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<span style="font-size:larger;">UConn does not currently have a transfer office , but there are a few offices such as the UConn Entrepreneurship and Innovation Consortium as well as the UConn Entrepreneurship and Innovation Society that both serve a role in connecting and directing students.</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">UConn alumni also do their part giving back to the University. The TIP program allows current UConn students to get hands on experience on innovation and entrepreneurship by interning over the summer session with companies begun that were started by former UConn students.</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Alumni also come in periodically to give either in person or online lectures on&nbsp;his or her&nbsp;story. We hope these information sessions&nbsp;will be helpful in creating a generational effect among students&nbsp;as well as an &nbsp;inspiration for passionate students.</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Innovation Quest (IQ) is a challenge&nbsp;to students at any level&nbsp; or major to explore&nbsp; innovation and entrepreneurship. <span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">Successful projects that come out of the Innovation Quest (IQ)&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;have gone on to become industry supported companies.&nbsp;<span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;color:#222222;mso-ansi-language:EN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">The amount of growth UConn has and continue to have further connects students to invaluable resources.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">There is currently a 3.5 Billion dollar "innovation initiative" project in play right now at UConn. This is a campus wide overhaul of the Universities University's STEM program to offer more opportunity to the students. There is a tech park being built on campus that will house start-up companies and think tanks lead by companies like GE and Pratt & Whitney. An engineering research lab is also in under construction.</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">One of the most recently finished buildings is the new Next Generation STEM building which houses 727 students in a state of the art dormitory , complete with the first ever maker space on campus, the Learning Community Innovation Zone (LCIZ). This space will allow students to pursue hands on learning that will help strengthen their academic experience from as early on as their first year in college.</span>

= <span style="font-size:larger;">CONCLUSION <span style="font-size:smaller;"></span></span><br/> =

<span style="font-size:larger;">The University of Connecticut has a rapidly developing entrepreneurial and Innovative innovative culture. The University has recently been allocating more funding towards entrepreneurial programs such as the IDEA Grant and investments into new STEAM infrastructure such as the Next Generation Connecticut Residence hall and many more to come. There is clearly a push to create a more innovative and entrepreneurial culture. As more amazing talented people and invaluable resources are put into place, more passionate students will be drawn to the university to take advantage of the current entrepreneurial opportunities</span>.