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Here at North Dakota State University<span style="font-family:times new roman, we are going to develop a community that lays the framework for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Although eventstimes, programs, and resources are needed for an entrepreneurial community to flourish, they are not the most important part of the process. The most important part is the community, and we feel the community has not been given enough attention.&nbsp;serif">{{#Widget:Youtube|id=uKN6KcDZf_M}}<span></span></span>

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The best opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation mean nothing if people aren't involved. We feel that to create a community of entrepreneurs <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Here at North Dakota State University, we have to first create are developing a community where people can just be peoplethat lays the framework for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. That is why one of our main priorities is to bring Although events, programs, and resources are needed for an organization entrepreneurial community to campus that will host events where all expectations to be innovative or have creative ideas flourish, they are eliminatednot the most important part of the process. It's called The most important part is the Hammock Initiativecommunity, or Hi for short and its vision is simplewe feel the community has not been given enough attention.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span>

''We want&nbsp;to see people gathered together for the purpose of relaxing=<span style="font-family:times new roman, enjoying each other’s company andtimes, literallyserif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman, hanging out. This vision may not sound audacious or ambitioustimes, and that’s the point. It’s an opportunity for people to be, not do''serif;">1. -Build &nbsp;[http:Connect the Community</span></hammockinitiative.tumblr.com/post/97170910339/whats-hammock-initiative <span class="s1">@HiFargo</span>]=

By getting people together to hammock for the sake of just being==<span style="font-family:times new roman, we believe natural conversation where ideas and innovation are born will start all on their own. And with how busy people aretimes, I think we can all agree that some time set aside to relax is needed.&nbspserif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #1 Hammock Initiative (discontinued)</span></span></span>==

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#2 Innovation Open House 000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The best opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation mean nothing if people aren't involved. We feel that to create a community of entrepreneurs we have to first create a community where people can just be people. That is why one of our main priorities is to bring an organization to campus that will host events where all expectations to be innovative or have creative ideas are eliminated. It's called the Hammock Initiative, or Hi for short and its vision is simple.</span></span></span></span></span>

Creating an event/ program that is simply an open house <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">''We want&nbsp;to see people gathered together for people to show off what ideas they have both from the community as well as campus. This opportunitypurpose of relaxing, would not be a competitionenjoying each other’s company and, but rather a simple venue for anyone with an idea to display their workliterally, regardless of stagehanging out. This would allow students to present ideas outside of a competition setting where they could "fail" vision may not sound audacious or ambitious, and community memebers to see what parallels they are doing with research and development that students are already doingthat’s the point. A great way It’s an opportunity for people to create contacts and expand the networkbe, but also the pen minds about what the NDSU Fargo region is capable ofnot do''.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span>

<span style= "font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">By getting people together to hammock for the sake of just being, we believe natural conversation where ideas and innovation are born will start all on their own. And with how busy people are, I think we can all agree that some time set aside to relax is needed.&nbsp;</span><br/span></span></span></span> =

<span style= 2"font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The Initiative has had a very successful year, holding several events in North Dakota, Minnesota, California, and Florida. It continues to grow with the work of UIF members. Improve Existing Programs =Unfortunately, the project did not have a successful year in 2015, and was discontinued due to lack of participants.</span></span></span></span></span>

== <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #1 Revamp 2 Innovation Challenge Open House (Currently in process)</span></span></span>==

The innovation challenge <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Creating an event/program that is great and opens up many opportunities simply an open house for people to show off what ideas they have both from the student bodycommunity as well as campus. HoweverThis opportunity, would not be a competition, it is heavily based on but rather a business plan and requires the proposal simple venue for anyone with an idea to fit in a specific trackdisplay their work, that is Product, Service, or Cornregardless of stage. Because This would allow students to present ideas outside of this, we a competition setting where they could "fail" and community members to see what parallels they are suggesting we rework the criteria for the challenge doing with research and look at ways we can get more development that students involved are already doing. A great way to create contacts and promote or collobroate on other school functions such as expand the network, but also the pen minds about what the Clinton Global InitiativeNDSU Fargo region is capable of.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span>

== <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Clinton Global Initiative 3 UI Fresh (Updated Fall 2017)</span></span></span>==

Furthering <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">First year NDSU students are required to take a University 189 course which is essentially a welcome to college class, and for the Innovation Challenge by augmenting it most part seen as a joke. One challenge we have come up with the Clinton Global Initiative is one of the methods to make it better. The CGI is more social based and will allow those who do not have a business plan use this opportunity to not only enter a innovation club but will give open the chance minds of moving even farther on than just NDSUfresh students before they can develop habit and get into their "groove".</span></span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#3 Professional Lecture Series 000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">UI Fresh is in the process of getting into the course work and doing design thinking activities with the students, thus giving them the ability to think creatively, introducing them to the opportunities on campus that they would either enjoy working in or use as a resource when need be. First hand design thinking activities allow them to see that Design thinking is a tactic they can apply in any field or in anyway.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span>

NDSU had recently begun to bring regional professionals and entreprenuers onto campus on a monthly basis called<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, Career Conversationstimes, and its attendance has been abysmalserif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">This is currently being implemented in 189 classes as stated above. The value curriculum portion is still a work in a stysem like progress. Our continuing problem for this could be increadible for opening mindsproject is the lack of manpower to reach out to the first year NDSU students in their University 189 courses. However, exposing new trends there have been several lectures given in the business environment to students 2016 spring semester and also simply networkingthe 2017 fall semester, yet very few students attendwith even more planned for the spring of 2017. The system is flawed but the idea faculty is there. I new method would be to change venues base on the department or realm that the speaker is based around, board and also chaning most of the mentalityfeedback received has been quite positive. A one hour lecture over a student's lunch is not an ideal mannerWith this program, for either the student or the professional, yet having it at the tail end of a small intese course would gain resultswe hope to eventually help students in all years and disciplines understand design thinking.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span>

This process can open up doors for students and those in the business sector=<span style="font-family:times new roman, by simply getting the conversation goingtimes, the fundamental element to connectionserif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">2. Bringing in speakers people know and or care aboutImprove Existing Programs</ discussing topics people are intrigued about can further bridge the gap between the campus and community.&nbsp;span></span></span>=

= 3. Knock Down Barriers =<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #1 Revamped Innovation Challenge (Updated Fall 2017)</span></span></span>==

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#1 Engineering Wide Lab Access 000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The innovation challenge is great and opens up many opportunities to the student body. However, it is heavily based on a business plan and requires the proposal to fit in a specific track that includes Products, Services, or Social Innovations. Because of this, we are suggesting we rework the criteria for the challenge and look at ways we can get more students involved and promote or collaborate on other school functions such as the Clinton Global Initiative.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span>

Students need a work to develop their ideas. The college of Engineering has a number of labs with space==<span style="font-family:times new roman, materials and equipment to further these ideas but they are not open to all NDSU students and even other Engineering students. The only way to get into many of the labs is to go in during business hours and be of that particular major. Allowing any Engineering student to access these labs would help provide a starter innovation space and show need for one in the future.times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Clinton Global Initiative (Updated)</span></span></span>==

'''Tactic <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#1000000;"><span style="font- Develop family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Furthering the Innovation Challenge by augmenting it with the Clinton Global Initiative is one of the methods to make it better. The CGI is more connections between various engineering majors (Senior Design, ect) social based and will allow those who do not have a business plan to encourage students not as far in only enter a innovation club but will give the program to begin working in other labs from an earlier date'''chance of moving even farther on than just NDSU.</span></span></span></span></span>

Description<span style="font- Form bonds between all majors under family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">One group was successfully chosen to participate and was very successful at the College CGI meeting last spring. One UIF member was part of Engineeringthe winning team in the Hackathon. We are hoping to build upon this success this year.</span></span></span></span></span>

'''==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Open up Computer Labs for all majors'''1 Engineering Wide Lab Access (Progressing)</span></span></span>==

Description<span style="font- Allow key card access family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Students need a work to all engineering computer develop their ideas. The college of Engineering has a number of labs by with space, materials and equipment to further these ideas but they are not open to all engineering NDSU studentsand even other Engineering students. The only way to get into many of the labs is to go in during business hours and be of that particular major. Allowing any Engineering student to access these labs would help provide a starter innovation space and show need for one in the future.</span></span></span></span></span>

*Gain computer lab access<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Univ 189 Professors</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Academic Advisors</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Senior Design Advisors</span></span></span></span></span>

'''Tactic <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#3 Open up Technical Labs for all majors'''000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Milestones</span></span></span></span></span>

Description*<span style="font- Open technical labs like the IMEfamily:times new roman, MEtimes, EEserif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, AGtimes, serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Convince the Dean of Engineering and other labs so any Engineering department heads that it is beneficial to get outside of their specific major can enter them</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Form more interdisciplinary senior designs</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Develop strong ties between majors</span></span></span></span></span>

*Allow students to work in labs during business hours (8<span style="font-5)family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Lab Instructors</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">IT Department</span></span></span></span></span>*Look into getting off hours lab space for weeknights and weekends for students to get into the current lab<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">UIF Students</span></span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#2 I&E Whitepages 000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Milestones</span></span></span></span></span>

There is a large number of organizations on and off campus that are beneficial to innovation and entrepreneurship. NDSU overhauled its organization database recently but it is not all*<span style="font-inclusive the and search button does not work like it should. The other issue is that it does not tie into the community. The Fargofamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Gain computer lab access</Moorhead area has a strong I&E culture but there is no easy way for students to search and see what is available.&nbsp;span></span></span></span></span>

Goal<span style="font- Create a wikifamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-based whitepage family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style repository of ="font-size:medium">'''Tactic #3 Open up Technical Labs for all innovative and entrepreneurial events on campus and in the community.majors'''</span></span></span></span></span>

Method<span style="font- Create a wiki page for family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Description- Open technical labs like the university organizationsIME, ME, EE, AG, and other labs so any Engineering major can enter them</span></span></span></span></span>

Method<span style="font- Compile a list of current on campus activities and allow students to add or edit activities as neededfamily:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Team Leaders</span></span></span></span></span>

*<span style= 4. Imagine the Future "font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Lab Instructors</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Department Heads</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">UIF Students</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Students</span></span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style= Tactic "color:#1 Critical Thinking Classes 000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Milestones</span></span></span></span></span>

'''Tactic *<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Allow students to work in labs during business hours (8-5)</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#1000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:Hit medium">Look into getting off hours lab space for weeknights and weekends for students to get into the Ground Running- Student Driven Experience.'''current lab</span></span></span></span></span>

*Description<span style="font-family: The sooner students realize that the faster they can get involved with the campus, potential employerstimes new roman, real world work and experience the more excited they will be about taking the bull by the horns to steer their desires in whichever way they want them to go. Many students dreaded the way their high school educations were conducted. In high school lots of people saytimes, serif"When am I ever going to use this stuff?><span><span style=" Now is time! Unforetunately, many freshman students have no clue what they want to do with their lives, and others just need to follow the directions to the map they have made in their heads (minority of students). The catering to these color:#000000;"undecided><span style=" students is essential to change the mindset of what it is to experience college. (Not just going to parties) The basis of this tactic is to empower students to actively seek hands on skills in their choosen career path. This maybe in the form of jobs, volunteering, clubs, and other outgoing groups.*Team Leadersfont-family: UNIV 189 professors? Dorm RAs? People responsible for scheduling motivational speakers (Specifically for college students)? I placed question marks behind each of these leaders because this is just what comes to mind of people who would be able to aid in this tactic. Possibly more.*Milestones:**Support from potential team leaders**Actually getting students to go to speakerstimes new roman, be active in clubstimes, take internships, and learn what they want to learn outside of the traditional classroom.**Students pressure higher-ups of the university to cater to their educational wants.**University and individual colleges alter ciriculums**Entire college culture is changed from serif;"Partying><span style=" to font-size:medium"Let>'''s do something for ourselves along with the world"Tactic #4 Skill Accreditation'''</span></span></span></span></span>

'''Tactic <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#2'''000000;"><span style="font-family:&nbsp;'''Classroom Driven Experience'''&nbsptimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Description - There are hundreds of students on our campus that research and work on their own projects outside of the classroom. Although this is great for personal learning, this does not benefit the student when looking for a job or internship. The employer only sees what is on their resume or transcript. Maybe the student is an Industrial Engineer who is very skilled in machining. To a potential employer, they see that the student is an Industrial Engineer. There is no documented proof that this student is a skilled machinist. If a professor is willing to vouch for any student who, for example, is skilled in machining. Then the student should be giving the opportunity to prove to potential employers (Science Student Perspectiveon their transcript)that they are in fact skilled in machining.</span></span></span></span></span>

*Description<span style="font-family: Use critical thinking and problem solving educational tactics along with or after a&nbsptimes new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000; traditional lecture class and lab is complete. Labs are where these problem solving strategies can be applied more. An additional lab course should be available that adhears to more of using what they learned in that lab and lecture in a more investigative/problem solving way. This critical thinking experience would come after the student has complete the previous course.The class would be structured around what I would say as mini"><span style="font-research experiments. The students would use previous knowledge to help guide themselves into theories and hypothesies of what they believe could be the answer to whatever they are working on. Then they would carry out experiments to tests these ideas. family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-A very rough outline on how the class would be structured.*size:medium">Team Leaders: Jordan BrummondKyle Stapleton, I have heard rumors of similiar sounding classes that will be starting up soon in my department by - Janice Haggart. I also believe Dr. Angela Hodgson is in her second year of a similiar class.*Milestones:**Curriculum Assesments**Find evidence that students who take this class are more succesful academicallyDavid Syverson</span></span></span></span></professionally and provide it to the masses- Brings hype to the class**Integrate into regular ciriculum**Faculty support from multiple departments**Development of similiar courses in other departmentsspan>

'''Tactic <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#3000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Milestones: Mentor DrivenExperience'''</span></span></span></span></span>

*<span classstyle="s1font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Description:</span>&nbsp<span style="color:#000000;Having outside entrepreneurs"><span style="font-family:times new roman, businessestimes, or research serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">Find potential professors "take who are interested in" students as menteesgiving the certificates.</span></span></span></apprenticesspan></interns. A good comparison would be like a span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="Big Brotherfont-family:times new roman, Big Sistertimes,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium" for students >Talk with drive and passion the academic office to get right out into have the real world while they work on their degreescertificates put onto transcripts.</span></span></span></span></span>*Team Leaders<span style="font-family: TBD*Milestonestimes new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:**Small number of mentors ready to pave the way**Incorporate into already existing career fair**More mentors view it as a recruitment tool to attrack the best and brightest**times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="Career fairfont-size:medium" specifically as >Tweak the recruitment tool**Students rewarded for their work other than accreditation program to suit the experience**Succes stories as a recruitment tool for both students and new mentors.</span></span></span></span></span>

== <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Futhering I&E Collaborative Innovation Course (New Fall 2015)</span></span></span></span>==

Further strategies for future development <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">One major Pitfall with North Dakota State University is the lack of Icross discipline coursework. There are 0 programs that connect majors that will be dealing with each other every day in the professional world, this needs to be changed. Creating a course with an enrollment cap per section that does not discriminate on major, class or even prerequisites is the ideal way to do so. Having a course with a wide variety of majors and backgrounds that are required to unify and complete a task/solve a problem/ etc., can plant the seed of innovation and design thinking in every student. Instructors that have some background in innovation, would form the problem around the demographics in a way to open their minds and change it.&E on NDSU campus includenbsp;</span></span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style= Aquire "font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">As a student that needs a few credits to take care of an "Innovation SpaceAlliance 320" Course would be far more appealing than "Billiards 120"</span></span><br/span></span></span> ===

=<span style="linefont-heightfamily: 1.4; color: rgb(68times new roman, 68times, 68); serif"><span><span style="font-family: Arialtimes new roman,times, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px;">Providing students with a place 'with a sign on 4. Imagine the door' designating it as purely a space for students to meet and hang out with innovative and entreprenurial interests in mind will encourage and nourish the formation of ideas and student innovation teamsFuture</span></entrepreneurs, in no particular order. As rules can have a tendency to stifle innovation, the objective is to keep this space as free and open as possible, accessible to all majors and during as much of the day as is feasible.span></span>=

==<span style="linefont-heightfamily: 1.4; times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68)#000000; "><span style="font-family: Arialtimes new roman,times, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px;">While a room with a whiteboard is enough to get us started, I'd like to expand upon that as much as possible. I'm considering this a seperate tactic as it involves going through different channels and asking for entirely different things from different people. The goal here is to network with as many higher-ups who support the movement as possible Tactic #1 Critical Thinking Classes (many of whom have already been interviewed for the landscape canvasProgressing) and see what kind of extra equipment their department might be willing to lend. We're talking computers, arduinos, soldering irons, scrap metal, hot glue guns.... anything not 'required' to run the I-space but would still contribute to its usefulness. More importantly, anything not nailed down! People resources are going in this tactic as well. The I-space will require a semi-regular pool of mentors, be they faculty, community leaders, or just motivate volunteers. The purpose of this group will be to offer more everyday advice and counsel than bringing in a speaker or holding an event.</span></span></span></span>==

=== <span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arialtimes new roman,times, sans-serif"><span><span style="color:#000000; "><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721pxmedium; line"><span style="font-heightfamily: times new roman,times,serif;">'''Part #1: Hit the Ground Running- Student Driven Experience.4;"'''</span></span></span>Provide Legal and Financial Assistant to I&E Teams</span><br/span> ===

*<span style="linefont-heightfamily: 1.4; times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68)#000000; "><span style="font-familysize: Arial, sans-serifmedium; "><span style="font-sizefamily: 14.4444446563721pxtimes new roman,times,serif;">Description: The author requests sooner students realize that you note the use of 'management' vsfaster they can get involved with the campus, potential employers, real world work and experience the more excited they will be about taking the bull by the horns to steer their desires in whichever way they want them to go. 'protectionMany students dreaded the way their high school educations were conducted.' CurrentlyIn high school lots of people say, there "When am I ever going to use this stuff?" Now is little understanding amongst time! Unfortunately, many freshman students that work have no clue what they want to do that utilizes 'significant university resources' qualifies as university propertywith their lives, and others just need to follow the directions to the map they have made in their heads (minority of students). The catering to these "undecided" students is essential to change the mindset of what it is to experience college. (Not just going to parties) The native stance basis of the IP management system here this tactic is toempower students to actively seek hands on skills in their choosen career path. This maybe in the form of jobs, volunteering, clubs, and other outgoing groups.</span>''protect''</span></span></span></span>*<span style="line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arialtimes new roman,times, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px;">&nbsp;all IP generated, not to</span>''manage and distribute''<span style="line-heightcolor: 1.4#000000; color"><span style="font-size: rgb(68, 68, 68)medium; "><span style="font-family: Arialtimes new roman,times, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721px;">&nbsp;it. We hope that, by working with the Tech Transfer Office and university higher-ups, a more transparent system can be developed... one that can be explained to students quickly and efficiently. Most importantly, the delivery system Team Leaders: UNIV 189 professors? Dorm RAs? People responsible for scheduling motivational speakers (Specifically for getting the knowledge to college students has )? I placed question marks behind each of these leaders because this is just what comes to mind of people who would be structured in such a manner that it doesn't scare them off!&nbsp; Barring the ability able to get the TTO more involved aid in proactively assisting with student IP, we at least hope to provide students with a seminar, guide, etcthis tactic.Possibly more.. on what exactly the relationship between them</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman, their worktimes, and the university actually is.serif"><span></spanstyle="color:#000000;"><span style="linefont-heightsize: 1.4medium; color"><span style="font-family: rgb(68times new roman, 68times, 68)serif; ">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family: Arialtimes new roman,times, sans-serif"><span><span style="color:#000000; "><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721pxmedium;">With this tactic<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, we're going to work closely with the NDSU research park and Tech Transfer Office to establish as best we can a formal step-by-step process for entreprenuers looking to start a business and/or license their own IP back serif;">Support from the universitypotential team leaders. Note that the point here is not to</span>''constrain''</span></span></span></span>**<span style="linefont-heightfamily: 1.4; times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68)#000000; "><span style="font-familysize: Arial, sans-serifmedium; "><span style="font-sizefamily: 14.4444446563721pxtimes new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;but Actually getting students to go to speakers, be active in clubs, take internships, and learn what they want to&nbsp;learn outside of the traditional classroom.</span></span></span></span></span>''assist''**<span style="linefont-heightfamily: 1.4; times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68)#000000; "><span style="font-familysize: Arial, sans-serifmedium; "><span style="font-sizefamily: 14.4444446563721pxtimes new roman,times,serif;">. The purpose Students pressure higher-ups of the formal system is university to allow rails for the students cater to follow along their journey- right now there is nothing in place to assist students in the early or middle stages of planning, for exampleeducational wants. Late stage business-founding can be handled by the Research Incubator... but how do you know to contact them? That's precisely what we're going to fix.&nbsp;</span>''At the very least</span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,''serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="linefont-heightsize: 1.4medium; color"><span style="font-family: rgb(68times new roman, 68times, 68)serif; ">University and individual colleges alter curriculums.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family: Arialtimes new roman,times, sans-serif"><span><span style="color:#000000; "><span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721pxmedium;">&nbsp;this tactic will produce a flow chart of steps<span style="font-family:times new roman, peopletimes, and processes that have been succesful in serif;">Entire college culture is changed from "Partying" to "Let's do something for ourselves along with the past for starting businesses at NDSUworld".</span></span></span></span></span>

=== <blockquote type="cite" span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP'times new roman, 'Segoe UI WPC'times, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><div span><span style="word-wrapcolor: break-word#000000;"><div id="main" span style="margin: 0px; padding: 28.0208339691162px 84.0625px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4444446563721pxmedium;"><div id="main-content" span style="margin: 0px; padding: 10px 15px 40px; linefont-heightfamily: 1.4; overflow: hidden; background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: repeattimes new roman,times,serif;"><div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin'''Part #2''': 0px&nbsp; padding: 0px'''Classroom Driven Experience'''&nbsp; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">(Science Student Perspective)</divspan></divspan></divspan></divspan></blockquotespan> ===

*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Description: Use critical thinking and problem solving educational tactics along with or after a traditional lecture class and lab is complete. Labs are where these problem solving strategies can be applied more. An additional lab course should be available that adheres to more of using what they learned in that lab and lecture in a more investigative/problem solving way. This critical thinking experience would come after the student has complete the previous course. The class would be structured around what I would say as mini-research experiments. The students would use previous knowledge to help guide themselves into theories and hypothesis of what they believe could be the answer to whatever they are working on. Then they would carry out experiments to tests these ideas. -A very rough outline on how the class would be structured.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Team Leaders: Jordan Brummond, "I have heard rumors of similar sounding classes that will be starting up soon in my department by - Janice Haggart. I also believe Dr. Angela Hodgson is in her second year of a similar class."</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Curriculum Assessments.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Find evidence that students who take this class are more successful academically/professionally and provide it to the masses- Brings hype to the class.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Integrate into regular curriculum.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Faculty support from multiple departments.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Development of similar courses in other departments.</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Part #3: Mentor Driven Experience'''</span></span></span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span class="s1">Description:</span>&nbsp;Having outside entrepreneurs, businesses, or research professors "take in" students as mentees/apprentices/interns. A good comparison would be like a "Big Brother, Big Sister" for students with drive and passion to get right out into the real world while they work on their degrees.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Team Leaders: TBD</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Milestones:</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Small number of mentors ready to pave the way.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Incorporate into already existing career fair.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">More mentors view it as a recruitment tool to attract the best and brightest students.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">"Career fair" specifically as the recruitment tool.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Students rewarded for their work other than the experience.</span></span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Success stories as a recruitment tool for both students and new mentors</span></span></span></span>**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Explore opportunities for an internship to be implemented into the curriculum. Possibly meet once a week with other students who have similar internships</span></span></span></span> ==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #2 Furthering I&E</span></span></span></span>== <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Further strategies for future development of I&E on NDSU campus include:</span></span></span></span></span> ===<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Acquire an Innovation Space (Progressing)</span></span></span></span>=== <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Providing students with a place 'with a sign on the door' designating it as purely a space for students to meet and hang out with innovative and entrepreneurial interests in mind will encourage and nourish the formation of ideas and student innovation teams/entrepreneurs, in no particular order. As rules can have a tendency to stifle innovation, the objective is to keep this space as free and open as possible, accessible to all majors and during as much of the day as is feasible.</span></span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">While a room with a whiteboard is enough to get us started, I would like to expand upon that as much as possible. I'm considering this a separate tactic as it involves going through different channels and asking for entirely different things from different people. The goal here is to network with as many higher-ups who support the movement as possible (many of whom have already been interviewed for the landscape canvas) and see what kind of extra equipment their department might be willing to lend. We're talking computers, Arduinos, soldering irons, scrap metal, hot glue guns.... anything not 'required' to run the I-space but would still contribute to its usefulness. More importantly, anything not nailed down! People resources are going in this tactic as well. The I-space will require a semi-regular pool of mentors, be they faculty, community leaders, or just motivate volunteers. The purpose of this group will be to offer more everyday advice and counsel than bringing in a speaker or holding an event.</span></span></span></span></span></span> ==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.4444px; line-height: 1.4;">Provide Legal and Financial Assistant to I&E Teams (Progressing)</span></span></span></span></span>== <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">The author requests that you note the use of 'management' vs. 'protection.' Currently, there is little understanding amongst students that work they do that utilizes 'significant university resources' qualifies as university property. The native stance of the IP management system here is to&nbsp;</span>protect<span style="line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;all IP generated, not to&nbsp;</span>manage and distribute<span style="line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;it. We hope that, by working with the Tech Transfer Office and university higher-ups, a more transparent system can be developed... one that can be explained to students quickly and efficiently. Most importantly, the delivery system for getting the knowledge to students has to be structured in such a manner that it doesn't scare them off!&nbsp; Barring the ability to get the TTO more involved in proactively assisting with student IP, we at least hope to provide students with a seminar, guide, etc... on what exactly the relationship between them, their work, and the university actually is.</span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">With this tactic, we're going to work closely with the NDSU research park and Tech Transfer Office to establish as best we can a formal step-by-step process for entrepren</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">e</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;">urs looking to start a business and/or license their own IP back from the university. Note that the point here is not to&nbsp;</span>constrain<span style="line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;but to&nbsp;</span>assist<span style="line-height: 1.4;">. The purpose of the formal system is to allow rails for the students to follow along their journey- right now there is nothing in place to assist students in the early or middle stages of planning, for example. Late stage business-founding can be handled by the Research Incubator... but how do you know to contact them? That is precisely what we are going to fix.&nbsp;</span>At the very least,<span style="line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;this tactic will produce a flow chart of steps, people, and processes that have been successful in the past for starting businesses at NDSU.</span></span></span></span></span></span> ==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #3 Drone Focus (Discontinued Fall 2017)</span></span></span></span>== *<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Description: DroneFocus is an annual event that brings together leaders in the drone industry from all acorss the country for an all-day conference. A recap of of last year's (2015) event is available at&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[https://vimeo.com/133365221 <span style="color:#000000;">https://vimeo.com/133365221</span>]<span style="color:#000000;">. North Dakota is home to one of the leading Unmanned Arial System (UAS) hotspots in the nation. With industry leaders such as Botlink (</span>[https://botlink.com <span style="color:#000000;">https://botlink.com</span>]<span style="color:#000000;">) and facilities such as the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (</span>[http://www.npuasts.com <span style="color:#000000;">http://www.npuasts.com</span>]</span></span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">), North Dakota holds the resources, technologies, and networking opportunity to experience the regional and national state of the UAS atmosphere. Guest speakers, pitch events, and networking opportunities will be just a few of the events available to attendees.</span></span></span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">While the DroneFocus competition was a mild success in 2016 with 8 teams competing, there was not enough interest to continue the competition for 2017. There are still many drone teams in the area, however, they were not willing to compete with their design for some reason. There are still monthly UAS meetings held by Emerging Prairie in downtown Fargo, which are attended by approximately 30-40 people per event. NDSU attempted to host a separate drone competition, which actually yielded some success. Investigations are currently underway to determine how to grow this competition in terms of both size and scope.</span></span></span></span></span> =<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:large"><span style="line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #4 In House Entrepreneurship Program (New Fall 2015)</span></span></span></span></span></span>= <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium">NDSU Currently offers a Certificate of Entrepreneurship as part of a collaborative program with the University of North Dakota. This program, although very beneficial, has seen very little student enrollment, primarily due to a lack of advertising and confusion coming from the partnership with UND. NDSU must work to establish its own, in house, entrepreneurship program. This will have an enormous effect on the level of entrepreneurship on campus and when partnered with existing resources on campus, will have a massive impact.</span></span></span></span></span> =<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:x-large;">I-CORP</span></span></span></span></span>= <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">I-CORP is a student organization&nbsp;that is set up to help students who are at a mid-level of entrepreneurship activities. The students who are at a crossroads of innovation meeting entrepreneurship and are looking to get their ideas out and recognized in a company aspect but are unsure where to start. Such topics covered will be speakers from outside companies, classes on legal and financial aspects of starting up a business.&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: medium;">Additionally there will be networking to encourage students to converse with one another. This is to inspire help become&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: medium;">entrepreneurial.</span></span></span></span></span>  ==<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tactic #1 I&E Whitepages (Progressing)</span></span></span></span>== <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">There is a large number of organizations on and off campus that are beneficial to innovation and entrepreneurship. NDSU overhauled its organization database recently but it is not all-inclusive and the search button does not work like it should. The other issue is that it does not tie into the community. The Fargo/Moorhead area has a strong I&E culture but there is no easy way for students to search and see what is available.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Goal- Create a wiki-based White Page style repository of all innovative and entrepreneurial events on campus and in the community.</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Method- Create a wiki page for the university organizations</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Method- Compile a list of current on campus activities and allow students to add or edit activities as needed.</span></span></span></span></span> <br /> =Exploring the First Year Student Experience (Fall 2022)=<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The first year student experience will be examined to identify improvement areas to yield greater student success. The goal is not just a fresh coat of paint on the existing practices, but a deep drive into how our practices and programs shape student experience. Stories, conversations, and brainstorming sessions with students and campus stakeholders will give a more complete picture than numbers alone. Comprehensive, campus wide exploration is needed to live out the student focused mission of the institution. Information collection, analysis, and prototyping will align with our R1 status. Accountability with campus and community partners will embody the land grant mission.</span></span></span></span></span> <br /> =The First-Year to Fourth-Year Connection Hub (Fall 2023)=<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">The First-Year to Fourth-Year Connection Hub is a Google Site designed to connect first-year students with fourth-year mentors. It provides mentor profiles, chat functionality, a discussion forum, resource sharing, event listings, and FAQs. This platform fosters guidance, friendship, support, and holistic development for first-year students, enhancing their university experience. Persons can join for a valuable journey of personal growth and academic success.</span></span></span></span></span> = Related Links =

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