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Added Fall 2024 fellow priorities.
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== Fall 2024 ==
=== Priority #1: Interdisciplinary Class Requirement ===
==== Timing & Key Players: AY 2026/27, Jere Morehead, Jack Hu, Marisa Pagnattaro ====
# collaborate with the VP of instruction and student affairs to push forward new class requirement
# create interdisciplinary class list to inform students about available opportunities
# work with Jere to promote this new initiative as a cornerstone of the UGA academic offerings
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=== Priority #2: Large-Scale Innovation Pitch Event === ==== Timing & Key Players: Spring 2025, Dan Geller ==== # Discuss with the Head of the Innovation District to secure departmental approval# Identify sources of funding, including sponsorships, UGA funding, ENTRE funding, etc.# Create scope of work for the program, outlining key points like promotion, pitch schedule, and incentivizes <br /> === Priority #3: Expanding the Entrepreneurship Program === ==== Timing & Key Players: AY 2026/2027, Bob Pinckney ==== # Meet with Pinckney to review the ENTRE curriciulum and its application to other degrees# Meet with Deans of other major colleges to discuss incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into their discipline# Design pilot curriculums geared toward each department and mock certificate templates in entrepreneurship tailored towards different degrees (e.g., medical entrepreneurship) <br /> === Priority #4: UGA Startup Mentorship Program === ==== Timing & Key Players: AY 2026/2027, Kyle Tschepikow ==== # Collect a list of successful startups from Kyle and identify diverse types to contact# Confirm commitment of startup mentors and develop mentee sign up/promotion process# Design mentor/mentee schedule and expectations between startups and outline key objectives =='''<u>Fall 2023</u>'''==
=== Hosting an innovation olympics for heightened awareness and collaboration ===
#Fostering institutional collaboration by leveraging current college ambassadors to work together in planning an innovation olympics day during syllabus week
#Ambassadors will also conduct a series of white boarding sessions throughout the semester where questions will build upon one another to promote the innovation ecosystem and make an inviting space where students feel welcome to learn more and engage with content
=== Hosting a design spring during orientation small groups for early adoption ===
#Shifting undergraduate priorities
#The sprint resources will be developed by the innovation team at UGA to increase awareness of their ecosystem
=== Establishing an interdisciplinary lab to create go to market products and for knowledge sharing ===
#Enhance marketing of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem to increase awareness and accessibility