Priorities:Southern Illinois University Student Priorities - Spring 2016
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Overview
Southern Illinois University (SIU) excels in housing the resources for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
In fact, SIU has been supporting the region’s entrepreneurs in job creation, enterprise development and expansion, and strengthening the rural southern Illinois economy since 1985 with the establishment of the Small Business Development Center. Various courses allow our student body to discover the significance of an entrepreneurship culture, workshops such as Marketing U assist in developing professionalism, competitions such as the Elevator Pitch Competition have been devoted to engage students in innovative activities, and the Research Park is the primary innovation and technology space in the southern third of Illinois.
Yet, many courses are offered only to STEM or business majors disqualifying curious students who desire to explore the topic but don't wish to extend their currciulum and the Research Park is located on the outskirts of campus. Many of these resoures are segregated making it relatively difficult for students to involve themselves in related activites and hinders marketing attempts. The following are our student priorities: