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<span style="color:#0000cd;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''California'''</span></span></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''State University'''</span></span></span><span style="color:#0000cd;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''of Fullerton'''</span></span></span>

== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Overview'''</span></span> ==

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Located in one of the most vibrant and entrepreneurial business communities in the United States, the college College of Business and Economics (Mihaylo) at California State University Fullerton, is the largest accredited business school on the West Coast. Mihaylo provides a world -class business education, offering graduate and undergraduate programs that integrate classroom education with best business practices, technology, and real-world experience. Furthermore, the University of Fullerton aspires to combine the best qualities of teaching and research to actively engage students, faculty , and staff to work in close collaboration to expand knowledge.</span></span>

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<div><br/>== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</span></spandiv> ==

== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">With the goal of pushing forward humanity, the University is a great supporter of innovation '''Student Innovation and entrepreneurship amongst students.Entrepreneurship'''</span></span>==

=== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Center For Innovation'''With the goal of pushing forward humanity, the University is a great supporter of innovation and entrepreneurship amongst students.</span></span> ===

=== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The University recently acquired the center for innovation, which is an incubator that houses innovative start-ups with scalable business concepts. The recently acquired incubator is meant to be an extension of what is done in the classroom. The start-ups housed in the incubator will be supported with mentors and coaches to help them throughout their journey. The goal of the incubator is to accelerate the commercialization of startups. In addition to the incubator, the University hosts numerous competitions in which students get the opportunity to pitch their business ideas in front of investors.'''Center For Innovation'''</span></span>===

=== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Competitions/Organizations'''The University recently acquired the center for innovation, which is an incubator that houses innovative start-ups with scalable business concepts. The recently acquired incubator is meant to be an extension of what is done in the classroom. The start-ups housed in the incubator will be supported with mentors and coaches to help them throughout their journey. The goal of the incubator is to accelerate the commercialization of startups. In addition to the incubator, the University hosts numerous competitions in which students get the opportunity to pitch their business ideas in front of investors.</span></span> ===

<span style="font-size: medium; font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">In support of innovation and entrepreneurshipAdditionally, an Innovation/Makerspace Center has been created in the University hosts two competitions that aim at promoting entrepreneurship amongst library to allow all students. The Business Plan Competition and the Titan Fast Pitch competition gives students the opportunity to pitch utilize their ideas in front of&nbsp; investorsinnovation and creativity through technology. In additionThis technology includes 3D printing, virtual reality, the&nbsp; University currently has two impactful entrepreneurship organizations in which innovation and entrepreneurship are highly valuedaugmented reality. One is the Entrepreneurship SocietySophisticated software such as Microsoft Surface Hub, Rasberry Pi, and the second high-end computing is a newly established business fraternity Sigma Upsilon Mualso made available to all students. Both organizations aim at promoting entrepreneurship amongst studentsPrevious experiments include mapping out the entire CSUF campus on virtual reality when discussing potential infrastructure changes.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Image:&nbsp;[http://www.fullerton.edu/it/_resources/images/sts/makerspace/makerspace-011818-1_preview.jpg <span style="font-size:medium; font-family: georgia, serif;">Tedx CSUF Makerspace</span>]</span></span> === <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Competitions/Organizations'''</span></span> === <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">In support of innovation and entrepreneurship, the University hosts two competitions that aim at promoting entrepreneurship amongst students. The Business Plan Competition and the Titan Fast Pitch competition gives students the opportunity to pitch their ideas in front of investors. In addition, the&nbsp; University currently has two impactful entrepreneurship organizations in which innovation and entrepreneurship are highly valued. One is the Entrepreneurship Society, and the second is a newly established business fraternity Sigma Upsilon Mu. Both organizations aim at promoting entrepreneurship amongst students.</span></span> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Student Innovation Collective (SINC) is also been currently playing a crucial role within the campus as a critical contributor to students understanding of whole and expands upon the business school by being the notion of “ideas worth spreading.” This first cross-campus, interdisciplinary organization on campus that focuses on entrepreneurship and innovation. The organization aims at pushing forward humanity through inspiration's involvement has pushed these two concepts to tbe integrated across departments (business, engineering, art, etc).</span></span>

== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</span></span> == <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">CSUF Faculty members are great supporters of innovation and student entrepreneurs. The center for entrepreneurship at the University provides students with the resources necessary to launch their businesses. In addition, the center for entrepreneurship frequently invites speakers from all industries to talk to students about the common problems most startups face. From intellectual property to funding, the center equips students to be well prepared as they go about their professional journey.</span></span> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">&nbsp;</span></span> == <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''University Industry and Collaboration'''</span></span> == <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">The Small Business Institute at the University is hosted by the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics and is managed by the College's Center for Entrepreneurship. The purpose of the Small Business Institute is to strengthen the small business sector of Orange County's free enterprise system through increasing the effectiveness and impact of small business teaching, consultation, and research at the University. The students are MBA students or graduating seniors majoring in business. The students form consulting teams and work like apprentices, closely supervised by a select group of experienced faculty experts.</span></span> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">&nbsp;</span></span> == <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Regional and Local Economics Efforts'''</span></span> == <span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">As mentioned above, the University recently acquired the center for innovation which is an incubator designed to accelerate start-ups. The center for entrepreneurship successfully partnered up&nbsp; with the city of Placentia to make the center for innovation available not only to CSUF students, but to local entrepreneurs as well.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">CSUF Faculty are great supporters of innovation and student entrepreneurs. The Furthermore, the center for entrepreneurship Economics and Small Business Institute at CSUF host a program called the University provides students with the resources necessary to launch their businessesOlympiad. In addition, the center for entrepreneurship frequently invites speakers from all industries The Olympiad is similar in nature to talk to students about the common problems most startups facea business plan competition but with a younger audience. From intellectual property to funding, the center equips The goal of this event is promote financial literacy amongst high school students to be well prepared as they go about their professional journey.</span></span>

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=== <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''University Industry and CollaborationNational Startup League'''</span></span> ===

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The Small Business Institute at Furthermore, the University is hosted by center for economics recently partnered up with the Mihaylo College of Business and Economics and is managed by the College's Center National Startup League, a not for Entrepreneurship. The purpose profit organization that equips individuals, of all levels, with the Small Business Institute&nbsp; is robust skillset required to strengthen the small business sector of Orange County's free enterprise system through increasing the effectiveness be a successful and impact of small business teaching, consultation, and research at the Universityproblem-solving entrepreneur. The students are MBA students or graduating seniors majoring Starting in business. The students form consulting teams High School and work like apprenticesUniversity classrooms, closely supervised by the National StartUp League uses a select group of experienced faculty expertshigh impact STEM based curriculum to challenge students to reframe their worldview, as solution oriented critical thinkers, and problem solvers.</span></span>

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=== <span style="font-familysize:georgia,serifmedium;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumgeorgia,serif;">Furthermore, the center for Economics and Small Business Institute at CSUF host a program called the Olympiad. The Olympiad is similar in nature to a business plan competition but with a younger audience. The goal of this event is promote financial literacy amongst high school students.'''Engineering Innovation'''</span></span>===

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The Department of Engineering has partnered with Johns Hopkins University to teach high school students to become problem solvers like engineers. This program challenges students to&nbsp;''apply&nbsp;''</span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: georgia, serif;">their knowledge and learning to projects.</span>

=== <span style="font-familysize:georgia,serifmedium;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumgeorgia, serif;">'''National Startup League'''Graduation Initiative 2025 and Innovation Grants</span></span> ===

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">FurthermoreDeveloped in fall 2013, the center Graduation Initiative 2025 was made to propose ideas to increase retention and graduation rates at CSUF. This initiative called for economics recently partnered up with close collaboration across the National Startup Leaguedivisions of Academic Affairs, a not for profit organization that equips individualsStudent Affairs, Information Technology, Administration and Finance, University Advancement, of all levelsand Human Resources, with the robust skillset required to be a successful Diversity and problem-solving entrepreneurInclusion. Starting This infrastructure has already resulted in High School great strides in advising, enrollment management and University classroomsstudent services meant to eliminate obstacles, close the National StartUp League uses a high impact STEM based curriculum to challenge achievement gap and ensure timely graduation for all students to reframe their worldview, as solution oriented critical thinkers, and problem solvers.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[[FileInnovation Grants were awarded to Faculty with projects aimed at increasing retention, increasing graduation rates, and decreasing achievement gaps. Faculty members were given grants in Spring 2017 to embark their projects to achieve higher student success. A few projects include Katherine Powers' "Joining Pipeline Stages:NslProActive Advising for Success" and Patricia Literte's "Titan Scholars Project.png|border|center|350x300px|Nsl.png]]</span>"</span>

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