Priorities:Tulane University Student Priorities

Overview

Tulane University has great resources for generating awareness of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) through seminars supported by the School of Business, Bioinnovation, and the Biomedcial Engineering department. Furthermore, the tech transfer office (OTT) is readily available to aid students in the first steps to securing and implementing their innovative ideas. Classes at Tulane University such as SCEN 4800 and SCEN 6000 assist both undergraduate and graduate students to realize their specific potential in beginning an innovative and entrepreneurial venture. Local venues in the New Orleans area such as NOBIC, Propellor, Idea Village, and New Orleans BioDistrict offer support by providing seed money and incubator space for an established innovative idea. Thus, Tulane University has great resources for an Innovation and Entrepreneurship landscape in the areas of perceived, potential, and reframing strategies. However, the campus can improve in two areas that are critical in bridging potential and reframing strategies: applied and realized schemes.

The applied and realized schemes in the I&E landscape could greatly be improved on Tulane’s campus through seminars from the Tulane Entrepreneurs Association (TEA) and Bioinnovation by discussing the resources for these schemes. Specifically, it would be great to target seminars towards freshman and sophomore undergraduates so that they are immersed and understand the innovation culture on campus early on in their education. Moreover, physical incubator spaces on campus for a student’s innovative idea would help push their entrepreneurial pursuit. Having student organizations such as TEA push for innovative grants on campus such as NSF I-Corps and NCIIA could greatly improve resources and funding for innovative ideas in science and engineering. Clubs and organizations on campus like TEA need to be assembled in the undergraduate community to enhance awareness of strategies to overcome applied and realized schemes. The graduate student community in either the business school or in Bioinnovation can improve upon these schemes by educating undergraduate engineering students in various workshops and seminars of resources they can possibly utilize. Lastly, more classes pertaining to innovation and entrepreneurship in science and engineering should be implemented at the end of the undergraduate curriculum. All of these strategies to enhance applied and realized schemes for should initially be directed by graduate students and faculty that are knowledgeable in entrepreneurship approaches. This will spark the undergraduate community to be aware and further find creative resources for innovation. 

Link to Prezi overview of campus ecosystem:

Calling all students

Informational Session (come hear plans, offer feedback and help expand opportunities for all students)

• Students from Bioinnovation discussed about how to expand innovation on campus 
• Date: 10/23/13 @ 3:30 PM

Strategy #1: _____Applied___

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:

Tactic #1: [Name of tactic]

• Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
• Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]

Tactic #2: [Name of tactic]

• Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
• Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]

Tactic #3: [Name of tactic]

• Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
• Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]

Strategy #2: ________

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:

Tactic #1: [Name of tactic]

• Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
• Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]

Tactic #2: [Name of tactic]

• Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
• Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]

Tactic #3: [Name of tactic]

• Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
• Team Leader: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
• Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]