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The University of North Florida (UNF) is an emerging center for entrepreneurship in Jacksonville, and in Northeast Florida. UNF’s Coggin College of Business is primarily responsible for the increased emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation. Most recently, after a $1 million dollar donation, UNF created the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.  <div>[[File:Second pic.jpg]]<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The UNF Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be is open to 15 startup start-up companies per year where entrepreneurs will undergo a year-long development program at the 13,000-square-foot living, learning lab, located in the bustling center of downtown Jacksonville. Learn more about the UNF Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation by watching this </span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx77aoe3B8U <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">video</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-99856af1-7fff-31d3-52dd-acf19364359d"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Coggin College of Business also offers a minor in </span>[https://www.unf.edu/catalog/link/MINORBENT/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">entrepreneurship</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that all students have the opportunity to partake in. The minor itself is predominantly business -oriented, but does offer courses that teach creativity and design thinking. This minor coincides with the 200 registered student organizations on campus, one of which is the </span>[https://unf.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/eci <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneurs, Creators, and Innovators</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-sizeclub. In addition, UNF offers courses such as GEB4942: 12pt; fontEntrepreneurial Internship, which stimulates innovation and allows students to gain real-familyworld experiences in entrepreneurial business. Other courses such as MAN4294: Arial; color: rgb(0Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">clubteach students how to have a creative mindset when exploring different possibilities in complex and uncertain environments. There may be an opportunity to expand the number of clubs or students involved with social innovation because the UNF Student Government, which has an annual budget of roughly $4.5 million dollars, just announced the creation of a new Student Involvement Center.&nbsp;</span></span><br/><span id="docs The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is one of the ways UNF encourages student innovation and entrepreneurship through funding a variety of different research-internal-guid-99856af1-7fff-31d3-52dd-acf19364359d"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">based projects. The final way that UNF encourages student innovation and entrepreneurship is are through </span>[https://www.unf.edu/ugstudies/tlo/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Transformational learning opportunities</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(TLOs). TLOs may take a myriad of forms that include study abroad experiences, service -learning experiences, research/directed independent study experiences with a faculty member, and leadership experiences.</span></span>