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==<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview</span> ==

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[File:Binghamton-university-sign.jpg|frame|Binghamton-university-sign.jpg]] <span style="font-size:medium;">Binghamton University, primarily known for being a research-based institution, is a public university located in Vestal, New York. It is home to 13,632&nbsp; undergraduate and 3,660 graduate students coming from a total of 44 states and 114 different countries. The university consists of 7 different schools including - but not limited to - Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, the Decker School of Nursing, the School of Management, etc. strongly pushing entrepreneurship. After years of development and planning, the infrastructure is in place to allow startups to thrive.&nbsp; Student engagement with these resources is low, relatively speaking. Pushing more students towards the university’s infrastructure is a cornerstone to not only the office of innovation’s mission but also the office of the president. Being one of the most cost effective educations in the northeast is pushing more qualified students into the school but somehow they are not filtering into the entrepreneurship track as well as they could be.</span></span>

<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">There are myriad efforts to grow innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. As a result of the world-wide shift towards experiential and hands-on learning, Binghamton has also increased their efforts in this regard. In the classroom, dedicated courses such as ENT 280A: Innovation Scholars, ENT 460: Entrepreneurship, ENT 480B: Business Plan Development, as well as UNIV 280F: Introduction to Entrepreneurship, UNIV 280D: Global Entrepreneurship, and UNIV 280G: Social Entrepreneurship give students both the theory and practice needed to bring new ideas to life. Outside the classroom, spaces like the Makers Lab, Computer-Aided Engineering Laboratory, and Innovation Lab provide students with the tools and environments to experiment, prototype, and collaborate.</font>

In the classroom, dedicated courses such as ENT 280A: Innovation Scholars, ENT 460: Entrepreneurship, ENT 480B: Business Plan Development<font face="arial, as well as UNIV 280F: Introduction to Entrepreneurshiphelvetica, UNIV 280D: Global Entrepreneurship, and UNIV 280G: Social Entrepreneurship give students both the theory and practice needed to bring new ideas to life. Outside the classroom, spaces like the Makers Lab, Computersans-Aided Engineering Laboratory, and Innovation Lab provide students with the tools and environments to experiment, prototype, and collaborate. serif" size="3">Student-led organizations such as '''Entrepreneur Connect ''' further foster peer-to-peer learning, networking, and mentorship. Meanwhile, competitive and experiential programs, including the EC Pitch It Competition, the '''New York Business Plan Competition''', the Inclusive Innovation Internship (I³), and The HATCH Internship Program, challenge students to apply their knowledge in real-world contexts, preparing them to lead and innovate beyond campus. </font> <font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Binghamton has continued their partnerships with the [https://thekoffman.com/ '''The Koffman Incubator'''] to invigorate students and provide resources and assistance for various ventures.</font>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">The faculty at Binghamton will often engage with their students in conversation about innovation and entrepreneurship, however, they typically will not initiate the conversation. Rather, they will follow students and engage when students want to further their own ideas or learn more on the subject. Moreover, despite Binghamton's status as a research university, much of the research is allocated in the social and technological sciences as showcased during the annual [https://www.binghamton.edu/research/division-offices/research-advancement/research-days/ '''Research Days'''].</span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From a student perspective, the presence of innovation and entrepreneurship is low on campus. Through conversations with students and a lack of course offerings, many students do not feel proactive or thoroughly interested in starting their own ventures or start-ups. It They also worry about not having the support or guidance to succeed in their startup ventures. This is something that fellows hope to change.</span> <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Despite Binghamton's status as a research university, much of the research is allocated in the social and technological sciences. There is not much promotion of research in the area of innovation. Although the investment in this area is small, it is growing. You can find more about faculty research '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/researchconnection.html here]'''. However, this is predicted to change in the near future, as a result of new New York state grants and the opening of various incubators in the area. You can learn more about them in subsequent sections.&nbsp;</span> 

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">The presence of incubators, venture accelerators, and bootcamps have become more popular, as a result of recent economic efforts in our part of New York state. Within the university, there have been efforts to make this change, with hope of inspiring chage change that exceeds the campus. Such effortsinvolve programs like [https://neny.org/ '''New Energy New York'''], [https://www.binghamton.edu/centers/small-business-development/ '''Small Business Development Center'''], such as the [https://www.binghamton.edu/residentialresearch/division-lifeoffices/communitiesinnovation/dickinsonprograms/elcexceed.html '''Entrepreneurship Learning CommunityEXCEED Internship Program'''], hope to educate [https://thekoffman.com/app-and make students aware of technology -website-accelerator-2/ '''Digital Platform Accelerator'''], and [https://neny.org/programs/chargeup/ '''ChargeUp Accelerator'''] spearheaded by the [https://www.binghamton.edu/research/division-offices/innovation through a residential community.&nbsp;/ '''Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships Department'''] which provide external mentorship</span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">Further, there have been other efforts that help with the legal logistics and venture capital adventures for both students and the greater Binghamton area. Because most of university funding is not allocated in this area, there are external partnerships and funding opportunities which seek to impliment and drive economic and technologically advanced change. Key funding resources include the '''[https:</span></www.binghamton.eduspan></researchspan> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">seed</innovationspan></entrepreneurshipspan></fundingopportunities.html Global NY Fund]'''span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, [httpsans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">funding opportunities</span></span></theagencyspan> <span style="font-ny.com/ '''the Agency''']family:arial,helvetica, and '''[httpssans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">for</span></cdn.esd.ny.govspan></NewsRoomspan> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">economic and technological</Dataspan></2015span></08032015_NYVentures_PR.pdf New York Ventures]'''. Students are able to access these fantastic and growing resources through the '''[httpsspan> <span style="font-family://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/index.html Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship]'''arial,helvetica, located downtownsans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">change.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1">In the most recent years, the university has made great strides to collaborate with the surrounding areas, particularly in various industries. Their greatest effort has been in the creation of their[https://docswww.googlebinghamton.comedu/presentation/d/1vDRYTLiAI74JU9jZZIBIFK3u8wRnJlzpyH3Ou3-qoJkresearch/edit?usp=sharing &nbsp;'''Innovative Technology Center'''], an extremely advanced building, which serves as a home and incubator for technological, scientific, and entrepreneurial partnership.</span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The center is a smart-building, with self-sustaining technologies. Additionally, all students have access to the expansive building. The ITC provides a home to research for scientific disciplines and is the new home to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. FurtherIn 2017, the building provides a meeting place for the [https://southerntierincubator.com/ The Koffman Incubator]was created in Downtown Binghamton, with offices, high-tech wet labs, dry labs, an organization which seeks partnership across New York stateand co-working areas to further support collaboration. This incubator seeks to increase innovation within the southern tier of New York</span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, which has faced adversity in the past several years.&nbspsans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span class="s1"></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Since large industries like IBM left the Southern Tier area, economic production and income has been low. This new pursuit seeks to join together various forces and connect them, allowing for greater partnership. The university has done a fantastic job in the last couple of years in providing open spaces for industry-university dialogue and cooperation.</span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Further, there have been captial partnerships with the university, including [https://esd.ny.gov/startup-ny-program '''Start-Up NY'''], the [https://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/cfa/project/230329 '''Binghamton Incubator'''], as well as the '''[https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/entrepreneurship/17nysbpc.html New York Business Plan Competition]'''. All of these organizations seek to inspire local inhabitants to make real change in our area.</span> ==<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:large;"><span class="s1">'''Engaging With Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''</span></span></span> ==

==<span style="colorfont-family:#808080arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:largerlarge;"><span styleclass="white-space: pre-wrap;s1">Most students on campus are not heavily involved with the surrounding community, as entreprenurship resources are underutilized. Additionally, there exists a "bubble" around the university; most students are unaware of the food desert '''Engaging With Regional and detriments of gentrification. Most citizens of Binghamton are driven out of their housing as a result of spiking rental rates, because students can afford to pay more. Despite these negative circumstances, there are gradual changes being made.Local Economic Development Efforts'''</span></span></span>==

<span style="colorfont-family:#808080arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;">Many Most students on campus are unaware of the economic situation of the surrounding area; additionally, they do not know how to engage heavily involved with the surrounding community. Despite having several , as entreprenurship resources in which the community can be engaged, they are underutilized. Our [https://www.binghamton.edu/research/innovation/ Office of Innovation and Entreprenurship] and [https://www.binghamton.edu/cce/ Center for Civic Engagement]'''&nbsp;'''</span></span><span style=Additionally, there exists a "color:#808080;bubble"><span style="font-size:largeraround the university;">seek to connect most students are unaware of the university food desert and detriments of gentrification. Most citizens of Binghamton are driven out of their housing as a result of spiking rental rates, because students can afford to the surrounding areapay more. Despite these negative circumstances, there are gradual changes being made.</span></span>

<span style="colorfont-family:#808080arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:largermedium;">Our economic programs have grown substantially in the past few years; in June Many students are unaware of 2017, the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator opened. This incubator was created with New York state funding in order to bolster the economic conditon situation of the state and several of the communitiessurrounding area; additionally, many of which exist under the poverty line. The incubator seeks they do not know how to collaborate engage with the surrounding community organizations . Despite having several resources in order to promote commerce within which the statecommunity can be engaged, they are underutilized. Our [https://www.binghamton.edu/research/division-offices/innovation/]'''[https://www. You can learn more about it binghamton.edu/research/innovation/ Entrepreneurship and Innovation Partnerships]''' and [https://www.googlebinghamton.comedu/cce/search?q=koffman+incubator'''Center for Civic Engagement''']'''&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS704US776&oq=koffman+incubator&aqs=chromenbsp;'''seek to connect the university to the surrounding area.Recently, the first year program, [https://www.69i57j0binghamton.2277j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTFedu/offices/success/first-year-students/emerging-8 hereleaders/ '''Emerging Leaders Program''']also brings students together to form Knowledge Communities, such as Business and Entrepreneurship, to create service-learning projects and interact with the local community, too. Our economic programs have grown substantially in the past few years with the [https://thekoffman.<com/span>'''Koffman Incubator'''] creating over 68 startups, 818 in jobs, and $663M in economic impact.</span>

===<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">Fellows (Spring 2017)</span></span> ===