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*Bridge the gap between disjoint groups: students, professors, administrators, alumni, community members

*The council would meet regularly in the newly created Innovation Space at UVa's Engineering School and play a role in its development

== Med-Bridge ==

Description: An online platform that serves two main purposes: 1. It is a network where people can discuss and identify problems associated with the medical system. 2. a community for students and professionals of different backgrounds to come together and formulate optimal solutions for these problems with their unique talents. This creates a platform for students who are interested in industrial design, business, project management or any other related disciplines a place to explore and find real life problems to work on.

'''Goals:'''

*Give medical professionals a platform to post problems they'd like help improving 

*Creates a question bank for student innovators to go to if they are looking for a problem to solve.

*Give innovative students a place to start brainstorming solutions for real problems 

*Encourages students to collaborate with each other and learn from professionals that have the same passion

*To build a strong a supportive network of communication between students, professors and professionals in the area

'''Potential ideas for expansion:'''

*The forum is regulated by a voting system

*The popular issues and solutions will be pushed to the top of the page

*If the votes exceed a certain number (ex. 300), a crowd-funding system can be started for it

== Introduce an Innovation and Entreprensurhip Educational Tract ==

<li>I believe this can be housed in the already existing Engineering business minor, which is extremely popular among current students</li>

<li>By Spring 2016, introduce the first design class for the engineering business minor</li>

<li>Encourage students to take their ideas and create products and companies around it. This may require restructuring the curriculum, so that the last capstone class, in which you create a product idea, is taken before a student's final year</li>

<li>Within 3 years, hire faculty that have experience with technological innovations to inspire and empower our students</li>

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== Create a system/institutional support for students to stay in the Charlottesville area ==

<li>Create the physical and social capacity to encourage alumni to remain in the Charlottesville area, thus building Charlottesville up to be a hub of technological innovation.</li>

<li>There is a sp@ce currently being built in Charlottesville...start incorporating student input into this space</li>

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== Host a Conference that brings entrepreneurial minded students together at the University of Virginia ==

<li>This will allow for the cross-pollination of ideas and people</li>

<li>Also builds the innovation environment close to uva</li>

<li>Establishes our University space as a central innovation hub</li>

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== Develop a strong mentoring system between students at the University and alumni ==

<li>This idea stems from the observation that students are not exposed to the entrepreneurial scene early enough. By the time they have a chance to explore their ideas and jump into innovation, they are often 3rd and 4th years, and are already indoctrined into the "natural" engineering career path.</li>

<li>This mentoring program will allow younger students to get exposed to ideas and involved early</li>

<li>This could also be supplemented with faculty support. At other Universities, faculty spin off their research to undergrads to create start ups and I believe with strong student-faculty relationships, this can also happen at UVa.</li>

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