School:Fisk University
Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship
Fisk University conducts workshops once in a while to help faculty improve their skills. Moreover, the university aspires to have faculty and staff evoke their Entrepreneurial skill set, to give back different skill sets to the students. Faculty are encouraged to motivate students to do more research and help them along that process.
Facilitating university-industry collaboration
Mentoring, advisory or business networks strategies
Fisk University's Office of Career Planning and Development has a Center For Financial Advancement chapter in partnership with HomeFree USA to educate students on financial stability and entrepreneurial skills that can serve them in the corporate world.
Technology, industrial park, manufacturing and/or wet lab spaces.
There are also multiple research projects going on at Fisk University especially in the STEM fields including wet-lab research in neuroscience, polymeric biomaterials, bioengineering, and proteins.
Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts:
In addition to our partnership with HomeFree USA for economic development of current students and alumni, Fisk University's career office also has partnerships with Google, HCA Healthcare, Caterpillar, Equinix, Dell Technologies, D.E Shaw Research, Davita, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP among others.
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