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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship is a newly minted campus wide initiative with faculty, staff, and administrators. Within the campus various departments, organizations, and groups have emerged. From the departments, the Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business hosts the New Venture Business Plan Competition where students are mentored for one semester weekend classes devoted to key areas of interest when pursuing a new venture. At the end of this competition the students walk away with a business plan and presentation that have been judged by industry experts and potential seed funding for their new venture. Additionally, the Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs. Beyond the business competition, students are showcasing their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. Lastly, beyond the extracurricular activities students can always take courses focused on entrepreneurship such as Product Realization, Innovation and Commercialization, Entrepreneurship as well as many other courses.

<br/>'''Student Leadership Circle''':<br/>UIF: Alex Francis (President SESO, francis@uwm.edu); Rob Salamon (rob.a.salamon@gmail.com)<br/>AMA: Abby Williams (willi577@uwm.edu)<br/>CEO: Nick Anderson (President, ander644@uwm.edu)<br/>SESO: David Roehrich (Vice President, davidlr3@uwm.edu)<br/>SAE: Andrew Caron (President, ajcaron@uwm.edu)<br/>ASME: Alex Murray (President, ajmurray@uwm.edu)