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The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Innovate Carolina) serves as the strategic center for coordinating and supporting entrepreneurial development at the University. Innovate Carolina functions as the hub of the ecosystem with the various student groups, departments and faculty groups acting as spokes. Five years ago when the innovation efforts were formally launched, Innovate Carolina, with the help of faculty, students and staff, drafted the [http://innovate.unc.edu/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Innovate_at_Carolina_Roadmap.pdf Innovation Roadmap]. The 5-year roadmap outlines UNC’s approach towards building an innovation ecosystem and  for continually monitoring and updating it. This year (2015) marked the end of the 5-year plan and as a culmination Innovate Carolina in partnership with Chancellor Folt hosted the Innovation Summit. The Innovation Summit was a 2-day event that brought together 100 stakeholders (administrators, students, faculty, alumni, investorsand legislators) to reflect on the progress of our I&E ecosystem and our priorities moving forward.

The Innovation Summit marks the beginning of a new 5-year plan that will be assembled by students, faculty and Innovate Carolina to lay out the ambitions moving forward for UNC-CH I&E ecosystem. So far, the following 6 themes have been identified and these will act as the framework for the rest of the report.

<li>Teach the skills and build the mindset: How will we elevate UNC’s formal and informal teaching of the skills and mindset necessary in the 21st-century innovation economy and reach even more people?</li>

<li>Build the foundational elements: How can we support and expand the areas of Applied Physical Sciences (APS), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Data Studies, Computer Science, and the new maker space (known as BeAM) to strengthen the building blocks of innovation?</li>

<li>Translate ideas to impact: What is needed to adequately guide and support people as they move ideas to impact?</li>

<li>Provide spaces of I&E: Where can we expand existing and create new spaces on or adjacent to UNC’s campus that support the full innovation process?</li>

<li>Involve mentors and experts: How can we effectively recruit and integrate successful entrepreneurs, experts and advisors into our work?</li>

<li>Fund high-potential ideas and the work for the I&E network: What funding do we need to accelerate innovative ideas and sustain the work of the distributed Network?</li>

<li>Evaluate and communicate the impact: How can we evaluate and more effectively convey the collective story of I&E impact both on and off campus?</li>

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The Innovation Summit marks the beginning of a new 5-year plan that will be assembled by students, faculty and Innovate Carolina to lay out the ambitions moving forward for UNC-CH I&E ecosystem. So far, the following 6 themes have been identified and these will act as the framework for the rest of the report.

<ol span>The Chancellor’s Student Innovation Team (CSIT) was launched by Shruti Shah concurrently with the Chancellor Thorpe’s Innovation Circle in 2010. The goal of this team was to contribute the student priorities into the Innovation Roadmap. This group, made up of 33 exceptional student leaders, quickly evolved into a force of change that shaped the student innovation ecosystem. Carolina Creates, a student idea incubator, TedxUNC, the Kairos Chapter at UNC and much of the programming of the Entrepreneurship Minor all came out of this group. However, the most important contribution of this team of students was creating a campus wide awareness of entrepreneurship and its potential. Over the past few years this group has been a forum for student leaders to discuss how to change the administrative policies to make UNC a better launchpad for student entrepreneurs. However, in 2014 the group was rebooted with a vision to be more of an action-oriented group rather than policy-discussion oriented group. This group is now made up of 40 student leaders who are focused on answering and acting on big questions at UNC such as:<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

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~~Teach the skills and build the mindset:~~ How ~~will~~ do we ~~elevate UNC’s formal and informal teaching of the skills and mindset necessary in the 21st-century innovation economy and reach even~~ create a more ~~people~~inclusive I&E ecosystem?

</li>

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~~Build the foundational elements: How can we support and expand the areas~~ Should UNC focus on launching entrepreneurs or focus on ensuring all graduates leave with a sound understanding of ~~Applied Physical Sciences (APS), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Data Studies, Computer Science, and the new maker space (known as BeAM) to strengthen~~ the ~~building blocks of innovation~~entrepreneurial frameworks?

</li>

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~~Translate ideas to impact: What is needed to adequately guide and support people as they move ideas to impact~~How do we increase early stage ideation on campus?

</li>

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This group tackles 4-5 strategic projects that address specific needs of students. CSIT played a major role in executing the Innovation Summit this October and will continue to be a leader in bringing together and advocating for the student innovation community.

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The Chancellor’s Student Innovation Team (CSIT) was launched by Shruti Shah concurrently with the Chancellor Thorpe’s Innovation Circle in 2010. The goal of this team was to contribute the student priorities into the Innovation Roadmap. This group, made up of 33 exceptional student leaders, quickly evolved into a force of change that shaped the student innovation ecosystem. Carolina Creates, a student idea incubator, TedxUNC, the Kairos Chapter at UNC and much of the programming of the Entrepreneurship Minor all came out of this group. However, the most important contribution of this team of students was creating a campus wide awareness of entrepreneurship and its potential. Over the past few years this group has been a forum for student leaders to discuss how to change the administrative policies to make UNC a better launchpad for student entrepreneurs. However, in 2014 the group was rebooted with a vision to be more of an action-oriented group rather than policy-discussion oriented group. This group is now made up of 40 student leaders who are focused on answering and acting on big questions at UNC such as:

<li>

~~Provide spaces of~~ How do we create a more inclusive I&E~~: Where can we expand existing and create new spaces on or adjacent to UNC’s campus that support the full innovation process~~ecosystem?

</li>

<li>

~~Involve mentors and experts: How can we effectively recruit and integrate successful~~ Should UNC focus on launching entrepreneurs~~, experts and advisors into our work~~or focus on ensuring all graduates leave with a sound understanding of the entrepreneurial frameworks?

</li>

<li>

~~Fund high-potential ideas and the work for the I&E network: What funding~~ How do we ~~need to accelerate innovative ideas and sustain the work of the distributed Network~~increase early stage ideation on campus?

</li>

<li/ul>~~Evaluate~~ This group tackles 4-5 strategic projects that address specific needs of students. CSIT played a major role in executing the Innovation Summit this October and ~~communicate the impact: How can we evaluate~~ will continue to be a leader in bringing together and ~~more effectively convey~~ advocating for the ~~collective story of I&E impact both on and off campus?~~student innovation community.~~</li></ol>~~=

= Student Entrepreneurship =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_Student_Priorities University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Student Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rangoli_Bhattacharjee UI Fellow- Rangoli Bhattacharjee]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mihir_Pershad UI Fellow- Mihir Pershad ]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Teerth_Brahmbhatt UI Fellow - Teerth Brahmbhatt]

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