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<span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: larger">Currently, Clark Atlanta University is developing a strategic plan for the development and implementation of entrepreneurial innovation across disciplines. Building on the current infrastructure the establishment of workshops, lecture series, and special topics courses will provide faculty with the tools needed to pursue entrepreneurship within the marketplace. Encouraging faculty to pursue SBIRs, STTRSs, and development of grant proposals is necessary to the development of sustainable revenue for the University. We are currently reviewing our policies and developing a technology transfer office which is necessary to bridge the gap of innovation and commercialization at Clark Atlanta University. Recently, the University has created the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, with David Duncan spearheading the initiative as the Director. In addition, Clark Atlanta University has started the design of its first Innolab which is slated to begin serving students in late February. By implementing the platform set forth by the initial leadership circle while continuing to grow this group to a larger pool of innovators will set in motion sustainable economic development.</span>=Overview ==

<span style="font-size: largermedium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">Although &nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp; Clark Atlanta University is in the early stages a comprehensive, private, urban, coeducational institution of developing an entrepreneurial ecosystem we do offer higher education with a few entrepreneurial opportunities. The School of Business at Clark Atlanta University makes great efforts to encourage entrepreneurship efforts of the studentspredominantly African-American heritage. Established within the Clark Atlanta University curriculumIt offers undergraduate, freshman students graduate and professional degrees as well as graduate certificate programs to students are exposed to entrepreneurship through the course which we look to establish across disciplines. Students also participate in various pitch competitions in which they prove their capabilities of establishing a working business model necessary for successful startupdiverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The University also has a Shark tank competition this year which should inspire students and raise the profile of the innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives being enacted by both the UIF members and was established in 1988 through the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.The development consolidation of programs such as LEADWeek, which has a UIF candidate as its Co-chairtwo parent institutions, has provided students with the opportunity to receive input on the development of self. Moving forwardAtlanta University (1865), the primary goal of the team is nation's first institution to integrate the departmental silos on campus in order award graduate degrees to usher in a new ecosystem which embraces collaborationAfrican Americans, innovation and entrepreneurship. We are very optimistic that we will be successful at raising awareness and participation throughout Clark College (1869) the course of this school nation's first four-yearliberal arts college to serve a primarily African-American student population.&nbsp;</span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style= Current Landscape "font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Although Clark Atlanta University is in the early stages of developing an entrepreneurial ecosystem we do offer a few entrepreneurial opportunities. The School of Business at Clark Atlanta University ==makes great efforts to encourage entrepreneurship efforts of the students. Established within the Clark Atlanta University curriculum, freshman students as well as graduate students are exposed to entrepreneurship through the course which we look to establish across disciplines. Students also participate in various pitch competitions in which they prove their capabilities of establishing a working business model necessary for successful startup. The University also has a Shark tank competition this year which should inspire students and raise the profile of the innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives being enacted by both the UIF members and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.The development of programs such as LEADWeek, which has a UIF candidate as its Co-chair, has provided students with the opportunity to receive input on the development of self. Moving forward, the primary goal of the team is to integrate the departmental silos on campus in order to usher in a new ecosystem which embraces collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship. We are very optimistic that we will be successful at raising awareness and participation throughout the course of this school year.</span></span>

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<span style="font-size:medium"><span style= Clark Atlanta University Strategic Plan 2015 "font-family: times new roman,times,serif"> 2.1 Courses </span></span> <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">There are a number of courses offered to undergraduate and graduate students that promote entrepreneurship and innovation on campus.</span></span> CGER 102 - Intro to Engineering Design CFAS 201 - Creative Fashion Presentation <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">CBUS 380 - Entrepreneurial Thinking</span></span> <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">CBUS 381 - Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures</span></span>

<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arialtimes new roman,helveticatimes,sans-serif">Clark Atlanta University has several hidden gems within CBUS 382 - Marketing the institution and across disciplines that support, enhance and promote innovation and entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the information about these “gems” are not communicated to students, departments, and staff. Thus leaving these gems underutilized.Entrepreneurial Venture</span></span>

<span style="fontCBUS 480 -size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. Increasing awareness of the Innolab which will result in increased participation and utilization of the center and cultivating and environment of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.</span></span>Entrepreneurship & Enterprise

<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arialtimes new roman,helveticatimes,sans-serif">1.1 Develop a marketing plan that promotes the use of the Innovation Center among internal and external stakeholders.CBUS 481 - Entrepreneurial Practicum</span></span>

<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arialtimes new roman,helveticatimes,sans-serif">1.2 Capitalize on the Media outlets that are currently at CAU’s disposal to brand the Innovation Center; such as the Atlanta University Center Digest (newspaper), The Panther (newspaper), CAU’s Award Winning Jazz Radio Station, and all the social media platforms that are already established by CAU.CBUS 482 Business Law for Entrepreneurs</span></span>

<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arialtimes new roman,helveticatimes,sans-serif">1.3 Develop an I&E annual campaign specifically targeted to alumni, asking for their support and resources to include time, and talent.CBUS 484 Small Business Management</span></span>

<span style="fontCCIS 475 -size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1.4 Conduct Informational sessions for the professors within each department that outline our purpose, mission, and how Intro to effectively utilize the InnoLab, and promote the use among their students. For the long term make the informational sessions publicity sessions.</span></span>Artificial Intelligence

CGER 481 - Environmental Engineering<pre> 2.2 Events</pre><span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arialtimes new roman,helveticatimes,sans-serif">2'''Lead Week '''- is an annual event sponsored by the School of Business which raises awareness in the areas of entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, social media, mass media, innovation and alumni affairs. Develop Community partnerships</span></span>

<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arialtimes new roman,helveticatimes,sans-serif">2'''Capstone Projects'''- Are an integral part of the schools commitment to supporting project based learning.1 Establish partnerships with businesses to support innovation and creativity on campusThere are a number of capstone projects predominantly in the Arts & Sciences department.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arialtimes new roman,helveticatimes,sans-serif">2.2'''Speaker Series-&nbsp; ''' a few workshops and speakers that promote entrepreneurship. Create There is a quarterly “Challenge Drop” where local business would drop off freshman success speaker series along with a problem/concern case competition workshop that took place this year. In my opinion this is an area that they are currently facing and have the students submit creative, innovative, solutions that could possibly lead university can improve on. It would take very little effort to entrepreneurial opportunities for increase the studentsnumber of events and workshops on campus.</span></span>

<span style="font'''Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica''' promoted by the Center for Innovation & entrepreneurial Development at CAU,sansit is designed to provide students with early-serif">2.3. Develop an Advisory Board and have Corporations strategically advise the centerstage ideas to compete for various including cash prizes.</span></span>

<span style="font'''Panther Biz Expo-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2.4 Invite companies ''' sponsored by PNC Bank and entrepreneurs to lecture powered by CIED and conduct presentations related Blackstone to Creativity, and I&E ultimately establishing a lecture seriesshowcase student vendor pop-up shops. Students win cash prizes based on how well they present their businesses.</span></span>

== '''Advanced Coding Workshop-''' ==Workshop to advance students' coding techniques and strategies from esteemed professionals.

<span style="font'''Advanced 3D Printing Workshop-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3''' Workshop that teaches students advanced printing techniques that could benefit their business ventures or just simply improve their printing skills. Establish Innovation fellows advisory committee for CAU</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">3.1 Select a combination of Faculty, Staff, Students Regional and Administrators whose responsibility is to bridge the gap between the transition of old fellows and new incoming fellow and continue/support the momentum of what the previous UIF students have initiated.</span></span>Local Development Efforts ==

<span style="font-size:medium">CAU is currently trying to strengthen its connection with the community in regard to local and regional economic development. The university is committed to working with its stakeholders to build a better community and a better academic institution.</span> <span style="font-size:large">Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span> <span style="font-size:medium">Is a new organization headed by entreprenuer David Duncan. The goal of the organization is to assist the student body in promoting innovation and entreprenuership on campus by having a liason between students and staff. This a new venture that looks very promising, so stay tuned!</span> ==Active Support in the University Technology Transfer Function == '''The CAU Office of Technology Transfer (T2)-''' is responsible for managing the protection and licensing of CAU discoveries with potential commercial value. By using intellectual property law to protect discoveries with potential commercial value, our office can hopefully encourage interested companies to invest the resources necessary to turn an early stage academic discovery into a commercial product. '''IP Consulting-&nbsp; '''Cynthia Parks and Collen Beard are the IP staff on hand to assist students through the process of protecting and developing their ideas and inventions. '''Faculty Research Council- '''“The Faculty Research Council advises the Vice President Research on matters involving research infrastructure, maintenance of equipment, start-up support for faculty and in general support of standing up a more robust research enterprise at Clark Atlanta University”. '''Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development-''' established to develop a campus-wide entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem. The center provides students, faculty, staff and alumni with opportunities to build their innovation and entrepreneurial skills through opportunities such as business and idea consulting, workshops, mentoring and business modeling. ==Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship== '''HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative- '''The HBCU Collaborative is a cohort of 15 public and private HBCUs that are committed to participating in a multi-year collaboration that will foster innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship on their respective campuses to improve student success by implementing new institutional courses, transforming faculty pedagogy and creating partnerships with government and private industries. This collaborative will build off the momentum that was established by the 2013 HBCU Innovation Summit held at Stanford University that was co-organized by UNCF, the NSF-funded National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) and the Stanford Center for Professional Development. ==Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration == <span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">'''Lead Week '''-is an annual event sponsored by the School of Business which raises awareness in the areas of entrepreneurship, finance, marketing, social media, mass media, innovation and alumni affairs. The event bridges the gap between the industry and the University.</span></span> <span style="font-size:medium">'''Corporate Visits'''- There are approximately 25 visits to the School of Business annually to recruit top talent. In addition, over 500 companies participate in the AUC career fairs to recruit students as well. However, the school is working on developing relationships with organizations that are interested in research, innovation and entrepreneurship to enhance the scholastic CAU experience.</span> <span style="font-size:medium">The '''AUC Academic and Career Development Organization'''- Has a wide variety of resources for students, listed below.</span> *On-Campus Recruiting – Students: ([http://www.aucconsortium.org/campus-recruiting/ DDEP Campus Recruiting])*AUCC DDEP Student Registration: ([http://www.aucconsortium.org/ddep-form AUCC DDEP Student Registration Form])*Scholarship Opportunities: &nbsp;([http://www.aucconsortium.org/scholarship-opportunities/ AUCC DDEP Scholarship Opportunities])*Engineering Institutions: ([http://www.aucconsortium.org/ddep-history-3/ AUCC Dual Degree Engineering Program – AUCC DDEP)]*Experience – eRecruiting ([http://www.2 Advisory Committee will be responsible aucenter.experience.com/ AUC Consortium Experience Site]) Students: For viewing events, information sessions, and applying for preserving the long term strategic plan developed by the UIF student internship and research opportunities.*Employers/Recruiters: For posting career, summer internships research opportunities and landscapeto register events such as career or graduate fair visit:&nbsp;[http://www.aucenter.experience.com/ www.aucenter.experience.com] '''The AUCC Career Fair-''' Unique in person moment presents an incredible opportunity for emerging professionals who can innovate, creatively and efficiently manage projects, and contribute to an organization's strategic goals.  <br />{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1nQ-Sgj3ogxjk7_vzRuixdtyB0r19E8cic4iK8bHpO1A|width=1300|height=700}} ==<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Related Links:</span></span>== '''Clark Atlanta University''' [[Clark Atlanta University Student Strategies|Clark Atlanta University Student Strategies]] [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nQ-Sgj3ogxjk7_vzRuixdtyB0r19E8cic4iK8bHpO1A/edit#gid=1096064236 Landscape Canvas] <br />University Innovation Fellows: Spring 2017 [[Allen_lee|Allen Lee]] [[Madisyn_Dudley|Madisyn Dudley]] Spring 2015 [[/Damon Willis|Damon Willis]] [[/Tiffany Mitchell|Tiffany Mitchell]] [[Ariel rogers|Ariel Rogers]] [[Aaron Chambers|Aaron Chambers]] Spring 2014

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