<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">[[File:CAU logo.jpg|link=Special:FilePath/CAU_logo.jpg]]</span></span> ==Overview == <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif"> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> Clark Atlanta University is a comprehensive, private, urban, coeducational institution of higher education with a predominantly African-American heritage. It offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees as well as certificate programs to students of diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The University was established in 1988 through the consolidation of its two parent institutions, Atlanta University (1865), the nation's first institution to award graduate degrees to African Americans, and Clark College (1869) the nation's first four-year liberal arts college to serve a primarily African-American student population. </span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="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"> 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>
== Overview ==
<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif"> Clark Atlanta University is a comprehensive, private, urban, coeducational institution of higher education with a predominantly African-American heritage. It offers undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees as well as certificate programs to students of diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The University was established in 1988 through the consolidation of its two parent institutions, Atlanta University (1865), the nation's first institution to award graduate degrees to African Americans, and Clark College (1869) the nation's first four-year liberal arts college to serve a primarily African-American student population. </span></span>
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== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship== <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif"> 2.1 Courses </span><br/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:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">CBUS 382 - Marketing the Entrepreneurial Venture</span></span> CBUS 385 - Principles of Marketing CBUS 480 - Entrepreneurship & Enterprise <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">CBUS 481 - Entrepreneurial Practicum</span></span> <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">CBUS 482 Business Law for Entrepreneurs</span></span> <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">CBUS 484 Small Business Management</span></span>
== 2.1 Courses ==CCIS 475 - Intro to Artificial Intelligence
There are a number of courses offered CCIS 413 - Intro to undergraduate and graduate students that promote entrepreneurship on campus.Robotics
CBUS 380 CGER 481 - Entrepreneurial ThinkingEnvironmental Engineering<pre> 2.2 Events</pre><span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,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.</span></span>
CBUS 381 <span style="font- Financing Entrepreneurial Venturessize:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">'''Capstone Projects'''- Are an integral part of the schools commitment to supporting project based learning. There are a number of capstone projects predominantly in the Arts & Sciences department.</span></span>
CBUS 382 <span style="font- Marketing size:medium"><span style="font-family: times new roman,times,serif">'''Speaker Series- ''' a few workshops and speakers that promote entrepreneurship. There is a freshman success speaker series along with a case competition workshop that took place this year. In my opinion this is an area that the university can improve on. It would take very little effort to increase the Entrepreneurial Venturenumber of events and workshops on campus.</span></span>
CBUS 481 '''Blackstone LaunchPad Ideas Competition- Entrepreneurial Practicum''' promoted by the Center for Innovation & entrepreneurial Development at CAU, it is designed to provide students with early-stage ideas to compete for various including cash prizes.
CBUS 482 Business Law for Entrepreneurs'''Panther Biz Expo-''' sponsored by PNC Bank and powered by CIED and Blackstone to showcase student vendor pop-up shops. Students win cash prizes based on how well they present their businesses.
CBUS 484 Small Business Management'''Advanced Coding Workshop-''' Workshop to advance students' coding techniques and strategies from esteemed professionals.
== Clark Atlanta University Strategic Plan 2015 =='''Advanced 3D Printing Workshop-''' Workshop that teaches students advanced printing techniques that could benefit their business ventures or just simply improve their printing skills.
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Clark Atlanta University has several hidden gems within the institution Regional 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.</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:largerlarge"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1. Increasing awareness of the Innolab which will result in increased participation Center for Innovation and utilization of the center and cultivating and environment of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.</span>Entrepreneurship</span>
<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1Is a new organization headed by entreprenuer David Duncan.1 Develop a marketing plan that promotes The goal of the use of organization is to assist the Innovation Center among internal student body in promoting innovation and entreprenuership on campus by having a liason between students and external stakeholdersstaff.</span>This a new venture that looks very promising, so stay tuned!</span>
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1.2 Capitalize on Active Support in 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.</span></span>Technology Transfer Function ==
<span style="font'''The CAU Office of Technology Transfer (T2)-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1''' is responsible for managing the protection and licensing of CAU discoveries with potential commercial value.3 Develop an I&E annual campaign specifically targeted By using intellectual property law to alumniprotect discoveries with potential commercial value, asking for their support and our office can hopefully encourage interested companies to invest the resources necessary to include time, and talentturn an early stage academic discovery into a commercial product.</span></span>
<span style="font'''IP Consulting-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">1.4 Conduct Informational sessions for '''Cynthia Parks and Collen Beard are the professors within each department that outline our purpose, mission, and how IP staff on hand to effectively utilize assist students through the InnoLab, process of protecting and promote the use among developing their students. For the long term make the informational sessions publicity sessionsideas and inventions.</span></span>
== =='''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”.
<span style="font'''Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development-size:larger"><span style="font''' established to develop a campus-family: arialwide 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,helveticaworkshops,sans-serif">2mentoring and business modeling. Develop Community partnerships</span></span>
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2.1 Establish partnerships with businesses to support innovation Encouraging Faculty Innovation and creativity on campus.</span></span>Entrepreneurship==
<span style="font'''HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative-size:larger"><span style="font'''The HBCU Collaborative is a cohort of 15 public and private HBCUs that are committed to participating in a multi-family: arialyear collaboration that will foster innovation,helveticacommercialization and entrepreneurship on their respective campuses to improve student success by implementing new institutional courses,sans-serif">2transforming faculty pedagogy and creating partnerships with government and private industries.2. Create a quarterly “Challenge Drop” where local business would drop This collaborative will build off a problem/concern the momentum that they are currently facing and have was established by the students submit creative2013 HBCU Innovation Summit held at Stanford University that was co-organized by UNCF, innovative, solutions that could possibly lead the NSF-funded National Center for Engineering Pathways to entrepreneurial opportunities Innovation (Epicenter) and the Stanford Center for the studentsProfessional Development.</span></span>
<span style="font=Facilitating University-size:larger"><span styleIndustry Collaboration =="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">2.3. Develop an Advisory Board and have Corporations strategically advise the center.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:largermedium"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,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.4 Invite companies and entrepreneurs to lecture and conduct presentations related to Creativity, The event bridges the gap between the industry and I&E ultimately establishing a lecture seriesthe 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-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifmedium"><span style="fontThe '''AUC Academic and Career Development Organization'''-size: larger">3Has a wide variety of resources for students, listed below. Establish Innovation fellows advisory committee for CAU</span></span>
<span style="font*On-familyCampus Recruiting – Students: ([http:arial,helvetica,sans//www.aucconsortium.org/campus-recruiting/ DDEP Campus Recruiting])*AUCC DDEP Student Registration: ([http://www.aucconsortium.org/ddep-serif"><span style="fontform AUCC DDEP Student Registration Form])*Scholarship Opportunities: ([http://www.aucconsortium.org/scholarship-sizeopportunities/ AUCC DDEP Scholarship Opportunities])*Engineering Institutions: larger">([http://www.aucconsortium.org/ddep-history-3/ AUCC Dual Degree Engineering Program – AUCC DDEP)]*Experience – eRecruiting ([http://www.1 Select a combination of Facultyaucenter.experience.com/ AUC Consortium Experience Site]) Students: For viewing events, Staffinformation sessions, Students and Administrators whose responsibility is to bridge the gap between the transition of old fellows applying for student internship and new incoming fellow research opportunities.*Employers/Recruiters: For posting career, summer internships research opportunities and continueto register events such as career or graduate fair visit: [http://support the momentum of what the previous UIF students have initiatedwww.aucenter.experience.<com/span></span>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-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-seriflarger"><span style="font-sizefamily: largerarial,helvetica,sans-serif">3.2 Advisory Committee will be responsible for preserving the long term strategic plan developed by the UIF and landscape. 3.3 Support creative problem solving/provide practical experience from corporation Sponsorships for intellectual property Related Links:</span></span>== '''Clark Atlanta University'''
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: larger">3.4 The advisory committee should be voted on and approved by students, on an annual basis.</span></span>[[Clark Atlanta University Student Strategies|Clark Atlanta University Student Strategies]]
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== ==<br />University Innovation Fellows:
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4. I&E Events on Campus</span></span>Spring 2017
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4.1 Lean Startup April-May (per semester)</span></span>[[Allen_lee|Allen Lee]]
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4.2 Launch a hack-a-thon for students and invite local Universities (annually)</span></span>[[Madisyn_Dudley|Madisyn Dudley]]
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4.3 Shark Tank event with alumni judges (annually)</span></span>Spring 2015
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4.4 MBA disciplined workshops for non-business students (twice a semester)<[[/span></span>Damon Willis|Damon Willis]]
<span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">4.5 Tedx event at CAU (annual event)<[[/span></span>Tiffany Mitchell|Tiffany Mitchell]]
[[Ariel rogers|Ariel Rogers]]
[[Aaron Chambers|Aaron Chambers]]
== <span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Related Links:</span></span><br/> ==Spring 2014
[http://universityinnovation[Lionel Cross Jr.org/wiki/Clark_Atlanta_University_Student_Strategies <span style="font-size:larger"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://universityinnovation|Lionel Cross Jr.org/wiki/Clark_Atlanta_University_Student_Strategies</span></span>]]
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