<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>'''</span>
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><br/>Strategic Priorities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Berea College Campus</span>'''
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">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, especially among the student body.
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This studio will be known as the Berea Innovation Studio (BIS). Under the BIS we will have:</span>
<uspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'''Five strategic PrioritiesWithin the BIS, we will have:'''</uspan>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><u>'''1. ''Coding SaturdaysFive strategic Priorities:'' A partnership with the Computer Science Department to foster coding skills, by hosting 2-hour workshops at least every fortnight (two weeks), on Saturday mornings.'''</u></span>
Lead Person<span style="font-family: Ability Kakamaarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''1. ''Coding Saturdays:'' A partnership with the Computer Science Department to foster coding skills, by hosting 2-hour workshops at least every fortnight (two weeks), on Saturday mornings.'''</span>
Milestones<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Lead Person: Ability Kakama</span>
*Space and coding instructors search, August<span style="font-Septemberfamily:arial, 2014*First eventhelvetica, first week of October, 2014sans-serif;">Milestones:</span>
'''2. ''P2P Ideas Review*<span style="font-family:'' At the BISarial, encourage students to share ideashelvetica, provide feedback for each othersans-serif;">Space and coding instructors search, and practice pitches and presentations.'''August-September, 2014</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">First event, first week of October, 2014</span>
Lead Person<span style="font-family: Ali Djirearial,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.'''
Milestone<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Lead Person: Ali Djire</span>
*Start<span style="font-family:arial, Fall 2014helvetica,sans-serif;">Milestone:</span>
'''3. ''Makers’ Fair*<span style="font-family:'' Partner with the Technology Club to host prototype design and building sessionsarial, followed by a fair to showcase these prototypes and ideas. These events should take place once every regular semester (twice per year).'''helvetica,sans-serif;">Start, Fall 2014</span>
Lead Person<span style="font-family: Solomon Alolgaarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/>'''3. ''Makers’ Fair:'' Partner with the Technology Club to host prototype design and building sessions, followed 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 Departmenthelvetica, and Computer Science Departmentsans-serif;">Lead Person: Solomon Alolga</span>
Milestones<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Key Partners: Technology Club, Technology Department, and Computer Science Department</span>
*First event<span style="font-family:arial, November 2014*Draft calendars of events and stakeholder meetingshelvetica, Fall 2014*Next event, Spring 2015sans-serif;">Milestones:</span>
'''3. ''Hackathon and start*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">First event, November 2014</span>*<span style="font-up preparation campsfamily:'' Provide an opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to work on their ideasarial, pitcheshelvetica, sans-serif;">Draft calendars of events and get funding for and feedback on their ideas. During the initial stagesstakeholder meetings, Fall 2014</span>*<span style="font-family:arial, these endeavors should serve to prepare these students to participate in otherhelvetica, established regional startsans-up camps and weekends.'''serif;">Next event, Spring 2015</span>
Leaders<span style="font-family: Solomon Alolga 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 Ali Djirefeedback 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.'''
Milestone<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Leaders: Solomon Alolga and Ali Djire</span>
*First event<span style="font-family:arial, Spring 2015helvetica,sans-serif;">Milestone:</span>
'''4. ''Design projects for businesses and community*<span style="font-family:'' Partner with businesses and organizations in the community to work on projects that can be solved through innovation. A business and/or community partner would provide a challengearial,helvetica, and a team of students would develop and design a solutionsans-serif;">First event, using the BIS.'''Spring 2015</span>
Milestones<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/>'''4. ''Design projects for businesses and community:'' Partner with businesses and organizations in the community to work 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, using the BIS.'''
*Identify potential partners and build relationships, August<span style="font-Septemberfamily:arial, 2014*First eventhelvetica, October 2014sans-serif;">Milestones:</span>
'''5. ''Lobby for a class in entrepreneurship*<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;''Should be mandated for every student as part of Berea College's General Studies program. These classes may be subject">Identify potential partners and build relationships, August-specificSeptember, and offered as seminars (e.g. Entrepreneurship for Biology and2014</or Chemistryspan>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; Entrepreneurship for Engineering and/or Technology).'''<br/">First event, October 2014<br/span>Lead Person: Sandra Tombe
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 featured 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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