Anastasia is a senior at the University of North Florida pursuing a dual degree in Sociology and Communications with a concentration in Advertising. She was born and raised in Jacksonville, FL and has lived there all of her life. She has always had a passion for creating inclusive environments and challenging the social norms. For her data analysis class, she researched racial tolerance with the factors of favorability and neighborhood preferences and presented this research at her school's symposium winning an honorable mention award[[File:First pic.jpg]]
She has always tried to balance both of her majors, and decided to do an internship in Spring of 2019 at Brunet Garcia Advertising Agency as an Account Intern. In this role, she conducted research into potential clients so that the team could better pitch to the client. She also did an internship this past summer in New York City at the Center for Constitutional Rights as a Communication's Intern. With this being her first time in New York City, this internship not only gave her the experience to use her graphic design skills to promote social justice, but also gave her the experience of living in New York City. She had the opportunity to design banners, flyers, postcards, and brochures. Her greatest accomplishment in this role was designing a banner that was used at the Eric Garner protest.
Upon coming back <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship: </span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of North Florida is a nationally ranked university located in the scenic Northeastern Florida city of Jacksonville. Composed of six colleges of distinction, the University currently has an enrollment of 17,000 students and employs more than 500 full-time faculty as well as over 1,000 staff members. </span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of North Florida (UNF) is an emerging center for entrepreneurship in Jacksonville, and in Northeast Florida. UNF’s Coggin College of Business is primarily responsible for the increased emphasis on entrepreneurship and innovation. Most recently, after a $1 million dollar donation, UNF created the </span>[https://www.unf.edu/coggin/CEI/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span> <div>[[File:Second pic.jpg]]<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The UNF Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be open to school 15 startup companies per year where entrepreneurs will undergo a year-long development program at the 13,000-square-foot living, learning lab, located in the bustling center of downtown Jacksonville. Learn more about the UNF Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation by watching this Fall </span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx77aoe3B8U <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">video</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></div><div><span id="docs-internal-guid-99856af1-7fff-31d3-52dd-acf19364359d"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Coggin College of 2019Business also offers a minor in </span>[https://www.unf.edu/catalog/link/MINORBENT/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">entrepreneurship</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that all students have the opportunity to partake in. The minor itself is predominantly business oriented, but does offer courses that teach creativity and design thinking. This minor coincides with the 200 registered student organizations on campus, one of which is the </span>[https://unf.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/eci <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Entrepreneurs, Creators, and Innovators</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, she started her own 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">club called . There may be an opportunity to expand the number of clubs or students involved with social innovation because UNF Student Government, which has an annual budget of roughly $4.5 million dollars, just announced the Communication Minorities Outreach Club creation of a new Student Involvement Center. </span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-99856af1-7fff-31d3-52dd-acf19364359d"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The final way that UNF encourages student innovation and entrepreneurship is through </span>[https://www.unf.edu/ugstudies/tlo/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Transformational learning opportunities</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(CMOC0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(TLOs). TLOs may take a myriad of forms that include study abroad experiences, service learning experiences, research/directed independent study experiences with a faculty member, and leadership experiences.</span></span><div><br/></div><div>[[File:Third pic.jpg]]<br/></div></div><br/><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of North Florida does not offer a tremendous amount of resources for faculty interested in entrepreneurship and innovation. The Office of Faculty Enhancement hosts the </span>[https://www.unf.edu/ofe/events/Summer_Teaching_Innovation_Institute_2019.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teaching Innovation Institute</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, every summer. The goal institute focuses on redesigning an existing course of developing a new course while involving innovative instructional strategies. The interdisciplinary focus of the institute allows for all faculty and department teams to participate, underlining the opportunity for innovation and entrepreneurship to become a university-wide point of focus. </span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNF also has an </span>[https://www.unf.edu/research/Research_Development.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office for Research & Sponsored Programs</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(ORSP) which assists faculty in complying with university, federal, state, and funding agency guidelines, rules, and regulations during budget preparation when determining costs applicable to grants, contracts, and other agreements. If a faculty member would like to involve a student, or students, with their research, students are eligible to apply for an undergraduate research grant through the club is </span>[https://www.unf.edu/ugstudies/OUR/Research_Grants.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR)</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Students can receive up to promote diversity $3,500 in funding towards research-related expenses. </span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-958f035c-7fff-efcf-bdb3-4afe83f6f544"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function: </span></span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNF does have an initiative for </span>[https://www.unf.edu/research/Intellectual_Property_and_Technology_Transfer.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (IPATT)</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that is administered through the field </span>[https://www.unf.edu/research/Research_Development.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office for Research & Sponsored Programs</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(ORSP) and overseen by going Associate Vice President for Research, Dr. John Kantner. Through marketing and licensing activities, ORSP brings technology forward to public use and for the benefit of the inventor, the University, and the community. Income is generated for both the inventor and the University through licensing agreements, and ORSP encourages agreements with local majorityand regional companies. ORSP, IPATT, and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will all work in conjunction with one another to advance idea development and technology transfers. </span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span> <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In recent years, UNF has continued to expand and further develop relationships with external organizations and corporations. For example, the </span>[https://www.unf.edu/coggin/CEI/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation</span>]<span style="background-minority schools color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">has partnered with the Life Sciences Incubator at Mayo Clinic, Beaver Street Enterprise, PS27 Ventures, Source Fuse, The Jim Moran Institute, and the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Entrepreneurial Growth. In addition, four of the 15 ideas selected by the incubator this year relate to the healthcare and technology industries. This is incredibly important because Baptist Health, Florida Blue, and informing students about the variety Mayo Clinic are three of careers the largest employers in Jacksonville. </span><div>[[File:4th pic.jpg]]</div><div>[[File:5th pic.jpg]]<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another major aspect of developing private-public relationships is UNF’s continued dedication to earning the Carnegie Foundation “Community Engagement” designation. The University has established numerous public outreach and branches community partnerships that include the Osher Lifelong LEarning Institute, HandsOn Jacksonville, Public Opinion Research Lab, Small Business Development Center, Center for Community Initiatives, Volunteers in Medicine, and the communication fieldBlue Cross Blue Shield Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions. This club will also promote professional development among its These community partnerships allow faculty members , and dedicated student assistants, to utilize their disciplinary expertise to produce “applied scholarship” that directly addresses an array of regional concerns. </span></div><div> <span id="docs-internal-guid-184d11d1-7fff-0ff1-4451-f72c0fcdece1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging With Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts: </span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-184d11d1-7fff-0ff1-4451-f72c0fcdece1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of North Florida has an annual economic impact of nearly $1 billion on the regional economy. Despite this general impact, the university is committed to contributing to the growth of the regional economy through workshops specialized initiatives, institutes/centers, and networkingprograms. One of the University’s largest center is </span>[https://www.sbdc.unf.edu/about-the-sbdc/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida</span>]<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(SBDC). With funding from the U. Upon graduationS. Small Business Administration, she hopes the University of North Florida, the City of Jacksonville, the Clay County Chamber of Commerce, Marion County, Nassau County, St. Johns County, Putnam County, Suwannee County and other public and private sector sources, the Florida SBDC at UNF is able to either go provide its management assistance services at little or no charge to graduate school or become a brand strategist the client. SBDC programs deliver up-to-date management advice, training and information to help business owners make sound decisions and to assist potential owners in getting started on the right foot. For every federal dollar invested in the SBDC program, nearly $10 is returned in the form of tax revenue. </span></span><div><br/></div></div>[[File:6th pic.jpg]] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNF has now created an entire cycle of support for aspiring innovators by offering courses on entrepreneurship, to the new Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for start-ups, to the SBDC for an advertising agencygrowing small businesses. Together, these resources will allow the university and local community to continue to grow.</span>