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Wichita State is committed to break down walls and going beyond the books to provide real-world experiences with for real-world results. At the same time, it expects to create an environment where risk-taking is encouraged and big ideas can become big business, so it could build new avenues for financial growth while infusing existing industries with the resources needed for future success.

Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship is a foundation of Wichita State University’s curriculum and strategic plan. Wichita State holds Kansas’ only entrepreneurship major as well as an entrepreneurship minor for both business and non-business majors, a graduate certificate in entrepreneurship and innovation and an MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship. New Product & Technology Development and Growing & Managing an Entrepreneurial Firm are just a couple of the courses students can enroll in. In Spring 2016, WSU has expanded its degree opportunities by offering an a Master of Innovation Design Masters degree, which started Spring 2016. The schools Colleges of Fine Arts, Health SciencesProfessions, Business, Honors, and Engineering are offering courses that incorporate entrepreneurship into the foundations of their curriculum.The College of Applied Studies now offers a course in Workplace Leadership, as well as a Bachelor's in Applied Studies which focuses on innovation in the workforce. 

Beyond academics, there are several programs encouraging entrepreneurship on campus. Every year students can compete in the Shocker New Venture Competition, where winning student groups are awarded startup capital to aid in the launch of their new venture. Other entrepreneurial competitions that happen yearly include the Koch Innovation Challenge, Shocker Innovation Corps, and Invent for the Planet. Students also attend inspirational and informational speaker series focused on entrepreneurship, innovation, and design, such as the Business Booster Series, Shocker Startup Impact, LaunchPrep, and Lunch and Learn.

The Wichita State campus is expanding to reflect the innovation and entrepreneurship demands of the economy. In spring of 2017, a new makerspacenamed GoCreate, located in the Experiential Engineering BuildingJohn Bardo Center, opened to cater to innovative Wichita State students from all majors and backgrounds. The WSU makerspace has the GoCreate's purpose to be a special place where people can meet, collaborate and make things happen – it is part manufacturing plant, part design studio and part garage workshop. It’s a place where creative people of all ages and skill levels have access to sophisticated equipment and training, shared work spaces and a supportive community. 

== '''Encouraging faculty innovation Faculty Innovation and entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship''' ==

However, there is a clear sentiment that the incentive system of the university is not in line with promoting innovation through faculty. Faculty members recognize that the money on campus is in traditional research and building the innovation campus , rather than on promoting faculty support of innovation and entrepreneurship.

== [https://wichita.edu/services/wsuventures/ '''Actively supporting the university technology transfer functionWSU Ventures''' ] ==

WSU offers a unique opportunity to students and individuals in the community through an organization called WSU Ventures. The goal of WSU Ventures is to assist entrepreneurs and upstart companies with having the resources they need in order to flourish. WSU Ventures has multiple services that it provides including research and development opportunities; research lab space; providing expert feedback on ventures; patent application assitance and guidance; as well as searching for investors. These various services offered to entrepreneurs are extremely beneficial in helping to ensure that all steps are covered throughout the product planning and implementation stages for new ventures. == '''Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function''' == <span id="docs-internal-guid-aafb0876-802d-1bd5-dcd4-e696b455348d"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Many faculty and admin administration feel that the university’s current IP policy generally favors students and promotes innovation. However, a significant portion of the student body and faculty view the IP policy negatively. Wichita State University’s Technology Transfer has been trying to rectify this. For example, they have begun to question the intellectual property agreement and have opened the discussion to students. Some design-based classes lead students to produce academic creations that could easily be patentable. Technology Transfer has made it a point to speak at some of these classes (Senior Design for Engineering). There are even workshops that help students and faculty understand intellectual property and patent law.</span></span>

With the creation and building of the new Innovation Campus, WSU is partnering up with some big industry names to bring collaboration and innovation to its new campus. The goal of such partnerships will be to encourage and improve collaboration and innovation between students and professionals in the industry.&nbsp; The new innovation campus Innovation Campus will boast multiple Partnership Buildings where companies will be able to lease space and work with WSU students and faculty. These Partnership Buildings will open up a new line of networking between students and industry to provide internship and job opportunities. At the same time, the companies will be able to provide and fund new research and experimental facilities. As a benefit to them, they will be able to recruit and new talent continuously. Some of the companies and organizations that have already partnered with WSU include Airbus, NetApp, Applied Technology Acceleration Institute, National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR), Tech Mahindra, iTalent Corp, Youth Entrepreneurs, ABI Group, Koch Industries, Inc., Hexagon, Deloite, and Firepoint. Airbus, for example, has relocated their engineering center in downtown Wichita to the new Innovation Campus. Airbus’ presence on campus allows them to access research, testing labs, student employees, and faculty expertise quickly and easily. With NIAR already present on the campus, Airbus relocating to the new WSU campus will add to the research centers provided to students. Another example is Firepoint, an innovation company that employs students of varying disciplines to accelerate strategic projects for industry partners. Recently, Firepoint partnered with the Army to host a challenge offering a combined $35,000 in funding to design a new drone.&nbsp;   Wichita State is working to facilitate university-industry collaboration at a much more aggressive pace than in the past year due to the need to bring advanced research and experimental facilities for students and faculty. The goal is to transform Wichita State into an innovation-focused university that is partnered with some of the biggest names in the industry. A recent partnership that the new Innovation Campus secured in Spring 2017 was with Boston Consulting Group with the goal of increasing collaboration and to advance the Wichita manufacturing industry.

Some Wichita State opened a new law enforcement training center on its innovation campus in January of 2018. The center includes training space and classrooms for the companies and organizations that have already partnered with WSU include AirbusSedgwick County Sheriff’s Department, NetApp, Applied Technology Acceleration Institute, National Institute of Aviation Research, Tech Mahindra, iTalent Corp, Youth Entrepreneurs, ABI Group, Koch IndustriesWichita Police Department, and others. Airbus, for example, will relocate their engineering center in downtown Wichita to the new Innovation campusCriminal Justice students. Airbus’ presence on campus Students will allow them to access research, testing labs, student employeesalso greatly benefit from internships, cooperative education and faculty expertise quickly and easilyapplied learning opportunities through the partnership. With NIAR already present on The new training center enables the campus, Airbus relocating Wichita Police Department to the new build a partnership with WSU campus will add to the research centers provided to students.&nbsp;and gives students access to top-notch training and aid in recruitment opportunities.

Wichita State is working to facilitate university-industry collaboration at a much aggressive pace than With the opening of the Partnership Building 2 in past year due to the need to bring advance research 2018, this building opens up avenues for businesses such as Spirit Aerosystems, and experimental facilities Firepoint Innovation Center, as well as for students different offices to take up residence, such as GEEKS, and facultythe College of Engineering's Dean's Office. The goal A new Barton School of Business building is to turn Wichita State into an innovation-focused university that is partnered currently under talks of being built, with some of the biggest names in the industryplans already being drawn up.

Wichita State opened a new law enforcement training center on its innovation campus in January of 2018. The center includes training space and classrooms In 2019, construction began for the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Department, Wichita Police Department, and criminal justice students Students Partnership 3 which will also greatly benefit from internships, cooperative education open more avenues for business and applied learning opportunities through the partnershipstudent collaboration. The new training center enables the Wichita Police Department to build a partnership with WSU&nbsp;Partnership 3 should be completed in 2020 and gives students access to top-notch training and aid in recruitment opportunitieswill house Textron Aviation.

Campus outreach with specific industries is very strong, some . Some of the industries represented more than others are aerospace, manufacturing, and education. In aerospace , the university engages in a mass amount of research for advanced materials, coatings, and general controls design. Wichita hosts the number one industry funded Aerospace research firm in the nation named NIAR (National Institute For for Aviation Research). In manufacturing , the university has many researchers who specialize in advanced manufacturing and prototyping, with most of these resources are being used for Aerospace research. WSU also has many connections with Koch Industries, allowing business students and some engineering students, to find connections and pursue careers. In education , the department reaches out to the schools in our Wichita's community to create better teachers and facilities. Unfortunately not all of the industries are represented in the university's outreach , but there is room for improvement.

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