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1Xavier University of Louisiana is a private, Catholic historically black university founded in 1925 by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. [[File:file:///Xavier has the College of Pharmacy and the College of Arts and Sciences which offers Masters Programs in some liberal arts fields. It was built in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana with a goal to improve advancement of Native Americans and African Americans. President Dr. Norman C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contents.docx#ov|Overview]]Francis is noted for being the longest tenured running president in the nation. His efforts to not only promote the education of minorities but invest in the potential of research and science education have gained the university positive recognition among HBCUs. Xavier University remains a leader in producing the most African Americans to obtain degree in science and get admission into medical, pharmacy, and graduate schools.
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3Recently, Xavier has begun to implement more innovation and entrepreneurial organizations and activities on campus. With the help of Professor Mark L. [[File:file:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/ContentsQuinn, the Conrad N.docx#en|Encouraging Faculty Innovation Hilton Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Assistant professor in Entrepreneurship]], the Business department has been able to form X-ncubator, Enactus, and the Entrepreneurship Institute. In the Fall semester, students prepare a business plan for a social enterprise and present it to corporate executives. In the Spring, students participate in the Opportunity Finance Company Venture Challenge, a business plan competition. Xavier is a part of the Google Community Leaders Program, in which students learn the Google products and train local businesses in how to expand their online presence. Students learn essentially how to consult to small businesses.
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3This is a small incubator on campus where students interested in entrepreneurship can gain real business experience.2 [[File:file:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/ContentsThe department faculty assists the student business owners as they plan and execute their ideas for a business venture. The incubator is set up to simulate a legitimate work environment and allows the students to interact with different entrepreneurs, clients, and each other. The VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site is one of the ventures that is a part of this incubator. Professors supervise students as they schedule client appointments and develop interpersonal communication skills.docx#enac|Enactus]]
3.3 [[File:file:== Enactus<br///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contents.docx#the|The Entrepreneurship Institute]]> ==
4. Xavier [[File:filehttp://www.xula.edu/C:business/Usersdocuments/Chigozieentr/Documents/Contentsenactus%20page.pdf Enactus], formerly known as SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), is an entrepreneurship club on campus. It is part of the international Enactus non-profit organization that aims to help students become better business leaders and entrepreneurs. The students are involved with X-ncubator on campus and off campus programs that help them gain business and initiative experience. Some of those programs include First Klass, an economic empowerment group for women, Steps for Empowerment, an initiative that exports shoes to the less fortunate, and a Don’t Text and Drive Campaign. Enactus students participate in regional and national competitions where they present their projects and network with internship administrators. They are also involved in the Teen Academy where the students create ideas for creative design competitions in local high schools.docx#ac|Actively Supporting High school students send in their applications and Enactus students judge their work and award a cash prize to the University Technology Transfer Function]]winner.
5. [[File:file:== The Entrepreneurship Institute<br///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contents.docx#fa|Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration]]> ==
6. The [[File:filehttp://www.xula.edu/C:business/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contentsentrepreneurship.html Entrepreneurship Institute] was developed to promote entrepreneurial thinking across Xavier’s campus. A minor in Entrepreneurship has been created where students of any major can take 18 hours of Accounting, Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship courses.docx#enga|Engaging “Lunch with Regional a TREP” is another endeavor by the Business department that involves weekly events with local entrepreneurs. These business men and Local Development Efforts]]women are invited on campus to speak to students about their business journey and answer any questions they might have.
7The institute has also started the bi-annual "Xavier Cup Innovation Challenge. [[File:file:///C:/Users/Chigozie/Documents/Contents" This challenge was created to get Xavier's campus thinking about the powere of creativity and an innovative mindset.docx#land|Landscape Canvas]]Each team must develop the most creative invention only using a cup and one other item. The team with the most creative and profittable idea and the biggest social media market wins a cash prize! This program has been a major success!
= Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =
<u>Overview</u>Within the last 10 years, Xavier’s involvement in research has greatly increased. Many faculty members participate in research that varies in topic from astrophysics and freak waves to drug discovery and delivery for the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. Xavier ranks number 1 in receiving funds from the Health and Human Services on a per capita basis. It also ranks in the top 30 percent nationwide in funding from the National Science Foundation and third in Louisiana from the National Institutes of Health. Xavier is a member of the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC), allowing cancer research programs to progressively further their research. The LCRC awards faculty approximately $900,000 each fiscal year to those that have written approved budget and research plans. This sponsors travel expenses, start-up packages, materials, etc.
Xavier University The Center of Louisiana is a private, Catholic historically black university founded Undergraduate Research (CUR) sponsors undergraduate students to get involved in 1925 paid research opportunities with faculty members. They are funded by the Sisters of the Blessed SacramentAndrew F. It is a small 4-year institution that enrolls about 3Mellon grant which awards $2,500 to $10,200 students annually. Xavier has the College of Pharmacy and the College of Arts and Sciences which offers Masters Programs 000 to several professors involved in some liberal arts fieldsresearch. It was built in the heart of New Orleans, Louisiana with a goal improve advancement of Native Americans and African Americans. President Dr. Norman C. Francis CUR is noted for being the longest tenured running president in the nation. His efforts not restricted to not only promote the education of minorities but invest in the potential of research STEM majors and science have gained the university positive recognition among HBCUs. Xavier University remains sponsors students with a leader research interest in producing the most African Americans to obtain degree in science and get admission into medical, pharmacy, and graduate schoolsany discipline provided they are supervised by a professor.
http://wwwIn January 2014, Xavier University received a US patent for a novel formulation to treat pain and heroin addiction (Dr.xulaTarun Mandal, a professor in the College of Pharmacy).edu/mediarelations/quickfactsIn last few years, several other applications have also been submitted for US patent. These include (1) Automated Control Release Multiple Layer Coating (Dr. Tarun Mandal), (2) Inhibiting Hepatitis C Viral Replication with siRNA Combinations (Dr. Tarun Mandal), (3) a novel peptide drug for the treatment of herpes (Dr. Partha Bhattacharjee, an assistant professor in the Department of Biology), (4) a novel daidzein analogs as treatment for cancer (Dr. Guangdi Wang, a professor in the Department of Chemistry), (5) Bisbenzamidines and bisbenzamidoximes for the treatment of Human African Trypanosomiasis (Dr. Tien Huang, a professor in the College of Pharmacy).php
= Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function =
<u>Promoting Student Innovation Xavier University has a very active Technology Transfer Unit within the Office of Resource Development. The Office of Resource Development assists faculty and Entrepreneurship</u>staff in research grant-writing, intellectual property policies and procedures, and budget.
Recently, Xavier has begun to implement more innovation and entrepreneurial organizations and activities on campus. With the help of Professor Mark L. Quinn, the Conrad N. Hilton Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Assistant professor in Entrepreneurship, the Business department has been able to form X= Facilitating University-ncubator, Enactus , and the Entrepreneurship Institute. In the Fall semester, students prepare a business plan for a social enterprise and present it to corporate executives. In the Spring, students participate in the Opportunity Finance Company Venture Challenge, a business plan competition. Xavier is also a part of the Google Community Leaders Program, in which students learn the Google products and train local businesses in how to expand their online presence. Students learn essentially how to consult to small businesses.Industry Collaboration =
<u>X-ncubator</u><u>:</u> This is Xavier University has active collaboration with pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Dr. Tarun Mandal (College of Pharmacy) and his research team have developed an inhalable formulation of a small incubator on campus where students interested in entrepreneurship can gain real business experience. The department faculty assists the student business owners as they plan proprietary (Tulane University and execute their ideas Autoimmune Technology; Flufirvite-3®) peptide for a business venturethe treatment of influenza. The incubator project is set up to simulate a legitimate work environment $3.2 M NIH/NIAID grant and allows Dr. Mandal is the PI of the students formulation core. He has successfully transferred the technology to interact with different entrepreneurs, clients, and each otherCirrus Pharmaceuticals for further development. He has co-authored the CMC documents supporting the IND (#101759) application. The VITA Phase I first-in-human clinical trial of the API has been completed (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance#NCT01313962) site is one last year and the Phase I clinical trial of the ventures that is a part of this incubator. Professors supervise students as they schedule client appointments and develop interpersonal communication skillsnewly developed powder formulation will initiate soon.
<u>Enactus</u><u>:</u> Xavier Enactus, formerly known as SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise), is an entrepreneurship club on campus. It is part of the international Enactus non-profit organization that aims to help students become better business leaders and entrepreneurs. The students are involved = Engaging with X-ncubator on campus and off campus programs that help them gain business and initiative experience. Some of those programs include First Klass, an economic empowerment group for women, Steps for Empowerment, an initiative that exports shoes to the less fortunate, and a Don’t Text and Drive Campaign. Enactus students participate in regional and national competitions where they present their projects and network with internship administrators. They are also involved in the Teen Academy where the students create ideas for creative design competitions in local high schools. High school students send in their applications and Enactus students judge their work Regional and award a cash prize to the winner.Local Development Efforts =
<u>The Entrepreneurship Institute</u><u>:</u> Xavier's business department hosts the Local Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) that partners with universities all over the southern Louisiana region. This institute was developed center allows Xavier to promote entrepreneurial thinking across Xavier’s campus. A minor play a role in Entrepreneurship has been created where students of any major can take 18 hours of Accounting, Marketingadvising and working with small business orders regarding issues such as marketing, Managementfinance, and Entrepreneurship coursesmanagement. “Lunch with a TREP” is another endeavor by the Business department that involves weekly events with local entrepreneurs. These business men and women are invited on campus to speak LSBDC has raised millions of dollars for individuals to students about use as capital for their business journey and answer any questions they might haveentrepreneurial ventures.
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Within the last 10 years, Xavier’s involvement in research has greatly increased. Many faculty members, especially in the natural sciences department, participate in research that varies in topic from astrophysics and freak waves to cancer and proteins. Xavier ranks number 1 in receiving funds from the Health and Human Services on a per capita basis. It also ranks in the top 30 percent nationwide in funding from the National Science Foundation and third in Louisiana from the National Institutes of Health. Xavier is a member of the Louisiana Cancer Research Consortium (LCRC), allowing cancer research programs to progressively further their research. The LCRC awards faculty approximately $900,000 each fiscal year to those that have written approved budget and research plans. This sponsors travel expenses, start-up packages, materials, etc.= Related Links =
The Center of Undergraduate Research (CUR) sponsors undergraduate students to get involved in paid research opportunities with faculty members. They are funded by the Andrew F. Mellon grant which awards $2,500 to $10,000 to several professors involved in research. CUR is not restricted to STEM majors and sponsors students with a research interest in any discipline provided they are supervised by a professor[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brandi_Temple Brandi Temple]
Faculty members have also been awarded patents for their innovative endeavors throughout their work. Dr. Tauran Mandal, assistant professor in the College of Pharmacy, received a patent for a drug that aids in the treatment of pain and heroin addiction. Dr. Patha Bhattacharjee was also awarded one for a peptide drug for herpes infections. Many other faculty members continue on this innovative track of design and entrepreneurship[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Chigozie_Christine_Dike Chigozie Christine Dike]
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<u>Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</u> Xavier currently does not have a Technology Transfer Office. Information or assistance about those matters is usually referred to by nearby institutions such as Tulane University. Xavier does however, have an Office of Resource Development that assists in research grant-writing, intellectual property policies and procedures, and budget approvals. [http://www.xula.edu/ord/index.php http://www.xula.edu/ord/index.php] <u>Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</u> There are no university collaborations that involve industrial matters at this time. <u>Engaging with Regional and Local Development Efforts</u> The Business department hosts the Local Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) that partners with universities all over the southern Louisiana region. This center allows Xavier to play a role in advising and working with small business orders regarding issues such as marketing, finance, and management. LSBDC has raised millions of dollars for individuals to use as capital for their business and entrepreneurial ventures. [http://www.xula.edu/business/documents/entr/webpage%20for%20lsbdc.pdf http://www.xula.edu/business/documents/entr/webpage%20for%20lsbdc.pdf] <u>Landscape Canvas</u>
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