== <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:x-large;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span>'''</span></span> ==
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<font color="#000000" size="3">'''<u>[http://www.jmu.edu/cob/centers/center-for-entrepreneurship/index.shtml Center for Entrepreneurship]</u>'''</font>
*<span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Center for Entrepreneurship offers teams of students the chance to grow their ideas into a starup company through the Venture Creation Fellowship. Small teams of students and/or faculty members can apply to the fellowship and if accepted they will attend an 8 week program running from June to July aimed at helping them transform their ideas into success stories. Teams are given a stipend, granted access to the ICE House workspaces, and paired with an experienced mentor. </span>
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><u>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-fab25c7f-37f0-a799-b3f2-73082d003464"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Mad Inc. Labs</span></span>'''</u></span></span>
<font coloru style="#000000" color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size="3: medium;">'''<uspan id="docs-internal-guid-fab25c7f-37f0-a799-b3f2-73082d003464"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[httphttps://wwwjmuxlabs.jmu.eduorg/cob/centers/centerX-for-entrepreneurshipLabs]</index.shtml Center for Entrepreneurship]span></uspan>'''</fontu>
*<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Center for Entrepreneurship offers teams of This on-campus makerspace facilitates open labs and pop-up classes that teach students the chance to grow their ideas into a starup company through the Venture Creation Fellowship. Small teams of students and/or faculty members can apply to the fellowship and if accepted they will attend an 8 week program running from June to July aimed at helping them transform their ideas into success stories. Teams are given a stipendskills such as 3D printing, laser cutting, granted access to the ICE House workspacesglassblowing, and paired with an experienced mentorvirtual reality. </span>
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<font color="#000000" size="3">'''<u>Competitions:</u>'''</font>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font size="3"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">'''<u>Bluestone Hacks</u>'''</span></font></span>
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<li><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Bluestone Hacks is a weekend-long hackathon facilitated by X-Labs. Teams of students from all majors and backgrounds are guided by mentors and are encouraged to create and compete. Idea and product generation areas include food/agriculture, healthcare, and consumer devices and tools.</span></li>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are required to submit an application to be considered for enrollment in the minor. More information on the entrepreneurship minor can be found [http://www.jmu.edu/cob/undergraduate/entrepreneurship-minor.shtml here ] .</span>
<font color="#000000" size="3">'''<u>[http://www.jmu.edu/cob/centers/center-for-entrepreneurship/index.shtml Center for Entrepreneurship]</u>'''</font>
*<span style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Center for Entrepreneurship offers teams of students the chance to grow their ideas into a starup company through the Venture Creation Fellowship. Small teams of students and/or faculty members can apply to the fellowship and if accepted they will attend an 8 week program running from June to July aimed at helping them transform their ideas into success stories. Teams are given a stipend, granted access to the ICE House workspaces, and paired with an experienced mentor. </span>
== <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</span></span><br/> ==