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~~= <div>OBJECTIVE: To create a pipeline of different outlets for all students to engage in innovation and entrepreneurship.</div><div>~~It starts with the students. We want to bring value to students by redefining education. ~~''''~~ ''How might we create this “culture” of innovation and entrepreneurship?''~~''' '''~~'''1. Make it about passion, not start-ups.''' '''Starting a venture is a result of an entrepreneur having the passion and initiative to create something out of nothing. The key to having people start companies is not having the push to start them, but to have passionate people pursue their interest and starting a company may just be an outlet for that passion.'''~~''' '''~~'''2. Make it accessible to all majors, all backgrounds, etc.''' '''It is imperative to make I&E initiatives as completely interdisciplinary as possible. While traditionally resources are directed to business or engineering students, there is a great sacrifice is the exclusion of other majors. The true breadth of innovation can never be known unless the resources and mentorship is available for people from backgrounds as diverse as their ideas.'''~~''' '''~~'''3. Make I&E sexy.''' '''Something we noticed from comparing I&E programs and taking a more comprehensive at the Stanford d.school innovation programs, we noticed the true feat in getting students into I&E is getting them excited about it. In a world of quick fads with increasingly greater focus on aesthetics, in order for a movement to catch on, it must be appealing in a greater sense. There has to be a brand. People want to follow, join, and create the movement. We don’t want to have to build the entire movement on campus, we want to empower others to create their own. In order to do this, we we need to I&E appealing to college students. At the moment we are thinking of accomplishing this task through creativity and spontaneity. Students will follow something new and different. We will create videos documenting college entrepreneurs, Fearless ideas courses and other resources on campus. If you can live it through your computer, you will be more likely to be a part of it in real life.'''~~''' '''~~'''4. Make it real-world.''' '''Too often students fall prey, as we all do, to going through the motions of life. School, class, and most importantly learning may be routine for many students. There are certain checkboxes you have to check off to get to the next step. In order to combat this redundant feeling when doing schoolwork, we need to have real world applications of the lessons learned in the classroom. When students see what they’re doing in class can actually be applied to something in order to create a real-world effect, they will be able to change the way they think about education. Instead of having class be about passing tests, it can be about learning skills and tools to help take on the world at large.'''~~''' '''~~'''5. Make it student-driven.''' '''Internship program with other students’ start-ups''' '''Students must drive the movement. Without having the target market at the center of the programs and initiatives created, we will run the risk of having misplaced resources which would be worse because the people putting the initiatives on would be seen as disconnected.'''~~''' '''~~'''6. Make it clear why this is important. Why do people want I&E to be as big as it is? Why should students care?''' '''-Create history of innovation at Maryland''' '''-Track the pulse of the movement dating back to Kevin Planck, Oculus, and Google''' '''We need to value all entrepreneurs''' '''-Family tree''' '''Why is there a push for I&E at UMD? There must be a clear dialogue between the university and students. Clarifying intentions will allow people to be more open to the idea and make it their own.'''~~''' '''~~'''OPERATION: Bring back Sergey''' '''7. Make it fun! (But seriously, make it fun)'''~~''' '''</div> =~~ ~~= =~~ ~~= =~~ ~~= =~~ = Overview~~ =~~

The University of Maryland, College Park has a wealth of Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources for both its students and its faculty. In a formal way, the University has taken action to promote I&E on campus mainly through its offerings in the Smith School of Business, through the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship as well as through M.TECH within the Clark School of Engineering.

== Overview of University of Maryland, College Park Campus Ecosystem ==

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