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= <span style="line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: MetaBold, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 35px;">Overview</span> =

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities&nbsp;Office for Access and Success (OAS) announced the&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaborative (IEC).&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">The HBCU Innovation and Entrepreneurship&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Collaborative will be a cohort of 15 HBCUs (both&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">private and public) that are committed to&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">participating in a multi-year collaboration that will&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">foster innovation, commercialization and&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">entrepreneurship on their respective campuses. This&nbsp;</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">collaborative will build upon&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">the momentum that was&nbsp;</span>established by the UNCF lead 2013 HBCU Innovation&nbsp;Summit that was held at Stanford University, and has continued through 2021.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Virginia State University (VSU) is one of the selected universities that&nbsp;will have the opportunity to&nbsp;participate in a collaborative community seeking to&nbsp;increase innovation and entrepreneurship across&nbsp;disciplines (i.e., Agriculture, Business, Science,&nbsp;Mathematics, Engineering and Technology, etc.) in&nbsp;order to build an innovation ecosystem among&nbsp;institutions, administrators, faculty and students, the&nbsp;federal government and private industry. This cohort&nbsp;of HBCUs will be able to access current and future&nbsp;funding opportunities that will be available only to&nbsp;those universities that commit to participate in this&nbsp;unique collaborative.&nbsp;</span></span></span>

== <span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.231:_The_Design_and_Entrepreneurship_Network_.28The_DEN.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic Strategy #1: 3DS Springboard</span><br/> ==<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Description:</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;</span></span>'''<span style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">3 Day Startup’s mission is to kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities. We rent work space for 3 full days, recruit 45 student participants from a wide range of backgrounds, cater food and drinks, and bring in top-notch entrepreneurs and investors. The participants pick the best ideas for startups during the Day 1 brainstorming session and deliver prototypes and investor pitches on the final night.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="line-height: 21px;">3DS Springboard is an interactive workshop focused on the beginning steps of launching a company or a project through Promoting Innovation on-campus innovation. During four 90-minute sessions over &nbsp;one week, you will learn-by-doing with the 3DS team, Epicenter Virginia State University Innovation Fellows leaders on your campus, and other students in your community who are passionate about starting something!</span></span></span><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><br/></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''What can I start with 3DS Springboard?'''</span></span><br/><br/></div><div langs Campus="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A company, a project; a movement–3DS Springboard teaches entrepreneurship skills such as ideation, customer discovery, and pitching in the context of making real-world progress on anything you want to start.</span></span><br/></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><br/><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Who is eligible to participate?&nbsp;'''<br/><br/><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">20-40 current students at each of the participating schools.</span></span><br/><br/>'''What is the cost to participate?'''<br/><br/><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">This workshop is free but you must complete all modules to get your pitch in front of the global audience of influencers, investors, and innovators.</span></span></span></span><br/><br/><br/></div></div>

== <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: Tactic #1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">T</span></span></span><span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span styleInnovation Project Program="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin'''Description: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">actic #2&nbsp;:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Student-led Innovation</span></span><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: larger;">and Entrepreneurship Club (ECO - ReNew)</span></span></span> =='''

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgiaStudents with the same course, upon joining the program,serif;">'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Description: </span>&nbsp;'''The ECO - ReNew Program is will meet with an Innovation Project Ambassador (usually an innovative approach to allowing interdisciplinary efforts to promote earth stewardship through recycling, environmental awareness and renewable energy. &nbsp;</span></span></span></span>undergraduate or graduate who has already taken the course)

*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;">'''<span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium;">This When the project is finished, the instructor will get grade the project and all students motivated to translate classroom principle and theories into global solutionsin the group will receive the same score.</span>'''</span></span>

*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;">'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">This At the end, students will also provide an extracurricular platform for an Innovative be able to complete a form detailing how the process could be made better, along with any questions and Entrepreneurial environmentcomments.</span></span>'''</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizeTactic #1:large;"><span styleStudent Class Preference Evaluation Survey="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family'''Description:arial,helvetica,sans''' This tactic involves the creation and implementation of a campus-serif;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">[[Filewide survey that provides the university with data on what their preferred method of learning is. This includes:ECO Renew.jpg|border|center|ECO Renew.jpg]]</span></span></span></span></span>

== <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="fontLearning preference (in-size:large;"><span style="font-family:arialperson,helveticavirtual,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #3: Create/Establish an Entrepreneurship and Innovation spaces on Campus</span></span></span></span> ==etc.)

#<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143d-3869-b666-c12e-deba15305665"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will engender and foster idea generation and creativity among students across disciplines.</span></span></span></span>#<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143d-3869-b666-c12e-deba15305665"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enhance sustainability of Resources the I&nbsp;</span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">& </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">E culture on campus.</span></span></span>#<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Promote Venture creation/Commercialization.</span></span></span>student has (reliable internet, usable device, quiet work environment)

= <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size: 35px; line-height: 1This would assist greatly with informing students on what devices, materials and/or preparations they need well ahead of time before their classes start.4;">Strategy&nbsp;#2: Executing &nbsp;Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at VSU</span></span> =

== <span style="fontA second survey would be given closer towards the end of the semester that gives advisors (for freshmen) a good idea of whether the student performs better in-size:large;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: x-large;">Tactic #1: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: x-large;">Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Intro person, virtual, or asynchronous, and core curriculacan register the student based on their preferred method of success.</span></span> ==

<span style="font-sizeStrategy #3:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="fontEducating Computer Science Undergraduates with Job-family:georgia,serif;"><span styleReady Essentials="white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Description: '''Faculty will work on the NCIIA grant that is due in May to develop course/ program / curricula to infuse Innovation & Entrepreneneurship into VSU's culture.</span></span></span></span>

*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizeTactic#1:x-large;"><span idCareer Incubator Program/Club="docs-internal-guid-2c85143b-3841-f811-1d4f-c1580fb28326"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space'''Description: pre-wrap;">This ''' A program or club that will Inculcate the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking assist undergraduates with applying what they learn in students.</span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pretypical computer science courses with real-wrap;">Ecourage the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in falcultyworld applications to careers that can be during or after education at Virginia State University.</span></span></span></span>

*=Strategy# 4: Changing the Potential Value on Virginia State University's Campus= ==<span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.231:_The_Design_and_Entrepreneurship_Network_.28The_DEN.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #1</span>==<div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Description:</span></span><span style="line-height: 1.4; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;</span></span>'''<span style="line-height: 1.4;"><span style="line-height: 21px;">3 Day Startup’s mission is to kick-start new student-run companies and build entrepreneurial capabilities in students and their university communities. We rent work space for 3 full days, recruit 45 student participants from a wide range of backgrounds, cater food and drinks, and bring in top-notch entrepreneurs and investors. The participants pick the best ideas for startups during the Day 1 brainstorming session and deliver prototypes and investor pitches on the final night.&nbsp;</span></span><span style="line-height: 21px;">3DS Springboard is an interactive workshop focused on the beginning steps of launching a company or a project through on-campus innovation. During four 90-minute sessions over &nbsp;one week, you will learn-by-doing with the 3DS team, Epicenter University Innovation Fellows leaders on your campus, and other students in your community who are passionate about starting something!</span></span></span><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><br /></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''What can I start with 3DS Springboard?'''</span></span><br /><br /></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A company, a project; a movement–3DS Springboard teaches entrepreneurship skills such as ideation, customer discovery, and pitching in the context of making real-world progress on anything you want to start.</span></span><br /></div><div lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; direction: ltr;"><br /><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Who is eligible to participate?&nbsp;'''<br /><br /><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">20-40 current students at each of the participating schools.</span></span><br /><br />'''What is the cost to participate?'''<br /><br /><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">This workshop is free but you must complete all modules to get your pitch in front of the global audience of influencers, investors, and innovators.</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /></div></div>==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><spanstyle="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="verticalmargin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #2&nbsp;:&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Student-led Innovation </span><span style="line-alignheight: baseline1; white-space: pre-wrap;">​and Entrepreneurship Club</span></span></span>== <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">This will: </span>&nbsp;'''&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></span></span> *<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">This will connect the students.</span></span>*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">This will highlight the importance of entrepreneurs in society.</span></span>*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">This will promote ideation amongst the students.</span></span> *<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">This will get students motivated to translate classroom principle and theories into global solutions.</span></span> *<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">This will also provide an extracurricular platform for an Innovative and Entrepreneurial environment.</span></span> ==<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arialtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #3: Create/Establish an Entrepreneurship and Innovation Space on Campus</span></span></span>== '''<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: large;">This will:</span></span>''' *<span style="font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif;">Engender and foster idea-generation and creativity among students; across disciplines.</span> *<span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143d-3869-b666-c12e-deba15305665" style="font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enhance sustainability of the I&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">& </span><span style="font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">E culture on campus.</span> *<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: large; font-family: georgia, serif;">Promote venture creation/commercialization.</span> =<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size: 35px; line-height: 1.4;">Strategy&nbsp;#5: Executing &nbsp;Effectiveness in the Reframing Value at VSU</span></span>= ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic #1: Infuse Entrepreneurship and Innovation into Introductory and Core Curricula</span></span></span>== <span style="font-size:large;">Identification of<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Description: '''Faculty will work on the NCIIA grant that is due in May to develop a course/program/curricula to infuse Innovation & Entrepreneurship into VSU's culture.</span></span></span></span> '''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;">This will:</span>''' *<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inculcate the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in students.</span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encourage the Innovation and Entrepreneurship culture and thinking in faculty.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">​</span></span></span></span> ==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family: Arialtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">college courseIdentification of</span>&nbsp;C<span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">ollege Course(s): Contemporary Global studiesStudies</span></span>''</span>==

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">'''<u>Reginald F. Lewis College of Business</u>'''</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">'''''1.'''''&nbsp;MGMT 444 – Entrepreneurship and Small Business Mgmt. Management &nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">2.FINC 446 - Entrepreneurial Finance</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">'''<u>College of Agriculture</u>'''</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">1.AGEC 140 - Introduction to Agribusiness Entrepreneurship</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">2.AGEC 340 - Agribusiness Entrepreneurship</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">'''<u>College of Engineering, Technology, and Science</u>'''</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:x-largegeorgia,serif;">'''1.'''&nbsp;INLT 443 - Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship.</span></span>

==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:xtrebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-largeserif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">'''<span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">Tactic #2&nbsp;:Capacity -Building of VSU's Research Foundation</span></span></span>'''</span></span></span>==

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:large;">'''<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Description:&nbsp;</span>'''<span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">This will p</span></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">romote and attract Industry industry-identified projects/problems/issues for students to work on (with faculty guidance).</span><span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">VSU will plan to become a member of NCIIA (VentureWell) to enhance partnership partnerships both in the industry and with such government and regulatory agencies like Veteran as: Veterans Affairs, USPTO, Small Business Admin, other HBCU partners etc</span>'''<span style="line-height: 1; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span>'''</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:largegeorgia,serif;"><u>'''Encouragement of the following:'''</u></span></span>

*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:largegeorgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143e-3888-c172-7a12-72aa47ba73b0"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This will develop Developing and encourage encouraging academia-industry partnership in a mutually beneficial way.</span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:largegeorgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143e-3888-c172-7a12-72aa47ba73b0"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whet Whetting the creativity and problem -solving appetite of students and faculty.</span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:largegeorgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143e-3888-c172-7a12-72aa47ba73b0"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Showcase Showcasing and promote promoting intellectual capital within VSU.</span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:largegeorgia,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c85143e-3888-c172-7a12-72aa47ba73b0"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promote Venture Promoting venture creation/Commercializationcommercialization.</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumgeorgia,serif;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">​</span></span></span></span></div>==<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:Capacity_Building_of_VSU.27s_Research_Foundation" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Tactic #3:</span><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge Competitions</span></span></span>== <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''This will:'''</span></span></span></span> *<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c851455-3891-f2ae-372a-9b1da9e05e49"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration and robust problem solving skills across campus</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c851455-3891-f2ae-372a-9b1da9e05e49"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build, sustain and promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span>Enhance VSU visibility.</span></span></span></span> <br /> =Strategy #6: Campus Scooter Program on Virginia State University's Campus=  

== <span style="font-size'''Benefits to VSU:large;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:Capacity_Building_of_VSU.27s_Research_Foundation" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span class="mw-headline" id="Tactic_.232.C2.A0:.C2.A0Students_led_Innovationand_Entrepreneurshipclub_.28ECO_-_ReNew.29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Tactic #3:</span></span></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Strategy_.232_Expose_non-STEM_students_to_Innovation_and_Entrepreneurship" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1;">Establish Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge competitions</span></span></span></span> =='''

*<span style="font-size'''Campus Tours and Visitor Experience:large;"><span style="font''' Utilize scooters for guided campus tours, offering an engaging and eco-sizefriendly way for prospective students and visitors to explore our university.*'''Boosting Local Economy:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c851455-3891-f2ae-372a-9b1da9e05e49"><span style="vertical-align''' Promote local businesses through the scooter program, fostering economic growth and partnerships within the community.*'''Community Engagement: baseline; white-space''' 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: pre-wrap;">Encourage multi-disciplinary collaboration ''' 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 robust problem solving skills across reduce the need for costly expansions.*'''Reduced Traffic Congestion:''' By offering an alternative mode of transportation, we can significantly reduce traffic congestion on campus</span></span></span></span>roads, making commuting more efficient for everyone.*<span style="font-size'''Reduced Carbon Footprint:large;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2c851455-3891-f2ae-372a-9b1da9e05e49"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build''' By encouraging the use of electric scooters, sustain and promote Innovation VSU can significantly reduce its carbon footprint. This aligns with sustainability goals and Entrepreneurshipdemonstrates the university's commitment to environmental stewardship.</span></span></span></span>*<span style="font-size'''Student Employment Opportunities:large;"><span style="font''' Beyond charging and maintenance programs, the scooter company can offer part-size:large;"><span>Enhance VSU visibilitytime job opportunities for students in areas like marketing, event planning, or customer support, providing valuable work experience and income.</span></span></span>

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