Latest revision as of 04:27, 23 October 2020

Overview

Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas, and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. Prairie View has a small innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. There is a gap in the undergraduate involvement because of the lack of awareness of the resources that are readily available to them as well as the lack of opportunities to all of the various disciplines offered. The best way to fill this gap is to increase awareness and advocacy for other majors outside the College of Business, establishing an entrepreneurship residency program, and partnering with key contributors to the startup ecosystems in Austin and Houston, Texas.

Strategy #1: To increase the financial literacy of the student community

Tactic #1: Develop and Launch F.U.N.D

F.U.N.D. is short for Finances Under New Direction, a program Prairie View A&M University Innovation Fellows developed to bring change to the generational debt and mishandled finances within the minority population. Although F.U.N.D. was created to help individuals that fall under the minority population, it will also help those that do not, alongside Prairie View A&M students and aspiring financial advisors, accountants, and future tax professionals. F.U.N.D. will increase financial literacy and knowledge across the board at Prairie View and spread not only amongst the school but across the city. F.U.N.D. will help address the lack of financial knowledge in the student and regional community, while also helping the university budget our money and help students understand where their money goes.

Strategy #2: Develop and reinforce student interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

For communities where innovation and entrepreneurship aren't words you hear frequently and aren't the frequently trodden paths, it requires dedicated and concerted strategies in order to foster a community of individuals that value social impact through innovation.

Tactic #1: Create exposure to opportunities in innovation at all student levels

Through collaborative workshops and exercises such as 3 Day Startup, Design Thinking workshops, Freshman Introduction to Innovation and programs hosted by PV Wire, the University Innovation Fellows will inculcate groups within the student population with skills related to innovation and entrepreneurship and expose them to opportunities to create and support ventures beyond these programs.

Tactic #2: Create a cyclical and sustainable innovation community and ecosystem

Programs in Tactic #1 will create a long-standing dynamic within the innovation ecosystem to ensure that nascent students are learning and being mentored by experienced students and entrepreneurs. By doing this we will not only engage students but also faculty (who will assist with decision making and administration advocacy), entrepreneurs and players within the Houston & Austin VC & startup community to create a fully functioning and self-supporting ecosystem.

Strategy #3: Increase matriculation into the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academic Program

Currently, Prairie View under the vision of Dr. Mcneil has established an Innovation and Entrepreneurship program (heretofore referred to as IEP) within the College of Business that provides students with the opportunity to obtain a minor and a certificate if the requirements are fulfilled. This is the university's main academic foray into innovation and entrepreneurship from a curriculum standpoint. This exists in a unique place within the nebula of the university's innovation ecosystem. The programs sponsored by PV Wire and UIF develops a seed of interest within the students while the academic program gives an open access to attitudes and skills in innovation backed by the governing body of the university.

Tactic #1: Increased advocacy and pitching to disciplines outside of the College of Business

This will give students outside of the business department an opportunity to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship. If the activities sponsored by the University Innovation Fellows such as the freshman Introduction to Innovation are paired with the curriculum then students of all disciplines are given an outlet to follow up on their interests. In order for the ecosystem to be self-sustaining, it requires students of all disciplines to be working in tandem, which requires advocacy by the different colleges especially those that might not inject free thinking and collaborative exercises within their course loads. This also exists as a unique opportunity to improve critical thinking abilities and receive academic credit which will make students well rounded problem solvers regardless of field or passion.

Tactic #2: Restructure STEM Courses to Incorporate Discussion Groups

The purpose of this tactic is to help foster innovation curriculum in the classrooms. The discussion groups will convene and discuss current innovation processes and services in the field related to their courses. The professors will discuss innovations related to the curriculum being taught and as a result, the students can think of ideas to create solutions to current problems or improve upon existing projects. The discussion groups can be graded based on participation or completion of a related project.

Strategy #4: Establish an Entrepreneurship Residency program to provide resources that aid in growth and support for student founders

Tactic #1: Identify budding entrepreneurs that have established ventures, but need support

By identifying entrepreneurs who have ideated and taken the first steps to bring their ideas to fruition, our responsibility then is to provide resources such as a workspace for prototyping so that they have the tools within the university to iterate and reach the full potential of their ventures. The university providing resources to create lowers some hesitation and risk within entrepreneurship and student ventures will be supported by the knowledge that floods the IEP program and the ecosystem. Ecosystem support will result in the realization of more successful ventures thereby contributing to the ecosystem by establishing proof of concept for the program hosted by UIF and knowledge taught through IEP thereby inspiring more founders.

Tactic #2: Partnering players within the startup ecosystem in Austin and Houston to provide mentorship and learnings

Tactic #2 will be accomplished by tactic #2 in strategy #1. The goal with this tactic is to provide budding entrepreneurs with the context and expertise of entrepreneurs that are in their local communities. This will also create exit outcomes beyond the university for founders who want to follow through with their startup visions and eventually enter accelerators, other incubator programs, or continue bootstrapping their ventures. One major objective is to have a demo day where student founders can pitch their ventures to the campus and other forces in the innovation ecosystem.

Tactic #3: Collaborate with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program to create an in-house senior design capstone project

We can create a feeder for the Entrepreneur in Residence by collaborating with the IEP program to create a capstone project for students pursuing the minor or certificate program. This will ensure that the Entrepreneurship in Residence program has continuity and that students who aren't established entrepreneurs can vie for entry into the program with an idea created as the capstone project and still receive support, resources and mentorship after the fact.

Prairie View A&M University Landscape Canvas

Prairie View A&M University Landscape Canvas:

Mapping the assets of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem of Prairie View is a vital first step before determining what strategies will make a positive impact. The landscape canvas is a map of all of the resources available already existing on the campus. Below is a link to Prairie View's landscape canvas.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MR9K15YvzDmY4jVOHkRSK98pGPot07LeFWIRJybkV6A/edit?usp=sharing

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 = Overview =
-Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas, and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. Prairie View has a small innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. There is a gap in the undergraduate involvement because of the lack of awareness of the resources that are readily available to them as well as the lack of opportunities to all of the various disciplines offered. The best way to fill this gap is to create a student organization that focuses on being knowledgeable in the current opportunities available on campus as well as determining the needs of the students and working to bring more opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurship to the campus.
+Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas, and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. Prairie View has a small innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. There is a gap in the undergraduate involvement because of the lack of awareness of the resources that are readily available to them as well as the lack of opportunities to all of the various disciplines offered. The best way to fill this gap is to increase awareness and advocacy for other majors outside the College of Business, establishing an entrepreneurship residency program, and partnering with key contributors to the startup ecosystems in Austin and Houston, Texas.&nbsp;
-The organization will be comprised of students representing the various majors offered on the campus in order to create opportunities for all majors. The purpose of the organization will be to build the students interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the resources needed to begin their innovative journey, help them network, present their projects, and/or launch a business, and connect them to the resources necessary to be independent. This organization will be the key to continuing to build innovation and entrepreneurship at Prairie View A&M University.
+= Strategy #1: To increase the financial literacy of the student community=
-= Strategy #1: Cultivate and Promote PV Wire as the Innovation Student Organization for PVAMU
+== Tactic #1: Develop and Launch F.U.N.D==
+F.U.N.D. is short for Finances Under New Direction, a program Prairie View A&M University Innovation Fellows developed to bring change to the generational debt and mishandled finances within the minority population. Although F.U.N.D. was created to help individuals that fall under the minority population, it will also help those that do not, alongside Prairie View A&M students and aspiring financial advisors, accountants, and future tax professionals. F.U.N.D. will increase financial literacy and knowledge across the board at Prairie View and spread not only amongst the school but across the city. F.U.N.D. will help address the lack of financial knowledge in the student and regional community, while also helping the university budget our money and help students understand where their money goes.
-PV Wire is the student organization that will provide students opportunities to promulgate ideation and innovation. The organization will develop and provide programs, seminars, speakers and competitions to foster and synergize PVAMU's innovation ecosystem.
+= Strategy #2: Develop and reinforce student interest in Innovation and Entrepreneurship&nbsp; &nbsp; =
-== Tactic #1: Build a Collaborative Student Council Team within PV WIRE==
+For communities where innovation and entrepreneurship aren't words you hear frequently and aren't the frequently trodden paths, it requires dedicated and concerted strategies in order to foster a community of individuals that value social impact through innovation.&nbsp;&nbsp;
-PV WIRE will establish a council comprised of students from the various majors offered on campus to help cultivate a collaborative platform. The council members from each major will be responsible for disseminating information concerning innovation projects as well as changes in the dynamics of their field of study. The group will work in conjunction with PV Wire.
+== Tactic #1: Create exposure to opportunities in innovation at all student levels&nbsp; ==
-== Tactic #2: Gain Faculty Support ==
+Through collaborative workshops and exercises such as 3 Day Startup, Design Thinking workshops, Freshman Introduction to Innovation and programs hosted by PV Wire, the University Innovation Fellows will inculcate groups within the student population with skills related to innovation and entrepreneurship and expose them to opportunities to create and support ventures beyond these programs.&nbsp;
-Faculty support is imperative. As such faculty advisors will be appointed to the innovation student organization and council. The faculty will advise and assist with the decision making process and assure the goals of the organizations are attained.
+== Tactic #2: Create a cyclical and sustainable innovation community and ecosystem&nbsp; ==
-= Strategy #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course =
+Programs in Tactic #1 will create a long-standing dynamic within the innovation ecosystem to ensure that nascent students are learning and being mentored by experienced students and entrepreneurs. By doing this we will not only engage students but also faculty (who will assist with decision making and administration advocacy), entrepreneurs and players within the Houston & Austin VC & startup community to create a fully functioning and self-supporting ecosystem.&nbsp;
-Currently, Prairie View has an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course. However, the class is offered by the college of business and the majority of students who register for the class are business majors. Prairie View should offer a course that allows students to learn about innovation, design thinking, and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. This will allow students to learn how to approach various problems from various viewpoints and as a result there will be more creative thinking because of the interdisciplinary collaboration. Also, the course will allow the students to network with students from other majors and collaborate have a resource for outside projects.
+= Strategy #3: Increase matriculation into the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academic Program&nbsp; =
-== Tactic #1: Ask Professors from Various Disciplines to Team Up and Create a Curriculum that Incorporates Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship ==
+Currently, Prairie View under the vision of Dr. Mcneil has established an Innovation and Entrepreneurship program (heretofore referred to as IEP) within the College of Business that provides students with the opportunity to obtain a minor and a certificate if the requirements are fulfilled. This is the university's main academic foray into innovation and entrepreneurship from a curriculum standpoint. This exists in a unique place within the nebula of the university's innovation ecosystem. The programs sponsored by PV Wire and UIF develops a seed of interest within the students while the academic program gives an open access to attitudes and skills in innovation backed by the governing body of the university.&nbsp;
-This will give students outside of the business department an opportunity to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship. The course will also help students to see approaches and thought processes of students from different majors. As a result, this will help foster ideas and create innovation teams with various disciplines using the knowledge and resources from their particular fields to help the teams be more successful.
+== Tactic #1: Increased advocacy and pitching to disciplines outside of the College of Business&nbsp; ==
+This will give students outside of the business department an opportunity to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship. If the activities sponsored by the University Innovation Fellows such as the freshman Introduction to Innovation are paired with the curriculum then students of all disciplines are given an outlet to follow up on their interests. In order for the ecosystem to be self-sustaining, it requires students of all disciplines to be working in tandem, which requires advocacy by the different colleges especially those that might not inject free thinking and collaborative exercises within their course loads. This also exists as a unique opportunity to improve critical thinking abilities and receive academic credit which will make students well rounded problem solvers regardless of field or passion.&nbsp;
 == Tactic #2: Restructure STEM Courses to Incorporate Discussion Groups ==
-The purpose of this is to help foster innovation in the classrooms. The discussion groups will convene and discuss current innovation in the field related to their courses. The professors will discuss innovations related to curriculum being taught and as a result the students can think of ideas to create solutions to current problems or improve upon existing projects. The discussion groups can be graded based on participation or completion of a related project.
+The purpose of this tactic is to help foster innovation curriculum in the classrooms. The discussion groups will convene and discuss current innovation processes and services in the field related to their courses. The professors will discuss innovations related to the curriculum being taught and as a result, the students can think of ideas to create solutions to current problems or improve upon existing projects. The discussion groups can be graded based on participation or completion of a related project.
-= Strategy #3: Establishing a Design Space and Make it Resourceful for all Majors at Prairie View =
+= Strategy #4: Establish an Entrepreneurship Residency program to provide resources that aid in growth and support for student founders =
-== Tactic #1: Identify a Suitable Space and Tailor it to be used for Design Thinking ==
+== Tactic #1: Identify budding entrepreneurs that have established ventures, but need support&nbsp; ==
-By creating a space specifically for design thinking, students will have the opportunity to be innovative and creative and collaborate with other disciplines. Interdisciplinary collaboration is significant because students are able to see different ways of thinking and pushes the students to think and create on a broader scale.
+By identifying entrepreneurs who have ideated and taken the first steps to bring their ideas to fruition, our responsibility then is to provide resources such as a workspace for prototyping so that they have the tools within the university to iterate and reach the full potential of their ventures. The university providing resources to create lowers some hesitation and risk within entrepreneurship and student ventures will be supported by the knowledge that floods the IEP program and the ecosystem. Ecosystem support will result in the realization of more successful ventures thereby contributing to the ecosystem by establishing proof of concept for the program hosted by UIF and knowledge taught through IEP thereby inspiring more founders.&nbsp;
-== Tactic #2: Appoint Innovation Leaders to Man Innovation Space ==
+== Tactic #2: Partnering players within the startup ecosystem in Austin and Houston to provide mentorship and learnings&nbsp; ==
-Tactic #2 will be accomplished by strategy #1. The student led innovation and entrepreneurship organization will be in charge of the design space. The space will be the organization’s headquarters and the students will work to increase the involvement of the various students from various disciplines on campus. The organization will host hands on events and workshops to help foster innovative ideas.
+Tactic #2 will be accomplished by tactic #2 in strategy #1. The goal&nbsp;with this tactic is to provide budding entrepreneurs with the context and expertise of entrepreneurs that are in their local communities. This will also create exit outcomes beyond the university for founders who want to follow through with their startup visions and eventually enter accelerators, other incubator programs, or continue bootstrapping their&nbsp;ventures. One major objective is to have a demo day where student founders can pitch their ventures to the campus and other forces in the innovation ecosystem.&nbsp;&nbsp;
-== Tactic #3: Maintain Momentum by Continuously Organizing Programs and Events Focused on Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==
+== Tactic #3: Collaborate with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program to create an in-house senior design capstone project&nbsp; ==
-By establishing a design space and appointing leaders, the movement to bring more opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship to Prairie View will pick up momentum. The design space will be a space for speakers to come present, have hands-on workshops, host competitions, collaborate with outside businesses and schools, and much more.
+We can create a feeder for the Entrepreneur in Residence by collaborating with the IEP program to create a capstone project for students pursuing the minor or certificate program. This will ensure that the Entrepreneurship in Residence program has continuity and that students who aren't established entrepreneurs can vie for entry into the program with an idea created as the capstone project and still receive support, resources and mentorship after the fact.&nbsp;
 = Prairie View A&M University Landscape Canvas =
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 Mapping the assets of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem of Prairie View is a vital first step before determining what strategies will make a positive impact. The landscape canvas is a map of all of the resources available already existing on the campus. Below is a link to Prairie View's landscape canvas.
-<a href="[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYWLRK893Kr-PZV4CB25z3WP5YOvEShZM6YWIv0YtQ4/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYWLRK893Kr-PZV4CB25z3WP5YOvEShZM6YWIv0YtQ4/edit#gid=0]">[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYWLRK893Kr-PZV4CB25z3WP5YOvEShZM6YWIv0YtQ4/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYWLRK893Kr-PZV4CB25z3WP5YOvEShZM6YWIv0YtQ4/edit#gid=0]&lt;/a&gt;
+[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MR9K15YvzDmY4jVOHkRSK98pGPot07LeFWIRJybkV6A/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MR9K15YvzDmY4jVOHkRSK98pGPot07LeFWIRJybkV6A/edit?usp=sharing]
 = Related Links =
-'''Prairie View A&M University Website:'''
+Prairie View A&M Campus Overview:
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University]
+<br/>Prairie View A&M University Student Priorities:
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University_Student_Priorities http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University_Student_Priorities]
+Change Story - L.I.V.E at Prairie View A&M University :
+https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yoZms6_GmvsVysr_YKt5lLgO-NzQ6STG/view?usp=sharing
+https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Brianna_Lewis
+https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/File:Amber_F94406CC-C10C-4A98-9FF3-E11B5EF8375D.jpeg
+https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Keionna_Johnson#Bio
+https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/File:TaliaRice.jpeg
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki//_nia_scott Nia Scott]
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romaine_Knight Romaine Knight]
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tiara_Johnson Tiara Johnson]
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Olumide_longe Olumide Longe]
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jordan_King Jordan King]
+[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ashley_S._Kelsey Ashley S. Kelsey]
-<a href="[http://www.pvamu.edu/ http://www.pvamu.edu/]">[http://www.pvamu.edu/ http://www.pvamu.edu/]&lt;/a&gt;
+[http://universityinnovation.org/Kehlin%20Swain Kehlin Swain]
-'''Prairie View A&M University Campus Overview:'''
+[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecca%20L.%20Faison Rebecca Faison]
-<a href="[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University]">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University]&lt;/a&gt;
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