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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89a39cfe-7fff-5181-c024-d139675a4bd4"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation has always been deeply embedded at the heart of the Universidad de los Andes. From the very core of the institution –it’s mission statement– can be seen to play a key role: “the University of the Andes is an autonomous, independent and '''''</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">innovative''''' </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">institution that fosters pluralism, tolerance and respect for ideas[...]”</span></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89a39cfe-7fff-5181-c024-d139675a4bd4"><span style="font-size: 11pt; which seeks academic excellence and imparts to its students a critical and ethical formation to strengthen in them the awareness of their social and civic responsibilitiescolor: rgb(102, 102, as well as their commitment to the environment.”&nbsp102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Student innovation and entrepreneurship is highly endorsed in certain faculties, both inside and outside of the classroom. As for the latter one, the The Business School’s Student Council carries out the annual TED x Las Aguas event, the Innovation Tip Talks, and the View From the Top Conference Series, all aiming to inspire students to initiate themselves into the I&E world. Inside the classroom, the business school and the design school Design Schools are the leaders in the creation and implementation of I&E opportunitiesin the classroom, with the industrial engineering Industrial Engineering department trailing not far behind. Right from the very beginningMore and more, the foundation courses and study programs have succeeded been modified in piquing students’ order to further interest in and expose students to I&E. Intro to Industrial Engineering and Intro to Management, These courses teach students the students how important it is to keep importance of keeping their minds open to everything I&E has to offer. In other courses later on, such as “Emprendimiento e Innovación” (a course dedicated to the practice of I&E) students and help them harvest finer entrepreneurial skills. All the previously mentioned Some of these courses share one common goal: to have students dedicate the whole semester’s work to developing a project of their choosing, while others expose them to real-life cases and make them think outside the box. After developing</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.68; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89a39cfe-7fff-5181-c024-d139675a4bd4"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, though102, comes implementing102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; and that’s where white-space: pre-wrap;">Even though most projects deviate and stay in just dreams. Here, once again, the university’s institutions there are participation circles that step in to help student entrepreneursentrepreneur. If students need to come up with These include Empreandes, which helps them ideate </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a stronger and more innovative coreat the beginning of their entrepreneurship , there are student participation circlesand</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Centro de emprendimiento</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, where </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(102, such as Empreandes102, that can 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">certified mentors asses them in doing so hand in hand with their certified mentors, their interactive workshops and their business -oriented makerspace. If, howeverAlso, what when students need is a guide on guidance through their journey through the entrepreneurial process, big scale entrepreneurship accelerators like Despega Colombia, can help propel a student’s own particular idea. Furthermore, for economic aid in launching a project, students whose ideas show great potential may go to Ceiba, whose budget is dedicated to these means. ==</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.68; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 11pt; text-align: justify; padding: 0pt 30pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-sizefamily:largerarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">''Some student Lead I&E clubs, events and programs:''</span> ===id= *TEDx Las Aguas*TEDx Ceiba*"DEU – Día del Emprendimiento Uniandinodocs-internal-guid-89a39cfe-7fff-5181-c024-d139675a4bd4" (Entrepreneurship Day @ Los Andes)*Empreandes (Entrepreneurship Lab)*CEFA – Consejo Estudiantil Facultad de Administración (Business School Student Council)*Despega Colombia (A hybrid between an entrepreneurship incubator and competition)*View From the Top Talks*Innovation Tip Talks ==== ><span style="font-size:larger11pt;">''Courses imparting the importance –or allowing active participation in– I&Ecolor:''</span> ==== *"Fundamentos de Administración y Gerencia" rgb(Intro to management102, 102, 102)*"Fundamentos de Administración y Gerencia" (Intro to management for non; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-business majors)*"Estudio VIIalign: Sostenibilidad" (Studio #7baseline; white-space: Sustainability)*"Introducción a la Ingeniería Industrial" (Intro to Industrial Engineering)*"Proyecto Intermedio" (Midpre-major project)*wrap;"Creación >Universidad de nuevas empresas" (Creation Los Andes has a variety of new organizations)*"Creatividad" (Creativity)*"Producto IV" (Product Course #4)*"Producto Industrial" (Industrial Product)*"Taller de Creatividad –&nbsp;Maestría en Administración de Empresas" (Creativity Workshop for Masters Students)*"'Emprendimiento e Innovación – Programa de Maestría" (I&E Course for tools and groups that promote students throughout the Masters in Business Management)*"'Emprendimiento Socio-Ambiental" (Social entire process of innovation and Environmental Entrepreneurship)entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></p>