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= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

<big>While the word~~&nbsp~~<span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;''">Entrepreneurship~~''&nbsp~~ has been tossed around Western Michigan University's campus for quite some time, it has only recently become a reality for WMU students. As of ~~fall~~ Fall 2014, students can apply for either ~~the '''~~an <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneurship major~~'''~~ or~~'''~~<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneurship minor~~'''~~. These programs feature classes from both the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences (CEAS) and the Haworth College of Business (HCoB).</big>

<big>Within CEAS, students can enroll in the Bachelors of Science in Engineering program ~~entitled '''~~  <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering (IEE)~~'''~~. IEE combines traditional industrial engineering methodologies while focusing on innovation and design thinking. Students graduate with the mindset of both an industrial engineer and an entrepreneur, giving them the knowledge and expertise to either open their own business or to lead to innovative discoveries within established companies.The program was also presented with the <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation in Curriculum Award at the 2013 Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) National Conference.</big>

<big>Within the Haworth College of Business, ~~'''~~the <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Integrated Supply Management ~~'''~~(ISM) program features an array of courses highlighting the importance of innovation and design. As of ~~fall 2014~~February 2015, the program was ranked #5 2 in the nation, only behind Penn State. ISM is the #2 most heavily recruited school for the Supply Chain Field, only behind Michigan State University. </big>

<big>Additionally, the School of Music hosts an annual~~&nbsp~~<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700;~~'''~~font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneurial Extravaganza~~'''~~, a day-long workshop that combines resume writing, mock interviews, finance tips, marketing strategies, and networking.Through classes, workshops, and collaborative projects, students have the opportunity to develop the skills needed to be successful in their music career<span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</big>

~~Through classes~~<big>The <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sunseeker Solar Car team at WMU brings multiple engineering majors and ~~collaborative projects~~business majors together with the goal of building a solar power car. Innovative thinking is held at a premium as the team operates within confines set by the American Solar Challenge. Students learn the principles of drive and electrical systems as they design the car; this knowledge is then tested as students fabricate and test their designs. Throughout the year, ~~students have~~ the ~~opportunity~~ team competes in multiple 1200 to ~~develop~~ 1800 mile solar car races across the ~~skills needed to be successful in their music career'''~~US and abroad.~~'''~~ </big>

~~The&nbsp~~<big>Western Michigan University also added <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starting Gate, ~~and~~ a business ~~executives~~ accelerator, to its repertoire in the ~~spirit~~ summer of ~~group innovation~~ 2013. The program is very competitive with only a few teams accepted each semester of the many applicants. The extracurricular 100-day program provides workshops, speakers, and resources for participants to help ~~adapt~~ bring their ~~skills~~ business ideas to ~~today's changing global economy~~fruition, much like an incubator. ~~The purpose~~ At the end of the program, students present their work and findings to Kalamazoo business owners and potential stakeholders. In addition, many of these students also participate in the ~~group~~ annual <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PITCH Competition that is ~~to bring together anyone who has a passion~~ hosted by the Haworth College of Business. As the name suggests, students compete for ~~entrepreneurship~~ funding through ~~networking and brainstorming with fellow students~~3-minute pitches for their business ideas. This competition is one of the most popular entrepreneurial-based extracurricular activities that are offered by the university. The competition also offers prize money for the winning team to use towards their innovative idea. </big>

*'''Meetings <big>In late spring 2016, the <span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation Club</ ~~Speakers~~span> was launched by former fellows, Mac Preston and Zach Crawford, along with several other engineering and business students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship. The club ~~meets~~ aims to ~~discuss entrepreneurship matters~~ help students learn hands-on skills that they may not learn in the classroom by providing a makerspace and ~~also bring in local entrepreneurs~~curriculum for courses. Though still getting off its feet, ~~to help them with ideas~~ the Innovation Club has already built a 3d printer and ~~how~~ plans to ~~achieve goals. Former club president Matt Rumora says that "We provide speakers~~host workshops, ~~presentations~~pop-up classes, and ~~events so our members can gain necessary entrepreneurial skills while networking~~a Repair Cafe. Pop-up class plans include "How to Change the Oil in Your Car, ~~building startups~~" "How to Network, " and ~~having fun~~"How to Solder. ~~We encourage~~ " The goal of these classes is to help students ~~from all disciplines and backgrounds~~ feel comfortable learning in new ways, as well as to ~~participate~~learn skills not taught in traditional settings." </big>

~~Western Michigan University also added '''Starting Gate'''~~<big>As of Fall 2017, ~~to its repertoire~~ students can now major in Product Design through the ~~summer~~ Richmond Institute of ~~2013~~Innovation + Design. ~~The extracurricular 100-day program provides workshops~~With a curriculum combining engineering, ~~speakers~~art, and ~~resources for participants to help bring their~~ business ~~ideas to fruition. Many of these students also participate in the annual '''PITCH Competition '''that~~ courses, this program is ~~hosted by the Haworth College of Business. As the name suggests,~~ building their students ~~compete~~ for ~~funding through 3-minute pitches for their business ideas. This competition is one of the most popular entrepreneurial-based extracurricular activities that is offered by the university~~interdisciplinary success.</big>

<big>As of February 2018, all students can experience virtual reality in the '''Virtual Reality Lab''' in Waldo Library. A joint collaboration between the Office of Information Technology and ~~Entrepreneurship =~~University Library Services, students have access to a multitude of games, educational and artistic apps, entertainment, and content creation. Student led workshops and online tutorials</big>

~~The projects and attitudes regarding Innovation and Entrepreneurship~~ <big>Late in the ~~different colleges in~~ fall semester of 2018 a student, by the name Andy Hobelsberger, began a '''robotics club''' at Western Michigan University ~~reflect mutual goals~~. ~~However, although~~ This club supported the ~~Haworth College~~ ideas of ~~Business~~ all of its members and ~~the Parkview Campus~~ gave students of ~~Engineering are only separated by 5 miles, there is very little information being shared regarding the direction~~ all majors to receive hands on experience working on an array of ~~I&E within their respective colleges~~robots. ~~The primary reason preventing this communication~~ This club is ~~taking place on the student level. Business~~ a great opportunity for students ~~with ideas confer with other business students while Engineers tend~~ to ~~work~~ collaborate with each other ~~engineers~~outside of their courses. </big>

~~In terms of Innovation, the college has a great group of professors in the Engineering department that try to push the students to the envelope of coming up with new ideas. The&nbsp~~=Faculty Innovation~~''', Dr. Steven Butt (Chair of Department), Dr. Tycho Fredericks, Dr. Bob White,~~ and Dr. Azim Houshyar, have a series of classes called Entrepreneur Engineering (I, II, and III) where their students come up with an innovative solution to a pain point in the form of a product, and learn how to model or produce a working prototype of it using the various labs on Parkview's Campus. Entrepreneurship=

~~Entrepreneurship seems to go hand in hand with~~ WMU professors have been the driving force behind the ~~Haworth College of Business where they have a great group of mentors and professors that help their students grow~~ greater emphasis on innovation and ~~become more mindful of~~ entrepreneurship ~~in their school. The push for Entrepreneurship has come from the Dean of~~ within the ~~college, Kay Palan~~classroom. ~~She has put a team together, along with~~ From designing the ~~head of the Management department~~only ABET-Accredited Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering (IEE) program, ~~creating~~ to forming the~~ '''Endowed Chairs for~~ newly classified Entrepreneurship ~~'''which~~major, they are dedicated to bringing I&~~nbsp;consist of Dr~~E to university students. ~~Robert Landeros and his team of entrepreneurs in residence (John Mueller, Barcley Johnson, and Laurel Ofstein) who all come from a background of impressive entrepreneurship experience. ~~

Within IEE, the professors collaborate to bring a set of courses (Entrepreneurial Engineering I, II, & III) to guide students through the different stages of the product design and development cycle. Other focuses of the courses include the business canvas and the hypothetical layout of the manufacturing facility needed to build that product.

This is ~~major place~~ the same within the Management Department, as professors seek out entrepreneurship projects for ~~WMU~~ their students. These projects typically stem from the engineering college; the management students are to ~~improve upon because they~~ apply their business expertise to help expand these entrepreneurship efforts. Generally, the professors are ~~trying~~ also the first ones to ~~get their feet off~~ encourage students to participate in competitions and workshops, such as the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition and the ~~ground there~~ Michigan Collegiate Innovation Prize. The management department is ~~more~~ also utilizing local businesses to go create classes that are run as consulting firms. Students receive hands-on-experience with management consulting and collaborate with businesses and present to CMO's, CEO's and other Excecutives in ~~this position~~the businesses.

Within the Mechanical Engineering Department, the seeds has been planted as more classes are starting to introduce students to the concepts of innovation. In Introduction to Mechanical Engineering, students are given multiple projects in addition to their coursework. The projects generally incorporate concepts learned in class, but in a real world setting, not only showing students how applicable their knowledge, but giving the students room to be creative and take their projects in whatever direction they choose.

~~Western Michigan has a unique advantage~~ The main push for entrepreneurship within the ~~category~~ Haworth College of ~~University-Industry Collaboration~~Business has come from Dean Kay Palan. ~~The Engineering Campus located off of Parkview Avenue exists within a newly staffed ~~She created the '''~~Business Technology and Research Park~~Endowed Chairs for Entrepreneurship'''team, consisting of Dr. ~~A full list of companies can be found here~~ Robert Landeros (~~http://wmich.edu/btr/companies~~department chair)~~, but the 42 companies taking residence here all give unique perspectives or job opportunities to WMU Students. Additionally, from competing~~ and three entrepreneurs in ~~the "Chainless Competition" to re-designing~~ residence ~~halls to accommodate more residents~~(John Mueller, the engineering college is filled with senior design projects of each and every engineering discipline. The projects highlight companies located both in and out of the Business Technology and Research Park which have included StrykerBarclay Johnson, ~~Hayworth, Parker Hannifin, Eaton Corp, Fabri-Kal, Denso~~ and ~~many more~~Laurel Ofstein). ~~There are two semesters worth~~ All three come from an impressive background of ~~work that concludes with the company sponsors and the Kalamazoo Community attending the day long presentation of projects~~entrepreneurship experience. Each group has a 30 minute window to present their project along with a written report due to the college and sponsor company. The most recent class of graduates contributed 152 projects and presentations to the university and surrounding industries.

Similarly, the '''Endowed Chairs for Innovation '''are leading the push for innovation at the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences. Making up this group are Dr. Steve Butt (Interim Dean), Dr. Tycho Fredericks, Dr. Bob White, and ~~Local Economic Development Dfforts =~~Dr. Azim Houshyar.

~~The&nbsp~~=<span style="font-size:medium;WMU chapter of the Institute of Industrial Engineers student organization is currently a Gold Member of IIE and last year hosted the entire great lakes region to a conference highlighting the need for innovation featuring keynote speakers from a variety of entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial backgrounds. The student group is composed of mostly industrial engineers but they are able to show the region what kind of innovation ways that are taking place at Western Michigan University in the ">~~paper competition~~University Technology Transfer Function~~, where some of the projects from the Entrepreneur engineering courses have been submitted. ~~=

~~[http~~The '''Office of the ~~PITCH competition but also holds semester long competitive entry programs where student groups get an opportunity~~ Vice President for Research''' is home to ~~develop their startup venture alongside professional advice~~ the '''''Intellectual Property Management and ~~access~~Commercialization '''(technology transfer) function at WMU. ~~new project started by~~ When dealing with research discoveries on campus, the ~~"B-School" to help with startups to present students~~ office can assist with securing IP rights and the ~~resources to help build and grow their small startups~~corresponding IP commercialization strategies. They also provide consulting services. ~~This is starting gate~~'s third year of activity but they already have a diverse group of students ranging from incoming freshman expanding on a project they had in high school to MBA students trying to potentially start a career. '

= ~~Landscape Canvas~~ University-Industry Collaboration =

~~{{#widget~~Western Michigan has a unique advantage within the category of University-Industry Collaboration. The College of Engineering & Applied Sciences (CEAS) is located within the Business Technology and Research (BTR) Park, a Pure Michigan SmartZone and a high-tech business development with nearly 40 member companies. The park’s location means partner firms in the life sciences, advanced engineering, and information technology will have regular opportunities to interact with the faculty, research staff, and students of one of the nation’s top public universities. Companies within the park include Newell Rubbermaid, EPS Security, StructureTec, ThermoFisher Scientific, and Tekna Solutions; a full list can be found at http://wmich.edu/btr/companies.

Additionally, all disciplines within the College of Engineering & Applied Sciences must complete a Senior Design project as a requirement for graduation. The majority of these projects highlight local companies, bringing together the university students with industry professionals. In the past, projects have taken place at Stryker, Parker Hannifin, Eaton, Fabri-Kal, Denso, and many more. The most recent class of graduates contributed 152 projects and presentations to the university and surrounding industries.

On top of this The College of Engineering & Applied Science hosts a career fair every year with 50+ companies attending and actively recruiting students. Students dress up and hand out resumes while practicing their elevator pitches and interviewing skills. Another big resource WMU offers is their company resume critiques and practice interviews. WMU will host a company to look over students resumes and give the students real world experience with interviews. =Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts= Starting Gate, WMU's business accelerator program, is the driving force behind merging WMU Entrepreneurship with regional and local economic development efforts. Students participate in workshops led by community leaders on topics ranging from marketing to patent law, and everything in between. The southwest Michigan Small Business Development Center, located within the Haworth College of Business, also provides small business assistance for companies within the program. Students are also encouraged to participate in and attend community events focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship, such as Pitch Zoo, Startup Zoo, and Startup Grind. Floyd Hall, the main hub of WMU's engineering campus resides within the '''Business Technology and Research Park'''; a high-tech business developement space. Home to companies spanning industries from life sciences to advanced engineering and information technology, the BTR Park is currently looking to expand into the land adjecent to the Parkview Campus, where they hope to add more engineering and technology related business. The businesses that currently reside in the BTR Park not only have the opportunity to interact with staff, but with the students also, as many of the companies come to the '''Engineering Expo''' an annual gathering of surrounding engineering companies who inform students about their companies and the opportunites they hold.  Here is a link to WMU's Landscape Canvas. Spreadsheet: Landscape Canvas Spring 2017:  [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18Gvb3pOhT0dVNYzq1rSqOqs5ozbje7N7fquFqc_UbcI/edit#gid=5] Landscape Canvas Spring 2018: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oY-Xt_JIQE-tSeCtBOEQok45q26cEXQzFa7MDpy4vc8/edit#gid=0 []https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oY-Xt_JIQE-tSeCtBOEQok45q26cEXQzFa7MDpy4vc8/edit#gid=0] Landscape Canvas Fall 2019: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mgzFUEpOf2omc8m5LTnhiXF-doC403gXF7ycnl3PRrs/edit?usp=sharing] Slideshow:  [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GUVKYfE7kTHWcXCbL7fwbO4U5vjZrUtRuTRSg_FsBJE/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_0_29] =Related Links= Graduated Innovation Fellows:  [[Christopher Woodward]], [http://universityinnovation.org/Persefoni%20Lauhon Persefoni_Lauhon], [[Zach Crawford|Zach_Crawford]] Current Fellows: [[Mackenzie Preston|Mackenzie Preston]], [[Jill Puckett|Jill Puckett]], [[Nathan LaWarre|Nathan LaWarre]], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Daniel_Mozel Daniel Mozel], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andreas_Hobelsberger Andreas Hobelsberger], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Megan_miller Megan Miller], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saleh_Mohamed Saleh Mohamed][[Aisha Thaj|, Aisha_Thaj]], [[Caylee Prater|Caylee_Prater]], [[Cate Troost|Cate Troost]] Current Candidates: Student Priorities: [[Western Michigan University Student Priorities|Western_Michigan_University_Student_Priorities]]

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