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== Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) Program ==
*'''<span style=== "font-size:larger;">EPG Summer Institute:</span> '''The EPG Summer Institute ===is an 8-week entrepreneurial leadership program at Berea College. Each summer, a cohort of 20 students are selected through a competitive application process to participate in the program. The Summer Institute has a distinctive teaching approach; it focuses on the EPG Cycle of Abilities for Entrepreneurial Leadership: engaging complexity and uncertainty, exploring values and ethical structures, facilitating group decisions, recognizing opportunity, mobilizing resources and advocating for change. From the program, the cohort gains extensive knowledge on social entrepreneurship through coursework and hands-on experience by implementing the Cycle of Abilities in local communities in the Appalachia.
*<span style="font-size:larger;">'''Business Competitions: '''</span>The EPG Summer Institute is an 8-week department provides students with the opportunity to attend regional and national business and social entrepreneurial leadership program at Berea Collegecompetitions. Dr. Each summerPeter Hackbert, a cohort of 20 students are selected through a competitive application process to participate in the program. The Summer Institute has a distinctive teaching approach; it focuses on the EPG Cycle director of Abilities for Entrepreneurial Leadership: engaging complexity and uncertainty, exploring values and ethical structures, facilitating group decisions, recognizing opportunity, mobilizing resources and advocating for change. From the program, the cohort gains extensive knowledge on social entrepreneurship through coursework provides mentoring and hands-on experience by implementing guidance to students at different levels of the Cycle process of Abilities how to create a business from an idea/problem. Following are the business competitions/opportunities student can partake in local communities in the Appalachia.:**Idea State U**Collegiate**Harvard ABC**Clinton Global Initiative
*'''<span style=== Business Competitions === The EPG department provides students with the opportunity to attend regional and national business and social entrepreneurial competitions. Dr. Peter Hackbert, the director of the program, provides mentoring and guidance to students at different levels of the process of how to create a business from an idea/problem. Following are the business competitions/opportunities student can partake in"font-size: *Idea State U*Collegiate*Harvard ABC*Clinton Global Initiative === larger;">StartUp Weekend and Other I&E Engagement === :</span> '''The EPG department creates the opportunity for all students to attend various events and conferences that promote innovation, entrepreneurship and social change all around the US. The department is unique is sponsoring all student costs for attending these events. **StartUp Weekend – Lexington and Louisville**VentureWell Open Conference**Ashoka U Exchange**Sullivan Foundation Ignite Retreats
== Berea Innovation Studio ==
Berea Innovation Studio (BIS) is a club organization at Berea College with the mission of inspiring an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit among all Berea College students by creating an environment that nurtures the innovative energy and entrepreneurial mindset. It is a platform for students to learn and practice the concepts of I&E through interaction with peers on idea generation, prototype creation, and startup launch. It strives to engage all students in its activities, programs, and events, and thus, make a mark as one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial colleges in the US.<br/>The current activities, programs, and events are as following:
<span style=== "font-size:larger;">'''Idea Bounce === : '''</span>Idea Bounce is the first business idea pitch competition among interdisciplinary students in Berea College. It is designed to help students develop and pitch and idea, receive feedback and earn prize money. It was launched in Spring 2015 by UIF Cohort 2014 and is organized once every semester. Local and regional entrepreneurs, innovators and thought leaders have been invited as Judges of Idea Bounce in the past.
== Berea College Technology Club ==
Technology Club is an established Berea College club with 20 active members with the mission of . Some of the past and current club activities include:
*<span style=== "font-size:larger;">'''UNDRCVR LEX ===: '''</span>The club created an opportunity for 6 members to visit a technology startup hiring convention in Lexington, KY. The students had the opportunity to speak with emerging startups and technology-based organizations and were encouraged to ask questions to gain a deeper understanding of the startup culture and entrepreneurial mindset as well as practice networking skills.
*<span style="font-size:larger;">'''Design Thinking and Creativity Workshop: '''</span>The club created an opportunity organized several workshops for 6 students/members to visit a technology startup hiring convention in Lexington, KYpromote innovation and entrepreneurship through proactive and fun activities. The students had themes of the opportunity to speak with emerging startups and technology-based organizations and workshops were encouraged to ask questions to gain a deeper understanding of the startup culture The Marshmallow Challenge, Build A Chair From Cardboard and entrepreneurial mindset as well as practice networking skillsBuild The Fastest Toy Car From Electronic Components.
*<span style=== Design Thinking and Creativity Workshop === The club organized several workshops for students/members to promote innovation and entrepreneurship through proactive and fun activities. The themes of the workshops were The Marshmallow Challenge, Build A Chair From Cardboard and Build The Fastest Toy Car From Electronic Components. === "font-size:larger;">'''Weekly Maker Community === : '''</span>The club creates a platform for a wide range of interdisciplinary students to have a weekly maker community get together and work on their personal projects. The club officers play the role of sharing knowledge and providing necessary tools and assistance to build on students’ personal projects. This is highly beneficial and encouraging for the students who have no prior experience in technology and design.
= FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP =
Berea College is committed to providing an environment that supports the learning, teaching, scholarship, and creative activity of its faculty, students, and staff. While there isn’t a tech transfer office, there are other resources that will help students shift their student research or idea to a commercial business. All the administrative work that is related to commercialization or patenting of an idea created by faculty, and/or student is handled by the vice president of Academics and the Dean of Faculty.
“Within this context, the Intellectual Property Rights Policy is intended to:
*guide policy and process for commercial uses of intellectual property other than the traditional products of scholarly work.
<br/>This Policy covers all types of intellectual property, including, in particular, works protected by copyright, patent, and trade secret laws. Although the following list is not exhaustive, it provides examples of the kinds of work the Policy addresses: inventions, discoveries, trade secrets, trade and service marks, writings, art works, musical compositions and performances, software, literary works, and architecture.” ("[http://catalog.berea.edu/2013-2014/Faculty-Manual/Selected-Institution-Wide-Policies/Intellectual -Property -Rights -PolicyIntellectual Property Rights Policy]." Berea College)
= UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION =