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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">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;</span></span>
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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;
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">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.</span></span>
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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.
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Spring 2015 Pitch '''- &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI]</span></span>
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'''Spring 2015 Pitch '''- &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6fupPb51eI]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Fall 2016 Pitch''' - &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA]</span></span>
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'''Fall 2016 Pitch''' - &nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbBjd26XYA]
  
= <span style="font-size:medium;"><big><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Student Priorities</span></big></span> =
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'''Fall 2019 Pitch''' - &nbsp;[https://youtu.be/Fb30yXi1k9s https://youtu.be/Fb30yXi1k9s]
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== '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">STRATEGY ONE: PARTNERSHIP WITH UNICEF</span></span>''' ==
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== '''STRATEGY ONE: INTRO TO INNOVATION COURSE''' ==
  
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Partner with UNICEF and implement the Innovation in Education campaign on campus.</span></span>
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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.
  
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Collaborate with UNICEF and the campus initiative.</span></span>
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*Develop class syllabus and research textbooks
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">''Innovation in Education ''Campaign.</span></span>
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*Ideal Start-up date - Fall 2020.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Ideal Start-up date - Fall 2019.</span></span>
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*Integrate various concepts of core curriculum and SWSB learning goals to effectively instruct students in a liberal arts capacity. &nbsp;
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Integrate&nbsp;''Innovation in Education ''Campaign on campus to raise awareness of the need</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">for</span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">innovation and entrepreneurship programs on campus at the local and global level.</span></span>
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**Focus on Innovation and or Entrepreneurship as an interdisciplinary focus.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Focus on Innovation and or Entrepreneurship as an interdisciplinary focus.</span></span>
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**Grow exposure of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor on campus.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Grow exposure of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation minor on campus.</span></span>
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**Encourage awareness from all majors and class years to the importance of innovation in all fields.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Encourage local awareness of Innovation in Education and plausible&nbsp;solutions.</span></span>
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**Bridge the gap between students of differing majors and encourage group project work with unfamiliar faces.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Facilitate global awareness of Innovation in Education and plausible solutions.</span></span>
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**Solve problems on campus through student-eyes.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Integrate campus initiative in SU Give or Serve.</span></span>
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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
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Develop&nbsp;a continuity plan to sustain&nbsp;''Innovation in Education'' Campaign on campus in future years to create stability and longevity of the plan.</span></span>
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*Identify resources and funding available to students, faculty, and staff for class projects and class trips/assessments.
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Identify resources and funding available to students, faculty, and staff.</span></span>
 
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Funding for students working with campus initiative on innovation projects on and off campus.</span></span>
 
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Publicize funding, stakeholder assistance, and global outreach to maintain campus-wide&nbsp;participation.</span></span>
 
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Connect with student leaders on campus with a focus in philanthropy work</span></span>
 
***<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Greek Life and philanthropy organization collaboration.</span></span>
 
  
== '''<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">STRATEGY TWO: INNOVATION IN EDUCATION</span></span>''' ==
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== '''STRATEGY TWO: REIMAGINE INNOVATION CLUB''' ==
  
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Eliminate innovation and entrepreneurship disciplinary stigma to encourage innovation other academic fields to maintain interdisciplinary collaboration.</span></span>
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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.
  
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Understand current underrepresentation of academic disciplines on campus and incorporate new innovative solutions for departmental engagement.</span></span>
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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.
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Create events catered to various disciplines, such as the arts, to encourage creativity and original thinking on campus.</span></span>
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*Create events catered to various disciplines, such as the arts, to encourage creativity and original thinking on campus.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Hold campus events to showcase student creations and ideas.</span></span>
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**Hold campus events to showcase student creations and ideas - and also recruit for the club.
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Utilize on-campus creative spaces to raise awareness of such design spaces.</span></span>
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*Utilize on-campus creative spaces to raise awareness of such design spaces to gain further interest in innovation club.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Encourage use of</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">new&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size:small;" class="gr-progress">makerspace</span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;to facilitate conversation and hold events in the new establishment.</span></span>
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**Encourage use of new&nbsp;makerspace&nbsp;to facilitate conversation and hold events in the new establishment.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Speak to the first-year community about creative spaces and encourage discussion.</span></span>
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**Speak to the first-year community about creative spaces and encourage discussion - possibly integrate first year innovation course (Strategy 1)
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Involve local&nbsp;<span>community with&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">makerspace</span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">&nbsp;to collaborate and discover solutions the local community would like to see implemented in relation to underrepresented programs.</span></span>
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*Bring organizations to campus to understand current problems in innovation in other academic fields of study.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Collaborate with&nbsp;the local community to encourage recognition, participation, and innovative solutions in academic&nbsp;disciplines.</span></span>
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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.
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Bring organizations to campus to understand current problems in innovation in other academic fields of study.</span></span>
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**Engage local businesses to help students see innovation as a constant process and not commodity based.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Identify needs on campus and collaborate with local partners to create innovative events pertaining to underrepresented fields of study, such as the arts.</span></span>
 
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Engage local businesses to help students see innovation as a constant process and not commodity based.</span></span>
 
  
== '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">STRATEGY THREE: DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS SHOWCASE</span></span>''' ==
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== '''STRATEGY THREE: WORKSHOPS''' ==
  
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Create an event on campus to facilitate innovation and diversity in the arts.</span></span>
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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.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Art showcase.</span></span>
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*Host small group collaboration projects between departments in innovative makerspace.
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Establish an art showcase to show different forms of artistic medium and creative design processes.</span></span>
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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.
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Art Works</span></span>
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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
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Host small group collaboration projects between art departments.</span></span></span>
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**Games and Brain-Teasers will be provided at these events as icebreakers
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">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.</span></span></span>
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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.
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d9e05878-7fff-fb5a-ec2b-9924870abc13"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a 24-hour innovation and design event.</span></span></span></span>
 
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students create and design original pieces of art for the first few hours, practice and critique next few hours, perform and showcase creative ideas the last few hours.</span></span></span></span>
 
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-d9e05878-7fff-fb5a-ec2b-9924870abc13"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We have a 24-hour play festival. How can we inspire creators to invent and create original works in 24-hours too?</span></span></span></span>
 
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2fb39e41-7fff-5786-09c1-508e7ba102c3"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Host event where students learn how to work through the creative process and students and or faculty in various art departments can facilitate workshops.</span></span></span></span>
 
**<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2fb39e41-7fff-5786-09c1-508e7ba102c3"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Campus-Wide Art Workshop (critique event and how-to innovate and create event)</span></span></span></span>
 
  
== '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">STRATEGY FOUR: CREATE AND HOST A CULTURAL GALA</span></span>''' ==
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== '''STRATEGY FOUR: REVITALIZE INNOVATION SPACE''' ==
  
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bring a Ted Talk or motivational speaker on campus to facilitate dialogue and share conversations about diversity on campus.</span></span></span></span>
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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.
**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dcac6a36-7fff-1a64-783b-5115ffca224a"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Host speaker to create discourse on diversity and inclusion on our campus (PWI).</span></span></span></span>
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**Host fun events - innovation movie nights, food "workshops," innovative lectures and speakers, etc.
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create Cultural Gala to showcase underrepresented cultures and groups on campus.</span></span></span></span>
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*Encourage more professors to utilize the space for hosting class.
**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Performances and readings </span><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about culture and diversity during Gala.</span></span></span></span></span>
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**Use of innovative tools in the space during class may foster a more exciting learning environment.
**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dcac6a36-7fff-1a64-783b-5115ffca224a"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students can showcase various artistic medium about cultural differences such as music, art, dance, etc.</span></span></span></span>
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**Invite neighboring schools for innovative workshop activities.
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Host Gala where minority students can share their story, culture, and customs </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the event</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></span></span>
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*Create more community-based thinking in solving real world problems.
**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dcac6a36-7fff-1a64-783b-5115ffca224a"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students engage with peers about their culture, background, and ignorance of certain topics.</span></span></span></span>
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**Invite high school students studying innovation-based courses to learn and collaborate.
**<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dcac6a36-7fff-1a64-783b-5115ffca224a"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a safe and educational event for students about culture on our campus (PWI).</span></span></span></span>
 
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dcac6a36-7fff-1a64-783b-5115ffca224a"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have food and beverages from various cultural backgrounds during the Gala.</span></span></span></span>
 
*<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:small;">Raffles, drawings, and prizes to support our project.</span></span>
 
  
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== '''STRATEGY FIVE: BRING INNOVATIVE SPEAKERS TO CAMPUS''' ==
  
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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.
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Cohort Change Story Platform (Fall 2017)</span></span></big></span></span>
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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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*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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**Speakers will be of varying industries and fields to attract students of all majors
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*Utilize on-campus creative spaces to have speakers
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**Establish and host a TEDx talk on campus.
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**Utilize a guest speaker or faculty
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/ https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/]</span></span></big></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Pitch Video (Fall 2016)</span></span></big></span></span>
 
 
 
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Pitch Video (Spring 2015)</span></span></big></span></span>
 
  
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= Related links =
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University_Student_Priorities Susquehanna University Student Priorities]</span></span></big></span></span>
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Pitch Video (Fall 2019)
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Susquehanna University - University Innovation Fellows'''</span></span></big></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''2015 Fellows'''</span></span></big></span></span>
 
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ethan_Eastwood Ethan Eastwood]&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spring&nbsp;2015)</span></span></big></span></span>
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Pitch Video (Fall 2018)
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexis_Gargin Alexis Gargin]&nbsp; (Spring&nbsp;2015)</span></span></big></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Pierce_Logan_Perkins Pierce Logan Perkins]&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spring&nbsp;2015)</span></span></big></span></span>
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Cohort Change Story Platform (Fall 2017)
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tiffany_Richards Tiffany Richards]&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spring 2015)</span></span></big></span></span>
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[https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/ https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaUIF/]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big>'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">2016 Fellows</span></span>'''</big></span></span>
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Pitch Video (Fall 2016)
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[[Hana Feiner|Hana Feiner]]&nbsp;(Fall 2016)</span></span></big></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[[Aviel Stein|Aviel Stein]]&nbsp;(Fall 2016)</span></span></big></span></span>
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Pitch Video (Spring 2015)
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[[Rachel Tate|Rachel Tate]]&nbsp;(Fall 2016)</span></span></big></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Tonia Hall&nbsp;(Fall 2017)</span></span></big></span></span>
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University Susquehanna University]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alexandra_Haller Alexandra Haller]&nbsp;(Fall 2017)</span></span></big></span></span>
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Susquehanna_University_Student_Priorities Susquehanna University Student Priorities]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:DamianMunoz Damian Munoz]&nbsp;(Fall 2017)</span></span></big></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Daniel_Yim Daniel Yim] (Fall 2017)</span></span></big></span></span>
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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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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]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Leah_Cieniawa Leah Cieniawa] (Fall 2018)</span></span></big></span></span>
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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]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Brianna Murphy&nbsp;(Fall 2018)</span></span></big></span></span>
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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]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Joseph Morante&nbsp;(Fall 2018)</span></span></big></span></span>
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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]
  
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><big><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Kyle Williams&nbsp;(Fall 2018)</span></span></big></span></span>
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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

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