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Norwich has a great core group of students that are working extremely hard to grow the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem around campus. The club is working diligently on the strategies below, but with low club membership they can only tackle one idea at a time. Currently the club membership is composed of engineering and business students. With a growth in membership we could assess more ideas and open more opportunities for students to persue pursue their own ideas. 

*Hosting a social event for students and faculty to mingle, ideate together, and colaborate collaborate on new opportunities available to the student body. - Spring 2014

*Start promoting new classes in entrepreneurship in hopes that education in what entrepreneurship is will grow intrest interest in the clubs ideas. - A main goal of the club for the foreseeable future*Reach out to professors of all disciplines so that they will recomend recommend students who show promise in entrepreneurship and innovation. - Spring and Fall 2014*Start a better propoganda propaganda campaign. Currently the club does little for plublicity publicity and if we could find ways to better reach students without being an inconvenience we could see a growth in interest. - Fall 2014

Student interest in entrepreneurship is high all across the nation, and education is this field will promote great things for the university. The minor will help educate students on the ins and outs of owning their own company. With this education students could leave Norwich ready to start their own business why’ll why’All also knowing the ways around their respective disciplines. Entrepreneurship could spark innovation and business connection for Norwich students and faculty. 

The small school community that Norwich offers is great for colaboration collaboration between disciplines. Students in the technology majors could work with business majors on starting business based around new and innovative technology. Nursing students who are looking to start their own home nursing service could learn aspects of business management from the business majors and can produce new ideas on how they can make the home nursing business run smoother. Arts and Architecture students could engage in new sustainable design with the engineering majors. When there is interaction between the students from different majors each student brings something great to the table and with this colaboration collaboration the possibilities are endless. 

A space seperate separate from school labs and classrooms will go a long way in promoting interdisciplinary colaborationcollaboration. A place where students can go to ideate and prototype for their own ideas seperate separate from the classroom. The space would offer an area for students to colaborate collaborate and test ideas without the presure pressure of getting a good grade or the stress failing. The student could do everything from coming up with an itial initial idea to getting ready to pitch the idea to an investor. The space could also offer time slots for work in the machine shop or with the 3D-printers so that the student with an idea can move forward in the design process. 

*With a growth in the students intrested interested in entrepreneurship and innovation the space would be a desired location. - Spring/Fall 2014 through Fall 2015 *When a student has an idea the space would be used to persue pursue that idea the tactic is to motivate students to persue pursue their own ideas.              - Spring 2015 through Spring 2016*Talking with the undergraduate reseach research department on ideas and possible funding. - Spring 2015*Find and colaborate collaborate with outside sources. Get the community involved and look for possible locations outside of the campus. - Fall 2015*Host a design competiton competition for students to bring fourth their ideas on the space should look. - Spring 2016