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<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''Tyler Higgins '''is currently a University Innovation Fellow at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. As a Fellow, Tyler works with faculty, staff, and students to facilitate and lead the development of classes, workshops, and initiatives that impart an entrepreneurial mindset and expand the innovation & entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem on campus.</span>

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''So what does that really mean?''' <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-sizefamily: smallgeorgia,serif;"><span style="font-familysize:georgia,serifsmall;">All of those buzzwords essentially boil down to two fundamental goals:</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;</span></span>

#<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size: small;">Most importantly, Tyler’s work creates opportunities for students to put classroom theory into real world practice, allowing them to develop a toolkit (</span>''entrepreneurial mindset''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">) to capitalize on opportunities in the classroom, in business, and in life at large. Recently, this has taken the form of '''[[Makeryproject.squarespace.com|The Makery Project]] ''' which seeks to connect students with communities to collectively solve problems and create change.</span></span>#<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; "><span style="font-size: small;">The second aspect of Tyler’s work revolves around curricular and environmental change that creates more opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate across departmental boundaries on academic and tangible projects (expanding the </span>''I&E ecosystem''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;">). This goal is manifest in the collective efforts of the Furman UI Fellows and key faculty partners to develop a&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Furman_on_FIRE:_Fueling_Innovation,_Research_%26_Entrepreneurship#Building_a_Portfolio_of_Small_Bets series of curricular “small bets”] which will hopefully culminate in the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Furman_on_FIRE:_Fueling_Innovation,_Research_%26_Entrepreneurship#Long_Term_Project development of an institute] to facilitate ongoing efforts.</span></span>