<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:medium;">University: [https://www.berea.edu/ Berea College,]</span>'''</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:medium;">Team: University Innovation Fellows Team 2014</span>'''</span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:medium;">Fellows: Ability Kakama, Ali Djire, Solomon Alolga & , and Sandra Tombe.</span>'''<p style="text-align: center;">'''<span style="font-size:medium;">Strategic Priorities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Berea College Campus</span>'''</p><iframe_width="560"_height="315"_src="//www.youtube.com/embed/tayhyz9Bgbo"_frameborder="0"_allowfullscreen></iframe>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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'''1.Coding Saturdays<span style="font-family: a partnership with arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This studio will be known as the computer science department to foster coding skills by hosting a 2 hour workshop at least per fortnight, on Saturday morningBerea Innovation Studio (BIS).'''</span>
<span style="font-Lead personfamily: Ability Kakamaarial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Within the BIS, we will have:</span>
Milestone<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>'''Five strategic Priorities:'''</u></span>
*Space and <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''1. ''Coding Instructors searchSaturdays:'' A partnership with the Computer Science Department to foster coding skills, August to September 2014*First eventby hosting 2-hour workshops at least every fortnight (two weeks), First Week of Octoberon Saturday mornings.'''</span>
'''2. P2P Ideas review<span style="font-family: Through the studioarial, encourage students to share ideashelvetica, provide feedback to each other and practice with pitch and presentations.'''sans-serif;">Lead Person: Ability Kakama</span>
<span style="font-Lead Personfamily: Ali Djirearial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Milestones:</span>
Milestone*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Space and coding instructors search, August-September, 2014</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">First event, first week of October, 2014</span>
*Start Fall 2014<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/>'''2. ''P2P Ideas Review:'' At the BIS, encourage students to share ideas, provide feedback for each other, and practice pitches and presentations.'''
'''3. Makers’ Fair<span style="font-family: Partner with the technology club to host a prototype design and building sessionsarial, followed by a fair helvetica,sans-serif; to show case these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester i.e. twice a year.'''">Lead Person: Ali Djire</span>
<span style="font-Lead Personfamily: Solomon Alolgaarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Milestone:</span>
Milestone*<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; First event">Start, November Fall 2014</span>
*Draft calendar of events <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/>'''3. ''Makers’ Fair:'' Partner with the Technology Club to host prototype design and stakeholder meetings-Fall 2014*First eventbuilding sessions, Spring 2015followed by a fair to showcase these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester (twice per year).'''
Key Partners<span style="font-family: Technology Clubarial, Technology department and Computer Science Department.helvetica,sans-serif;">Lead Person: Solomon Alolga</span>
'''3. Hackathon and startup preparation camps<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Key Partners: Provide an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideasTechnology Club, pitch and get funding and feedback on their ideas. At initial stagesTechnology Department, this should serve to prepare these students to participate in other established regional start up camps and weekends.'''Computer Science Department</span>
Lead person<span style="font-family: Solomon Alolgaarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Milestones:</span>
Milestone*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">First event, November 2014</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Draft calendars of events and stakeholder meetings, Fall 2014</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Next event, Spring 2015</span>
*First event Spring 2015<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/>'''3. ''Hackathon and start-up preparation camps:'' Provide an opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideas, pitches, and get funding for and feedback on their ideas. During the initial stages, these endeavors should serve to prepare these students to participate in other, established regional start-up camps and weekends.'''
<span style="font-Lead personfamily: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Leaders: Solomon Alolga and Ali Djire</span>
'''4. Design projects for business and community<span style="font-family: 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.'''arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Milestone:</span>
Milestone*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">First event, Spring 2015</span>
*Identify partners <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/>'''4. ''Design projects for businesses and community:'' Partner with businesses and build relationships August organizations in the community to September 2014*First eventwork on projects that can be solved through innovation. A business and/or community partner would provide a challenge, and a team of students would develop and design a solution, October 2014using the BIS.'''
'''5. Lobby for a class in entrepreneurship that is mandated for every student as part of general studies program.  <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;These classes can be subject specific and offered as seminars e.g. entrepreneurship for biology and chemistry, entrepreneurship for Engineering and Technology'''">Milestones:</span>
*Lead Person<span style="font-family: Sandra Tombearial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Identify potential partners and build relationships, August-September, 2014</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">First event, October 2014</span>
Milestones<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/>'''5. ''Lobby for a class in entrepreneurship: ''Should be mandated for every student as part of Berea College's General Studies program. These classes may be subject-specific, and offered as seminars (e.g. Entrepreneurship for Biology and/or Chemistry; Entrepreneurship for Engineering and/or Technology).'''
*Initiate conversations with Administration<span style="font-family:arial, Summer 2014*Seek to have agenda feature at Faculty meetingshelvetica, Fall 2014sans-serif;">Lead Person: Sandra Tombe</span>
 <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Milestones:</span>
 *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Initiate conversations with Administration, Summer 2014</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Seek to have agenda featured at faculty meetings, Fall 2014</span>
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