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<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">[[File:BreWikiProfilePic.jpg|border|BreWikiProfilePic.jpg]]Bre Przestrzelski is a senior University Innovation Fellow (UIF), having been inducted in Fall 2013.&nbsp; Since that time through many UIF opportunities, Bre has discovered her passion for empowering others through design, innovation, and entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Bre attributes discovering this passion to the UIF Program.</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br/></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">In January 2014, Bre became the student founder of The DEN (Design & Entrepreneurship Network), a university-wide platform for interdisciplinary students to advance their ideas.&nbsp; Check out more here:&nbsp;[http://www.thedenwebsite.com/ www.thedenwebsite.com].&nbsp;</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br/></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Her evaluation of the regional I&E landscape left Bre wanting to expose even those outside of Clemson University to design.&nbsp; She and her UIF sponsor/PhD advisor, John DesJardins, co-founded The LemonADE Stand: Accelerating Design & Entrepreneurship.&nbsp; This 2-week Clemson-accredited summer program was developed to expose high school students to the power of the design thinking process as well as tools like the Business Model Canvas.</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br/></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">With their committment to fostering cross-country connections, Bre and Furman University UIF, Ben Riddle, were honored to host the first ever Regional UIF Meet-up in Greenville, SC in October 2014.</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br/></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The power of the UIF Network has afforded Bre many opportunities even beyond those in the South Carolina community.&nbsp; Two of her most memorable learning opportunities include when she helped facilitate the Teaching & Learning Studio at Stanford University in July 2016 as well at the Technopreneurship Workshop in Alberta, Canada in August 2015. &nbsp;</div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br/></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Bre is a PhD student at Clemson University, with plans to graduate in May 2017.&nbsp; It is her hope to continue working in the area of design thinking and empowerment of others.</div>
 
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[[Clemson University]]
[[Clemson University Student Priorities]]
University Innovation Fellows: Spring 2016:
[[Jessica Zahn|Jessica Zahn]]
[[Bailey-Jean Walker|Bailey-Jean Walker]]
[[Alex Bina|Alex "it's ya boi" Bina]]
[[Kaitlyn Hackathorn|Kaitlyn Hackathorn]]
Fall 2015: Justin Shaw
Spring 2015: [[Connor Bolick]]
Fall 2013: RTENOTITLE [[Category:Student Contributors|b]]
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