Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities
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Overview
Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.
The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.
At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.
These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.