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= Overview =
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas, and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. Prairie View has a small innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. There is a gap in the undergraduate involvement because of the lack of awareness of the resources that are readily available to them as well as the lack of opportunities to all of the various disciplines offered. The best way to fill this gap is to create a student organization that focuses on being knowledgeable in the current opportunities available on campus as well as determining the needs of the students and working to bring more opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurship to the campus.
The organization will be comprised of students representing the various majors offered on the campus in order to create opportunities for all majors. The purpose of the organization will be to build the students interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the resources needed to begin their innovative journey, help them network, present their projects, and/or launch a business, and connect them to the resources necessary to be independent. This organization will be the key to continuing to build innovation and entrepreneurship at Prairie View A&M University.
= Strategy #1: Create a Student Ran Innovation and Entrepreneurship Organization =
There is definitely a need at Prairie View for giving students more opportunities to be innovative. By creating an organization devoted to bringing more innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities to the students this need will be fulfilled. The organization would work to bring programs, seminars, speakers, competitions, and outside help to foster the student’s innovation and entrepreneurship goals.
== Tactic #1: Build a Council Team Within the Student Organization ==
To positively influence and foster more innovation and entrepreneurship at Prairie View, a council comprised of students from the various majors offered on campus is necessary. This will help the organization bring opportunities for all the students in the various major versus in one particular area. The council member for each major will be responsible for staying up to date with the projects, goals, and needs or their particular field.
== Tactic #2: Gain Faculty Support ==
Faculty support is imperative. The faculty will be advisors to the student organization. The faculty can advise the organization on the direction to take when making decisions and make sure the goals of the organization are being met.
= Strategy #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course =
Currently, Prairie View has an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course. However, the class is offered by the college of business and the majority of students who register for the class are business majors. Prairie View should offer a course that allows students to learn about innovation, design thinking, and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. This will allow students to learn how to approach various problems from various viewpoints and as a result there will be more creative thinking because of the interdisciplinary collaboration. Also, the course will allow the students to network with students from other majors and collaborate have a resource for outside projects.
== Tactic #1: Ask Professors from Various Disciplines to Team Up and Create a Curriculum that Incorporates Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship ==
This will give students outside of the business department an opportunity to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship. The course will also help students to see approaches and thought processes of students from different majors. As a result, this will help foster ideas and create innovation teams with various disciplines using the knowledge and resources from their particular fields to help the teams be more successful.
== Tactic #2: Restructure STEM Courses to Incorporate Discussion Groups ==
The purpose of this is to help foster innovation in the classrooms. The discussion groups will convene and discuss current innovation in the field related to their courses. The professors will discuss innovations related to curriculum being taught and as a result the students can think of ideas to create solutions to current problems or improve upon existing projects. The discussion groups can be graded based on participation or completion of a related project.
= Strategy #3: Establishing a Design Space and Make it Resourceful for all Majors at Prairie View =
== Tactic #1: Identify a Suitable Space and Tailor it to be used for Design Thinking ==
By creating a space specifically for design thinking, students will have the opportunity to be innovative and creative and collaborate with other disciplines. Interdisciplinary collaboration is significant because students are able to see different ways of thinking and pushes the students to think and create on a broader scale.
== Tactic #2: Appoint Innovation Leaders to Man Innovation Space ==
Tactic #2 will be accomplished by strategy #1. The student led innovation and entrepreneurship organization will be in charge of the design space. The space will be the organization’s headquarters and the students will work to increase the involvement of the various students from various disciplines on campus. The organization will host hands on events and workshops to help foster innovative ideas.
== Tactic #3: Maintain Momentum by Continuously Organizing Programs and Events Focused on Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==
By establishing a design space and appointing leaders, the movement to bring more opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship to Prairie View will pick up momentum. The design space will be a space for speakers to come present, have hands-on workshops, host competitions, collaborate with outside businesses and schools, and much more.
= Prairie View A&M University Landscape Canvas =
'''Prairie View A&M University Landscape Canvas:'''
Mapping the assets of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem of Prairie View is a vital first step before determining what strategies will make a positive impact. The landscape canvas is a map of all of the resources available already existing on the campus. Below is a link to Prairie View's landscape canvas.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYWLRK893Kr-PZV4CB25z3WP5YOvEShZM6YWIv0YtQ4/edit#gid=0
= Related Links =
'''Prairie View A&M University Website:'''
http://www.pvamu.edu/
'''Prairie View A&M University Campus Overview:'''
http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University
Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) is a historically black university located in Prairie View, Texas, and is a member of the Texas A&M University System. Prairie View has a small innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. There is a gap in the undergraduate involvement because of the lack of awareness of the resources that are readily available to them as well as the lack of opportunities to all of the various disciplines offered. The best way to fill this gap is to create a student organization that focuses on being knowledgeable in the current opportunities available on campus as well as determining the needs of the students and working to bring more opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurship to the campus.
The organization will be comprised of students representing the various majors offered on the campus in order to create opportunities for all majors. The purpose of the organization will be to build the students interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the resources needed to begin their innovative journey, help them network, present their projects, and/or launch a business, and connect them to the resources necessary to be independent. This organization will be the key to continuing to build innovation and entrepreneurship at Prairie View A&M University.
= Strategy #1: Create a Student Ran Innovation and Entrepreneurship Organization =
There is definitely a need at Prairie View for giving students more opportunities to be innovative. By creating an organization devoted to bringing more innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities to the students this need will be fulfilled. The organization would work to bring programs, seminars, speakers, competitions, and outside help to foster the student’s innovation and entrepreneurship goals.
== Tactic #1: Build a Council Team Within the Student Organization ==
To positively influence and foster more innovation and entrepreneurship at Prairie View, a council comprised of students from the various majors offered on campus is necessary. This will help the organization bring opportunities for all the students in the various major versus in one particular area. The council member for each major will be responsible for staying up to date with the projects, goals, and needs or their particular field.
== Tactic #2: Gain Faculty Support ==
Faculty support is imperative. The faculty will be advisors to the student organization. The faculty can advise the organization on the direction to take when making decisions and make sure the goals of the organization are being met.
= Strategy #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship Course =
Currently, Prairie View has an Innovation and Entrepreneurship course. However, the class is offered by the college of business and the majority of students who register for the class are business majors. Prairie View should offer a course that allows students to learn about innovation, design thinking, and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. This will allow students to learn how to approach various problems from various viewpoints and as a result there will be more creative thinking because of the interdisciplinary collaboration. Also, the course will allow the students to network with students from other majors and collaborate have a resource for outside projects.
== Tactic #1: Ask Professors from Various Disciplines to Team Up and Create a Curriculum that Incorporates Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship ==
This will give students outside of the business department an opportunity to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship. The course will also help students to see approaches and thought processes of students from different majors. As a result, this will help foster ideas and create innovation teams with various disciplines using the knowledge and resources from their particular fields to help the teams be more successful.
== Tactic #2: Restructure STEM Courses to Incorporate Discussion Groups ==
The purpose of this is to help foster innovation in the classrooms. The discussion groups will convene and discuss current innovation in the field related to their courses. The professors will discuss innovations related to curriculum being taught and as a result the students can think of ideas to create solutions to current problems or improve upon existing projects. The discussion groups can be graded based on participation or completion of a related project.
= Strategy #3: Establishing a Design Space and Make it Resourceful for all Majors at Prairie View =
== Tactic #1: Identify a Suitable Space and Tailor it to be used for Design Thinking ==
By creating a space specifically for design thinking, students will have the opportunity to be innovative and creative and collaborate with other disciplines. Interdisciplinary collaboration is significant because students are able to see different ways of thinking and pushes the students to think and create on a broader scale.
== Tactic #2: Appoint Innovation Leaders to Man Innovation Space ==
Tactic #2 will be accomplished by strategy #1. The student led innovation and entrepreneurship organization will be in charge of the design space. The space will be the organization’s headquarters and the students will work to increase the involvement of the various students from various disciplines on campus. The organization will host hands on events and workshops to help foster innovative ideas.
== Tactic #3: Maintain Momentum by Continuously Organizing Programs and Events Focused on Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==
By establishing a design space and appointing leaders, the movement to bring more opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship to Prairie View will pick up momentum. The design space will be a space for speakers to come present, have hands-on workshops, host competitions, collaborate with outside businesses and schools, and much more.
= Prairie View A&M University Landscape Canvas =
'''Prairie View A&M University Landscape Canvas:'''
Mapping the assets of the Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) ecosystem of Prairie View is a vital first step before determining what strategies will make a positive impact. The landscape canvas is a map of all of the resources available already existing on the campus. Below is a link to Prairie View's landscape canvas.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYWLRK893Kr-PZV4CB25z3WP5YOvEShZM6YWIv0YtQ4/edit#gid=0
= Related Links =
'''Prairie View A&M University Website:'''
http://www.pvamu.edu/
'''Prairie View A&M University Campus Overview:'''
http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Prairie_View_A%26M_University
