IDEAS TO BRING I&E TO CAMPUS

To increase collaboration between the different colleges.

Create a Student Government Association chartered club that brings together students from different clubs to communicate and discuss collaborative efforts.
Host competitions that require individuals to team with students who have different skills in diverse fields.
Implement an interdisciplinary course that encourages students to work together.
Host events that incorporate speakers who appeal to students in all diverse fields.
Implement a program that connects students to partners who have the skills they lack.
Pass a bylaw in the SGA constitution that requires SGA chartered clubs to not only perform community service hours, but, to also collaborate with a number of clubs every year.

To encourage students to think creatively.

Make students aware of the Hatch House incubator on campus. This is a space where students are free to collaborate, think and relax with other students.
Bring a Ted Talk to campus as a means of inspiring and motivating students.
Educate faculty about how to foster innovation in the classroom as opposed to limiting it.
Implement a required course that teaches students the difference between design thinking and lean startups and how to utilize them in the real world.
Host events that foster innovation. This can be a competition asking students to create a more efficient bike. The winner can receive money or just bragging rights!
Host our own very short mock UIF program where we lead students in learning about design thinking. We will work with them to identify campus problems and to solve those problems.

To educate students about what it means to be an entrepreneur.

Host events in which CEO’s come to speak about their entrepreneurial experiences.
Host an information session that brings together campus innovators and teaches students about what it means to be a CEO.
Host an event in which students are put onto diverse teams and must create a mock startup.
Work together with the CEO club to foster entrepreneurship in fields other than business, especially STEM.
Require students of all majors to take the Entrepreneurship & Innovation class offered to business students on campus.
Create a video series interviewing entrepreneurs and market it to students on campus. The series will discuss what it means to be a CEO and how to do it.

To create awareness about Rowan's entrepreneurial resources.

Work with Rowan’s American Marketing Association to market Hatch House Ventures.
Speak to the marketing department about using Rowan’s entrepreneurship resources as the project for their marketing plan classes. For this class, dozens of students will work together to produce an extensive marketing plan for the organization or project.
Work with all club leaders to send press releases to their members about resources our school offers. We can also come to speak at their meetings to educate students about the resources.
Create a website that compiles a list of resources that Rowan has. This will be similar to what the UIF Rowan Wiki page may look like but will be for Rowan students. It will be able to direct them to where they are looking to go.
Host an orientation-like event for freshmen students that educates them about the resources we have.

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