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= Overview – A New American University <~~sup~~/span>3</~~sup~~span> =

= President Michael M. Crow has positioned [http://www.asu.edu / Arizona State University] as the model for a New American University. A model that measures success not by who it excludes, but by who it includes; a model that pursues research and discovery that benefit the public good and assumes major responsibility for the economic, social and cultural vitality as well as the health and well-being of the community.

[http://ui.asu.edu / <bspan style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Office of University Initiatives</bspan> (UI)] is a cultural catalyst at ASU. UI helps ASU meet its innovation needs by connecting ideas with people and resources to make an impact. Through collaboration with other offices and departments across the university, in addition to state, national and international leaders, UI helps to shape and realize ASU’s innovation goals. Much of UI’s work falls into five overlapping categories: advancing ASU’s New American University agenda, entrepreneurship, social embeddedness, university innovation, and education. UI is the chief advocate for entrepreneurial thinking and activity across the university.

~~'''~~[http://studentventures.asu.edu/ The Edson Student Entrepreneurship Initiative]~~'''~~ is ASU’s premier student start-up competition. This year, students can win up to $20,000 in funding, as well as mentoring and office space to advance their venture ideas. The Initiative offers rolling admissions with two stages for advancement. Students can be placed in an incubator stage or an accelerator stage. Non-profit and for-profit initiatives are both encouraged. And students have responded with a number of innovative ventures. The G3Box project focuses on converting steel shipping containers into medical grade clinics by outfitting them with the basic components of power, ventilation, potable water, and insulation to create sustainable medical clinics that address critical health needs in poor countries.

ASU ~~has~~ previously had a unique two-distinct Engineering School model. ~~[http://engineering.asu.edu/ T~~</ispan>~~]'''''~~[http://engineering.asu.edu/ he The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering]~~&nbsp~~is the flagship traditional school, while [http://innovation.asu.edu/ <ispan style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The<b/span>~~The~~</bspan style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></ispan>~~&nbsp~~C</~~/innovation.asu.edu/ <b~~span>C<ispan style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">ollege of Technology and Innovation</ispan>]</bspan style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">~~] embodies~~ embodied the values of engaged learning, including a strong connection with industry and entrepreneurship. The hands-on approach model of the latter school requires students to build and design solutions to meet real industry needs; the model appears to be making an economic impact.The College of Technology and Innovation is now part of The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering and is known as The Polytechnic School.

The engineering firm Honeywell, ~~recently~~ previously hired all College of Technology and Innovation students who worked on a successful airplane ~~breaking~~ brake system. Separately from that, the city of Chandler, Arizona approved a 50-year lease with the College of Technology and Innovation. The city will retrofit a building to house the College’s teaching and research programs. These programs are estimated to provide a $23.8 million economic impact in the next five years, by providing the intellectual capital for the city’s high tech companies such as Intel.

Even with successful and innovative programs, about 20 percent of the university’s population may not fully accept change. However, experience provides a helpful ameliorative blueprint. Consistency and a clear articulation of the president’s vision usually earn the respect of skeptics. ASU’s quest as a New American University has also been helped by the President’s intuitive understanding of internal constituencies, and an ability to maintain enough dynamism to make concessions where necessary. President Crow has also built a capable and competent senior leadership team. Most importantly, ASU’s leadership team recognizes that innovation, by necessity, means not being constrained by conventional thinking. Thus with creativity, there are no obstacles that cannot be managed.

Just as a bell, innovation without movement does not ring. So go ahead, let innovation ring - join the movement for a New American University.

Below is an enumeration of ASU’s programs and initiatives that support the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university commitment letter.<div> </div>=

= Student Entrepreneurship =

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