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<span id="docs-internal-guid-acf70e42-7fff-d32d-3eba-74948fdb4e67"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youngstown State University has worked diligently to create an atmosphere that encourages Innovation and Entrepreneurship. We start off with introductory courses that put Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the minds of students in their first year. Some of these courses include Exploring Business, Marketing Concepts, professional selling and more. These courses focus on subject material outside of Innovation and Entrepreneurship but touch on I&E in a way that sparks interest in the minds of the students. About 450 students go through those courses each semester. We also bring in speakers weekly that talk about Innovation and Entrepreneurship or hit on that subject in some type of way that promotes I&E. Word is spread about I&E through many sources on our campus. We have the Jambar, which is a student ran newspaper that highlights key events on campus. In addition to this, we have the Youngstown State University magazine that many students have access to. Lastly, Youngstown State University has a radio station called Rookery Radio which is an online radio station that broadcasts events that are going on as well as other pertinent information.</span></span> <span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-acf70e42-7fff-d32d-3eba-74948fdb4e67"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation and Entrepreneurship becomes even closer to students through courses designed specifically for I&E. Some of these courses include Entrepreneurship New Venture Creation, Entrepreneurship- Small Business Financial Management, Entrepreneurship- Business Plan Development, as well as Business Valuations which is in the Graduate program. All of these courses are directly relating to I&E and help students develop the I&E thinking and knowledge to succeed as innovative Entrepreneurs. Programs and student organizations are utilized to catalyze I&E as well. Some of these include Enactus which strives to create entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators, and our Entrepreneurship program that is led by a very successful entrepreneur. That same successful entrepreneur also runs a program that brings High School Students from the area to our university for a day long Innovation and Entrepreneurship forum for those students. At the event. Students get paired with one college student in an Entrepreneurship class and work on a business idea and present to the group. We also have a program called Hack YSU which allows students to explore their creative side as well as get additional exposure to I&nbspE.</span></span> <span><span style="font-size: 11pt;&nbspfont-family: Arial;&nbspcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);&nbspbackground-color: transparent;&nbspfont-variant-ligatures: normal;&nbspfont-variant-east-asian: normal;&nbspfont-variant-position: normal;&nbspvertical-align: baseline;&nbspwhite-space: pre-wrap;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;."></span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-acf70e42-7fff-d32d-3eba-74948fdb4e67"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students have opportunities to get hands on experience with Innovation and Entrepreneurship through many channels at Youngstown State University. We run several I&E internship programs for students and we have many companies in the surrounding area that are supportive of our students in many ways. The Beeghly Fellowship</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">program provides students with a paid fellowship working with the Ohio Small Business Development Center at YSU. &nbsp;Projects include marketing research, preparation of financial statements, export readiness studies, country research, business plan development, cash flow analysis and sales forecast.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-acf70e42-7fff-d32d-3eba-74948fdb4e67"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The SBDC is partially funded through the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Ohio Development Services Agency, and is part of a network of Centers throughout the country.</span></span> <span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-acf70e42-7fff-d32d-3eba-74948fdb4e67"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to the Small Business Development Center, we also have the regional economic development initiative (REDI). The Regional Economic Development Initiative (REDI) is located in the Office of Research at Youngstown State University (YSU), on the second floor of the Phelps Building on the campus of YSU. REDI serves in the role as “Navigator” in research-based, implementation-focused economic development support services for the Mahoning Valley. &nbsp;REDI’s focus and mission reflects an organizational focus on a plan-implement structure known as design-build, a model often seen in the architecture and construction industries. This will enable REDI to serve as the “Navigator” in economic development implementation and support services throughout the Mahoning Valley. Economic development partners throughout the region have affirmed YSU REDI’s “Navigator” role.</span></span>