**Create opportunities in the Rensselaer Union and in the residence halls for students to propose, design, and implement projects, processes, and organizations.<span data-cke-bookmark="1" style="display: none;"> </span>
**<span style="color:#000000;">The joint venture between the NCIIA and Epicenter is all about '''values '''and '''empowering''' students, with the goal of bringing ideas to life that will be beneficial to society and to the economy. Values such as raising people, especially the </span><span style="color:#000000;">most needy</span><span style="color:#000000;">, out of poverty and helping them fulfill their potential. These are the kind of values that students must be empowered with and that must be ingrained </span><span style="color:#000000;">into</span><span style="color:#000000;"> engineering education.</span>
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=== <span style="font-size: x-large;">'''OVERALL GOAL FOR RPI:'''</span> <br/> ===
<span style="font-size:large;">'''Change the culture and curriculum of RPI to get more students involved with entrepreneurship and provide a location where students can apply what they have learned to their own personal startups.'''</span>
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= '''Related Links'''<br/>= [[Meghan Olson|'''Meghan Olson''']] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ray_Parker <b>Ray Parker</b>] [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute|'''Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute''']] [[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>