<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;"><u>'''Innovation Exchange'''</u></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;">This four -week crash course in entrepreneurship, design thinking, and product design takes a multidisciplinary group of students to the Silicon Valley to gain inspiration and expert advice on making a start-up. With the students having a chance to talk to real -world entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, they come back to Harrisonburg, VA to test out their new knowledge of forming a product idea into a full -on startup. The course is taught by professors of engineering and industrial design but guest professors make a huge impact daily which help helps give students the feedback needed to be more successful.</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;"><u>'''<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22727; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Society of Entrepreneurs</span>'''</u></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">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. The club was launched in 2011 and became a recognized organization by JMU in spring of 2012. To be a part of regularly scheduled meetings, students must apply, be interviewed and accepted into the organization. After going through a process to learn the fundamentals of startups, they will become an official member of the society.</span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;"><u>'''<span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Madison Exchange</span>'''</u></span></span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">The Madison Exchange is a collaborative effort where all of the engineering students present the projects they have been working on for the year. It allows each student to interface with possible employers and business men businessmen and women to get their name known.</span></span></span></span>
== <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Engaging with Regional and Local Development Efforts'''</span></span></span> ==