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PROJECT #5 - Hackathon/"Hacking" for non-hackers
At GVSU, we believe the pipeline to developing a strong entrepreneurship and innovation community is bottlenecked at the discovery phase.
Our findings from our campus research has yielded 4 main learning points:
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e973c2dd-91c6-1b8e-fe27-245cda0d746d"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">1. We have the resources for idea development and protyping with the expansion of the technology showcase/makerspace/library and plans for a digital media studio.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e973c2dd-91c6-1b8e-fe27-245cda0d746d"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">2. The Design Thinking Initiative has also found a need to bring students from different disciplines together to better prepare students for the skills required post-graduation. Design Thinking classes are on trial this semester.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e973c2dd-91c6-1b8e-fe27-245cda0d746d"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">3. Current entrepreneurial initiatives on campus typically draw the same dedicated group of students. Hack Your Campus was a step towards fostering “atypical” entrepreneurs.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent;">4. Honors students have expressed interest in ventures as opposed to research papers for senior projects.</span>
With these findings we believe that a Hackathon can ignite a spark in students, who can then carry the venture forward as a possible senior project.
