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= James Madison University =

''[[File:Jmu crest.jpg|thumb~~|Jmu crest.jpg~~]]~~Characterizing our Innovation Ecosystem~~ ''

~~[[Sarah Rozman|Sarah Rozman]]~~

~~[[Kaitlyn Pirrello|Kaitlyn Pirrello]]~~

~~[[Fletcher Grow|Fletcher Grow]]~~

~~Lauren Distler~~

~~[[Jessie Gabris|Jessie Gabris]]~~

== '''Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' ==

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== '''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' == <ul span style="~~margin~~font-~~top~~size:~~0pt~~x-large;~~margin~~"><li/span><~~span~~ u style="font-size:larger;"~~><u~~>'''4-Virginia''' *</spanstyle="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">4-VA is a collaborative partnership between four Virginia universities. Its mission is to promote inter-university collaborations that leverage the strengths of each partner university in order to accomplish much more than any individual university could achieve alone. A large focus of 4-VA is in training professors and other faculty to implement innovative instructional technologies into their courses.  Additionally, 4-VA encourages and funds multiple interdisciplinary courses that deal with innovation in the medical and engineering fields.</lispan></ulspan>

4-VA is a collaborative partnership between four Virginia universities. Its mission is to promote inter-university collaborations that leverage the strengths of each partner university in order to accomplish much more than any individual university could achieve alone. A large focus of 4-VA is in training professors and other faculty to implement innovative instructional technologies into their courses.  Additionally, 4-VA encourages and funds multiple interdisciplinary courses that deal with innovation in the medical and engineering fields.~~<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>'''Engineering Advisory Board'''~~</li></ul>

== '''Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function'''</span~~><br/~~> ==

== '''''''''The Office of Technology Transfer~~'''~~~~ ==~~'''

<li>The Office of Technology Transfer aims to promote innovation, enhance research by connecting inventors and industry, and foster economic development through protecting and commercializing intellectual property in an efficient and effective manner to benefit the University, the Shenandoah Valley, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and society as a whole.</li>

<li>CIT - Center for Instructional Technology</li>

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~~~~~~The mission of CIT is to lead, support and advocate for the meaningful integration of appropriate technologies into the academic experience.~~'''<~~/span~~u> Our goals are to; inform ourselves, the faculty and the administration of emerging technologies and related issues, develop the instructional faculty's skills in the mechanics and pedagogically-sound methods of using technology in instruction, provide resources, people, equipment, money and space to help faculty create and integrate digital content into their course materials and scholarly work, engage in research and development to create new instructional technologies, and manage and support or coordinate the management and support of our instructional technology delivery systems.Center for Instructional Technology'''

<li>~~JMU Technology Innovation~~The mission of CIT is to lead, support and advocate for the meaningful integration of appropriate technologies into the academic experience. Itsgoals are to; the faculty and the administration of emerging technologies and related issues, develop the instructional faculty's skills in the mechanics and pedagogically-sound methods of using technology in instruction, provide resources, people, equipment, money and space to help faculty create and integrate digital content into their course materials and scholarly work, engage in research and development to create new instructional technologies, and manage and support or coordinate the management and support of instructional technology delivery systems.</li>

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'''Society of Entrepreneurs''' *The JMU Society of Entrepreneurs brings James Madison University entrepreneurially minded students together. In the organization we educate each other and the JMU community on topics of interest, support each other with new ventures, and reach out to entrepreneurs in the community to help them and learn from them. The society also hosts speakers and events to educate the JMU community about different topics based around entrepreneurship.~~<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>~~'''James Madison Innovations</~~span~~u>'''</span~~></li></ul~~>

*JMI is the non-profit organization that is affiliated with JMU Technology Innovation to commercialize technologies. Together, the JMI Startup Fund, a philanthropic effort to move prototypes forward and launch companies, and the Innovation Network of professionals provide dollars and managerial expertise to prove products and markets.

== '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' ==

Collaboration between the students on campus and companies in relevant industries is vital to the sucess of the leadership circle.  University and industry collaboration is especially important in engineering, in order to make a connection between students and future employers.  Commercialized entities that are able to adapt to the needs of the marketplace are essential within a university, especially in making connections with industry.

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