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= <big>Innovation and Entrepreneurship</big> =<big>Susquehanna University has entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities for students and experienced and helpful professors. Students are able to learn from professors through their class lessons and succeed outside the classroom with their own ventures and research. The Sigmund Weis School of business has an entrepreneurship and innovation minor. Additionally, Susquehanna has recently started a partnership with Columbia University for a combined degree program in liberal arts and Science education and Engineering. Interested students will be able to obtain two bachelors degrees in just five years.</big><big>Student</big>

<big>Susquehanna is growing in opportunities for students to engage in entrepreneurship and innovation. The university has recently established an Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor to replace the business administration entrepreneurship emphasis, and faculty currently teaching entrepreneurship classes are striving 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. The Pitch Contest has not been held since, but we hope to collaborate with the business school, alumni relations and the career development center to reinstate the Pitch Contest by spring of 2018.</big>

<big>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 provide space for feedback on how students may improve their ideas and/or pitches for the future. Students were given two minutes to describe their ideas and convince the judges of their merit, learning how to best communicate in order to sell their products/ideas. </big>

<big>Faculty and Staff</big>

<big>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.</big><big>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.</big>

<big>Additionally, the Center for Teaching and Learning provides grants for faculty actives that foster curricular or pedagogical innovations that will enhance the learning. Additionally, it supports teaching by creating teaching cells that take the form of small groups, talk-while-you-walk innovation, and mentoring relationships.</big>

<big>'''Innovation Allies:'''</big><big>Dr. Samya Bano Zain, Associate Professor of Physics, Physics Department Chair</big><big>Dr. Scott Manning, Dean of Global Programs</big><big>Robert Sieczkiewicz, Assistant Professor, Research Librarian: Instruction and Digital Scholarship</big><big>Katie Burr, Director of the First Year Experience</big><big>Dr. Emma Fleck, Associate Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship)</big><big>Dr. Betsy Verhoeven, Associate Professor of English, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning</big><big>Dr. Amir Bahman Radnejad, Assistant Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship)</big><big>Ron Cohen, Vice President for University Relations</big><big>Becky Deitrick, Assistant VP of Alumni, Parent and Donor Engagement</big>

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