Changes

Since the establishment of South Plains College (SPC) , the focus of the university has been on the betterment of the student. While many aspects of life has have changed since 1957, the college's focus has not. Increasing the capacity of the individual to learn, produce, and be enlightened has always been the focus. To be the first community college in the history to participate in a program such as the University Innovation Fellows Program is something that they gladly welcomewe take pride in.

South Plains College has continued to grow by adding satellite campuses including; Reese Technology Center, Bryon Martin Advanced Technology Plainview Center, and Lubbock Center. Innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) are nothing not a new concept to the campus SPC, but we have yet to have a catalyst to grow this culture of I&E. With it's its roots firmly planted in the sense of community, South Plains College is centered on changing for to suit the needs and opportunities of the community. Grants and contracts are available to students and faculty in order to pursue projects and research. As of right nowin 2017, the Math and Engineering department is in the process of obtaining secured a grant and intoduced the MakerSpace to build a new facility be used for collaboration amongst amoung all the STEM majors at SPCstudents. 

= Calling ALL Students Vision for I&E on campus. =

We want this program innovation and entrepreneurship to be one that reaches reach the bulk of the student body. We want to engage students who are just coming into SPC for the first time as well as students who have been attending but haven't been involved. There is a major lacking deficiency in the culture of I&E on campus and we hope that by introducing a new program for students to come and get an understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship, the culture will spread like wild fire. We want our students to not feel limited by their status, or their background. We want students them to understand that if they have an idea, all they need is the right mindset and the right tools to get bring it goingfrom idea to fruition. Not all ideas will succeed, but we want our students to be able to learn from their failures and not feel trapped by them, so they can . This will allow them to find out what doesn't work when they fail , and then just motivate them to keep trying! For more information on this program follow the contact information below:     Nancy Munoz - nmunoz3163@studnets.southplainscollege.edu Timmy Friesen - tfriesen4184@students.southplainscollege.edu Dr. Ramesh (Krams) Krishnan - rkrishnan@southplainscollege.edu 

Projected Completion Date: End of Spring 2017 semester   

Projected Completion Date - Beggining Spring 2017 SemesterThis is a process that memebers of SEARCh and faculty will continually be working on.

Lets work together to garner support from staff and faculty to make our ideas a reality. Once we've established issues on campus it's time to come up with the best solutions. We listen to the ideas presented, then in an open discussion we talk about the best possible solutions for each proposed topic. We discuss what needs to be addressed when, and everyone works together to bring these ideas to fruition. We have leads on the individual projects and give eachother guidance and support throughout each stage. If something fails we take it back to the drawing board and we learn from our mistakes. The most important thing is that we push through as a group and continually gain experience from the tasks that we're trying to accomplish. 

Projected Completion Date - Mid Spring 2017 SemesterThis is a process that memebers of SEARCh and faculty will continually be working on.