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= Student Strategies =
== <span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Strategy # 1: Resource Consolidation on Website</span> ==
***Get the Software Development Club traveling more, visiting conferences and hackathons.
=== '''Strategy #5: Encourage growth of I&E through incenticvizing incentivizing students through a competitively based hackaton & research project competition (HackConf)'''<br/> ===
'''<u style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Description</u>'''<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">: Implement a hackathon + research presentation competition for high school students as well as Texas Tech University students to teach an important skill set for those interested in STEM fields. </span>
**Host event. Determine outcomes and how to improve for next year.
<parsererror style="display: block; white-space: pre; border: 2px solid #c77; padding: 0 1em 0 1em; margin: 1em; background-color: #fdd; color: black"> === <br/> === === '''<span style="font-size:x-largelarger;">Strategy #6: Develop Help develop the university´s future innovation ecosystem''' '''</span> === <span style="font-size:small;">Leadership Circle Representative: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alfonso_Alarcon#Texas_Tech_student_majoring_in_Industrial_Engineering Alfonso Alarcon]</span> <span style="font-size:small;">Problem Statement: Texas Tech University has great resources to support students in the business startup process. It has been really challenging to engage college students in Texas Tech´s innovation ecosystem and help them develop an entrepreneurial mindset. More students need to experience that launching a company is a viable career path. There is also a need to develop the future talent that will lead initiatives at the university to support entrepreneurial students. </span> <span style="font-size:small;">Solution Overview: The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will launch the Young Entrepreneurs Academy in Lubbock, Texas in October. They want to involve Texas Tech students that have experienced the startup process in the program as mentors to the high school students. The fellows will integrate the program with TTIME (Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship & Entrepreneurship), the entrepreneurship student organization at Tech, to start the mentorship program and to involve high school students in the entrepreneurship events at Tech. </span> <span style="font-size:small;">Background: The [http://www.yeausa.org/ Young Entrepreneurs Academy] (YEA!), is a program that guides students through the process of starting their own company. Throughout the school year, students attend weekly sessions where they conduct market research, validate their business ideas, develop a business plan, pitch to a panel of community leaders, and some of them start companies. </span> <span style="font-size:small;">Tactic #1: Desig a new high-impact community service project for Texas Tech students</span>''' <span style="font-size:small;">Description: Undergraduate and graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor the students participating in the program. </span> <span style="font-size:small;">Milestones:</span>
'''Leadership Circle Representative*<span style="font-size:''' small;[http">May 2016:Get the Fall 2016 class schedule from the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce to identify relevant information about the learning sessions.</span>*<span style="font-size:small;">June 2016: Draft a description of the program.</universityinnovationspan>*<span style="font-size:small;">July 2016: Determine the number of student mentors needed per session.</span>*<span style="font-size:small;">August 2016: Come up with a list of potential mentors that belong to the entrepreneurship student organizations on campus and invite them to apply to the program. Extend invitations to student entrepreneurs to get involved as mentors as well.org </wikispan>*<span style="font-size:small;">September 2016: Conduct interviews to select a small number of mentors. </Alfonso_Alarcon#Texas_Tech_student_majoring_in_Industrial_Engineering Alfonso Alarcon]span>
'''Problem Statement<span style="font-size:''' small;It has been really challenging to get college students involved in ">Tactic #2: Operating the program throughout the university´s innovation ecosystem. We think that if we start to foster innovation and entrepreneurship among young high school students, we can ensure that they develop their entrepreneurial mindset at a young age and continue engaged in university. High school students want to get hands on experiences and they consider that starting a company can be a good career choice. year</span>
'''Solution Overview<span style="font-size:''' small;">Description: The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce is already in program will run the process of launching whole school year; the Young Entrepreneurs Academy academy starts in October and ends in Lubbock, TexasApril. The sessions will be scheduled every Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. They want Texas Tech students to get invovled in the program to motivate students to apply to college and possibly continue their entrepreneurial ventures 7:00 p.m. at the university. They also want to integrate the program with TTIME (Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship & Entrepreneurship), the entrepreneurial student organization Hub at Tech, to have students that have been succesful in their own ventures mentor the high schoolersResearch Park. </span>
'''Background<span style="font-size:'''The [httpsmall;">Milestones:<//www.yeausa.org Young Entrepreneurs Academy] (YEA!), is a program that guides students through span> *<span style="font-size:small;">October 2016: Define the process of launching a companyschedule for each mentor and send calendar invites. Throughout the school year, students attend one weekly session </span>*<span style="font-size:small;">October 2016 to April 2017: Participate in the evening where they learn how program and recruit a team to write a business plan, conduct market research, validate their idea, and about the legal business startup process. By the end of support the program, they have the opportunity to pitch their idea to a panel of investor and even launch their startuplogistics. </span>
=== Tactic #1: Designing a new high-impact community service project for Texas Tech students ===
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*Description: Undergraduate and graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor the students participating in the program.
*Milestones:
**May 2016: Get the Fall 2016 schedule from the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce to identify the dates, times and the location of the sessions.
**June 2016: Draft a description of the program and a list of responsabilities that the student involvement entails.
**July 2016: Define the amount of students needed for each session.
**August 2016: Come up with a list of potential student assistants that belong to the entrepreneurial student organizations on campus and invite them to apply to the program. Extend invitations to student entrepreneurs to get involved as mentors as well.
**September 2016: Conduct interviews to select a small number of student assistant (around 10).
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=== Tactic #2: Running the program throughout the school year ===
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*Description: The program will run the whole school year; it starts in October and ends in April. The sessions will be scheduled every Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Texas Tech Innovation Hub at the Research Park.
*Milestones:
**October 2016: Define the dates that each students will be involved in the program and send calendar invites to serve as reminders. Defining specific days when students will attend the sessions is more effective than just having them drop by "whenever they have time".
**October 2016 to April 2017: Participate actively in the program.
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== <span style="font-size:x-large;">'''Strategy #7: Further Cultivate the I&E Culture at Texas Tech by Hosting our First UIF Regional Meet-up'''</span> ==
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== <u><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Strategy #8: Bring Student Awareness to Current I & E Resources</span></u><br/> == == <span style="font-size:largesmaller;">Spring 2017 Cohort</span> == == <span style="color:#000000;"><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily: arial, helvetica, sans-guidserif; font-8e3ce55csize: 12px;">Tactic 1: Advertise I&E resources through I&E student organizations</span></span> == *<span style="font-422ffamily: arial, helvetica, sans-91b6serif; font-e021-6e89c931a321size: 12px;">TTIME</span>*<span style="font-family: Arialarial, helvetica, sans-serif; color">Tech CEO</span>*<span style="font-family: rgb(51arial, 51helvetica, 51)sans-serif; ">Student Government Association</span>*<span style="font-weightfamily: boldarial, helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align">MEIG</span> '''<span style="color: baseline#000000; white"><span style="font-spacefamily: prearial, helvetica, sans-wrapserif;">Related LinksTactic 2:Bring Awareness through I&E Events</span></span>''' *</spanstyle="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Red Raider Startup<br/span> *Idea Competition*iLaunch*WCOE STEM Challenge*1 Million Cups*TTU Accelerator*Design Challenge*Appathon*Geocashing*BBQ '''Tactic 3: Publicly Acknowledge other I&E Success from Any Student on Campus''' *Football game Jumbotron*Basketball Game*Baseball Games*Tech Announce*The Daily Toreador*TTU Office of Communications - TTU Today*Student Orgs. Weekly (Center for Campus Life & Dean of Students)*SGA Newsletters and Emails =Related Links = [[Texas Tech University|Texas Tech University]] '''Texas Tech University Student Priorities Page''' Spring 2017: [[Alvin Kim|Alvin Kim]] [[Braxton_manley|Braxton Manley]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Crystal_blankenship Crystal Blankenship] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saba_Nafees Saba Nafees]
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Spring 2016 UIF Leadership Circle Candidates:</span>
Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alyx_Horace [Alyx Horace|Alyx Horace]]
[[Alfonso Alarcon|Alfonso Alarcon]]
[[Alberto Garcia|Berto Garcia]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Isaac_Griswold[Isaac Griswold-Steiner |Isaac Griswold-Steiner]]
[[Jared Steele|Jared Steele]]
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2015 UIF Leadership Circle:</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Francis_Atore Francis Atore]</span></span>
<span style="font-sizeSpring 2015: [http:medium">//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Francis_Atore Francis Atore] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Benjamin_Simmons Benjamin Simmons] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Valente_Rodriguez Valente Rodriguez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Victoria_Young Victoria Young] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Taylor_Person Taylor Person] <br/span>'''South Plains Connection''' Spring 2016:
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Valente_Rodriguez Valente Rodriguez[Tad Davis|Tad Davis]]</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Victoria_Young Victoria Young]</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Taylor_Person Taylor Person]</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-8e3ce55c-422f-91b6-e021-6e89c931a321"><span style="font-sizeSpring 2015: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">South Plains Connection:</span></span>
<span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Marshal_Head Marshal Head]</span></span>
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