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Interest is also found at events like [http://tedxnashville.com/ Tedx Nashville] and E-Week. Tedx Nashville is a yearly event recently supported by the Dean’s Office, which promotes student attendance by purchasing student tickets. E-week is a national event in which many universities participate. During the event, various engineering majors are brought together and pitted against each other in competitions.Even if you are not a business or engineering major, there is still plenty to take part in, such as the recent Research, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum where speakers from the NSF gave talks to faculty and students regarding I&E.

UPDATE 4/18/2016: The Tennessee Board of Regents just recently approved an [https://www.tntech.edu/certificates/innovation-and-entrepreneurship-certificate I&E certificate] to be completed in conjunction with any undergraduate bachelors degree. We are so excited this opportunity has been approved for our students and cannot wait to award these certificates!

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= Faculty Innovation & Entrepreneurship =

Along with this environment of start-ups, there is a movement forming which promotes innovation directly. With the help of VentureWell, faculty members attended a workshop in February 2014 where they received training similar to that which the University Innovation Fellows receive.

This same group of faculty also promotes the creation of a new major on campus. This pathway of study would combine aspects of the business and engineering curricula to create an area of study for students interested in entrepreneurship specifically. Faculty also participate in courses provided by the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, where cross-disciplinary approaches to I&E are discussed and presented.

= University Technology Transfer Function =

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The [http://www.thebizfoundry.org/ Biz Foundry] is a local business accelerator in Upper Cumberland Tennessee, partnered with [http://launchtn.org/ Launch Tennessee]. The organization focuses on building a startup community which nurtures local talent, innovation, and entrepreneurs in order to create a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. The accelerator program pairs startups with mentors and investors to aid with business model development.

Tech also houses a [https://www.tsbdc.org/ Small Business Development Center] for students regional entrepreneurs seeking improve on their innovative ideas. The center provides local business internships to students and host business seminars covering a wide range of topics dealing with innovation and entrepreneurship.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

Thanks to these grants, the iCube and iMakerspace, and help from external organizations like the Biz Foundry, local businesses from the near-by cities of Nashville and Knoxville now have a place to discuss the research happening at TN Tech.

= Regional & Local Economic Development Efforts =

TN Tech is located in the small town of Cookeville, TN. The campus itself is one of the biggest aspects of the town and is subsequently a large contributor to the local economy. Besides the fact huge amounts of money come from students that buy things from the local businesses, there is also a lot of community service which takes place.Events like the Relay for Life bring in tens of thousands of dollars for cancer research every spring, and university and roadside clean-ups coordinated by Greek life organizations keep the city clean.

Due to Cookeville's location in the center of three of Tennessee's major cities (Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga), it is often a meeting ground for innovation. Much work is done between these four cities to bring businesses from across the country to the increasingly innovative state of Tennessee. The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee also launched the "Rural Reimagined" initiative to challenge students to use their I&E skills to improve rural life. These projects include expanding healthcare access, internet access and other vital resources to the underserved populations of the Upper Cumberland.

= Landscape Canvas =

Click [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/~~18QcxC1oQ4HCPaqHy9nCkWtqF0y1hStNHjX6W1xgyZWI/edit#gid=0&nbsp~~ 1bo9KBoNRYZ5j_cIghmiasZGy2io5BnX7Re-YvkD1Y44 here] to see an up-to-date version of Tennessee Tech University's Landscape Canvas

= Related Links =

Tennesse Technological University

[[Tennessee Technological University Student Priorities|~~Tennesse~~ Tennessee Technological University Student Priorities]] [https://www.tntech.edu/innovation Tennessee Tech I&E Program] [http://www.ttuicube.com/ TTU iCube]

University Innovation Fellows

Fall 2019

[[Rachel N. Smith|Rachel N Smith]]

[[Courtney Savage|Courtney Savage]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mik_Davis Mik Davis]

Fall 2016

[[Justin Medley|Justin Medley]] 

[[Shelby Williams|Shelby Williams]]

[[Alicen long|Alicen Long]]

[[Caroline timpson|Caroline Timpson]]

Spring 2016:

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