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= Ohio University =

Established in 1804, Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio. The campus is home to nearly 23,000 undergraduate, graduate, and medical students. The university is ranked number one nationally in overall student satisfaction. In 2015, the Center for World University Ratings ranked Ohio University in the top 3% of high education institutions globally and the university has received a Carnegie Classification for high activity research universities.

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= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

~~Throughout the~~ At Ohio University , students are encouraged to embrace innovation and entrepreneurship ~~through~~ in courses, extracurricular clubs, competitions, and other specialized programs~~. Students will encounter principles of innovation and entrepreneurship through many facets at Ohio University~~.

=== Academic Pathways: ===

*'''Entrepreneurship Major: '''Graduate with the confidence to start a new entrepreneurial project.

*'''Entrepreneurship Certificate''': Gradute with real world experiences that students gain through taking a variety of classes across different colleges.

=== Classes/Course Programs: ===

*'''Designing to Make a Difference: '''Senior capstone project for engineering undergraduate students.*'''Business Cluster: '''Be able to solve real-world business problems as a team.

*'''The Bobcat Launchpad''': The Bobcat Launchpad will provide real-world, hands-on learning on what it's like to actually start a company.

*Numerous classes that incorporate innovation and entrepreneurship into their curriculum (i.e. Business in Aviation, Entrepreneurial Sales, Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship)

<li>Ohio University Entrepreneurs: As an Ohio University Entrepreneurs, students are taught the skills to become leaders and entrepreneurs through networking, guest speakers, and workshops. Members are exposed to resources across campus to help them build a business of their own.</li>

<li>Enactus:</span~~> A nationalnon-profit organization with a goal of improving communities through social entrepreneurship and innovation. Members apply business concepts to teams to develop outreach projects.</li><li>EpsilonNuTau:The</span~~>Nation’s</span>first entrepreneurship fraternity. This coed, professional organization will help members launch and maintain sustainable businesses. Members ultimately run their own nonprofit business, including everything from recruitment & marketing tactics and sales contests to legal documents, event coordination, and financial statements.</li>

<li>Think Design: An advertising agency that connects Ohio University’s student organizations with people who have professional media talents. The organization aims to help place students in a position where they can develop their professional skills and expand their portfolio.</li>

<li>Consulting</span~~>Fellows: Consulting</span~~>Fellows</span>give future leaders tools to build analytical skills and business knowledge, as well as a complementary set of so-called soft skills which are becoming critical in today’s business environment.</li>

<li>'''Amplified Communication''': Amplified communication is a student organization that focuses on the value 'students helping students". This organization works with students and their brands to connect them to art, entertainment, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle.</li>

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<li>'''Scripps Innovation Challenge '''(Currently suspended): A university-wide student competition that gives Bobcats the opportunity to create innovative solutions to real-world media and communication problems. The goal of the competition is to harness the creativity of Ohio University students in order to develop new and innovative service, product or process solutions as the basis for a new startup business.</li>

<li>Startup Weekend: Anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. Teamsformaround the top ideas then have the weekend for business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekend ends with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback.</li>

<li>'''Student Research & Creative Activity''''''Expo''':Over</span>800students from 56 different departments and schools showcase their original research at Ohio University’s biggest-ever Research and Creative Activity Expo with live performances, presentations and interactive demonstrations.</li>

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= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Ohio ~~university’s~~ University’s faculty is an intrinsically motivated anda highly innovative groupof professionals.  Through the differentdepartmentsoncampusFthefaculty has aculty members across colleges have worked on research that has helped generate over 8 eight and a half million dollars in licensing revenue. ~~ ~~This earned ~~us the first place spot in 2011 for~~ Ohio Univesrity the title of "most revenue generating university in Ohio" in 2011.  Most of the revenue was generated by the Ohio University’s license to the Pfizer corporation for a growth hormone receptor antagonist. This technology is used as a therapeutic for patients with acromegaly, a form of gigantism.

Along with the ~~incredible~~ technologies that Ohio University faculty have worked on ~~they~~ , faculty members also ~~continue to~~ engage the innovative culture on campus. ~~ ~~Over thepastyear,</span~~>facultyand staff at ~~OHIO~~ Ohio University have ~~been engaged~~ participated in a forum called the Innovation Strategy Interim Report. ~~ The goal of the forum is to advance forward-looking strategies for collaborative research and innovative academic programs that benefit OHIO students andfaculty,whileengaging with communities regionally and globally.

Faculty also encourage students to innovate. Whether ~~it be~~ through the Center for Entrepreneurship , or extra-curricular activities like ~~start-up weekend~~ Startup Weekend or Ohio University Entrepreneurs, students ~~who~~ are ~~active will be guided to meet and form relationships~~ connected with resources and individuals that can help them take their idea to the next level. ~~Furthermore, resources~~ Resources on campus are ~~friendly~~ open to all entrepreneurs , including students. ~~For~~ The Innovation Center, for example, ~~the Innovation Center~~ leases space~~~~for~~startupsandwould not hesitateworkingwith~~~~students.~~ TechGrowth Ohio ~~is often present at any entrepreneurial event on campus and offers really awesome services to students. TechGrowth~~ has the resourecs~~to help students commericalize~~~~their~~technology or help them seek investments.

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Ohio University's technology transfer office works for faculty to provide patent protection, market evaluation, and transfer of intellectual property to businesses. The technology transfer office has helped ~~Ohio University~~ OHIO to achieve a number one ranking in Ohio for research and licensing revenue ~~as well as a~~ . OHIO also ranked number four ~~ranking~~ nationally for return on investment in research~~, following Princeton University, Northwestern University, and New York University~~.

~~Ohio University~~ OHIO may license a technology to an established business, or the faculty or staff inventor may create a startup company to do this. The Technology Transfer Office and its partners in the entrepreneurial ecosystem provide support to university inventors in the following ways:

Executives-in-Residence from the [http://www.techgrowthohio.com/ TechGROWTH Ohio] program offer business coaching and support, including developing a business plan, analyzing the market, company formation, hiring employees, and managing legal issues.

The '''Ohio Small Business Development Center''' at Ohio University provides free business consulting to small businesses - new and existing - in Athens, Hocking, Meigs, and Perry Counties. The Ohio SBDC has been hosted at Ohio University since 1988. This arrangement has allowed the Ohio SBDC to leverage the relationship with the university to gain access to resources that would otherwise not be available to the local entrepreneur.

'''TechGROWTH''' delivers intensive operational assistance through “Executives in Residence” who validate opportunities and prepare companies for investment.  In addition, TechGROWTH provides small, competitive “Growth Funding” to qualifying companies to overcome targeted commercialization obstacles, pre-seed investments providing “first-in” funding for technology startups, and access to a regional network of angel investors for “follow-on” capital needs as well as access to venture capital markets to fund the “scale up” of production, sales, and marketing. ~~  ~~TechGROWTH is funded by an Ohio Third Frontier grant with support from Ohio University and private capital.  TechGROWTH’s impact shows a leverage ratio of over $9 of follow-on resources acquired for client companies for every $1 of state money invested, achieving over $69.7 million flowing into the region over its first four years.

= Ohio University's Landscape Canvas: =

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