Difference between revisions of "Priorities:Morgan State University Student Priorities"
| Line 23: | Line 23: | ||
<span style="font-size:medium">'''Tactic #3- '''Building an incubator for students who have personal projects they would like to pursue in line with technological innovation. This environment will aid the students to build a creative mindset which may be the seed of "The Next Big Thing."</span> | <span style="font-size:medium">'''Tactic #3- '''Building an incubator for students who have personal projects they would like to pursue in line with technological innovation. This environment will aid the students to build a creative mindset which may be the seed of "The Next Big Thing."</span> | ||
| − | = <span style="font-size:x-large | + | = <span style="font-size:x-large"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Strategy #3 Increase Student-Driven Commercialization</span></span> = |
| − | <span style="font-size:medium | + | <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Morgan has stated that it will "support innovation in business and the commercialization of intellectual property through growing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, securing an increased number of patents, and establishing a technology transfer center to support the creation of new business and technology transfer enterprises"</span></span> |
| − | '''<span style="font-size:medium | + | '''<span style="font-size:medium">Tactic #1: Local Tech Collaboration with incubators such as [http://etcbaltimore.com/ ETC Baltimore] and accelerators such as [http://www.juxtopia.org/about/founder/ Juxtopia]:</span>''' |
| − | <span style="font-size:medium | + | <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Morgan has stated that it wants to "explore public/private collaborative relationships with developers, contractors, and other commercial groups and entities to develop new environmentally-sustainable and technologically-advanced administrative and student residential facilities, to expand Morgan’s physical presence throughout the state, and to promote the state and the Morgan brand."</span></span> |
| − | <span style="font-size:medium | + | <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Local partnerships will expose students to industrial and entrepreneurial skills through projects designed by members of the local tech community.</span></span> |
= Related Links = | = Related Links = | ||
Revision as of 03:54, 29 January 2015
Morgan State University is the premier public urban research university in Maryland known for its excellence in teaching, intensive research, effective public service, and community engagement. Morgan prepares diverse and competitive graduates for success in a global, interdependent society.
Contents
Strategic Pitch
Strategy #1: Create Designated Spaces to Foster Creativity
"Space is the body language of an organization"
Morgan has stated that it plans to "engage in continuous improvement, renovation, and construction of facilities that will suppport Morgan's faculty, staff, and students in their teaching, learning research, and creative work, that will enhance the delivery of student support services and improve the quality of life for Morgan State University"
Tactic #1: Create an Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Center:
This premier urban innovation center will foster creativity, improve entrepreneurial skill sets, and increase interdisciplinary collaborations. It will include a skills lab for learning hard skills. Weekly tech tutorials and workshops will also be given in this space.
Strategy #2 Expose more STEM students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tactic #1-The provision of an Introduction to Business course for STEM majors will heavily attract the interest of these students who feel they just have to get the A's to become well rounded.
Tactic #2- Introducing a Campus Discovery course called Morgan 101 where students will be able to view and leverage the Morgan State University Landscape Canvas to Discover,Learn, Experiment, Pursue, and Spin out.
Tactic #3- Building an incubator for students who have personal projects they would like to pursue in line with technological innovation. This environment will aid the students to build a creative mindset which may be the seed of "The Next Big Thing."
Strategy #3 Increase Student-Driven Commercialization
Morgan has stated that it will "support innovation in business and the commercialization of intellectual property through growing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, securing an increased number of patents, and establishing a technology transfer center to support the creation of new business and technology transfer enterprises"
Tactic #1: Local Tech Collaboration with incubators such as ETC Baltimore and accelerators such as Juxtopia:
Morgan has stated that it wants to "explore public/private collaborative relationships with developers, contractors, and other commercial groups and entities to develop new environmentally-sustainable and technologically-advanced administrative and student residential facilities, to expand Morgan’s physical presence throughout the state, and to promote the state and the Morgan brand."
Local partnerships will expose students to industrial and entrepreneurial skills through projects designed by members of the local tech community.
