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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"><span id="docs-internal-guid-41ac0e64-4aac-7fde-5782-3f063ad0a7bb"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">In the university of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus the effort of promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship is seen through the initiatives taken by campus students.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: justify"></p>=== <tt><span id="docs-internal-guid-41ac0e64-4aa0-b657-6121-d2a0385b7825"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">APE</span></span></tt><br/> ===
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 13.4934px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap">APE( Association of Programmers and Entrepreneurs) is an organization whose goal is to help develop the new generation of programmers and entrepreneurs. APE firmly believes that through social experiences people and ideas develop much more organically instead of being an isolated experience. They developed a space called Hacker Socials in which students come together to program, socialize and create new things. They currently got Microsoft PR to help them in the endeavours of creating new software entrepreneurs.</span>
=== <tt><span id="docs-internal-guid-41ac0e64-4aa0-b657-6121-d2a0385b7825"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">ACM</span></span></tt><br/> ===
<span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">ACM (</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Association for Computing Machinery</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">), &nbsp;an organization whose main purpose is to develop students outside the curricular parameter, </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">give the students challenging experiences that enrich the technical and professional skills of all its members. ACM has 4 chapters: Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration and Women. These chapters together will host the first serie of technical events with spearkers and hands on workshops.<br/></span>
=== <tt><span id="docs-internal-guid-41ac0e64-4aa0-b657-6121-d2a0385b7825"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Idea Platform</span></span></tt><br/> === <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 1316px; line-height: 14.3333px72px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap">One of initiatives was to create the first passion driven student organization called Idea Platform.This organization provides a support network for passionate innovators. In operation, Idea Platform is a group of creative minds working through challenges to achieve the implementation of meaningful projects in the university campus. One of Idea Platform staggering projects is to create the first TEDx Event on the Mayaguez Campus. This event was brought under the intentions of providing a platform for students to share their ideas with the world. &nbsp;</span><br/> ===
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 14.72px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap">One of initiatives was to create the first passion driven student organization called Idea Platform.This organization provides a support network for passionate innovators. In operation, Idea Platform is a group of creative minds working through challenges to achieve the implementation of meaningful projects in the university campus. One of Idea Platform staggering projects is to create the first TEDx Event on the Mayaguez Campus. This event was brought under the intentions of providing a platform for students to share their ideas with the world. &nbsp;</span>
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= Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-41ac0e64-4a9a-f861-b9b7-964a6c02e370"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Despite the challenges, the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez has a group of champions in the faculty that keeps growing. This group has been submitting proposals for courses, programs, researches, among other successful initiatives that promote I&E. This group is the spark that will illuminate other professors and administrators to keep the momentum.</span></span>
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= Actively supporting the university technology transfer function<br/> =
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= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =
= Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts =
 
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[[Jonathan_diaz_sepulvedaJonathan diaz sepulveda|Jonathan_diaz_sepulveda]]
[[Bryan Muñoz|Bryan Muñoz Vázquez]]
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