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Freshman Seminar (FRSM 1000/FRSM 1100) is a yearlong mandatory course that all incoming freshman must take to satisfy graduation requirements. The goals of the Freshman Year Experience are to empower freshmen with the skills and support needed for college success (and Xavier success), enhance their professional development, and understand their role and mission as Xavier students. Every year, over 600 students fill the seats in these classrooms and this would be a perfect opportunity to introduce students to Goal 1: Introduce innovation and entrepreneurship. This course could give students concepts during the chance to start thinking about world problems and collaborating in teams to find solutions to those problems. My advisor plans to set up a meeting with the faculty that teach Freshman Seminar and discuss the goals of the NCIIA, along with the importance of promoting student creativity on our campuses. If all FRSM faculty members could donate at least 30% of each class time discussing these issues, Xavier is that much closer instilling innovation and entrepreneurship in the early curriculum for the college students. Team Leaders: Professor Mark Quin, Dr. Partha Bhattacharjee, Dr. Mandal, Chigozie Dike, etcfreshman year.

#Supporting faculty members Goal 2: Encourage students of all disciplines in innovation and entrepreneurship activity through elective course work. Objectives: a. Develop an introductory Entrepreneurship elective course which will encourage campus wide partnership among students of all disciplines, including pharmacy, public health, business, science, pre-engineering, and mathematics to foster technology innovation (Spring 2015).b. Encourage students through email and the President campus bulletin boards to register in this course (Fall 2015). c. Evaluation of the course by students, faculty, and administration (Spring 2015).d. Adjust any needed changes and continue (Spring 2015-Spring 2016).  Goal 3. Establish a multidisciplinary Innovation Club form an Xavier team that will contact all FRSM .  Objectives:a. Recruit student members from different disciplines (Fall 2014).b. Appoint officers among student members for the club through election (Fall 2014).c. Recruit at least six but no more than eight faculty members from different disciplines to set serve on an Executive Board (Fall 2014).d. Develop the roles and responsibility of the Executive Board (Spring 2015).e. Create a date Maker Space (an atmosphere conducive to multidisciplinary collaboration and innovation) (Fall 2014).f. Invite guest speakers (Fall 2014-Spring 2016).g. Organize an innovation challenge competition. i. The executive board plans out the events for the meeting 2015-2016 school year including guest speakers, fundraisers, community service, and challenges/competitions. This plan must be approved by the Office of Student Services advisor and Campus Activities; dates will be subject to change (May 2014Spring 2015).#ii. A presentation and discussion between faculty simple problem can be selected where students compete to design a prototype in hopes of winning a prize. This challenge must be advertised in the newspaper, bulletin board, website, etc. The challenge occurs outdoors, satisfying its aim to gain more student members should occur where FRSM professors are informed about (Fall 2015).iii. Encourage the mission growth of NCIIA a successful innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem (Fall 2015–Spring 2016). iv. Evaluation by student, faculty, and administration (Fall 2015-Spring 2016). v. Adjust any needed changes and continue (Fall 2015-Spring 2016).  STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2. Provide opportunity for student, faculty, and the positive consequences that will result from implementing staff innovation , technology transfer, commercialization, and entrepreneurship . Goal 1. Encourage student, faculty and staff to participate in their classroomsinnovation, technology transfer, commercialization, and entrepreneurship.  Objectives:a. Leverage the entrepreneurial skills of alumni (Fall 20142015-Spring 2017).#Feedback from FRSM b. Encourage faculty should be taken research into consideration entrepreneurship (Fall 2014-Spril 2017). c. Review University’s current policy related to Intellectual Property and recommend changes to include student-led innovation and used ownership (Spring 2015-Fall 2015).d. Increase the number of Invention Disclosures to at least five per year (Fall 2014-Spring 2017).e. Increase the number of Provisional Patent Applications to at least three per year (Fall 2014-Spring 2017).f. Increase the number of Non-provisional Patent Applications to establish a plan at least two per year (Fall 2014- Spring 2017).g. Develop policy for Freshman Seminar curriculumsstudent, faculty, and staff start-up companies to facilitate technology transfer and commercialization (Fall 2015).h. Remain active in the HBCU Collaborative to learn and share best practices (Fall 2014-Spring 2017). Goal 2. Form strategic alliances with other universities and private sectors for innovation, technology transfers, and commercialization.   Objectives:#The Xavier team establishes a curriculum for the course that FRSM faculty members are satisfied . Leverage existing collaboration withother local universities (e.  g., Tulane University and LSU Health Sciences Center) to increase research innovation (Fall 2014-Spring 2017).#This freshman curriculum must be approved by deansb. Leverage existing partnership with Louisiana Vaccine Center (LVC), provostLouisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC), and president of the university. Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center (LaCATS) to increase in research innovation (Fall 2014- Spring 2015).#The c. Establish new Freshman Seminar course partnerships with a focus on industry to facilitate technology transfer and commercialization (Fall 2014-Spring 2017).d. Invite CEOs from New Orleans BioInnovation Center (NOBIC) and Idea Village to join the XU Innovation Club’s Executive Board (Fall 2015).   STRATEGIC PRIORITY 3. Provide opportunities for local K-12 students to learn innovation, technology transfer, commercialization, and entrepreneurship. Goal 1. Encourage K-12 students in innovation and entrepreneurship is ready . Objectives:a. Invite K-12 students to begin! participate in innovation and entrepreneurial activity at Xavier (Fall 2015).b. Organize innovation and business plan competition for K-12 students (Spring 2016-Spring 2017). STRATEGIC PRIORITY 4. Obtain financial resources needed to support ICE initiative. Goal 1. Develop plan to increase alumni giving to support campus Innovation Competition.   Objectives:a. Invite alumni to sponsor a participating “student innovator/entrepreneur” (Fall 2015).#Evaluation of b. Collect a nominal membership fees to join the curriculum by students, faculty, Innovation Club (Fall 2015).  Goal 2. Develop plan to obtain private sector funding to sponsor campus Innovation Competition.  Objectives:a. Identify potential sponsors and administration contact them individually (Fall 2015).  Goal 3. Develop plan to obtain extramural funding.   Objectives:a. Identify potential extramural funding sources (Spring 2015).#Adjust any needed changes b. Submit grant applications to NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors and continue Innovators Alliance) (Spring 2015).c. Submit grant applications to state and federal agencies (Fall 2015-Spring 20162017).