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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 increase awareness and advocacy for other majors outside the current opportunities available on campus as well as determining the needs College of the students Business, establishing an entrepreneurship residency program, and working partnering with key contributors to bring more opportunities the startup ecosystems in innovation Austin and entrepreneurship to the campusHouston, Texas. 

The organization will be comprised of students representing = Strategy #1: To increase the various majors offered on the campus in order to create opportunities for all majors. The purpose financial literacy 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.student community=

= Strategy = Tactic #1: Create Develop and Launch F.U.N.D==F.U.N.D. is short for Finances Under New Direction, a Student Ran program Prairie View A&M University Innovation Fellows developed to bring change to the generational debt and Entrepreneurship Organization =mishandled finances within the minority population. Although F.U.N.D. was created to help individuals that fall under the minority population, it will also help those that do not, alongside Prairie View A&M students and aspiring financial advisors, accountants, and future tax professionals. F.U.N.D. will increase financial literacy and knowledge across the board at Prairie View and spread not only amongst the school but across the city. F.U.N.D. will help address the lack of financial knowledge in the student and regional community, while also helping the university budget our money and help students understand where their money goes.

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 = Strategy #2: Develop and entrepreneurship opportunities to the students this need will be fulfilled. The organization would work to bring programs, seminars, speakers, competitions, reinforce student interest in Innovation and outside help to foster the student’s innovation and entrepreneurship goals. Entrepreneurship    =

== Tactic #1: Build For communities where innovation and entrepreneurship aren't words you hear frequently and aren't the frequently trodden paths, it requires dedicated and concerted strategies in order to foster a Council Team Within the Student Organization ==community of individuals that value social impact through innovation.  

To positively influence and foster more == Tactic #1: Create exposure to opportunities in 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. student levels  ==

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 == Tactic #2: Create a cyclical and make sure the goals of the organization are being met. sustainable innovation community and ecosystem  ==

= Strategy Programs in Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Innovation 1 will create a long-standing dynamic within the innovation ecosystem to ensure that nascent students are learning and Entrepreneurship Course =being mentored by experienced students and entrepreneurs. By doing this we will not only engage students but also faculty (who will assist with decision making and administration advocacy), entrepreneurs and players within the Houston & Austin VC & startup community to create a fully functioning and self-supporting ecosystem. 

Currently, Prairie View has an = Strategy #3: Increase matriculation into the 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. Academic Program  =

== Tactic #1: Ask Professors Currently, Prairie View under the vision of Dr. Mcneil has established an Innovation and Entrepreneurship program (heretofore referred to as IEP) within the College of Business that provides students with the opportunity to obtain a minor and a certificate if the requirements are fulfilled. This is the university's main academic foray into innovation and entrepreneurship from Various Disciplines to Team Up a curriculum standpoint. This exists in a unique place within the nebula of the university's innovation ecosystem. The programs sponsored by PV Wire and Create UIF develops a Curriculum that Incorporates Design Thinking seed of interest within the students while the academic program gives an open access to attitudes and Entrepreneurship ==skills in innovation backed by the governing body of the university. 

== Tactic #1: Increased advocacy and pitching to disciplines outside of the College of Business  == This will give students outside of the business department an opportunity to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship. The course will also help If the activities sponsored by the University Innovation Fellows such as the freshman Introduction to Innovation are paired with the curriculum then students of all disciplines are given an outlet to see approaches and thought processes of students from different majorsfollow up on their interests. As a resultIn order for the ecosystem to be self-sustaining, this will help foster ideas and create innovation teams with various it requires students of all disciplines using to be working in tandem, which requires advocacy by the knowledge different colleges especially those that might not inject free thinking and resources from collaborative exercises within their particular fields course loads. This also exists as a unique opportunity to help the teams be more successfulimprove critical thinking abilities and receive academic credit which will make students well rounded problem solvers regardless of field or passion. 

The purpose of this tactic is to help foster innovation curriculum in the classrooms. The discussion groups will convene and discuss current innovation processes and services in the field related to their courses. The professors will discuss innovations related to the 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 #34: Establishing a Design Space Establish an Entrepreneurship Residency program to provide resources that aid in growth and Make it Resourceful support for all Majors at Prairie View student founders =

== Tactic #1: Identify a Suitable Space and Tailor it to be used for Design Thinking budding entrepreneurs that have established ventures, but need support  ==

By creating identifying entrepreneurs who have ideated and taken the first steps to bring their ideas to fruition, our responsibility then is to provide resources such as a space specifically workspace for design thinking, students will prototyping so that they have the opportunity tools within the university to iterate and reach the full potential of their ventures. The university providing resources to create lowers some hesitation and risk within entrepreneurship and student ventures will be innovative supported by the knowledge that floods the IEP program and creative and collaborate with other disciplinesthe ecosystem. Interdisciplinary collaboration is significant because students are able Ecosystem support will result in the realization of more successful ventures thereby contributing to see different ways the ecosystem by establishing proof of thinking and pushes concept for the students to think program hosted by UIF and create on a broader scaleknowledge taught through IEP thereby inspiring more founders.  

== Tactic #2: Appoint Innovation Leaders Partnering players within the startup ecosystem in Austin and Houston to Man Innovation Space provide mentorship and learnings  ==

Tactic #2 will be accomplished by tactic #2 in strategy #1. The student led innovation goal with this tactic is to provide budding entrepreneurs with the context and entrepreneurship organization will be expertise of entrepreneurs that are in charge of the design spacetheir local communities. The space This will be also create exit outcomes beyond the organization’s headquarters university for founders who want to follow through with their startup visions and the students will work eventually enter accelerators, other incubator programs, or continue bootstrapping their ventures. One major objective is to have a demo day where student founders can pitch their ventures 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 ideasother forces in the innovation ecosystem.   

== Tactic #3: Maintain Momentum by Continuously Organizing Programs and Events Focused on Collaborate with the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program to create an in-house senior design capstone project  ==

By establishing We can create a design space and appointing leaders, feeder for the Entrepreneur in Residence by collaborating with the movement IEP program to bring more opportunities create a capstone project for innovation and entrepreneurship to Prairie View will pick up momentumstudents pursuing the minor or certificate program. The design space This will be a space ensure that the Entrepreneurship in Residence program has continuity and that students who aren't established entrepreneurs can vie for speakers to come present, have hands-on workshops, host competitions, collaborate entry into the program with outside businesses an idea created as the capstone project and schoolsstill receive support, resources and much morementorship after the fact.  

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