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<span style="font-size:small;">Innovation and Entrepreneurship are a core focus at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS). This is demonstrated through the unique <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://innovation.uccs.edu Bachelor of Innovation<sup>TM</sup>] (BI) degree. There are currently 12 BI degrees, spanning across the College of Business, College of Engineering and Applied Science, College of Education, and the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. This degree combines an emphasis (a major), the innovation core, and a cross-discipline core (students can choose between business, globalization, creative communication, or engineering technology). The innovation core, the heart of the BI, provides students with an experiential education in innovation and entrepreneurship.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;">In addition to the BI degree, our campus, through the [http://epiic.uccs.edu El Pomar Institute for Innovation and Commercialization (EPIIC)], regularly hosts events focused on innovation and entrepreneurship such as [http://tedxuccs.com TEDxUCCS], '''Lion's Den Pitch Night''', '''Global Game Jam''', and '''EPIIC Nights Speaker Series'''. Each of these events are meant to encourage students to get involved in an innovative and entrepreneurial space, attempting to reach both students who have ideas and students who just want to get involved. These are augmented by entrepreneurship classes offered in the business school for students who want to go deeper. If a startup comes out of one of these events, or if students create a startup independently, '''The Garage''' is available as an entrepreneurial workspace for students who are developing companies.</span>
== Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==