Priorities:Washington State University Vancouver Student Priorities
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Overview
Washington State University Vancouver offers to their students the opportunity to recognize the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout its many areas of study. There is at least one course in every major that delves into entrepreneurship and why consideration should be made. The perceived reality of innovation and entrepreneurship occurs in the Creative Media and Digital Culture program as students are exposed advanced topics in multimedia authoring and in special topics for specific fields in the digital world. The School of Science and Engineering has several courses on product fabrication and design. The Professional Sales Certificate of WSUV is open to students of every major and teaches important skills of self-marketing and business navigation while offering the opportunity to participate in national sales competitions. The innovation ecosystem is enhanced with weekly workshops on specific topics in technology, art, and leadership. Washington State University Vancouver also provides several opportunities for students to take their interest a step further. When students realize the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship they can get involved in a deeper way by applying for a real world internship through their program or by signing up for the small business policy course. This course exposes entrepreneur minded students to the world of market demand and product introduction and is applicable to every discipline imaginable. The campus also serves as a growing market for entrepreneurially focused clubs allowing space and mentorship for students to collaborate with and inspire each other. The school even offers a multitude of state of the art lab spaces with premier equipment and supplies for students to see their ideas become physical prototypes. With nearly two dozen specialized laboratories throughout campus there is no lack for developmental innovation resources to apply knowledge of innovation and entrepreneurship to specific challenges.
The students at the Vancouver campus are no strangers to the idea that innovation and entrepreneurship are possibilities for a strong and successful career future. The resources and inspiration exists throughout the ecosystem. There are however strong gaps in the ability for students to realize and reframe I&E goals. There exist multiple gaps in the resources available in terms of physical incubator space for students to create ventures or meet with project teams and while the main campus in Pullman Washington boasts a strong tech transfer office there is no equivalent resource available for the Vancouver students. In the near Washington State University Vancouver will need to address the concerns of realized and reframed innovation and entrepreneurship. The first steps to be taken are to harness the power of the existing resources and refocus some of the purposes on innovation and entrepreneurship and address the lacking resources in terms of physical space. It will take time to see a transformation of this level but the mindset is there and the students and faculty are ready to help make the changes happen.
Overview of Washington State University Campus Ecosystem
Calling all students
Informational Session (come hear plans, offer feedback and help expand opportunities for all students)
- Where: Nouspace Gallery and Media Lounge
- When: October 25, 2013 @ 2:00pm
- RSVP: bmwouden8@gmail.com
Strategy #1: Take Advantage of Existing Resources
Following are an array of strategies that will fully address the entrprenurail realization gap over a 2-3 year period:
Tactic #1: Engineering Lab Boot Camp
- Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
- Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
- Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]
Tactic #2: Vancouver Extension of WSU Pullman Office of Commercialization
- Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
- Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
- Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]
Tactic #3: Set up an available Intellectual Property Resource on Campus
- Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
- Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
- Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]
Strategy #2: ________
Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:
Tactic #1: [Name of tactic]
- Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
- Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
- Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]
Tactic #2: [Name of tactic]
- Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
- Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
- Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]
Tactic #3: [Name of tactic]
- Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
- Team Leader: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
- Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]