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== Overview ==

[[File:JCSU seal.png|thumb|JCSU seallink=Special:FilePath/JCSU_seal.png]] Johnson C. Smith University is a private HBCU that sits at the highest point in Charlotte, North Carolina. Established in 1867, JCSU has a rich history in advancing and expanding the potential of its students. Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) has a rich history and is heralded as one of the best small colleges in the nation, serving more than 1,200 students and employing more than 240 full-time faculty members, administrators and staff. JCSU is making leaps and bounds in advancing Institutional Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

[httpFreshStart<span style="font-family://www.hbcu.vc/index.html HBCU.vc] Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">&nbsp;is an experience-based learning opportunity in venture capital and tech entrepreneurship. Our student investor a Spring Break program works with that allows students attending historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to teach investment fundamentals learn and entrepreneurship. to act as investors to fund local tech practice the techniques for entrepreneurs and build startup communities in and around their campuses. During the programteams who created companies like Facebook, students learn from investors and entrepreneurs as they work to identify investment opportunitiesApple, perform market researchUber, Rent The Runway and make funding decisionsSpotify. It gives It’s a full-week immersion where students the real world experience needed to jumpstart careers will have close conversations with entrepreneurs in Charlotte, visit locations where they are building their chosen pathscompanies and learn how they can build thier own startups or work with others to build something great.</span>

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Following JCSU CEO is the student run JCSU chapter 's revamp of CEO. The events institutional focus to align with our Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), students and activities faculty are designed able to utilize the resources at the James B. Duke Memorial Library to empower educate themselves on the patent process and engage students through Networking, Competitions, and experienced Speakersapply it to entrepreneurship.

Johnson C. Smith University received a $375,000 grant from the PNC Foundation to enhance entrepreneurship education. The university wants to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurship on campus by providing funding for students. Another campus-led initiative is the Smith Tech Innovation Institute. The institute serves to mentor student innovators and entrepreneurs by providing mentorship and support for grant writing. In addition, students connected with the institute get a chance to participate in hackathons, and TED talks, and connect to a community of individuals in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.</div><div></div>==== FreshStart Program ==Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration==

UNCF Innovation JCSU CSE Department is& Entrepreneurship Fellows Programnbsp;partnering with IBM&nbsp;on curriculum that explains how to work with Enterprise&nbsp;Cloud&nbsp;Computing&nbsp;Systems. This is offered as an elctive course under Special Topics in Computer Science. Students learn about the IBM cloud platform to create a web-based application that seek to solve an issue they see on campus. Students also will earn a digital badge for completing [https://masterthemainframe.com/ <b>IBM's Master the Mainframe</b>] during the class.

Up Currently, the university has incorporated some subjects in the curriculum that foster Innovation and comingEntrepreneurship. The Entrepreneurial Studies and Esports Gaming Management minors assist students to get into the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Students enrolled in the classes learn about the foundations of being a strong innovator and entrepreneur. In addition, the curriculum demands that a student puts all their knowledge into practice. This stimulates the startup ecosystem on campus. These students also connect to grants and funds that they can use to stimulate growth in their businesses. The university also hosts a makerspace in the library. The makerspace is home to innovation in 3D technology, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality. The makerspace is open to students and faculty to learn. The makerspace also runs adjacent to the Animation minor. The makerspace is a space where students and faculty can innovate by leveraging 3D technologies.

<span id="docs-internal-guid-2d7abc57-7fff-3ee5-f04d-ada5feafbf74"><span style= Actively supporting "font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Johnson C. Smith University has strong connections with the university technology transfer function ==surrounding charlotte community. Community involvement is strongly ingrained in the campus and academic culture, where all students are required to participate in 10 hours of community service and every organization on campus host events to volunteer within Mecklenburg county. The school of Social Work has a graduation requirement of 400 field hours with a local organization. The STEM Innovation Center at JCSU has involved itself with the community of startups and venture capital firms within the Charlotte ecosystem. They have hosted meeting for small businesses and local entrepreneurs, such as Start- Up Weekend and the Charlotte's meeting for small businesses. In the near future, JCSU will launch a Small Business Innovation Research Program that will service as a pathway to increase student involvement and accelerate innovation on campus.</span></span>

== Encouraging faculty The university facilitates industry collaborations by being one of the 5 HBCUs to secure an innovation grant from PNC. In addition, the university also has a partnership with Red Ventures which supports innovation and entreprenuership. Red Ventures offers a digital marketing course and internships for entreprenuers in this sphere to gain more experience and network. Some work needs to be done to strengthen the university engaging with regional and local economic development efforts. Johnson C Smith University works through its Center for Applied Leadership and Community Development to improve the local community. The Center is also developing the next generation of leadership in Charlotte. The university does not have enough partnerships to generate seed funding, product impovement and entrepreneurship ==launch, or mentorship for some innovations.

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