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= <span style="font-size:xx-large">'''Overview'''</span><br/> =
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Tuskegee University (TU) is an independent and state-related institution of higher education. It is located in Tuskegee, Alabama, which is east of Montgomery, Alabama, and west of the city of Auburn, Alabama.
= <span style="font-size:large">'''Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus'''</span><br/> =
During his tenure, President Dr. Gilber Rochon, developed the office of innovation and sustainable devllopment with Mohammad Bhuiyan PhD as Vice-President. This office is reported to be responsble for implementing and managing initiatives of the Tuskegee University Foundation, developing and directing the Tuskegee University Research Park, and center for entrepreneurial leadership along with other ventures in the near future.
In Spring 2014, Tuskegee University collaborated with APLU (www.aplu.gov), [[NCIIA|NCIIA]] and [[University_Innovation_Fellows_ProgramUniversity Innovation Fellows Program|University_Innovation_Fellows_Program]] to initiate an innovation and entreprenuership movement on the university's campus. Discover the outline of the movement by visiting the [[Tuskegee_University_Student_PrioritiesTuskegee University Student Priorities]] page.<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium"></span></span>
= <span style="font-size:large">'''Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship'''</span><br/> =
Tuskegee University’s student innovation and entrepreneurship is a novel initiative with administrators, faculty, and students. This historic HBCU hopes to advance and develop new technologies though investments in innovation and entrepreneurship with its students and community. To catalyze the innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) initiative TU has collaborated with National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), University Innovation, and Stanford University.
= <span style="font-size:large">'''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts'''</span><br/> =
=== '''''Health Disparities Institute for Research and Education (HDIRE)'''''<br/> ===
The Health Disparities Institute for Research and Education (HDIRE) is a newly established initiative at Tuskegee University that addresses some of the major health disparities that are observed in underserved and minority communities. Founding Director, Roberta Troy PhD, and Deputy Director for Program Operations, Barbara A. Howard pioneered the initiative on the campus of Tuskegee University. Currently the HDIRE has seven executive board members and ten advisory board members.
The vision of HDIRE is to obtain equity and equality in health care access, delivery, care and costs for minority individuals and families to enable them to achieve optimal physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellness (Tuskegee University, 2014). HDIRE impacts its target community by providing forums, symposiums and conferences on diseases, health options, and healthy lifestyle options steered by social, community leaders and students at different universities in the state, including Tuskegee. It also provides scholarships to students engaged in research related to solving the health disparity problems of the Black Belt community and deserving youth. This program engages the Tuskegee community on a regular basis, already having 3 forums this year, and many more planned throughout 2014 and years to come. HDIRE continues to extend its presence in the Tuskegee community and may be a good model for the establishment of an innovation and entrepreneurship initiative on the campus of Tuskegee University.
=== '''''Math and Science Partnership'''''<br/> ===
A partnership consisting of Tuskegee University, Alabama State University, Auburn University, the University of Alabama, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Central Alabama Community College, Enterprise Junior College, Shelton State Community College, Wallace Community College at Selma and Wallace State Community College, nine Alabama school districts, McWane Science Center, Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSECs) at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin and the Southeastern Consortium for Minorities in Engineering (SECME) has been formed to enhance the science achievement of students in the 6th-8th grades in selected districts of Alabama Black Belt Region.
= <span style="font-size:large">'''Related Links'''</span><br/> =
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[[Tuskegee_University_Student_PrioritiesTuskegee University Student Priorities|Tuskegee_University_Student_Priorities]]
[[Myisha Roberson Moore|Myisha_Roberson_Moore]]