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== <span style="color:#000000;">'''<span style="font-size: larger;">Overview</span>'''</span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"><span /p><p style="fonttext-familyalign:arial,helvetica,sans-serifcenter;">&#x5B;&#x5B;File:&#x5D;&#x5D;</p><span p style="fonttext-sizealign:mediumjustify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="caretfont-colorfamily: rgb(51arial, 51helvetica, 51)sans-serif;">Universidad de los Andes is an autonomous<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, independent51, and innovative institution that fosters pluralism51);">Universidad de&nbsp;los&nbsp;Andes is an autonomous, independent, and innovative institution that fosters pluralism, tolerance, and respect for ideas. It aims for academic excellence while providing rigorous critical and ethical character development, in order to enhance in all students an awareness of their social and citizenship responsibilities, as well as a firm commitment to the society. The university’s student body, in an environment of interdisciplinary and flexible integral character development, becomes the chief agent of the educational process. A highly skilled, knowledgeable, and prestigious faculty facilitates the development of an outstanding academic and professional life project that supports research, contributes to the development of the country, and transcends its geographical boundaries.</span></span></span></span></p>== <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''</span></span> ==<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id><span style="docsbackground-internalcolor: transparent; font-guidvariant-28a7089bnumeric: normal; font-7fffvariant-b2d7east-97e7-35ed92378217"><span style="colorasian: rgb(102, 102, 102)normal; backgroundvertical-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-alignalign: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation has always been deeply embedded at the heart of the Universidad de los Andes. From the very core of the institution –it’s mission statement– can be seen to play a key role: “the University of the Andes is an autonomous, independent and </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-weightsize: 700medium; "><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="background-color: italictransparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">innovative <span style="color:#696969;">de</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102)#696969; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal">los</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#696969; "><span style="font-variant-east-asiansize: normalmedium; vertical"><span style="font-alignfamily: baseline; whitearial,helvetica,sans-space: pre-wrapserif;">institution that fosters pluralism, tolerance and respect for ideas [...]”</span></span></span></span></p><p dirstyle="ltr" style="linebackground-heightcolor: 1.38transparent; marginfont-topvariant-numeric: 0ptnormal; marginfont-variant-east-bottomasian: 11ptnormal; textvertical-align: justifybaseline; paddingwhite-space: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0ptpre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:medium&nbsp;"><span style="font-familyAndes. From the very core of the institution –it’s mission statement– can be seen to play a key role:arial“the University of the Andes is an autonomous,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-28a7089b-7fff-b2d7-97e7-35ed92378217"independent and </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Student innovation and entrepreneurship is highly endorsed in certain faculties, both inside and outside of the classroom. The Business and Design Schools are the leaders in the creation and implementation of I&E opportunities in the classroominnovative </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">institution that fosters pluralism, with the Industrial Engineering department trailing not far behind. More and moretolerance, courses and study programs have been modified in order to further interest and expose students to I&Erespect for ideas [... These courses teach students the importance of keeping their minds open to everything I&E has to offer, and help them harvest finer entrepreneurial skills]”</span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1. Some of these courses have students dedicate the whole semester’s work to developing a project of their choosing, while others expose them to real38; margin-life cases and make them think outside the box.</spantop: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"></span></spanstyle="color:#696969;"></span></p><p dirstyle="ltrfont-size:medium;" ><span style="linefont-heightfamily: 1.38arial,helvetica,sans-serif; margin"><span id="docs-top: 0pt; margininternal-bottom: 11pt; textguid-28a7089b-7fff-b2d7-97e7-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;35ed92378217"><span style="fontbackground-sizecolor:mediumtransparent;"><span style="fontfont-variant-familynumeric:arial,helvetica,sans-serifnormal;"><span id="docsfont-internalvariant-guideast-28a7089basian: normal; vertical-7fffalign: baseline; white-b2d7space: pre-97e7-35ed92378217wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(102Student innovation and entrepreneurship are highly endorsed in certain faculties, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even though most projects deviate and stay both inside and outside of the classroom. The Business and Design Schools are the leaders in the creation and implementation of I&E opportunities in just dreamsthe classroom, there are participation circles that step in to help student entrepreneurswith the Industrial Engineering department trailing not far behind. These include EmpreandesMore and more, which helps them ideate </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a stronger courses and study programs have been modified in order to further interest and expose students to I&E. These courses teach students the importance of keeping their minds open to everything I&E has to offer and more innovative core at help them harvest finer entrepreneurial skills. Some of these courses have students dedicate the beginning whole semester’s work to developing a project of their entrepreneurship choosing, and </while others expose them to real-life cases and make them think outside the box.</span></span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-styleheight: italic1.38; fontmargin-variant-numerictop: normal0pt; fontmargin-variant-east-asianbottom: normal11pt; verticaltext-align: baselinejustify; white-spacepadding: pre-wrap0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;">Centro de emprendimiento</spanstyle="color:#696969;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numericsize: normalmedium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, where </span"><span style="colorfont-family: rgb(102arial, 102helvetica, 102)sans-serif; "><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">certified mentors asses them with interactive workshops Even though most projects deviate and business-oriented makerspacestay in just dreams, there are participation circles that step in to help student entrepreneurs. AlsoThese include Empreandes, when students need guidance through their entrepreneurial process, big scale entrepreneurship accelerators like Despega Colombia, can help propel a student’s own particular idea.which helps them ideate </span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="linestyle="font-variant-heightnumeric: 1.38normal; marginfont-variant-top: 0pt; margineast-bottomasian: 11ptnormal; textvertical-align: justifybaseline; paddingwhite-space: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0ptpre-wrap;"><a stronger and more innovative core at the beginning of their entrepreneurship, and </span><span style="font-sizestyle:mediumitalic;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sansvariant-serifnumeric: normal;"><span id="docsfont-internalvariant-guideast-28a7089basian: normal; vertical-7fffalign: baseline; white-b2d7space: pre-97e7-35ed92378217wrap;">Centro de&nbsp;</span></span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; ></span></span></span><span style="font-variant-numericsize: normalmedium; "><span style="font-variant-east-asianfamily: normal; verticalarial,helvetica,sans-align: baselineserif; white-space"><span><span style="font-style: preitalic; font-variant-wrapnumeric: normal;">Universidad de Los Andes has a variety of tools and groups that promote students throughout the entire process of innovation and entrepreneurship, and continue to support projects when these entrepreneurs become alumni.font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></spanstyle="color:#696969;">emprendimiento</span></span></span></pspan></span><span style== '''"color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id><span style="docsfont-internalvariant-numeric: normal; font-guidvariant-b557fce0east-7fffasian: normal; vertical-60fealign: baseline; white-b2a6space: pre-19543b4a05a7wrap;">, where </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation certified mentors asses them with interactive workshops and entrepreneurship</span>business-oriented&nbsp;maker space. Also, when students need guidance through their entrepreneurial process, big-scale entrepreneurship accelerators like Despega Colombia can help propel a student’s own particular idea.</span></span></span>''' ==</span></span></p><p styledir="text-align: justify;ltr"><span style="colorline-height:#6969691.38;"><span style="fontmargin-sizetop:medium0pt;"><span>Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship is encouraged a matter of great relevance at the Universidad de Los Andes. Given its longmargin-bottom: 11pt; text-established national renown as the pioneer university in terms of R&D, it was just a matter of time before innovation and entrepreneurship ensued as a practice and became key to the faculty production at Los Andes. At the momentalign: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, investigative portfolios and academic production from the faculty members sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-28a7089b-7fff-b2d7-97e7-35ed92378217"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Universidad de Los Andes has a variety of tools and groups that promote students throughout the entire process of innovation and entrepreneurship and continue to support projects when these entrepreneurs become alumni.</span></span></span></span></span></p>== <span style="color:#000000;">'''<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b557fce0-7fff-60fe-b2a6-19543b4a05a7"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship</span></span></span></span>'''</span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span>Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span><span style="color:#696969;">is </span><span style="color:#696969;">&nbsp;encouraged a matter of great relevance at the Universidad de Los Andes. Given its long-established national renown as the pioneer university in terms of R&D, it was just a matter of time before innovation and entrepreneurship ensued as a practice and became key to the faculty production at Los Andes. At the moment, investigative portfolios and academic production from the faculty members </span><span style="color:#696969;">is</span></span></span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span>&nbsp;classified in one of 5 big topics that help the nation at a macro level:</span></span></span></p>

<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Additionally, the University also provides teachers –not just students– with practical tools to develop their profiles as entrepreneurs and innovators. For example, many schools facilitate student-teacher contact and courses in order to work on an investigation related to their careers and interests. Another example is </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conécta–TE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(an entrepreneurship epicenter dedicated to innovation in education and technology), which offers the course “Conecta-TE en Vacaciones”: an institutional initiative that seeks to provide the teachers of the University of Los Andes with spaces to design innovations that can be applied in their classes.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Recently the Civil and Environmental engineering Engineering department decided to allow students that do not desire to finish their major with a formal thesis to join or continue in the research seedbed of their choice. This decision was made after student representaives representatives made evident the negative impact a mandatory thesis had in students that perhaps have different interests than their thesis advisors. Recent surveys have demonstrated that not only has the amount of investigation</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, therefore entrepreneurshiphelvetica, increased but seniors in both majors have in their job perspectives stay in campus with their projects.sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color:#696969;">negative</span></p>== '''<span style="font-sizecolor:larger#696969;">impact</span></span><span style="font-familycolor:arial,helvetica,sans-serif#696969;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-44499432-7fff-0adf-e23c-265227f99e17"><span style="background-color: transparent; fontwhite-variantspace: pre-numeric: normalwrap; font-variant-east-asianfamily: normal; verticalarial, helvetica, sans-align: baselineserif; whitefont-spacesize: pre-wrapmedium;">Actively supporting the university technology transfer function</span></span></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;a mandatory thesis had on students that perhaps have different interests than their thesis advisors. Recent surveys have demonstrated that not only has the amount of investigation, therefore entrepreneurship, increased but seniors in both majors have in their job perspectives stay on campus with their projects.</span>''' </span></p>==<p dirspan style="ltrcolor:#000000;" >'''<span style="linefont-heightsize: 1.38larger; margin-top: 0pt; margin"><span style="font-bottomfamily: 11pt; textarial,helvetica,sans-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0ptserif;"><span styleid="fontdocs-size:medium;internal-guid-44499432-7fff-0adf-e23c-265227f99e17"><span style="fontbackground-familycolor:arial,helvetica,sans-seriftransparent;"><span id="docsfont-internalvariant-guid-6acc6dc9-7fff-d50b-7169-0ff04caaaae0"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numericnumeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Universidad de Los Andes is currently working on developing a strong Technology Transfer Office. At the moment, Actively supporting the university relies on the Office for Technology and Knowledge Transfer (OTTC, for its initials in Spanish) to carry out the functions of an institution with this reason of beingtechnology transfer function</span></span></span>&nbsp;</span>'''</span> ==<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1. The OTTC currently encourages the members of the university to create patents, work with outside businesses with which the university holds alliances, and interact with non38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-profits and other organizations, in order to commercialize the different creations of the university’s student community’s leaders.</spanalign: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"></spanstyle="color:#696969;"></spanstyle="font-size:medium;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="linefont-heightfamily: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0ptarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span styleid="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guiddocs-internal-guid-6acc6dc9-7fff-d50b-7169-0ff04caaaae0"><span style="background-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UnfortunatelyThe Universidad de Los Andes is currently working on developing a strong Technology Transfer Office. At the moment, most of the students have not been exposed to its dynamics university relies on the Office for Technology and even Knowledge Transfer (OTTC, for its purpose, mostly because not everyone is interested initials in using this resource. Therefore, there is a lack Spanish) to carry out the functions of an institution with this reason of information regarding its existencebeing. It is The OTTC currently encourages the members of great importance for the University university to improve the reach create patents, work with outside businesses with which the university holds alliances, and interact with non-profits and other organizations, in order to commercialize the acceptance different creations of this program within the University environmentuniversity’s student community’s leaders.</span></span></span></span></pspan></p>== '''<span stylep dir="font-size:larger;ltr"><span style="fontline-familyheight:arial,helvetica,sans1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-serifalign: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span idstyle="docs-internal-guidcolor:#696969;"><span style="font-b545abfc-7fff-caea-dc18-8c5cdb1a231fsize:medium;"><span style="backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparent; fontarial,helvetica,sans-variant-numeric: normalserif; font"><span id="docs-variantinternal-guid-east6acc6dc9-asian: normal; vertical7fff-align: baseline; whited50b-space: pre7169-wrap;0ff04caaaae0">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span></span></span>''' ==<p dir="ltr" <span style="linebackground-heightcolor: 1.38transparent; marginfont-variant-topnumeric: 0ptnormal; marginfont-variant-east-bottomasian: 11ptnormal; textvertical-align: justifybaseline; paddingwhite-space: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0ptpre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arialUnfortunately,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-b545abfc-7fff-caea-dc18-8c5cdb1a231f"><span style="color: rgb(102most of the students have not been exposed to its dynamics and even its purpose, mostly because not everyone is interested in using this resource. Therefore, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"there is a lack of information regarding its existence. It is of great importance for the University to improve the reach and the acceptance of this program within the University environment.</span></span></span>Many programs at Universidad de Los Andes have established strategic alliances with different key partners in the industry. These alliances have proved to be really effective, since they have paved the way for hand</span></span></p>== <span style="color:#000000;">'''<span style="font-insize:larger;"><span style="font-hand work between the University and the industry. Students are also encouraged to take part in these projects since by taking parts of &nbspfamily:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;research groups of their pertaining major."></spanid="docs-internal-guid-b545abfc-7fff-caea-dc18-8c5cdb1a231f"></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="linestyle="background-heightcolor: 1.38transparent; marginfont-top: 0pt; marginvariant-bottomnumeric: 11ptnormal; textfont-alignvariant-east-asian: justifynormal; paddingvertical-align: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0ptbaseline;"><span style="fontwhite-sizespace:mediumpre-wrap;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span ></span></span>'''</span> ==<p dir="ltr" style="fontline-familyheight:arial,helvetica,sans1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-serifalign: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span idstyle="docs-internalcolor:#696969;"><span style="font-guid-b545abfc-7fff-caea-dc18-8c5cdb1a231fsize:medium;"><span style="colorfont-family: rgb(102arial, 102helvetica, 102); backgroundsans-colorserif;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are also some student-created spaces that serve the same purposeMany programs at Universidad de Los Andes have established strategic alliances with different key partners in the industry. Despega Colombia, mentioned above, is a perfect example of these partnerships These alliances have proved to be really effective since it’s a hybrid they have paved the way for hand-in-hand work between an entrepreneurship accelerator the University and incentivates real-life competition. This is a prime example of how students and faculty may start weaving bonds with the industry, recognizing the mutual benefits that ensue from such collaborations.. Students are also encouraged to take part in these projects since taking part&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></p><divspan>== <span style="font-size:largermedium;">'''<<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-28d684dd-7fff-c000-b075-4a8ecbb1955c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span></style="color:#696969;">of</span></span></span></span>'''</span> ==<p dirspan style="ltrcolor:#696969;" ><span style="linefont-heightsize: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0ptmedium;"><span style="font-sizefamily:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helveticaarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-28d684dd-7fff-c000-b075-4a8ecbb1955c"><span style="background-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analyzing the contact between the University and both the regional and local communities is key to understanding just how important the institution’s efforts are in kindling economic development. Many social, cultural and political issues are constantly debated by the University’s &nbsp;research groups of their pertaining major.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top academics and the students of the postgraduate programs. These think: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-tanks have proven an ample spectrum of characteristics. For example, the Industrial Engineering department has the “COPA” lab, oriented to technical problem solving, while the Politics Observatory of the Governmental Issues’ School, dedicated its time to social issues.align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"></spanstyle="color:#696969;"></spanstyle="font-size:medium;"></spanstyle="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" span style="linebackground-heightcolor: 1.38transparent; marginfont-variant-topnumeric: 0ptnormal; marginfont-variant-east-bottomasian: 11ptnormal; textvertical-align: justifybaseline; paddingwhite-space: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="fontpre-size:mediumwrap;"><span style="fontThere are also some student-family:arialcreated spaces that serve the same purpose. Despega Colombia,helveticamentioned above,sans-serifis a perfect example of these partnerships since it’s a hybrid between an entrepreneurship accelerator and&nbsp;"</span></span></span></span></span id="docs-internal-guid-28d684dd-7fff-c000-b075-4a8ecbb1955c"><span style="colorfont-size: rgb(102medium;"><span style="font-family:arial, 102helvetica, 102)sans-serif; "><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another relevant example is the “Progresa Fenicia” Project. The Fenicia initiative aims to revitalize the community neighboring the campus by responding to the challenge of an urban transformation and engaging students in activities that generate positive externalities on <span style="color:#696969;">incentivates</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;real-life competition. This is a prime example of how students and faculty may start weaving bonds with the industry, recognizing the Fenicia neighborhood inhabitants, such as revamping the local economy while bearing in mind their interests.mutual benefits that ensue from such collaborations.</span></span></span></span></span></p><div>== <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-28d684dd-7fff-c000-b075-4a8ecbb1955c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts</span></span></span>'''</span></span> ==<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-28d684dd-7fff-c000-b075-4a8ecbb1955c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analyzing the contact between the University and both the regional and local communities is key to understanding just how important the institution’s efforts are in kindling economic development. Many social, cultural and political issues are constantly debated by the University’s top academics and the students of the postgraduate programs. These think-tanks have proven an ample spectrum of characteristics. For example, the Industrial Engineering department has the “COPA” lab, oriented to technical problem solving, while the Politics Observatory of the Governmental Issues’ School, dedicated its time to social issues.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-28d684dd-7fff-c000-b075-4a8ecbb1955c"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another relevant example is the “Progresa Fenicia” Project. The Fenicia initiative aims to revitalize the community neighboring the campus by responding to the challenge of an urban transformation and engaging students in activities that generate positive externalities on the Fenicia neighborhood inhabitants, such as revamping the local economy while bearing in mind their interests.</span></span></span></span></span></p>= <span style="color:#000000;">We think better when we are together</span> =<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Being the best is encouraged a matter of great relevance at the Universidad de Los Andes. Nevertheless, its hunger&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#696969;">of</span></span></span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;being the best has cost a massive bad reputation on the society around itself. At the moment, the university has high standards of excellent education but it fails on showing how caring and human it can be with students. Some people reject the idea of being part of the allegedly best university in the country just because of its coldness and relationship with the student body. Just because this university does not show how compromised it is with their students and their own well being, doesn't mean it doesn't care about the students. &nbsp;</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">What has just been said is affecting the&nbsp;university's&nbsp;name nationally and is stopping great students to enter it. That's why we have decided to "take the bullet" for our university and try to solve this social&nbsp;problem. The solution is pretty simple but had an&nbsp;immense&nbsp;impact if handled in the correct way: &nbsp;</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Since we believe the people's voices are the reason why everything happens and how things evolve, we decided to not take for granted everybody's perception towards the university and make a plan of action once we count&nbsp;on&nbsp;what people think. It doesn't matter if they are students or complete outsiders, every constructive&nbsp;criticism&nbsp;counts and will help improve this university's&nbsp;prestige&nbsp;so that we can be excellent academically, but also socially. &nbsp;</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">With the help of those who cared to answer our different kinds of surveys we did notice a pattern that indicates that the fame of this university is to be cold with students and&nbsp;detached&nbsp;from their struggles, and way too attached and interested in the academical excellence. &nbsp;</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Now, what we are interested&nbsp;in&nbsp;creating is a massive impact so that everyone can see how invested La Universidad de Los Andes is regarding their student body well-being and happiness overall. We plan on doing that with the help of different activities that motivate those who feel good inside the campus to share their story and also those who don't feel as satisfied to also share what's going through their head, because at the end of the day, many brains think better than one, and it is very clear that we all think better when we're together.</span></span></span></p>= <span style="color:#000000;">Related Links</span></span></span></span></p>= Related Links =

Landscape Canvas <span style="color:#000000;"></span>Video 2019:&nbsp;[https://docsyoutu.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kGXqJSddpzt7Ekm9KFhLRH2Ub06wEQ3B29l7I0kmayUbe/edit?usp=sharing USH0UVN6Y64 https://docs.googleyoutu.combe/spreadsheets/d/1kGXqJSddpzt7Ekm9KFhLRH2Ub06wEQ3B29l7I0kmayU/edit?usp=sharingUSH0UVN6Y64]

<span style="color:#000000;">Landscape Canvas 20172019:&nbsp; </span>[https://drivedocs.google.com/openspreadsheets/d/1kGXqJSddpzt7Ekm9KFhLRH2Ub06wEQ3B29l7I0kmayU/edit?idusp=sharing <span style=1jTbLhgDSYOie-nRTjLBwzn1n1sGmyh0k7tuRm37xTBc "color:#000000;">https://drivedocs.google.com/openspreadsheets/d/1kGXqJSddpzt7Ekm9KFhLRH2Ub06wEQ3B29l7I0kmayU/edit?idusp=1jTbLhgDSYOie-nRTjLBwzn1n1sGmyh0k7tuRm37xTBcsharing</span>]

<span style="color:#000000;">Landscape Canvas 20182017:&nbsp; </span>[https://docsdrive.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Mopen?id=1jTbLhgDSYOie-1Egon0XX7wE3AKVUNzbUcf-FBq-rwfCHJ58AgqnOI/editnRTjLBwzn1n1sGmyh0k7tuRm37xTBc <span style="color:#gid=1 000000;">https://docsdrive.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M-1Egon0XX7wE3AKVUNzbUcf-FBqopen?id=1jTbLhgDSYOie-rwfCHJ58AgqnOInRTjLBwzn1n1sGmyh0k7tuRm37xTBc</edit?usp=sharingspan>]

Universidad de los Andes Student Priorities<span style="color: #000000;">Landscape Canvas 2018:&nbsp; </span>[[Universidad de los Andes Student Priorities|Universidad de los Andes Student Priorities]https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M-1Egon0XX7wE3AKVUNzbUcf-FBq-rwfCHJ58AgqnOI/edit#gid=1 <span style="color:#000000;">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M-1Egon0XX7wE3AKVUNzbUcf-FBq-rwfCHJ58AgqnOI/edit?usp=sharing</span>]

'''<span style="color:#000000;">Universidad de los Andes Student Contributors'''Priorities: </span>[[Universidad de los Andes Student Priorities|<span style="color:#000080;">Universidad de los Andes Student Priorities</span>]]

[[Lina MerizaldeMaría José Hernández Sánchez|Lina_Merizalde<font color="#000080">María José Hernández Sánchez</font>]]

[[David Delgado|David_Delgado]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Juan_Diego_Olivella_Cicero Juan Diego Olivella Cicero]

[[Pedro Juan IsazaJuliana Ramirez|Pedro_Juan_IsazaJuliana Ramirez]]

[[User:Pbuenahora|Pablo Buenahora]] <span style="color:#000000;">'''Fall Spring 2019'''</span> [[María Juliana Moya|<span style="color:#000080;">María_Juliana_Moya</span>]] [[Lina Merizalde|<span style="color:#000080;">Lina_Merizalde</span>]] [[David Delgado|<span style="color:#000080;">David_Delgado</span>]] '''Fall Spring 2017''' [[Pedro Juan Isaza|<span style="color:#000080;">Pedro_Juan_Isaza</span>]] [[Nicolas Castro Helo|<span style="color:#000080;">Nicolas_Castro_Helo</span>]] [[Diana Solano|<span style="color:#000080;">Diana_Solano</span>]] [[Camila Buenaventura Marquez|<span style="color:#000080;">Camila_Buenaventura_Marquez</span>]]&lt;/div&gt;