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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 through a study abroad requirement. While there are some opportunities for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E), such as participating in the recently implemented Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor, the university can still improve in many areas.&nbsp;
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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;
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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.
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'''Spring 2015 Pitch '''- &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI]
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'''Fall 2016 Pitch''' - &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA]
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'''Fall 2019 Pitch''' - &nbsp;[https://youtu.be/Fb30yXi1k9s https://youtu.be/Fb30yXi1k9s]
  
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One of the biggest challenges that Susquehanna faces is the lack of collaboration between the business school and the school of arts and sciences. Students usually feel limited by their departments and associate the words "entrepreneurship" and "innovation" strictly with business. The main objective of our University Innovation Fellows Leadership Circle is to implement more I&E programs on campus and promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
 
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<p style="text-align: center;">Spring 2015 Pitch:&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI]</p><p style="text-align: center;">Fall 2016 Pitch:&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA]</p>
 
 
= Student Priorities =
 
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== STRATEGY ONE: DRIVE INNOVATIVE MOMENTUM ==
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== '''STRATEGY ONE: INTRO TO INNOVATION COURSE''' ==
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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.
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*Develop class syllabus and research textbooks
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*Ideal Start-up date - Fall 2020.
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*Integrate various concepts of core curriculum and SWSB learning goals to effectively instruct students in a liberal arts capacity. &nbsp;
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**Focus on Innovation and or Entrepreneurship as an interdisciplinary focus.
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**Grow exposure of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor on campus.
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**Encourage awareness from all majors and class years to the importance of innovation in all fields.
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**Bridge the gap between students of differing majors and encourage group project work with unfamiliar faces.
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**Solve problems on campus through student-eyes.
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*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
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*Identify resources and funding available to students, faculty, and staff for class projects and class trips/assessments.
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== '''STRATEGY TWO: REIMAGINE INNOVATION CLUB''' ==
  
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Raise awareness about innovation and entrepreneurship, and ideas on campus
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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.
  
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*Inspire and promote interdisciplinary collaboration through innovative events
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*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.
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**TEDx Susquehanna: Spring 2017 or Fall 2018
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*Create events catered to various disciplines, such as the arts, to encourage creativity and original thinking on campus.
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**Pitch Contest: Spring 2018
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**Hold campus events to showcase student creations and ideas - and also recruit for the club.
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*Initiate PR campaign in order to involve students in University Innovation Fellows (UIF), innovation on campus and event planning for TEDx and Pitch Contest by November 2017
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*Utilize on-campus creative spaces to raise awareness of such design spaces to gain further interest in innovation club.
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**Focus on entrepreneurship as an interdisciplinary subject
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**Encourage use of new&nbsp;makerspace&nbsp;to facilitate conversation and hold events in the new establishment.
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**Grow exposure of the Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor across campus
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**Speak to the first-year community about creative spaces and encourage discussion - possibly integrate first year innovation course (Strategy 1)
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*Develop continuity plan to have funding established in advance for every semester of UIF to eliminate gaps in fellow classes and create stability and sustainability by December 2017
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*Bring organizations to campus to understand current problems in innovation in other academic fields of study.
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*Identify sources of funding available to students, faculty and staff
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**Identify needs on campus and collaborate with local partners to create innovative events pertaining to underrepresented fields of study, such as the arts.
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**Option for funding for students working with faculty or staff mentors on innovation projects
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**Engage local businesses to help students see innovation as a constant process and not commodity based.
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**Create document of all available funds by January 2017
 
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**Publicize fund including application and award process
 
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**Establish separate pots of funding for students, faculty and staff
 
  
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== STRATEGY TWO: DEVELOP MAKERSPACE/CENTER FOR DESIGN, INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ==
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== '''STRATEGY THREE: WORKSHOPS''' ==
  
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Create a physical center for collaboration and innovation at Susquehanna
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*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.
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*Host small group collaboration projects between departments in innovative makerspace.
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**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.
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**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
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**Games and Brain-Teasers will be provided at these events as icebreakers
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*Host event where students learn how to work through the creative process and students and or faculty in various departments can facilitate workshops.
  
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*Discover exact student needs for components of the space
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== '''STRATEGY FOUR: REVITALIZE INNOVATION SPACE''' ==
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*Evaluate potential spaces
 
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**Create space where the local community may have access
 
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**Find funding and designate space by May 2017
 
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*Utilize as a creative, DIY space where students can gather to create, invent and learn
 
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**Often includes 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and hardware supplies and tools
 
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*Host pop-up classes regarding lean startup, design thinking and more
 
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**Pop-up class highlighting previous successes regarding innovation and entrepreneurship on campus and what made them successful
 
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**“Speed-dating” session between staff, faculty, students and local businesses
 
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*Involve community in the makerspace to collaborate and discover what problems locals need solved
 
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*Bring industries to campus in order to understand current problems
 
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**Identify needs in our region/county/town and collaborate with local partners to innovate
 
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**Engage local businesses to help students see innovation as a process and not necessarily just technology/product based
 
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**Assist nonprofits with communication documents
 
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***Partner with Johnson Center for Civic Engagement and Greek Life to increase service opportunities in this realm
 
  
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== STRATEGY THREE: STRENGTHEN AND GROW EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ==
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*Innovation Space in Library is currently unused by many students across campus. We are collaborating on this project together as a group.
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**Host fun events - innovation movie nights, food "workshops," innovative lectures and speakers, etc.
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*Encourage more professors to utilize the space for hosting class.
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**Use of innovative tools in the space during class may foster a more exciting learning environment.
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**Invite neighboring schools for innovative workshop activities.
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*Create more community-based thinking in solving real world problems.
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**Invite high school students studying innovation-based courses to learn and collaborate.
  
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*Integrate experiential learning into existing curriculum for all students
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== '''STRATEGY FIVE: BRING INNOVATIVE SPEAKERS TO CAMPUS''' ==
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**Establish at least one experiential course in every academic department
 
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*Partner with Political Science department and interested students, faculty and staff to leverage our role as a large Snyder County employer in order to promote pro-innovation policies in Harrisburg
 
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*Increase student involvement in long-term research (projects lasting at least two semesters)
 
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*Collaborate with the Center for Teaching and Learning
 
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*Strengthen and expand on offerings and aspects of Susquehanna’s Global Opportunities/Cross Cultural Study Abroad Requirement
 
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**Create mechanism for students studying abroad to contribute to recruiting international students: short-term or degree-seeking
 
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**Establish template for returning GO students who are now inspired to engage with world-wide service or community engagement: “plug and play” into local community
 
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***Additionally, establish template for departing GO students to proactively research volunteer opportunities they will have while abroad/research nonprofits in the area
 
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*Establish a “life-entrepreneurship” type program for first year and sophomore students based on: who am I, where am I going, and how do I get there?
 
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**Focus on values – how to best incorporate values into career path and goals
 
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**Create and sustain a culture of self-efficacy and self-governance, particularly in the residence halls
 
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*Involve students in applied research
 
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**Create an innovative Global Opportunities (GO) Short program tied to a faculty’s research, involving continuous research before and after the trip
 
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**Begin with identifying a problem, then return to solve the problem, and later implement innovative idea abroad
 
  
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== STRATEGY FOUR: IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE HEALTH STRATEGIES ==
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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.
  
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*Bring movement to students: install walking desks on campus (treadmill with desk attached, enabling students to exercise and study simultaneously)
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*Understand the lack of innovative education on campus and the need for outside experts to come in and provide the education
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**Start with a few in the library and/or makerspace (at least two walking desks by February 2017), eventually have more in academic buildings
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*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
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*Increase student input regarding dining/cuisine options through easier feedback mechanism
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**Speakers will be of varying industries and fields to attract students of all majors
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*Partner with Aramark to increase culinary education events on campus
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*Utilize on-campus creative spaces to have speakers
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**Opportunities for students to learn how to cook
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**Establish and host a TEDx talk on campus.
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*Launch color system at dining locations: red, yellow, green for healthiness level of food options to give perspective of ratio of healthy to unhealthy options and encourage healthy behavior
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**Utilize a guest speaker or faculty
  
 
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Pitch Video, Fall 2016
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Pitch Video (Fall 2019)
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Pitch Video (Fall 2018)
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Cohort Change Story Platform (Fall 2017)
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[https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/ https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/]
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Pitch Video (Fall 2016)
  
 
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Pitch Video, Spring 2015
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Pitch Video (Spring 2015)
  
 
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University_Student_Priorities Susquehanna University Student Priorities]
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<br/>'''Susquehanna University - University Innovation Fellows'''
  
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'''Students:'''
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University Susquehanna University]
  
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ethan_Eastwood Ethan Eastwood]&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spring&nbsp;2015)
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University_Student_Priorities Susquehanna University Student Priorities]
  
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexis_Gargin Alexis Gargin]&nbsp; (Spring&nbsp;2015)
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University Innovation Fellows
  
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan Perkins]&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spring&nbsp;2015)
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2015 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]
  
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tiffany_Richards Tiffany Richards]&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spring 2015)
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2016 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]
  
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[[Hana Feiner|Hana Feiner]]&nbsp;(Fall 2016)
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2017 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]
  
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[[Aviel Stein|Aviel Stein]]&nbsp;(Fall 2016)
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2018 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]
  
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[[Rachel Tate|Rachel Tate]]&nbsp;(Fall 2016)
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2019 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]
  
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Contents

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

Related links

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