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| − | Team: University Innovation Fellows Team 2014 | + | '''<span style="font-size:medium;">Team: University Innovation Fellows Team 2014</span>''' |
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| + | <p style="text-align: center;">'''<span style="font-size:medium;">Strategic Priorities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Berea College Campus</span>'''</p> | ||
Our delivery methodology will be to create a space, an innovation studio where we will strive to foster activities that encourage and support innovation on campus and especially among the student body. This studio is known as Berea Innovation Studio (BIS). Under the BIS we will | Our delivery methodology will be to create a space, an innovation studio where we will strive to foster activities that encourage and support innovation on campus and especially among the student body. This studio is known as Berea Innovation Studio (BIS). Under the BIS we will | ||
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'''3. Makers’ Fair: Partner with the technology club to host a prototype design and building sessions, followed by a fair to show case these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester i.e. twice a year.''' | '''3. Makers’ Fair: Partner with the technology club to host a prototype design and building sessions, followed by a fair to show case these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester i.e. twice a year.''' | ||
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Key Partners: Technology Club, Technology department and Computer Science Department. | Key Partners: Technology Club, Technology department and Computer Science Department. | ||
| − | '''3. Hackathon and startup preparation camps: Provide an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitch and get funding and feedback on their ideas. At initial stages, this should serve to prepare these students to participate in other established regional start up camps and weekends. | + | '''3. Hackathon and startup preparation camps: Provide an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitch and get funding and feedback on their ideas. At initial stages, this should serve to prepare these students to participate in other established regional start up camps and weekends.''' |
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*Lead Person: Sandra Tombe | *Lead Person: Sandra Tombe | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 6 April 2014
University: Berea College,
Team: University Innovation Fellows Team 2014
Fellows: Ability Kakama, Ali Djire, Solomon Alolga & Sandra Tombe
Strategic Priorities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Berea College Campus
Our delivery methodology will be to create a space, an innovation studio where we will strive to foster activities that encourage and support innovation on campus and especially among the student body. This studio is known as Berea Innovation Studio (BIS). Under the BIS we will
Five strategic Priorities:
1.Coding Saturdays: a partnership with the computer science department to foster coding skills by hosting a 2 hour workshop at least per fortnight, on Saturday morning.
-Lead person: Ability Kakama
Milestone:
- Space and Coding Instructors search, August to September 2014
- First event, First Week of October
2. P2P Ideas review: Through the studio, encourage students to share ideas, provide feedback to each other and practice with pitch and presentations.
-Lead Person: Ali Djire
Milestone:
- Start Fall 2014
3. Makers’ Fair: Partner with the technology club to host a prototype design and building sessions, followed by a fair to show case these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester i.e. twice a year.
-Lead Person: Solomon Alolga
Milestone: First event, November 2014
- Draft calendar of events and stakeholder meetings-Fall 2014
- First event, Spring 2015
Key Partners: Technology Club, Technology department and Computer Science Department.
3. Hackathon and startup preparation camps: Provide an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitch and get funding and feedback on their ideas. At initial stages, this should serve to prepare these students to participate in other established regional start up camps and weekends.
Lead person: Solono Alolga
Milestone:
- First event Spring 2015
-Lead person: Ali Djire
4. Design projects for business and community: Partner with businesses and organizations in the community to work on projects that can be solved through design and innovative ways. A partner would provide a challenge and a team of students through the Innovation Studio would develop and design a solution.
Milestone:
- Identify partners and build relationships August to September 2014
- First event, October 2014
5. Lobby for a class in entrepreneurship that is mandated for every student as part of general studies program. These classes can be subject specific and offered as seminars e.g. entrepreneurship for biology and chemistry, entrepreneurship for Engineering and Technology
- Lead Person: Sandra Tombe
Milestones:
- Initiate conversations with Administration, Summer 2014
- Seek to have agenda feature at Faculty meetings, Fall 2014
