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<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hartwick College is liberal arts undergraduate institution located in Oneonta, NY and has a student population of roughly 1,400 individuals that who study 31 different majors. 2016 is the first year Hartwick College has participated in the University Innovation Fellows Program, as part of an effort from the administration to increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus.</span></span></span>

= <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategies to foster a culture of innovation</span></span><br/span><br/span> =

<li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maintain support and strong ties with administration</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create relationships with the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA (, currently Business Club)</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have professors in different departments incorporate makerspace into class either through the curriculum or for extra credit</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Incorporate community into makerspace (ex. Tech Center for Gravity in Troy, NY associated with RPI)</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Look into how corporate sponsors could install endowed funding to maintain makerspace and keep up with technology advances in exchange for collaboration with students (i.e. look for upperclassmen to recruit)</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ensure students find makerspace useful by explaining how all resources can be used (Wick 101/Orientation)</span></span></span></li>

<li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tie in TedX talks to campus themes; use campus theme as a source of funding</span></span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Develop campus theme into a student-run program</span></span></span></li>

<li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Incorporate Ted Talks into faculty classes</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work with other student organizations to put on events like this that will impact different groups: Alliance, Student Senate, etc.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ensure talks are relevant to students and emotional, not completely based on scholarship</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First hold Ted Talk screening events in lieu of hosting an actual TedX Talk to cut down on costs and gain student support/interest.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Open events up to community and SUNY Oneonta students to charge entrance fees AND bring together I&E champions within the larger community.</span></span></span></li>

<li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Identify professors most likely to be interested in teaching I&E.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have students compete in Innovation Challenges (Utica 2015, SUNY Oneonta 2016)</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ensure professors are able to use all resources in makerspace</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make I&E a LAiP requirement (similar to EL, ILS)</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Move tutoring to makerspace</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Incorporate I&E into FYS classes to familiarize students with Design Thinking/Lean Startup at beginning of college experience</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-dd8c6ed8-e4fc-df93-afd0-71e88d1648db"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Heavy emphasis on I&E in senior-level courses where students would be excited to take advantage of networking with leaders of I&E in business</span></span></span></li>

 <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Written by: Jacqueline Davis, Kelly Sprague, Christine Hughes, Stephanie Sacco</span><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"></span>