of a Innovation and Discovery Center. This will be a space for students from every major research on Tech's campus is expected to come and workgrow significantly over the next few years. It will serve as a meeting ground and possibly center for entrepreneurship related clubs More and more faculty are partnering with industry leaders interested in the to turn their research being held on campusinto marketable products.</span></span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-alignsize: baseline; white-space: pre-wrapmedium;">Also with the aid of grants such as NSFs I-core the amount of research on campus is expected to grow over the next few years. More and more faculty are partnering with industry to turn their research into a marketable product.</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-0184fd5e-336d-6bdb-d55b-943f1d7f30f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks to these grants, the Innovation iCube and Discovery CenteriMakerspace, and help from places external organizations like the Biz Foundry , local Businesses businesses from the near-by cities of Nashville and Knoxville now have a place to go to discuss the research happening at TN Tech.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id= Regional "docs-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TN Tech is located in the small town of Cookeville, TN. The campus itself is one of the biggest aspects of the town and Local Economic Development Effortsis subsequently a large contributor to the local economy. Besides the fact huge amounts of money come from students that buy things from the local businesses, there is also a lot of community service which takes place.<br/span> </span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Events like the Relay for Life bring in tens of thousands of dollars for cancer research every spring, and university and roadside clean-ups coordinated by Greek life organizations keep the city clean.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TN Tech is located Due to Cookeville's location in Cookeville. The campus itself is one of the biggest aspects center of the town and one three of the biggest economic factorsTennessee's major cities (Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga), it is often a meeting ground for innovation. Besides Much work is done between these four cities to bring businesses from across the fact that huge amounts of money come from students that buy things from country to the local businesses, there is also a lot increasingly innovative state of community service that takes placeTennessee.<br/><br/></span></span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3size:medium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Events like Relay for Life bring in tens of thousands of dollars for cancer research every spring. Campus wide clean ups keep the university clean and roadside clean ups mostly from Greek life organizations keep the city clean.</span></span></span>

<span idstyle="docsfont-internal-guid-b1cb30f3-336e-059c-da11-978c1365dae3size:medium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Due The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee also launched the "Rural Reimagined" initiative to challenge students to use their I&E skills to improve rural life. These projects include expanding healthcare access, internet access and other vital resources to Cookeville being in the center underserved populations of 3 major cities (Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga) it is often a meeting ground for innovation. Much work is done between these 4 cities in terms of bringing in Businesses from across the country to TennesseeUpper Cumberland.</span></span></span>

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