<h2> <b>CONTENT <img src="/images/3/35/XULA_Logo.jpg" _fck_mw_filenameOverview ="XULA Logo.jpg" _fck_mw_type="border" alt="XULA Logo Xavier University of Louisiana is a private, Catholic historically black university founded in 1925 by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.jpg" class="fck_mw_border" /><img src="/images/5/57/Dob_logoXavier has the College of Pharmacy and the College of Arts and Sciences which offers Masters Programs in some liberal arts fields.png" _fck_mw_filename="Dob logoIt was built in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana with a goal to improve advancement of Native Americans and African Americans. President Dr.png" _fck_mw_type="border" alt="Dob logoNorman C.png" class="fck_mw_border" /><img src="/images/4/40/EilogoFrancis is noted for being the longest tenured running president in the nation.png" _fck_mw_filename="Eilogo.png" _fck_mw_type="border" alt="Eilogo.png" class="fck_mw_border" /></b> </h2><p>1His efforts to not only promote the education of minorities but invest in the potential of research and science education have gained the university positive recognition among HBCUs.       <img _fck_mw_validXavier University remains a leader in producing the most African Americans to obtain degree in science and get admission into medical, pharmacy, and graduate schools. ="false" _fck_mw_filenamePromoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contents.docx" alt="Overview" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p>2Recently, Xavier has begun to implement more innovation and entrepreneurial organizations and activities on campus.       <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/ContentsWith the help of Professor Mark L.docx" alt="Promoting Student Innovation Quinn, the Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Assistant professor in Entrepreneurship" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p>3, the Business department has been able to form X-ncubator, Enactus, and the Entrepreneurship Institute.       <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/ContentsIn the Fall semester, students prepare a business plan for a social enterprise and present it to corporate executives.docx" alt="Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p>3.1   <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filenameIn the Spring, students participate in the Opportunity Finance Company Venture Challenge, a business plan competition. Xavier is a part of the Google Community Leaders Program, in which students learn the Google products and train local businesses in how to expand their online presence. Students learn essentially how to consult to small businesses. ="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contents.docx" alt="X-ncubator" class="fck_mw_notfound" <br/>==</p><p>3This is a small incubator on campus where students interested in entrepreneurship can gain real business experience.2   <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/ContentsThe department faculty assists the student business owners as they plan and execute their ideas for a business venture.docx" alt="Enactus" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p>3The incubator is set up to simulate a legitimate work environment and allows the students to interact with different entrepreneurs, clients, and each other.3   <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/ContentsThe VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site is one of the ventures that is a part of this incubator. Professors supervise students as they schedule client appointments and develop interpersonal communication skills.docx" alt ="The Entrepreneurship Institute" class="fck_mw_notfound" Enactus<br/>==<Xavier [http://p><p>4www.xula.       <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:edu/business/documents/entr///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contentsenactus%20page.docx" alt="Actively Supporting pdf Enactus], formerly known as SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), is an entrepreneurship club on campus. It is part of the University Technology Transfer Function" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p>5international Enactus non-profit organization that aims to help students become better business leaders and entrepreneurs.       <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contents.docx" alt="Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p>6The students are involved with X-ncubator on campus and off campus programs that help them gain business and initiative experience. Some of those programs include First Klass, an economic empowerment group for women, Steps for Empowerment, an initiative that exports shoes to the less fortunate, and a Don’t Text and Drive Campaign.       <img _fck_mw_valid="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/ContentsEnactus students participate in regional and national competitions where they present their projects and network with internship administrators.docx" alt="Engaging with Regional and Local Development Efforts" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p>7They are also involved in the Teen Academy where the students create ideas for creative design competitions in local high schools.       <img _fck_mw_validHigh school students send in their applications and Enactus students judge their work and award a cash prize to the winner. ="false" _fck_mw_filename="File:The Entrepreneurship Institute<br///C> == The [http:/Users/Chigoziewww.xula.edu/Documentsbusiness/Contentsentrepreneurship.docx" alt="Landscape Canvas" class="fck_mw_notfound" /></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><u>Overview</u></p><p>Xavier University of Louisiana is a privatehtml Entrepreneurship Institute] was developed to promote entrepreneurial thinking across Xavier’s campus. A minor in Entrepreneurship has been created where students of any major can take 18 hours of Accounting, Marketing, Management, Catholic historically black university founded in 1925 and Entrepreneurship courses. “Lunch with a TREP” is another endeavor by the Sisters of the Blessed SacramentBusiness department that involves weekly events with local entrepreneurs. It is a small 4-year institution that enrolls These business men and women are invited on campus to speak to students about 3,200 students annually. Xavier has the College of Pharmacy their business journey and answer any questions they might have. The institute has also started the College of Arts and Sciences which offers Masters Programs in some liberal arts fieldsbi-annual "Xavier Cup Innovation Challenge. It " This challenge was built in created to get Xavier's campus thinking about the heart powere of New Orleans, Louisiana with creativity and an innovative mindset. Each team must develop the most creative invention only using a goal improve advancement of Native Americans cup and African Americansone other item. President Dr. Norman C. Francis is noted for being The team with the longest tenured running president in the nation. His efforts to not only promote the education of minorities but invest in the potential of research most creative and profittable idea and science have gained the university positive recognition among HBCUs. Xavier University remains biggest social media market wins a cash prize! This program has been a leader in producing the most African Americans to obtain degree in science major success! = Encouraging Faculty Innovation and get admission into medicalEntrepreneurship = Within the last 10 years, pharmacy, and graduate schools.</p><p><a href="http://wwwXavier’s involvement in research has greatly increased.xula.edu/mediarelations/quickfactsMany faculty members participate in research that varies in topic from astrophysics and freak waves to drug discovery and delivery for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases.php">http://wwwXavier ranks number 1 in receiving funds from the Health and Human Services on a per capita basis. It also ranks in the top 30 percent nationwide in funding from the National Science Foundation and third in Louisiana from the National Institutes of Health.xula.edu/mediarelations/quickfacts.php</a></p><p> </p><p><u>Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</u></p><p>Recently, Xavier has begun to implement more innovation and entrepreneurial organizations and activities on campus. With the help is a member of Professor Mark L. Quinn, the Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Assistant professor in EntrepreneurshipLouisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC), the Business department has been able allowing cancer research programs to form X-ncubator, Enactus progressively further their research. The LCRC awards faculty approximately $900, 000 each fiscal year to those that have written approved budget and the Entrepreneurship Instituteresearch plans. In the Fall semesterThis sponsors travel expenses, start-up packages, materials, etc. The Center of Undergraduate Research (CUR) sponsors undergraduate students prepare a business plan for a social enterprise and present it to corporate executivesget involved in paid research opportunities with faculty members.  In the Spring, students participate in They are funded by the Opportunity Finance Company Venture ChallengeAndrew F. Mellon grant which awards $2, a business plan competition. Xavier is also a part of the Google Community Leaders Program500 to $10, 000 to several professors involved in which research. CUR is not restricted to STEM majors and sponsors students learn the Google products and train local businesses with a research interest in how to expand their online presenceany discipline provided they are supervised by a professor.  Students learn essentially how In January 2014, Xavier University received a US patent for a novel formulation to consult to small businessestreat pain and heroin addiction (Dr.</p><p><u>X-ncubator</u><u>:</u> This is Tarun Mandal, a small incubator on campus where students interested professor in entrepreneurship can gain real business experience. The department faculty assists the student business owners as they plan and execute their ideas for a business ventureCollege of Pharmacy). The incubator is set up to simulate a legitimate work environment and allows the students to interact with different entrepreneursIn last few years, clients, and each several otherapplications have also been submitted for US patent. The VITA These include (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance1) site is one of the ventures that is a part of this incubatorAutomated Control Release Multiple Layer Coating (Dr. Professors supervise students as they schedule client appointments and develop interpersonal communication skillsTarun Mandal), (2) Inhibiting Hepatitis C Viral Replication with siRNA Combinations (Dr.</p><p><u>Enactus</u><u>:</u> Xavier Enactus, formerly known as SIFE Tarun Mandal), (Students in Free Enterprise3), is a novel peptide drug for the treatment of herpes (Dr. Partha Bhattacharjee, an entrepreneurship club on campus. It is part assistant professor in the Department of the international Enactus non-profit organization that aims to help students become better business leaders and entrepreneursBiology), (4) a novel daidzein analogs as treatment for cancer (Dr. The students are involved with X-ncubator on campus Guangdi Wang, a professor in the Department of Chemistry), (5) Bisbenzamidines and off campus programs that help them gain business and initiative experiencebisbenzamidoximes for the treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis (Dr. Some Tien Huang, a professor in the College of those programs include First Klass, an economic empowerment group for women, Steps for Empowerment, an initiative that exports shoes to Pharmacy). = Actively Supporting the less fortunate, and a Don’t Text University Technology Transfer Function = Xavier University has a very active Technology Transfer Unit within the Office of Resource Development. The Office of Resource Development assists faculty and Drive Campaign. Enactus students participate staff in regional research grant-writing, intellectual property policies and national competitions where they present their projects procedures, and network with internship administratorsbudget. They are also involved in the Teen Academy where the students create ideas for creative design competitions in local high schools = Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration = Xavier University has active collaboration with pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. High school students send in their applications Dr. Tarun Mandal (College of Pharmacy) and Enactus students judge their work and award his research team have developed an inhalable formulation of a cash prize to proprietary (Tulane University and Autoimmune Technology; Flufirvite-3®) peptide for the winnertreatment of influenza. The project is a $3.<2 M NIH/p><p><u>The Entrepreneurship Institute</u><u>:</u> This institute was developed to promote entrepreneurial thinking across Xavier’s campusNIAID grant and Dr. A minor Mandal is the PI of the formulation core. He has successfully transferred the technology to Cirrus Pharmaceuticals for further development. He has co-authored the CMC documents supporting the IND (#101759) application. The Phase I first-in Entrepreneurship -human clinical trial of the API has been created where students completed (#NCT01313962) last year and the Phase I clinical trial of any major can take 18 hours of Accounting, Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship coursesthe newly developed powder formulation will initiate soon. “Lunch = Engaging with a TREP” is another endeavor by Regional and Local Development Efforts = Xavier's business department hosts the Local Small Business department Development Center (LSBDC) that involves weekly events with local entrepreneurspartners with universities all over the southern Louisiana region. These business men This center allows Xavier to play a role in advising and women are invited on campus to speak to students about their working with small business journey orders regarding issues such as marketing, finance, and answer any questions they might havemanagement.</p><p><a hrefLSBDC has raised millions of dollars for individuals to use as capital for their business and entrepreneurial ventures. ="httpLandscape Canvas = [https://wwwdocs.xulagoogle.educom/spreadsheets/d/business1mzJIvuwHF4N4ikjwUfEDhkWPcK6V8C000NUVbQfsfeo/entrepreneurshipedit Click to view Xavier's landscape canvas].html"> = Related Links = [http://www.xulauniversityinnovation.eduorg/businesswiki/entrepreneurshipBrandi_Temple Brandi Temple] [http://universityinnovation.html<org/wiki/a>Chigozie_Christine_Dike Chigozie Christine Dike] <[http:/p><p><u>Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship</u>universityinnovation.org/wiki/6_Strategies_for_Xavier_University_of_Louisiana Xavier University of Louisian Student Priorities] </p><p>Within the last 10 years, Xavier’s involvement in research has greatly increased. Many faculty members, especially in the natural sciences department, participate in research that varies in topic from astrophysics and freak waves to cancer and proteins. Xavier ranks number 1 in receiving funds from the Health and Human Services on a per capita basis. It also ranks in the top 30 percent nationwide in funding from the National Science Foundation and third in Louisiana from the National Institutes of Health. Xavier is a member of the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC), allowing cancer research programs to progressively further their research. The LCRC awards faculty approximately $900,000 each fiscal year to those that have written approved budget and research plans. This sponsors travel expenses, start-up packages, materials, etc.</p><p>The Center of Undergraduate Research (CUR) sponsors undergraduate students to get involved in paid research opportunities with faculty members. They are funded by the Andrew F. Mellon grant which awards $2,500 to $10,000 to several professors involved in research. CUR is not restricted to STEM majors and sponsors students with a research interest in any discipline provided they are supervised by a professor.</p><p>Faculty members have also been awarded patents for their innovative endeavors throughout their work. Dr. Tauran Mandal, assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy, received a patent for a drug that aids in the treatment of pain and heroin addiction. Dr. Patha Bhattacharjee was also awarded one for a peptide drug for herpes infections. Many other faculty members continue on this innovative track of design and entrepreneurship.</p><p><a href="http://www.xula.edu/cancerresearch/bhattacharjee.php">http://www.xula.edu/cancerresearch/bhattacharjee.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.xula.edu/mediarelations/TMAX/tmax_february2014.php">http://www.xula.edu/mediarelations/TMAX/tmax_february2014.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.xula.edu/cancerresearch/index.php">http://www.xula.edu/cancerresearch/index.php</a></p><p><a href="http://www.xula.edu/cur/faq.php">http://www.xula.edu/cur/faq.php</a></p><p><u>Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</u></p><p>Xavier currently does not have a Technology Transfer Office. Information or assistance about those matters is usually referred to by nearby institutions such as Tulane University. Xavier does however, have an Office of Resource Development that assists in research grant-writing, intellectual property policies and procedures, and budget approvals.</p><p><a href="http://www.xula.edu/ord/index.php">http://www.xula.edu/ord/index.php</a></p><p><u>Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</u></p><p>There are no university collaborations that involve industrial matters at this time.</p><p><u>Engaging with Regional and Local Development Efforts</u></p><p>The Business department hosts the Local Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) that partners with universities all over the southern Louisiana region. This center allows Xavier to play a role in advising and working with small business orders regarding issues such as marketing, finance, and management. 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