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Greetings! My name is [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdominikphd/ Mike Dominik], and I'm a Senior Lecturer faculty member at [https://www.rowan.edu/ Rowan University] in Glassboro, NJ, USA. My diverse academic background includes BS Electrical Engineering (Rutgers University), MS Engineering Management of Technology (University of Pennsylvania), MBA (Rowan University), and PhD in Organizational Leadership (Eastern University). My career includes 16 years as an engineer with [https://ethw.org/RCA_(Radio_Corporation_of_America) RCA], General Electric and Lockheed Martin, followed by 16 more years as a two-time technology entrepreneur (the software startup I co-founded called [https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130910005181/en/PTC-Expands-Technology-Deployment-Options-with-Acquisition-of-Hosting-Provider-NetIDEAS NetIDEAS was acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation]). I have proudly served as an [https://business.rowan.edu/faculty-staff/dominik-faculty.html educator at Rowan University] since 2016.
Rowan University is [https://today.rowan.edu/news/20212023/02/rowan-namedon-fourththe-fastest-growingrise.html #:~:text=Recognized%20as%20the%20nation's%20third,doubled%20in%20the%20last%20decade. the USA's fourth third-fastest-growing public research university], and has nearly doubled in size in the past decade, from around 10.000 students in 2010 to nearly 23,000 nowas of 2023. With growth comes challenges - and also OPPORTUNITY and a need to be innovative and entrepreneurial (the entrepreneurial mindset). Rowan's first Leadership Circle of Fellows was formed in 2016, and two more leadership circles followed in 2018 and 2019. COVID in 2020 caused us to put a hold on UIF for one year, but came back in 2021 with another four students!
Below we feature briefs about each of the [https://www.facebook.com/rowanuif/ Rowan University Leadership Circles] and what they have notably accomplished as University Innovation Fellows.[[File:Rowan Fellows at meetup 2019.jpg|thumb|Rowan Fellows at 2019 meetup|link=Special:FilePath/Rowan_Fellows_at_meetup_2019.jpg]]'''Rowan UIF Cohort 1: 2016-2017'''. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandongrahameng/ Brandon Graham] (co-founder and CEO of [https://www.arkelive.com/ Arke Aeronautics]), [https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonia-nuzzolo/ Antonia Nuzzolo], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kayla-callaway-10756b11a/ Kayla Callaway], [https://www.linkedin.com/in/melody-tashjian-6225a578/ Melody Tashjian]. Rowan's first cohort is most notable for establishing Rowan University's "maker space", known as [https://rcie.medium.com/explore-studio-231-rowans-experiential-learning-lab-and-makerspace-7130cda0508b Studio 231], which was acknowledged by the AACSB with a [https://www.aacsb.edu/about/advocacy-and-awareness/member-challenges/innovations-that-inspire/2019/rowan-university 2019 Innovations That Inspire] award. This cohort held the [https://www.alumni.rowan.edu/s/1653/02-alumni/index.aspx?sid=1653&gid=2&pgid=1397 first UIF E&I convention] at Rowan University, which attracted [https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1534611919890370&set=ms.c.eJxFj0ESBEEEBH80gULz~%3B49NDLvV1wwy0YCnallGHPF8dIDJ6WpBOEHPhPYPaNlMHILWBcKVXEf8QXyV7MOKbQWsxDqUDqudACuYOxAEBjMcAR34QLrx0pWWXMeALFZyVrLpkHXEvWOyIvf9ySqzspcGQft8C38BKphH1g~-~-.bps.a.1534611776557051 more than 100 participants in April 2017]. Their [https://www.facebook.com/rowanuif/videos/1751284451556448 Silicon Valley meetup in early 2017] was a [https://universityinnovationfellows.org/silicon-valley-meetup/uif-dyoe-worksheet-svm-march-2017/ rousing success]! Check out [https://soundcloud.com/profcasts/rowanuifinterview?fbclid=IwAR1cCxp8WxslNuE2KzA5hWVpMxQ7mX65Tx3VdNoIoMvF-jYmvKQj57WWpVQ this podcast interview] with these four Fellows.