#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Gain support of colleges and departments (Spring & Summer 2016)''': Support from the individual colleges and departments on campus would aid in pushing the program through various curriculum committees and also help to promote the program and I&E to faculty and students across campus.</span>
#<span style="font-size: small;">'''Spark interest early''': Targeting students during freshman year is a tactic universities deploy across the country to increase student discovery of I&E and promote its continued pursuit. If we can teach students to look for the I&E opportunities around them in their UNIV 1010 Freshman Connections course (see Strategic Priority #3) the proposed program will provide a guided opportunity to pursue these ideas long-term.</span>
=== <span style="color:#2f4f4f;"><span style="font-size:medium;">UPDATE:</span></span><br/> ===
<span style="font-size:small;">Due to limited time for priority implementation, this priority has been replaced with another short term priority which was exceuted August 29th, 2016 - September 1st, 2016 (RUSH UIF event series). The UIFellows are working to promote the newly approved Tennessee Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate open to all undergraduate students. This is the first step in achieving establishment of an Innovation & Entrepreneurship program of study at Tennessee Tech.</span>
= <span style="font-size:large;">STUDENT PRIORITY #3: NICK RUSSELL</span><br/> =