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<div>[http://www.seedatuva.com/ Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development (SEED) ]is a passionate group of students committed to fostering sustainable development in communities around the world. They do this by giving free consulting services to NGOs and social entrepreneurs wherever they need them, with an emphasis on sound microfinance. By forging long-term relationships, they are able to increase the efficacy and efficiency of their partners, and intensify the positive social change in their communities. They also seek educational and personal development within the University of Virginia. Through working in teams to solve problems for their partners, students are able to broaden their knowledge horizons while actively practicing the skills they learn in class. By developing a partnership with the McIntire School of Commerce, SEED has been able to utilize the full resources offered to them, while still maintaining the UVA motto of student self-governance. With over 250+ members working on projects for NGOs around the world, SEED has now established itself in the University of Virginia community, attracting members from all schools and disciplines within the University.</div><div><br/></div><div>
== Emerging Medical Technology Ventures (EMTV)<br/> ==
<div>EMTV is a student run group at UVa that seeks to spark excitement and hands on participation in health care and medical technology entrepreneurship. EMTV is an organization that hosts events such as talks from health care entrepreneurs and medical hackathons that aim to inspire students to address unmet medical needs. The ultimate goal of EMTV is to have the formation of student teams and projects from these events.</div><div><br/></div><div>== University of Virginia Entrepreneurship Cup<br/> ==<div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Entrepreneurship Cup is a business-concept competition open to all U.Va. undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Sponsored by [http://www.thirdsecurity.com/ Third Security LLC], this annual competition seeks to enrich the area's entrepreneurial community by encouraging new ventures with the potential to address unmet needs, solve social and economic problems, and do so in an interdisciplinary way. Participating teams and individuals develop their entrepreneurial chops by submitting formal business concepts to a selected track, with qualifying teams pitching their concepts at that track's semi-final competition. </span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">There are 9 total tracks:<br/></span> *<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">College of Arts and Sciences</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">School of Business</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">School of Education<br/></span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Social Entrepreneurship</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Health System</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">School of Commerce</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">School of Law</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">UVa Wise</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">School of Engineering<br/></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> The first-place team or individual from each semi-final competition goes on to compete in the Entrepreneurship Cup final that takes place in November.. All presenting teams receive valuable, third-parrty feedback from investors and other competition judges, with winning teams also receiving cash prizes to further their concepts. The Entrepreneurship Cup is a registered activity of [http://www.unleashingideas.org/ Global Entrepreneurship Week], held in November each year, which “connects young people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators.”</span></div></div><div><br/></div></div>
= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =