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Overview

Susquehanna University is a private liberal arts college located in the town of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Susquehanna University is dedicated to helping students become proactive leaders through academics, service, and personal assets, which is represented through the University motto “Achieve, Lead, Serve”. Susquehanna allows students to engage and facilitate conversation through our clubs and organizations as well as our Global Opportunities (GO) program, which connects students with the world by establishing a GO academic requirement. While there are opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship, such as the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor, the university has room for improvement.

One of the biggest challenges that Susquehanna faces is the lack of collaboration between the Sigmund Weis Business School and the School of Arts and Sciences. Students focus on individual departmental disciplines and associate the words "entrepreneurship" and "innovation" strictly with business. The main objective of our University Innovation Fellows Leadership Circle is to implement more innovation and entrepreneurship programs on campus and promote interdisciplinary collaboration.

Spring 2015 Pitch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI

Fall 2016 Pitch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA

Fall 2019 Pitch - https://youtu.be/Fb30yXi1k9s

Student Priorities

STRATEGY ONE: INTRO TO INNOVATION COURSE

Develop and introduce an introduction to innovation course catering to all majors and possibly required for incoming first-years to take. We are collaborating on this project together however Liz Ludwig has currently taken charge.

Develop class syllabus and research textbooks
Ideal Start-up date - Fall 2020.
Integrate various concepts of core curriculum and SWSB learning goals to effectively instruct students in a liberal arts capacity.
- Focus on Innovation and or Entrepreneurship as an interdisciplinary focus.
- Grow exposure of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor on campus.
- Encourage awareness from all majors and class years to the importance of innovation in all fields.
- Bridge the gap between students of differing majors and encourage group project work with unfamiliar faces.
- Solve problems on campus through student-eyes.
Develop a a plan to sustain the course as a foundation of first-year learning for all the years to come, including plans on possible professors who may be teaching the course along with UIF TAs
Identify resources and funding available to students, faculty, and staff for class projects and class trips/assessments.

STRATEGY TWO: REIMAGINE INNOVATION CLUB

Eliminate innovation and entrepreneurship disciplinary stigma to encourage innovation outside of the classroom - participation in the now 'dead' DICE innovation club. We are collaborating on this project together, however Andrea Repetz has currently taken charge.

Understand current underrepresentation of academic disciplines on campus and incorporate new innovative solutions for departmental engagement including participation in the club - "DICE" - as a part of a class, or outside of academic purposes.
Create events catered to various disciplines, such as the arts, to encourage creativity and original thinking on campus.
- Hold campus events to showcase student creations and ideas - and also recruit for the club.
Utilize on-campus creative spaces to raise awareness of such design spaces to gain further interest in innovation club.
- Encourage use of new makerspace to facilitate conversation and hold events in the new establishment.
- Speak to the first-year community about creative spaces and encourage discussion - possibly integrate first year innovation course (Strategy 1)
Bring organizations to campus to understand current problems in innovation in other academic fields of study.
- Identify needs on campus and collaborate with local partners to create innovative events pertaining to underrepresented fields of study, such as the arts.
- Engage local businesses to help students see innovation as a constant process and not commodity based.

STRATEGY THREE: WORKSHOPS

Create an event on campus to facilitate innovation and diversity through a workshop experience designed for all backgrounds. We are currently collaborting on this project together however Sam Brumagin has taken charge.
Host small group collaboration projects between departments in innovative makerspace.
- Individuals from the creative writing department write a creative piece (poetry, short story, etc.) and other individuals from the design or painting department paint about the creative piece or vise versa.
- Students outside of the innovation course may be interested in solving a problem on campus during these workshops and proposing it for actual implementation purposes
- Games and Brain-Teasers will be provided at these events as icebreakers
Host event where students learn how to work through the creative process and students and or faculty in various departments can facilitate workshops.

STRATEGY FOUR: REVITALIZE INNOVATION SPACE

Innovation Space in Library is currently unused by many students across campus. We are collaborating on this project together as a group.
- Host fun events - innovation movie nights, food "workshops," innovative lectures and speakers, etc.
Encourage more professors to utilize the space for hosting class.
- Use of innovative tools in the space during class may foster a more exciting learning environment.
- Invite neighboring schools for innovative workshop activities.
Create more community-based thinking in solving real world problems.
- Invite high school students studying innovation-based courses to learn and collaborate.

STRATEGY FIVE: BRING INNOVATIVE SPEAKERS TO CAMPUS

Encourage more academia involvement in innovation and entrepreneurship on campus by inviting various speakers of different disciplines to further educate students and faculty on campus. We are collaborating on this project together however Donovan Gayles has taken charge.

Understand the lack of innovative education on campus and the need for outside experts to come in and provide the education
Create a speaker series similar to the Arts speaker series in which Innovative speakers come in throughout the semester/year during various months to speak to students
- Speakers will be of varying industries and fields to attract students of all majors
Utilize on-campus creative spaces to have speakers
- Establish and host a TEDx talk on campus.
- Utilize a guest speaker or faculty

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-== Overview ==
+= '''Overview''' =
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-Susquehanna University is a small liberal arts University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Susquehanna's motto is to achieve, lead and serve. Susquehanna also allows students to take a step forward, and enter new conversations through our various clubs and organizations as well as through our Global Opportunities Program, which connects students with the world and its various cultures. While there are some opportunities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, such as the newly implemented Entrepreneurship minor, the school can still improve in many areas. We live in a changing world full of opportunities.&nbsp;Entrepreneurship and Innovation should not be limited to business students, all students should have the opportunity to explore Innovation and entrepreneurship.
+Susquehanna University is a private liberal arts college located in the town of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. Susquehanna University is dedicated to helping students become proactive leaders through academics, service, and personal assets, which is represented through the University motto “Achieve, Lead, Serve”. Susquehanna allows students to engage and facilitate conversation through our clubs and organizations as well as our Global Opportunities (GO) program, which connects students with the world by establishing a GO academic requirement. While there are opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship, such as the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor, the university has room for improvement.&nbsp;
-One of the biggest challenges that Susquehanna faces is the lack of collaboration between majors. Students usually feel limited by their departments and associate Entrepreneurship with the business school. The main objective of the Leadership Circle is to implement more I&E programs on campus and promote departmental collaboration.
+One of the biggest challenges that Susquehanna faces is the lack of collaboration between the Sigmund Weis Business School and the School of Arts and Sciences. Students focus on individual departmental disciplines and associate the words "entrepreneurship" and "innovation" strictly with business. The main objective of our University Innovation Fellows Leadership Circle is to implement more innovation and entrepreneurship programs on campus and promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
+'''Spring 2015 Pitch '''- &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI]
-<p style="text-align: center;">[{{#Widget:Youtube|id=V6fupPb51eI}}]</p>
+'''Fall 2016 Pitch''' - &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA]
-== Student Priorities ==
-'''''<u><font size="4">Innovation and Departmental Collaboration</font></u>'''''
+'''Fall 2019 Pitch''' - &nbsp;[https://youtu.be/Fb30yXi1k9s https://youtu.be/Fb30yXi1k9s]
-Contact: Ethan Eastwood
+= Student Priorities =
 ----
-#<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">Collaboration across departments with students from science and business</span></span>
+== '''STRATEGY ONE: INTRO TO INNOVATION COURSE''' ==
-#*<span style="font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">More entreprenuerial activities (e.g. Pitch Contest)</span>
-#*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: small;">Alumni Network Involvement</span>
-#<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: small;">Partner with Organizations and Clubs socially oriented to solving a problem with society</span>
-#*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: small;">Abundant source of passion to share I&E with</span>
-<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: small;"></span>
+Develop and introduce an introduction to innovation course catering to all majors and possibly required for incoming first-years to take. We are collaborating on this project together however Liz Ludwig has currently taken charge.
-----
+*Develop class syllabus and research textbooks
+*Ideal Start-up date - Fall 2020.
+*Integrate various concepts of core curriculum and SWSB learning goals to effectively instruct students in a liberal arts capacity. &nbsp;
+**Focus on Innovation and or Entrepreneurship as an interdisciplinary focus.
+**Grow exposure of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor on campus.
+**Encourage awareness from all majors and class years to the importance of innovation in all fields.
+**Bridge the gap between students of differing majors and encourage group project work with unfamiliar faces.
+**Solve problems on campus through student-eyes.
+*Develop&nbsp;a a plan to sustain the course as a foundation of first-year learning for all the years to come, including plans on possible professors who may be teaching the course along with UIF TAs
+*Identify resources and funding available to students, faculty, and staff for class projects and class trips/assessments.
+== '''STRATEGY TWO: REIMAGINE INNOVATION CLUB''' ==
+Eliminate innovation and entrepreneurship disciplinary stigma to encourage innovation outside of the classroom - participation in the now 'dead' DICE innovation club. We are collaborating on this project together, however Andrea Repetz has currently taken charge.
-<u>'''''<span style="font-size:large;">Collaboration and Leadership</span>'''''</u>
+*Understand current underrepresentation of academic disciplines on campus and incorporate new innovative solutions for departmental engagement including participation in the club - "DICE" - as a part of a class, or outside of academic purposes.
+*Create events catered to various disciplines, such as the arts, to encourage creativity and original thinking on campus.
+**Hold campus events to showcase student creations and ideas - and also recruit for the club.
+*Utilize on-campus creative spaces to raise awareness of such design spaces to gain further interest in innovation club.
+**Encourage use of new&nbsp;makerspace&nbsp;to facilitate conversation and hold events in the new establishment.
+**Speak to the first-year community about creative spaces and encourage discussion - possibly integrate first year innovation course (Strategy 1)
+*Bring organizations to campus to understand current problems in innovation in other academic fields of study.
+**Identify needs on campus and collaborate with local partners to create innovative events pertaining to underrepresented fields of study, such as the arts.
+**Engage local businesses to help students see innovation as a constant process and not commodity based.
-Contact: Pierce Logan Perkins
+== '''STRATEGY THREE: WORKSHOPS''' ==
-----
+*Create an event on campus to facilitate innovation and diversity through a workshop experience designed for all backgrounds. We are currently collaborting on this project together however Sam Brumagin has taken charge.
+*Host small group collaboration projects between departments in innovative makerspace.
+**Individuals from the creative writing department write a creative piece (poetry, short story, etc.) and other individuals from the design or painting department paint about the creative piece or vise versa.
+**Students outside of the innovation course may be interested in solving a problem on campus during these workshops and proposing it for actual implementation purposes
+**Games and Brain-Teasers will be provided at these events as icebreakers
+*Host event where students learn how to work through the creative process and students and or faculty in various departments can facilitate workshops.
-#<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Collaboration with Bucknell University Fellows and Penn State University Fellows</span>
+== '''STRATEGY FOUR: REVITALIZE INNOVATION SPACE''' ==
-#<span style="font-size:small;"><span>Increase amount of University to Local/Regional businesses</span></span>
-#<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Charitable works and organizations (Your Front Porch by Mr. Victor Northern ‘10, Xavier Project via Go Program)</span></span>
-#<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">C</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1.15; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">ourse for encouraging innovation available per freshman, sophomore, junior, senior class that tracks their progress throughout their collegiate career</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: small;"></span>
-<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.15; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; font-size: small;"></span>
+*Innovation Space in Library is currently unused by many students across campus. We are collaborating on this project together as a group.
+**Host fun events - innovation movie nights, food "workshops," innovative lectures and speakers, etc.
+*Encourage more professors to utilize the space for hosting class.
+**Use of innovative tools in the space during class may foster a more exciting learning environment.
+**Invite neighboring schools for innovative workshop activities.
+*Create more community-based thinking in solving real world problems.
+**Invite high school students studying innovation-based courses to learn and collaborate.
-----
+== '''STRATEGY FIVE: BRING INNOVATIVE SPEAKERS TO CAMPUS''' ==
-<u>'''''<span style="font-size:large;">Increasing Innovation and Entreprenuership</span>'''''</u>
+Encourage more academia involvement in innovation and entrepreneurship on campus by inviting various speakers of different disciplines to further educate students and faculty on campus. We are collaborating on this project together however Donovan Gayles has taken charge.
-Contact: Tiffany Richards
+*Understand the lack of innovative education on campus and the need for outside experts to come in and provide the education
+*Create a speaker series similar to the Arts speaker series in which Innovative speakers come in throughout the semester/year during various months to speak to students
+**Speakers will be of varying industries and fields to attract students of all majors
+*Utilize on-campus creative spaces to have speakers
+**Establish and host a TEDx talk on campus.
+**Utilize a guest speaker or faculty
 ----
-#I<span style="font-size:small;">mplementation of more Innovative and Entreprenuerial courses across departments to stress entreprenuership in more than just business</span>
+= Related links =
-#*<span style="font-size:small;">Interdisciplinary Majors for more flexibility</span>
-#<span style="font-size:small;">3-day Start-up</span>
-<span style="font-size:small;">Strategies</span>
+Pitch Video (Fall 2019)
-*<span style="font-size: small;">There is currently an Interdisciplinary requirement as part of the central curriculum, however students are only required to take one course that stresses on this. Having more interdisciplinary courses could be beneficial to the students. Also, implementing I&E into current courses in any major would also be beneficial.</span>
+{{#Widget:Youtube|id=Fb30yXi1k9s}}
-**<span style="font-size: small;">Evaluate Curriculum</span>
-**<span style="font-size: small;">Meeting with faculty from various departments</span>
-**<span style="font-size: small;">Assessing current impacted areas</span>
-**<span style="font-size: small;">Presentation to the University President and Board of Trustees</span>
-**Prepare Curriculum
-*Having startup weekends/lean startup workshops, or even exposing our students to one would be very beneficial. It is an excellent way to motivate students and make them interested in I&E.
-**Discuss strategy with interested alum
-**Attend Start-up weekend
-**Reach out to Bucknell for possible collaboration
-**Assess our campus and begin preparations
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-<u>'''''<span style="font-size: large;">Increasing Awareness and Opportunities</span>'''''</u>
+Pitch Video (Fall 2018)
-Contact: Alexis Gargin
+{{#Widget:Youtube|id=xmRyLXyqz9k}}
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+Cohort Change Story Platform (Fall 2017)
-#<span style="font-size:small;">Innovation and Entreprenuership Newsletter</span>
+[https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/ https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/]
-#*<span style="font-size:small;">Publish Innovation and Entreprenuerial Initiatives being implemented on campus</span>
-#<span style="font-size:small;">Core Curriculum Classes for business basics</span>
-Main Project
+Pitch Video (Fall 2016)
-*The main focus will be on the "Awareness" aspect of our projects. Alexis Gargin is a Creative writing major that currently runs a magazine on campus called 'Flagship', which focuses on students experiences abroad.
+{{#Widget:Youtube|id=uhbBjd26XYA}}
-**Asses the campus
-**Determine audience
-**Develop a newsletter that would not be dismissed as spam
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+Pitch Video (Spring 2015)
-'''<span style="font-size: large;">Related Links</span>'''
+{{#Widget:Youtube|id=V6fupPb51eI}}
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+<br/>'''Susquehanna University - University Innovation Fellows'''
 [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University Susquehanna University]
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-<u>'''Students:'''</u>
+University Innovation Fellows
+Fellows: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ethan_Eastwood Ethan Eastwood], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexis_Gargin Alexis Gargin], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan Perkins], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tiffany_Richards Tiffany Richards]
+Fellows:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Hana_Feiner Hana Feiner],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aviel_Stein Aviel Stein],[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rachel_Tate Rachel Tate]
-[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexis_Gargin Alexis Gargin]
+Fellows:&nbsp;[Tonia Hall],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexandra_Haller Alexandra Haller],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:DamianMunoz Damian Munoz],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Daniel_Yim Daniel Yim]
-[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ethan_Eastwood Ethan Estwood]
+Fellows:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Leah_Cieniawa Leah Cieniawa],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brianna_Murphy Brianna Murphy],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Joseph_Morante Joseph Morante],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_Williams Kyle Williams]
-[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan Perkins]
+Fellows:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Samantha_Brumagin Samantha Brumagin],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Donovan_Gayles Donovan Gayles],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_ludwig Elizabeth Ludwig],&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andrea_Repetz Andrea Repetz]
-[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tiffany_Richards Tiffany Richards]
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