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| − | = <span style="line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: MetaBold, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">Overview</span> = | + | =<span style="line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: MetaBold, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">Overview</span>= |
| − | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Office for Access and Success (OAS) announced the </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative (IEC). </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">The HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Collaborative will be a cohort of 15 HBCUs (both </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">private and public) that are committed to </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">participating in a multi-year collaboration that will </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">foster innovation, commercialization and </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">entrepreneurship on their respective campuses. This </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">collaborative will build upon <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">the momentum that was </span>established by the UNCF lead 2013 HBCU Innovation Summit that was held at Stanford University.</span></span></span></span> | + | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Office for Access and Success (OAS) announced the </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative (IEC). </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">The HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Collaborative will be a cohort of 15 HBCUs (both </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">private and public) that are committed to </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">participating in a multi-year collaboration that will </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">foster innovation, commercialization and </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">entrepreneurship on their respective campuses. This </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">collaborative will build upon <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">the momentum that was </span>established by the UNCF lead 2013 HBCU Innovation Summit that was held at Stanford University, and has continued through 2021.</span></span></span></span> |
| − | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Virginia State University (VSU) is one of the selected universities that will have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative community seeking to increase innovation and entrepreneurship across disciplines (i.e., Agriculture, Business, Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, etc.) in order to build an innovation ecosystem among institutions, administrators, faculty and students, the federal government and private industry. This cohort of HBCUs will be able to access current and future funding opportunities that will be available only to those universities that commit to participate in this unique collaborative. | + | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Virginia State University (VSU) is one of the selected universities that will have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative community seeking to increase innovation and entrepreneurship across disciplines (i.e., Agriculture, Business, Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, etc.) in order to build an innovation ecosystem among institutions, administrators, faculty and students, the federal government and private industry. This cohort of HBCUs will be able to access current and future funding opportunities that will be available only to those universities that commit to participate in this unique collaborative.</span></span></span> |
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| − | == <span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.231:_The_Design_and_Entrepreneurship_Network_.28The_DEN.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic # | + | == Strategy #1: Promoting Innovation on Virginia State University's Campus == |
| − | <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"> | + | <br /> |
| − | == <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #2 : </span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Student-led Innovation </span><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Entrepreneurship Club</span></span></span> == | + | |
| + | == Tactic #1: Innovation Project Program == | ||
| + | '''Description:''' | ||
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| + | -Students with the same course, upon joining the program, will meet with an Innovation Project Ambassador (usually an undergraduate or graduate who has already taken the course) | ||
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| + | -The Ambassador will arrange an hour-long meeting (either virtually or in-person) to brainstorm on the project they would like to do for the assignment under guidelines that the instructor decides to set. (Brainstorming under a time constraint leads to better ideas) | ||
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| + | -The instructor of the course can choose to either let the students in the team work outside of class on their own time or during the normal class meeting period. | ||
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| + | -When the project is finished, the instructor will grade the project and all students in the group will receive the same score. | ||
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| + | -At the end, students will be able to complete a form detailing how the process could be made better, along with any questions and comments. | ||
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| + | -Ambassadors for the Innovation Project Program would be undergraduates who have already taken the course they would like to assist with and must have at least a 3.0 GPA. Because of the role, being an IP-Ambassador is a great leadership opportunity. | ||
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| + | == Strategy #2: Adapting Students Into the New Educational Structure == | ||
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| + | == Tactic #1: Student Class Preference Evaluation Survey == | ||
| + | '''Description:''' This tactic involves the creation and implementation of a campus-wide survey that provides the university with data on what their preferred method of learning is. This includes: | ||
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| + | -Learning preference (in-person, virtual, etc.) | ||
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| + | -Resources the student has (reliable internet, usable device, quiet work environment) | ||
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| + | This would assist greatly with informing students on what devices, materials and/or preparations they need well ahead of time before their classes start. | ||
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| + | A second survey would be given closer towards the end of the semester that gives advisors (for freshmen) a good idea of whether the student performs better in-person, virtual, or asynchronous, and can register the student based on their preferred method of success. | ||
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| + | =Strategy# 3: Changing the Potential Value on Virginia State University's Campus= | ||
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| + | ==<span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.231:_The_Design_and_Entrepreneurship_Network_.28The_DEN.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #</span> == | ||
| + | <div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">ription:</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"> </span></span>'''<span style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">3 Day Startup’s mission is to kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities. We rent work space for 3 full days, recruit 45 student participants from a wide range of backgrounds, cater food and drinks, and bring in top-notch entrepreneurs and investors. The participants pick the best ideas for startups during the Day 1 brainstorming session and deliver prototypes and investor pitches on the final night. </span></span><span style="line-height: 21px;">3DS Springboard is an interactive workshop focused on the beginning steps of launching a company or a project through on-campus innovation. During four 90-minute sessions over one week, you will learn-by-doing with the 3DS team, Epicenter University Innovation Fellows leaders on your campus, and other students in your community who are passionate about starting something!</span></span></span><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''What can I start with 3DS Springboard?'''</span></span><br /><br /></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A company, a project; a movement–3DS Springboard teaches entrepreneurship skills such as ideation, customer discovery, and pitching in the context of making real-world progress on anything you want to start.</span></span><br /></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><br /><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Who is eligible to participate? '''<br /><br /><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">20-40 current students at each of the participating schools.</span></span><br /><br />'''What is the cost to participate?'''<br /><br /><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">This workshop is free but you must complete all modules to get your pitch in front of the global audience of influencers, investors, and innovators.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /></div></div> | ||
| + | ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #2 : </span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Student-led Innovation </span><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Entrepreneurship Club</span></span></span>== | ||
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">This will: </span> ''' </span></span></span></span> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">This will: </span> ''' </span></span></span></span> | ||
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*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">This will also provide an extracurricular platform for an Innovative and Entrepreneurial environment.</span></span> | *<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">This will also provide an extracurricular platform for an Innovative and Entrepreneurial environment.</span></span> | ||
| − | == <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #3: Create/Establish an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Space on Campus</span></span></span> == | + | ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #3: Create/Establish an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Space on Campus</span></span></span>== |
'''<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: large;">This will:</span></span>''' | '''<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: large;">This will:</span></span>''' | ||
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*<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif;">Promote venture creation/commercialization.</span> | *<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif;">Promote venture creation/commercialization.</span> | ||
| − | = <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size: 35px; line-height: 1.4;">Strategy # | + | =<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size: 35px; line-height: 1.4;">Strategy #4: Executing Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at VSU</span></span>= |
| − | == <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1: Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Introductory and Core Curricula</span></span></span> == | + | ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1: Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Introductory and Core Curricula</span></span></span>== |
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Description: '''Faculty will work on the NCIIA grant that is due in May to develop a course/program/curricula to infuse Innovation & Entrepreneneurship into VSU's culture.</span></span></span></span> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Description: '''Faculty will work on the NCIIA grant that is due in May to develop a course/program/curricula to infuse Innovation & Entrepreneneurship into VSU's culture.</span></span></span></span> | ||
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<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></span> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></span> | ||
| − | == <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Identification of</span> C<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">ollege Course(s): Contemporary Global Studies</span></span></span | + | ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Identification of</span> C<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">ollege Course(s): Contemporary Global Studies</span></span></span> == |
<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p> | <p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p> | ||
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<u>Reginald F. Lewis College of Business</u>'''</span></span> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<u>Reginald F. Lewis College of Business</u>'''</span></span> | ||
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<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">1. INLT 443 - Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship</span></span> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">1. INLT 443 - Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship</span></span> | ||
| − | == <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #2 : Capacity-Building of VSU's Research Foundation</span></span></span></span></span></span> == | + | ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #2 : Capacity-Building of VSU's Research Foundation</span></span></span></span></span></span>== |
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Description: </span>'''<span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">This will p</span></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">romote and attract industry-identified projects/problems/issues for students to work on (with faculty guidance). </span><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">VSU will plan to become a member of NCIIA (VentureWell) to enhance partnerships both in the industry and with such government and regulatory agencies as: Veterans Affairs, USPTO, Small Business Admin, other HBCU partners etc</span>'''<span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>'''</span></span> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Description: </span>'''<span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">This will p</span></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">romote and attract industry-identified projects/problems/issues for students to work on (with faculty guidance). </span><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">VSU will plan to become a member of NCIIA (VentureWell) to enhance partnerships both in the industry and with such government and regulatory agencies as: Veterans Affairs, USPTO, Small Business Admin, other HBCU partners etc</span>'''<span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>'''</span></span> | ||
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*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143e-3888-c172-7a12-72aa47ba73b0"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting venture creation/commercialization.</span></span></span></span> | *<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143e-3888-c172-7a12-72aa47ba73b0"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting venture creation/commercialization.</span></span></span></span> | ||
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></span></div> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></span></span></div> | ||
| − | == <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:Capacity_Building_of_VSU.27s_Research_Foundation" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Tactic #3:</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge Competitions</span></span></span> == | + | ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:Capacity_Building_of_VSU.27s_Research_Foundation" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Tactic #3:</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge Competitions</span></span></span>== |
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''This will:'''</span></span></span></span> | <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''This will:'''</span></span></span></span> | ||
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*<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span>Enhance VSU visibility.</span></span></span></span> | *<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span>Enhance VSU visibility.</span></span></span></span> | ||
| − | = <span style="font-size:x-large;">Related Links</span | + | =<span style="font-size:x-large;">Related Links</span> = |
<span style="font-size:large;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Virginia_State_University Virginia State University]</span> | <span style="font-size:large;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Virginia_State_University Virginia State University]</span> | ||
Revision as of 01:16, 22 November 2021
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Strategy# 3: Changing the Potential Value on Virginia State University's Campus
- 3 Strategy #4: Executing Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at VSU
- 3.1 Tactic #1: Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Introductory and Core Curricula
- 3.2 Identification of College Course(s): Contemporary Global Studies
- 3.3 Tactic #2 : Capacity-Building of VSU's Research Foundation
- 3.4 Tactic #3: Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge Competitions
- 4 Related Links
Overview
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Office for Access and Success (OAS) announced the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative (IEC). The HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative will be a cohort of 15 HBCUs (both private and public) that are committed to participating in a multi-year collaboration that will foster innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship on their respective campuses. This collaborative will build upon the momentum that was established by the UNCF lead 2013 HBCU Innovation Summit that was held at Stanford University, and has continued through 2021.
Virginia State University (VSU) is one of the selected universities that will have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative community seeking to increase innovation and entrepreneurship across disciplines (i.e., Agriculture, Business, Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, etc.) in order to build an innovation ecosystem among institutions, administrators, faculty and students, the federal government and private industry. This cohort of HBCUs will be able to access current and future funding opportunities that will be available only to those universities that commit to participate in this unique collaborative.
Strategy #1: Promoting Innovation on Virginia State University's Campus
Tactic #1: Innovation Project Program
Description:
-Students with the same course, upon joining the program, will meet with an Innovation Project Ambassador (usually an undergraduate or graduate who has already taken the course)
-The Ambassador will arrange an hour-long meeting (either virtually or in-person) to brainstorm on the project they would like to do for the assignment under guidelines that the instructor decides to set. (Brainstorming under a time constraint leads to better ideas)
-The instructor of the course can choose to either let the students in the team work outside of class on their own time or during the normal class meeting period.
-When the project is finished, the instructor will grade the project and all students in the group will receive the same score.
-At the end, students will be able to complete a form detailing how the process could be made better, along with any questions and comments.
-Ambassadors for the Innovation Project Program would be undergraduates who have already taken the course they would like to assist with and must have at least a 3.0 GPA. Because of the role, being an IP-Ambassador is a great leadership opportunity.
Strategy #2: Adapting Students Into the New Educational Structure
Tactic #1: Student Class Preference Evaluation Survey
Description: This tactic involves the creation and implementation of a campus-wide survey that provides the university with data on what their preferred method of learning is. This includes:
-Learning preference (in-person, virtual, etc.)
-Resources the student has (reliable internet, usable device, quiet work environment)
This would assist greatly with informing students on what devices, materials and/or preparations they need well ahead of time before their classes start.
A second survey would be given closer towards the end of the semester that gives advisors (for freshmen) a good idea of whether the student performs better in-person, virtual, or asynchronous, and can register the student based on their preferred method of success.
Strategy# 3: Changing the Potential Value on Virginia State University's Campus
Tactic #
ription: 3 Day Startup’s mission is to kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities. We rent work space for 3 full days, recruit 45 student participants from a wide range of backgrounds, cater food and drinks, and bring in top-notch entrepreneurs and investors. The participants pick the best ideas for startups during the Day 1 brainstorming session and deliver prototypes and investor pitches on the final night. 3DS Springboard is an interactive workshop focused on the beginning steps of launching a company or a project through on-campus innovation. During four 90-minute sessions over one week, you will learn-by-doing with the 3DS team, Epicenter University Innovation Fellows leaders on your campus, and other students in your community who are passionate about starting something!
Who is eligible to participate?
20-40 current students at each of the participating schools.
What is the cost to participate?
This workshop is free but you must complete all modules to get your pitch in front of the global audience of influencers, investors, and innovators.
What can I start with 3DS Springboard?
A company, a project; a movement–3DS Springboard teaches entrepreneurship skills such as ideation, customer discovery, and pitching in the context of making real-world progress on anything you want to start.
Who is eligible to participate?
20-40 current students at each of the participating schools.
What is the cost to participate?
This workshop is free but you must complete all modules to get your pitch in front of the global audience of influencers, investors, and innovators.
Tactic #2 : Student-led Innovation and Entrepreneurship Club
This will:
- This will get students motivated to translate classroom principle and theories into global solutions.
- This will also provide an extracurricular platform for an Innovative and Entrepreneurial environment.
Tactic #3: Create/Establish an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Space on Campus
This will:
- Engender and foster idea-generation and creativity among students; across disciplines.
- Enhance sustainability of the I & E culture on campus.
- Promote venture creation/commercialization.
Strategy #4: Executing Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at VSU
Tactic #1: Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Introductory and Core Curricula
Description: Faculty will work on the NCIIA grant that is due in May to develop a course/program/curricula to infuse Innovation & Entrepreneneurship into VSU's culture.
This will:
- Inculcate the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in students.
- Ecourage the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in falculty.
Identification of College Course(s): Contemporary Global Studies
Reginald F. Lewis College of Business
1. MGMT 444 – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
2. FINC 446 - Entrepreneurial Finance
College of Agriculture
1. AGEC 140 - Introduction to Agribusiness Entrepreneurship
2. AGEC 340 - Agribusiness Entrepreneurship
College of Engineering, Technology, and Science
1. INLT 443 - Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship
Tactic #2 : Capacity-Building of VSU's Research Foundation
Description: This will promote and attract industry-identified projects/problems/issues for students to work on (with faculty guidance). VSU will plan to become a member of NCIIA (VentureWell) to enhance partnerships both in the industry and with such government and regulatory agencies as: Veterans Affairs, USPTO, Small Business Admin, other HBCU partners etc.
Encouragement of the following:
- Developing and encouraging academia-industry partnership in a mutually beneficial way.
- Whetting the creativity and problem-solving appetite of students and faculty.
- Showcasing and promoting intellectual capital within VSU.
- Promoting venture creation/commercialization.
Tactic #3: Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge Competitions
This will:
- Encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and robust problem solving skills across campus
- Build, sustain and promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
- Enhance VSU visibility.
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