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<span style="font-size:xx-large;">'''Persefoni Lauhon'''</span>
<span style="font-size:mediumlarge;">'''Western Michigan University'''</span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Persefoni Lauhon is an University Innovation Fellow at Western Michigan University, working to expand the Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus. In doing so, she works with Epicenter leaders at Stanford University and VentureWell (formerly NCIIA) to ensure all students graduate with an entrepreneurial mindset.</span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Persefoni is passionate about helping students see the benefits of entrepreneurial thinking, whether they are interested in starting their own business, designing a Master’s life-saving device for a Fortune-500 company, or managing a group of people. She believes that with the right skills and training, everyone can entrepreneur solutions for a better tomorrow.</span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;">Persefoni is currently a Master's student studying Industrial Engineering at Western Michigan University and is training to be a Fall 2014 University Innovation FellowUnviersity. She has been in involved in many on campus organizations, including the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Campus Activities Board (CAB), and Starting Gate, WMU’s WMU's business accelerator program. She graduated from WMU in 2013 with a Bachelor’s Bachelor's degree in Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering. </span>