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Objectives:

a. Identify a freshman year course where the ICE concept can be introduced (Fall 2014).

b. A presentation and discussion between faculty members should occur where the course coordinator and instructors are informed about the mission of NCIIA and the positive consequences that will result from implementing innovation and entrepreneurship in their classrooms (Fall 2014).

c. Develop a module integrating YouTube videos and case studies for the previously identified course (Spring 2015).

d. This course content, if necessary, must be approved by the appropriate authorities (i.e., deans, provost, and/or university academic council) (Fall 2014- Spring 2015).

e. Evaluation of the curriculum by students, faculty, and administration (Spring 2015).

f. Adjust any needed changes and continue (Spring 2015-Spring 2016).

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 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).

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 from different disciplines to serve on an Executive Board (Fall 2014).

d. Develop the roles and responsibility of the Executive Board (Spring 2015).

e. Create a 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 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 (Spring 2015).

ii. A 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 (Fall 2015).

iii. Encourage the growth of 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).

Objectives:

a. Leverage the entrepreneurial skills of alumni (Fall 2015-Spring 2017).

b. Encourage faculty research into entrepreneurship (Fall 2014-Spril 2017).

c. Review University’s current policy related to Intellectual Property and recommend changes to include student-led innovation and 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 at least two per year (Fall 2014- Spring 2017).

g. Develop policy for student, 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).

a. Leverage existing collaboration with other local universities (e.g., Tulane University and LSU Health Sciences Center) to increase research innovation (Fall 2014-Spring 2017).

b. Leverage existing partnership with Louisiana Vaccine Center (LVC), Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC), and Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center (LaCATS) to increase in research innovation (Fall 2014-Spring 2015).

c. Establish new partnerships with 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).

Objectives:

a. Invite K-12 students to 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).

a. Invite alumni to sponsor a participating “student innovator/entrepreneur” (Fall 2015).

b. Collect a nominal membership fees to join the Innovation Club (Fall 2015).

a. Identify potential sponsors and contact them individually (Fall 2015).

a. Identify potential extramural funding sources (Spring 2015).

b. Submit grant applications to NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance) (Spring 2015).

c. Submit grant applications to state and federal agencies (Fall 2015-Spring 2017).