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'''Tyler Higgins'''<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All of those buzzwords essentially boil down to two fundamental goals:</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>
Tyler Higgins is an University Innovation Fellow at Furman University in Greenville<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:georgia, South Carolina. Tyler works with the [http://epicenter.stanford.edu/ Epicenter at Stanford University] serif;">Tyler’s professional and [http://venturewell.org/ Venturewell] (formerly NCIIA) to expand the Innovation academic interests lie in finance and Entrepreneurship ecosystem on campusaccounting. Tyler came He hopes to Furman by way of TC Roberson High School leverage these financial skills in Asheville, North Carolina. In high school, Tyler enjoyed defying stereotypes as both an athlete combination with his interests in entrepreneurship and a “mathleteorganizational innovation to help companies,” leading the Roberson Rams football team from corporations to consecutive conference championships and representing the Rams at local, statestartups, align their fiscal and regional mathematics competitions. At Furman, Tyler hopes to continue breaking barriers as part of a burgeoning campus movement advocating for the development of an innovative and entrepreneurial campus ecosystemstrategic goals.</span></span>
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'''Tyler Higgins '''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">is currently a University Innovation Fellow at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. As a Fellow, Tyler works with faculty, staff, and students to facilitate and lead the development of classes, workshops, and initiatives that impart an entrepreneurial mindset and expand the innovation & entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem on campus.</span>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">'''So what does that really mean?''' <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>
#<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most importantly, Tyler’s work creates opportunities for students to put classroom theory into real world practice, allowing them to develop a toolkit (</span>''entrepreneurial mindset''<span style="font-size: small;">) to capitalize on opportunities in the classroom, in business, and in life at large. Recently, this has taken the form of '''[[Makeryproject.squarespace.com|The Makery Project]]''' which seeks to connect students with communities to collectively solve problems and create change.</span></span>#<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The second aspect of Tyler’s work revolves around curricular and environmental change that creates more opportunities for faculty and students to collaborate across departmental boundaries on academic and tangible projects (expanding the </span>'Furman University'I&E ecosystem''<span style="font-size: small;">). This goal is manifest in the collective efforts of the Furman UI Fellows and key faculty partners to develop a [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Furman_on_FIRE:_Fueling_Innovation,_Research_%26_Entrepreneurship#Building_a_Portfolio_of_Small_Bets series of curricular “small bets”] which will hopefully culminate in the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Furman_on_FIRE:_Fueling_Innovation,_Research_%26_Entrepreneurship#Long_Term_Project development of an institute] to facilitate ongoing efforts.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Tyler brings a wealth is also an Executive Board Member of experience in innovation and entrepreneurship… just kiddingthe Furman University College Republicans, Tyler’s experience is limited to a handful of conversations Consultant with the Furman University Writing & Media Lab, and a perusal volunteer with the United Way of the UIF websiteGreenville County Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. Admittedly</span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:georgia, he’s a newcomer to the innovation and entrepreneurship conversation in higher educationserif;">In his free time, but he believes his passion for new challenges enjoys reading, playing golf, and his commitment to creating more engaging watching college football and active learning environments make him well suited for the task at handbasketball (Go Paladins!). </span></span> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylermhiggins <b><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Connect with Tyler on LinkedIn</span></span></b>] '''<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Email me at sniggiht@gmail.com</span></span>'''
= Related Links =
[[Furman_UniversityFurman University|Furman University Overview]] [[Furman on FIRE: Fueling Innovation, Research & Entrepreneurship|Furman on FIRE: I&E Strategic Priorities]] '''<span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ben_Riddle Ben Riddle]</span>''' '''<span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tyler_Higgins Tyler Higgins]</span>''' '''<span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sam_Kristen_Can Sam Kristen Can]</span>''' [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kudakwashe_Chinyama <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Kudakwashe Chinyama</span></b>] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Anna_Peterson <b><span style="font-size: medium;">Anna Peterson</span></b>]
[[Furman_on_FIRECategory:_Fueling_Innovation,_Research_&_EntrepreneurshipStudent Contributors|Furman on FIRE: I&E Strategic Prioritiest]]