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· Creating hybrid degree programs that combine multiple talents into a single, less restrictive program.
= Student Priority No.4 Establish ventures =
Establishing ventures is not necessarily the normal action starting a business and operating for profit. The term venture also can refer to concepts in social entrepreneurship, with collaborative ideation at the forefront. There are two main implications for establishing ventures. First is embracing the alternative though process and finally, leveraging problems as opportunities.
== Create an Advanced Venture Lab ==
Establish working Venture Lab, modeled after the startup sauna at Aaltoes University, where students can meet, envision and prototype new ventures.
=== Faculty/Student Engagement ===
We believe a state-of-the-art facility on campus where students can meet, network and develop projects free from the University IP confines will be beneficial for all stakeholders involved. We had two members of our faculty (Dr. Tim O’Keefe and Dr. William Paulin), visit Aaltoes University this year and believe we can model their institution at the University of North Dakota. It will be important to get faculty engagement in the Venture Lab in order for it to reach its full potential.
=== Leveraging Other Initiatives ===
We can use the Student Entrepreneur Club and the Grand Challenge Initiative to drive interest in the Venture Lab. In addition, the combination of the Jodsaas Center, Dakota Venture Group and the Center for Innovation can help create an ecosystem that fits the needs of a Venture Lab.
=== Strategic Action Agenda No. 4: ===
· Send 2-4 students to Aaltoes University over the summer to share ideas, and learn from each other
· Build a mobile venture lab within the Jodsaas Center to gain insight and interest into the Advanced Venture Lab
· Gather funding and determine site for the lab
== Thought Processes ==
Changing the paradigm from problem-centric thought is essential to accessing innovative concepts. Problem-centric thought means that we tend to recognize the problems in a situation first. When faced with good and bad aspects of a situation, the bad aspects stand out, while the good are harder to identify. And when it comes to leadership, this norm can be devastating to a team’s productivity.
== Leveraging Problems as Opportunities ==
By leveraging society’s problems and turning them into a beneficial medium, people are able to combine the aforementioned concepts of outreach, talent, and partnerships to create lasting change within a society. Although this seems like a relatively simple concept: when a person combines the talents of many different disciplines and those actions are combined together, there is a high degree of advocacy, communication, values and culture shifts that modify the paradigm of issues on campus and abroad.
== Strategic Action Agenda No.4: ==
· Build teams of students to solve worldly problems
· Seek grant and scholarship funding for those devoting their time to these efforts
· Promote the talented student at the university further on a local, national and global level
· Craft curriculum that makes graduating with a combined degree in different fields more possible for multiple students
= Student Priority No.4 Establish ventures =