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= <big>Innovation and Entrepreneurship</big> =

<big>At Susquehanna University ~~has~~ , entrepreneurship and innovation opportunities exist for students and experienced professors on and ~~helpful professors~~off campus. Students ~~are able to~~ can learn from professors through ~~their~~ class lessons and succeed outside of the classroom with ~~their own~~ personal ventures and research. ~~The~~ In addition, the Sigmund Weis School of ~~business has an~~ Business implemented entrepreneurship and innovation as an undergraduate minor. ~~Additionally~~In recent years, Susquehanna has ~~recently started a partnership~~ partnered with Columbia University ~~for~~ to create a ~~combined~~ dual degree program in ~~liberal arts~~ Liberal Arts and Science ~~education~~ Education and Engineering. Interested students will be able to~~ ~~obtain two ~~bachelors~~ bachelor’s degrees in ~~just~~ a short span of five years.</big>

<big>Student</big>

<big>At Susquehanna ~~is growing in~~ , opportunities for ~~students to engage~~ student engagement in entrepreneurship and innovationcontinue to grow each year. The ~~university has recently~~ University established an Entrepreneurship & and Innovation minor to replace the ~~business administration entrepreneurship~~ Business Administration Entrepreneurship emphasis, . Faculty and ~~faculty currently~~ staff members teaching entrepreneurship ~~classes~~ courses are ~~striving~~ encouraging students to ~~enroll~~ participate in the program regardless of academic discipline. Hopeful students ~~from all different disciplines. Students hoping~~ who wish to create their own organizations or campus publications will quickly learn about the ~~faculty and staff’s~~ willingness ~~to give advice~~ and guidance from the faculty and staff to help students turn their ideas into ~~realities~~reality. The ~~university ran~~ University hosted a Pitch Contest in the ~~spring~~ Spring of 2014 and ~~saw~~ allowed students from various backgrounds and ~~departments bring forth~~ disciplines to share their ideas for innovation and creativity. The Pitch Contest has not been held since, but ~~we hope~~ the University Innovation Fellows team wishes to collaborate with the ~~business school~~Business School, Susquehanna alumni ~~relations~~ , and the career development center to reinstate the Pitch Contest ~~by spring of 2018~~in future years.</big>

<big>Pitch Contest: What is the Pitch Contest? - The Pitch Contest was organized to “help students gain experience in developing and presenting ideas for ~~innovation~~innovation”.~~”  ~~Susquehanna Alumni served as the judges of during the event and ~~were able to share~~ shared their own experiences while building connections ~~between~~ with current students ~~and alumni~~ to establish a basis for a greater network. The event helped to inspire ideas~~, as well as~~ and provide ~~space for~~ valuable feedback on how students ~~may~~ can improve their ideas and~~/or pitches for~~ pitching skills in the future. Students were given two minutes to describe their ideas and convince the judges of their merit, learning how to ~~best~~ effectively communicate ~~in order~~ to sell their products/and ideas.~~ ~~</big>

<big>Faculty and Staff</big>

<big>Additionally, the Center for Teaching and Learning provides grants for faculty that foster curricular or pedagogical innovations in order to enhance learning. It also hosts lunches and workshops where faculty members can learn about teaching strategies and share innovative ideas, facilitates a "talk-while-you-walk" initiative for faculty to walk while they talk about teaching, and partners faculty members with two or three peers to discuss teaching strategies more intimately.</big>

<big>'''Innovation Allies:'''</big><big>Dr. Samya Bano Zain, Associate Professor of Physics, Physics Department Chair</big><big>Dr. Scott Manning, Dean of Global Programs</big><big>Robert Sieczkiewicz, Assistant Professor, Research Librarian: Instruction and Digital Scholarship</big><big>Katie Burr, Director of the First Year Experience</big><big>Dr. Emma Fleck, Associate Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship)</big><big>Dr. Betsy Verhoeven, Associate Professor of English, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning</big><big>Dr. Amir Bahman Radnejad, Assistant Professor of Management (Entrepreneurship)</big><big>Ron Cohen, Vice President for University Relations</big><big>Becky Deitrick, Assistant VP of Alumni, Parent and Donor Engagement</big><big>Scott Cox, Adjunct Professor</big><big>Dr. Linda McMillan Provost and Dean of the Faculty</big>

= <big>Technology Transfer Function</big> =

<big>The science department at Susquehanna keeps students highly involved in the forefront of the research process from the beginning of their undergraduate studies. Students are regularly invited to partner with faculty for the summer to conduct research in the various areas of the professors’ areas of expertise.</big>

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