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Susquehanna is growing in opportunities for students to engage in entrepreneurship and innovation. The university has recently established an entrepreneurship minor to replace the business entrepreneurship major. Professors teaching entrepreneurship classes strive to enroll students from all different disciplines. Students hoping to create their own organizations or campus publications will quickly learn about the faculty and staff’s willingness to give advice and guidance to help turn their ideas into realities. The university ran a Pitch Contest in the spring of 2014, and saw students from various backgrounds and departments bring forth ideas for innovation and creativity. According to a student who is currently a Business Entrepreneurship major, “the business department gives us the tools that are needed to become successful and creative entrepreneurs.”   Pitch Contest: The Pitch Contest was organized to “help students gain experience in developing and presenting ideas for innovation.”  Alumni served as the judges of the event and were able to share their own experiences while building connections between current students and alumni for a greater network. The event helped to inspire ideas as well as showing students how to improve their ideas for the future. Two minutes to describe your idea and convince the judges of its merit made the Pitch Contest very interesting and intense. Elevator pitches do not have fancy presentations with powerpoints and posters; they have simplicity, the product and the presenter. Students learned an important aspect of the business world through these quick pitches as they learned to sell their product and learn from the judges comments as well as their fellow classmates.

== Faculty ==

Susquehanna University faculty introduce a plethora of opportunity for the students to engage both on campus and the local/regional setting. Faculty at Susquehanna University have recently engaged in innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities with many companies and organizations such as the Keystone Innovation Zone and the American Physiological Society. These opportunities open the gateway for faculty members to provide funding and the opportunity for students interested in order to build their confidence and encourage their innovation and entrepreneurial skill set. Recently, Keystone Innovation Zone provided funding to a professor in the Sigmund Weis Business School to assist in developing a website for the local Selinsgrove company, Fresh Roasted Coffee. The funding provided allowed the faculty member to involve two Susquehanna University students for this great opportunity. Keystone Innovation Zone has also provided faculty and students the privilegeof assisting another local company develop a device to scale trees in order to assist the hunters in the area. Currently, faculty in the Biology department at Susquehanna University are working to gain funding from the American Physiological Society and the National Science Foundation to conduct innovative research. The funding is said to not only assist the faculty member in their research but to encourage the opportunity for students to take part in the research as well.Innovation Allies:Dr. Samya Bano Zain, Associate Professor of Physics, Physics Department ChairDr. Scott Manning, Dean of Global ProgramsDr. Emma Fleck, Associate Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship)Dr. Betsy Verhoeven, Associate Professor of English, Director of the Center for Teaching and LearningRobert Sieczkiewicz, Assistant Professor, Research Librarian: Instruction and Digital ScholarshipDr. Amir Bahman Radnejad, Assistant Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship)

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