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= Overview =

~~'''~~The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities </span~~>The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Office for Access and Success (OAS) announced the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative (IEC). The HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative will be a cohort of 15 HBCUs (both private and public) that are committed to participating in a multi-year collaboration that will foster innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurship on their respective campuses. This collaborative will build ~~off~~upon of the momentum that was </span~~>established by the UNCF lead 2013 HBCU Innovation Summit that was held at Stanford University, and has continued through 2021.~~'''~~

~~'''~~Virginia State University (VSU) is one of the selected universities that~~~~ will have the opportunity to participate in a collaborative community seeking to increase innovation and entrepreneurship across disciplines (i.e., Agriculture, Business, Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, etc.) in order to build an innovation ecosystem among institutions, administrators, faculty and students, the federal government and private industry. This cohort of HBCUs will be able to access current and future funding opportunities that will be available only to those universities that commit to participate in this unique collaborative.~~ ~~~~'''~~

~~= Strategy# 1: Changing the Potential Value on Virginia State University's Campus =~~

=~~= '''Tactic~~ Strategy #1: ~~3DS Springboard''' ==~~<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">'''Discription: 3 Day Startup’s mission is to kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities. We rent work space for 3 full days, recruit 45 student participants from a wide range of backgrounds, cater food and drinks, and bring in top-notch entrepreneurs and investors. The participants pick the best ideas for startups during the Day 1 brainstorming session and deliver prototypes and investor pitches on the final night.3DS Springboard is an interactive workshop focused on the beginning steps of launching a company or a project through on-campus innovation. Over four 90-minute sessions over  one week, you will learn-by-doing with the 3DS team, Epicenter Promoting Innovation ~~Fellow leaders~~ on ~~your campus, and other students in your community who are passionate about starting something!''~~Virginia State University'~~</div><div lang~~s Campus="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"> </div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">'''What can I start with 3DS Springboard?''' </div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">'''A company, a project, a movement–3DS Springboard teaches entrepreneurship skills such as ideation, customer discovery, and pitching in the context of making real-world progress on anything you want to start.''' </div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"> '''Who is eligible to participate?  20-40 current students at each of the participating schools. What is the cost to participate? This workshop is free but you must complete all modules to get your pitch in front of the global audience of influencers, investors, and innovators.''' </div>

== '''Tactic #~~2 : Students led~~ Innovation~~and Entrepreneurshipclub (ECO - ReNew)~~''' ==

~~'''Discription:  The ECO - ReNew Program is innovative approach to allow interdisciplinary efforts to promote earth stewardship through recyclingStudents with the same course, upon joining the program, ~~environmental awareness and renewable energy.  '''will meet with an Innovation Project Ambassador (usually an undergraduate or graduate who has already taken the course)

*'''This will get students motivated~~ person) to brainstorm on the project they would like to ~~be able~~ do for the assignment under guidelines that the instructor decides to ~~translate classroom principle and theories into global solutions~~set.~~'''(Brainstorming under a time constraint leads to better ideas)

*'''This will also provide an extracurricular platform for an Innovation and Entrepreurnistic environment~~The instructor of the course can choose to either let the students in the team work outside of class on their own time or during the normal class meeting period.~~'''

-When the project is finished, the instructor will grade the project and all students in the group will receive the same score.

-At the end, students will be able to complete a form detailing how the process could be made better, along with any questions and comments.

~~<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica~~Ambassadors for the Innovation Project Program would be undergraduates who have already taken the course they would like to assist with and must have at least a 3.0 GPA. Because of the role,~~sans-serif;">[[File:ECO Renew.jpg|border|center|ECO Renew~~Ambassador is a great leadership opportunity.~~jpg]]~~

=~~= '''Tactic~~ Strategy #32: ~~Create/Establish an Entrepreneurship and Innovation spaces on Campus''' =~~Adapting Students Into the New Educational Structure=

==Tactic #~~'''This will engender and foster idea generation and creativity among students across disciplines.~~'''#Description:'''~~Enhance sustainability of~~ wide survey that provides the ~~I & E culture~~ university with data on ~~campus~~what their preferred method of learning is.~~'''#'''Promote Venture creation/Commercialization.'''~~

~~= '''Strategy '''''#2: Executing  Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at VSU'' =~~)

== Tactic #1: Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Intro and core curricula. ==Resources the student has (reliable internet, usable device, quiet work environment)

~~'''Discription: '''Faculty will work on the NCIIA grant that is due in May to develop course~~materials and/ ~~program / curricula to infuse Innovation & Entrepreneneurship into VSU's culture~~or preparations they need well ahead of time before their classes start.~~~~

*This will Inculcate A second survey would be given closer towards the end of the semester that gives advisors (for freshmen) a good idea of whether the ~~Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking~~ student performs better in ~~students.~~*Ecourage~~ person, virtual, or asynchronous, and can register the ~~Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in falculty~~student based on their preferred method of success.~~

~~~~''''''Identification of'college course(s)Strategy #3: ~~Contemporary Global studies''''''''Reginald F. Lewis College of Business'''~~

~~'~~Career Incubator Program/Club=='''Description:'1.''~~'''MGMT 444 – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Mgmt~~A program or club that will assist undergraduates with applying what they learn in typical computer science courses with real-world applications to careers that can be during or after education at Virginia State University. ~~ ~~

~~2.FINC 446 - Entrepreneurial Finance~~Changing the Potential Value on Virginia State University's Campus=

==Tactic #1==<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">'''Description: '''3 Day Startup’s mission is to kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities. We rent work space for 3 full days, recruit 45 student participants from a wide range of backgrounds, cater food and drinks, and bring in top-notch entrepreneurs and investors. The participants pick the best ideas for startups during the Day 1 brainstorming session and deliver prototypes and investor pitches on the final night. 3DS Springboard is an interactive workshop focused on the beginning steps of launching a company or a project through on-campus innovation. During four 90-minute sessions over  one week, you will learn-by-doing with the 3DS team, Epicenter University Innovation Fellows leaders on your campus, and other students in your community who are passionate about starting something!<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"> </div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">'''What can I start with 3DS Springboard?''' </div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;">A company, a project; a movement–3DS Springboard teaches entrepreneurship skills such as ideation, customer discovery, and pitching in the context of making real-world progress on anything you want to start. </div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"> '''Who is eligible to participate? '''<ubr />~~College~~ 20-40 current students at each of ~~Agriculture~~the participating schools.</uspan> '''What is the cost to participate?''' <spanstyle="font-family:georgia,serif;">This workshop is free but you must complete all modules to get your pitch in front of the global audience of influencers, investors, and innovators. </div></div>==Tactic #2 : Student-led Innovation and Entrepreneurship Club==

'''This will:  '''

*This will connect the students.*2This will highlight the importance of entrepreneurs in society.~~AGEC 340~~ *This will promote ideation amongst the students.

*~~'''~~<uspan style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">~~College of Engineering, Technology,~~ This will get students motivated to translate classroom principle and ~~Science~~theories into global solutions.</uspan>~~'''~~

*~~'''~~This will also provide an extracurricular platform for an Innovative and ~~Technology Entrepreneurship~~Entrepreneurial environment.

== '''Tactic #~~2 ~~3:~~Capacity Building of VSU's Research Foundation<~~Create/~~span>~~Establish an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Space on Campus~~'''~~ ==

'''Discription: '''This will promote and attract Industry identified projects/problems/issues for students to work on (with faculty guidance).VSU will plan to become a member of NCIIA (VentureWell) to enhance partnership both in the industry and such government and regulatory agencies like Veteran Affairs, USPTO, Small Business Admin, other HBCU partners etc~~'''.~~'''

*Engender and foster idea-generation and creativity among students; across disciplines. *Enhance sustainability of the I & E culture on campus. *Promote venture creation/commercialization. =Strategy #5: Executing  Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at VSU= ==Tactic #1: Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Introductory and Core Curricula== '''Description: '''Faculty will work on the NCIIA grant that is due in May to develop a course/program/curricula to infuse Innovation & Entrepreneurship into VSU's culture. '''This will:''' *Inculcate the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in students.*Encourage the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in faculty. ==Identification of College Course(s): Contemporary Global Studies=='''Reginald F. Lewis College of Business''' 1. MGMT 444 – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management   2. FINC 446 - Entrepreneurial Finance '''College of Agriculture''' 1. AGEC 140 - Introduction to Agribusiness Entrepreneurship 2. AGEC 340 - Agribusiness Entrepreneurship '''College of Engineering, Technology, and Science''' 1. INLT 443 - Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship ==Tactic #2 : Capacity-Building of VSU's Research Foundation== '''Description: '''This will promote and attract industry-identified projects/problems/issues for students to work on (with faculty guidance). VSU will plan to become a member of NCIIA (VentureWell) to enhance partnerships both in the industry and with such government and regulatory agencies as: Veterans Affairs, USPTO, Small Business Admin, other HBCU partners etc'''.''' '''Encouragement of the following:'''

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*~~This will develop~~ Developing and ~~encourage~~ encouraging academia-industry partnership in a mutually beneficial way.*~~Whet~~ Whetting the creativity and problem -solving appetite of students and faculty.*~~Showcase~~ Showcasing and ~~promote~~ promoting intellectual capital within VSU.*~~Promote Venture~~ Promoting venture creation/~~Commercialization~~commercialization.</div>==Tactic #3: Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge Competitions== '''This will:''' *Encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and robust problem solving skills across campus*Build, sustain and promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship.*Enhance VSU visibility. =Strategy #6: Campus Scooter Program on Virginia State University's Campus= '''Benefits to VSU:''' *'''Campus Tours and Visitor Experience:''' Utilize scooters for guided campus tours, offering an engaging and eco-friendly way for prospective students and visitors to explore our university.*'''Boosting Local Economy:''' Promote local businesses through the scooter program, fostering economic growth and partnerships within the community.*'''Community Engagement:''' The scooter program can be a focal point for community engagement events, bringing together students, faculty, staff, and local residents. Organize community rides, charity events, or fundraisers using scooters, fostering a sense of community and camaraderie.*'''Reduced Demand for Parking:''' By providing an alternative mode of transportation, the scooter program can reduce the demand for parking spaces on campus. This can alleviate the strain on existing parking facilities and reduce the need for costly expansions.*'''Reduced Traffic Congestion:''' By offering an alternative mode of transportation, we can significantly reduce traffic congestion on campus roads, making commuting more efficient for everyone.*'''Reduced Carbon Footprint:''' By encouraging the use of electric scooters, VSU can significantly reduce its carbon footprint. This aligns with sustainability goals and demonstrates the university's commitment to environmental stewardship.*'''Student Employment Opportunities:''' Beyond charging and maintenance programs, the scooter company can offer part-time job opportunities for students in areas like marketing, event planning, or customer support, providing valuable work experience and income. =Related Links= [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Virginia_State_University Virginia State University] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ulysses_Knight Ulysses Knight] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Reginald_Burroughs Reginald Burroughs] [[Fellow:Taniyah Epps]] [[Fellow:Christian Mills]] [[Fellow:Mihiretu Jackson]] [[Fellow:Brian Chukwuisiocha]] [[Fellow:Katura McDaniel]] [[Category: Student Priorities]][[Category:Student Priorities]][[Category:Student Priorities]][[Category:Virginia_State_University]][[Category:Student_Priorities]]{{CatTree|Virginia_State_University}}

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