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<parsererror>XML Parsing Errorspan id="docs-internal-guid-17ac748a-7fff-d97c-8b95-36b5200e17ad" style="caret-color: mismatched tag. Expected: &lt;/table&gtrgb(0, 0, 0);. Locationcolor: http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=University_of_Richmond&action=edit Line Number 1rgb(0, 0, Column 10450); font-family:-webkit-standard;"><sourcetext>&lt;body xmlns:xspan style="httpfont-size://excel"&gt11pt;&lt;p&gtfont-family: Arial;&ltbackground-color: transparent;br/&gtfont-weight: 700;&ltfont-variant-ligatures: normal;span style="font-sizevariant-east-asian:large"&gtnormal;&ltfont-variant-position: normal;b&gtvertical-align: baseline;white-space: pre-wrap;">Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship&lt;/b&gt;&lt;: </span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;><span style="font-size:large"&gt11pt;&ltfont-family: Arial;/span&gtbackground-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal;&ltfont-variant-east-asian: normal;span style="font-sizevariant-position: normal; vertical-align:medium"&gtbaseline;The University of Richmond provides many valuable resources for students to learn and pursue their path of innovation and entrepreneurship. Our school has developed Livingwhite-space: pre-Learning Programs, such as Richmond Endeavor and Sophomore Scholars in Residence. Many professors also incorporate elements of innovation and entrepreneurship into their courses. So, many students are learning the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship from their classes. Additionally, we hold inspirational events for students to engage with I&ampwrap;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;E incaret-depthcolor: rgb(0, including speaker series, symposiums0, and Jepson Leadership Forum. Belows are some events that we have0); color: &ltrgb(0, 0, 0);/span&gttext-align: justify;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table dir="ltr" style="table">The University of Richmond provides many valuable resources for students to learn and pursue their path of innovation and entrepreneurship. Our school has developed Living-layout:fixed;font-size:10pt;font-family:arialLearning Programs,sans,sans-serif;width:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border:none" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="1"&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;such as Richmond Endeavor and Sophomore Scholars in Residence. Many professors also incorporate elements of innovation and entrepreneurship into their courses. So, many students are learning the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship from their classes. Additionally, we hold inspirational events for students to engage with I&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td dataE in-sheets-value="{"1":2depth, including speaker series, symposiums,"2":"and Jepson Leadership Forum "}"&gt;Jepson Leadership Forum&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data. Our school also offers how-to workshops to teach students how to apply our knowledge to real-sheets-value="{"1":2world contexts. Our Marketing and Communication strategies effectively help the school let students know these opportunities on campus. Media, such as Spiderbytes,"2":"A&amp;S Symposium"}"&gtUR Collegian Newspaper and Forum Magazine, presents a clear image of what students can learn and achieve on campus.</span> <span style="font-family: Arial;A&ampfont-size: 11pt;S Symposium&ltwhite-space: pre-wrap;br/&gtbackground-color: transparent;&ltcaret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);/td&gtcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);&lt;/tr&gttext-align: justify;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Biology Seminars"}"&gt;Biology Seminars>The University of Richmond helps enable students’ passion for innovation and entrepreneurship by directly creating courses for this specific category in both undergraduate and graduate levels. Students themselves also create extracurricular activities related to I&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2E, such as Entrepreneurship Club and Seeds Project. Students are encouraged to enhance their learning by participating in the Business Pitch Competition,"2":"Powell Seminar Series"}"&gt;Powell Seminar Series&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2Jepson Ethics Bowl,"2":"GIS DAY"}"&gt;GIS DAY&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2and more. The Career Service at the University of Richmond also offers students tour to the Virginia Startups, where many startups gather. More importantly,"2":"Colloquium Series"}"&gt;Colloquium Series&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2the University of Richmond emphasizes how students apply what they have already learned to practice. The school provides fundings called Richmond Guarantee for students to start research with professors and internships at different corporations. 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In addition to the spaces on campus, student employment offers students to experience the real-sheets-valuelife work environment and helps them get ready for their professional careers after graduation.</span> <span style="{"1"font-family:2,"2"Arial; font-size:"SHARP Viewpoint Series"}"&gt11pt;SHARP Viewpoint Series&ltfont-weight: 700;br/&gtwhite-space: pre-wrap;&ltbackground-color: transparent;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gtcaret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&ltcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);/tbody&gt;&lttext-align: justify;">Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship:</table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span> <span style type="text/css"&gtfont-family: Arial;&lt;!font--td {bordersize: 1px solid #ccc11pt;}br {msowhite-data-placementspace:samepre-cellwrap;}background-color: transparent; caret-&gtcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);&ltcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);/style&gt;&lt;span style="fonttext-sizealign:mediumjustify;"&gt;Our school also offers how->The University of Richmond can be characterized as a place where faculty are more recently being supported and urged to workshops be entrepreneurial. While this is true, there seems to teach students how be more short term institutional support compared to apply our knowledge to reallong-world contextsterm. Our Marketing and Communication strategies effectively help Just last year, the Robins School of Business opened the school let students know these opportunities on campusEY Innovation Lab which is intended for student and faculty use. Media, The purpose is for faculty and students alike to have a creative space with unique needs such as Spiderbytesall whiteboard walls. Because of this, UR Collegian Newspaper faculty in the business school have often opted to hold classes in the room and Forum Magazineurge students to really take advantage of it. Additionally, presents while there is a clear image of what students can learn spatial analysis lab and achieve on campusvarious departmental research labs, there are no related graduate or certificate programs.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="fontFurthermore, there is a Creativity-Innovation-size:medium"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;The Entrepreneurship Faculty Committee which is led by the Office of the President. While faculty are more recently being pushed towards entrepreneurship and innovation, students at the University of Richmond helps enable students’ passion for innovation seem to have more support and entrepreneurship by directly creating courses for encouragement in this specific category in both undergraduate and graduate levelsrealm. Students themselves It is also create extracurricular activities related to I&amp;E, such as Entrepreneurship Club and Seeds Project. Students are encouraged to enhance their learning by participating in of note that the Robins School of Business Pitch Competition, Jepson Ethics Bowl, and moremay be pushed more heavily in this direction. The Career Service at the University of Richmond also offers students tour to the Virginia Startups, where many startups gather</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1. More importantly, the University of Richmond emphasizes how students apply what they have already learned to practice. The school provides fundings called Richmond Guarantee for students to start research with professors and internships at different corporations. There are hundreds of places where students gain hands-on experiences38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-17ac748a-7fff-d97c-8b95-36b5200e17ad" style="caret-color: rgb(0, such as brainstorming activities0, group projects0); color: rgb(0, experiments0, prototypes, and technical training. The following are spaces we have0); font-family:&#160-webkit-standard;&lt;/"><span&gtstyle="font-size: 11pt;&ltfont-family: Arial;/p&gtbackground-color: transparent;&ltfont-weight: 700;table dir="ltr" style="tablefont-variant-layoutligatures:fixednormal;font-sizevariant-east-asian:10ptnormal;font-familyvariant-position:arial,sans,sansnormal; vertical-serif;widthalign:0pxbaseline;borderwhite-collapsespace:collapsepre-wrap;border:none" cellspacing>Facilitating university-industry collaboration:</span></span></p><p dir="0ltr" cellpadding="0" borderstyle="line-height: 1"&gt.38;&lttext-align: justify;/colgroup&gtmargin-top: 0pt;&ltmargin-bottom: 0pt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value"><span style="{"1"caret-color:2rgb(0,"2"0, 0); color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard;"EY Innovation Lab><span style="}"&gtfont-size: 11pt;EY Innovation Lab&ltfont-family: Arial;br/&gtbackground-color: transparent;&ltfont-weight: 700;/td&gtfont-variant-ligatures: normal;&ltfont-variant-east-asian: normal;/tr&gtfont-variant-position: normal;&ltvertical-align: baseline;tr&gt;&lt;td datawhite-sheetsspace: pre-valuewrap;"></span></span><span style="{"1"font-family:2,"2"Arial; font-size:"Learning Lab"}"&gt11pt;Learning Lab&ltwhite-space: pre-wrap;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&ltbackground-color: transparent;td datacaret-sheets-value="{"1"color:2rgb(0,"2"0, 0); color:"Technology Learning Center "}"&gt;Technology Learning Center&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gtrgb(0, 0, 0);&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Modlin Design Labs (music, theater, etc>The University of Richmond provides opportunities for students to engage innovation and entrepreneurship in a number of different ways.)"}"&gt;Modlin Design Labs (musicThe most significant is through the various departmental lab spaces that are available for student use on campus. Frequently, theater, etcstudents in Arts and Sciences courses utilize these research spaces to develop something new.)&lt;/td&gtThe Digital Research and Spatial Analysis labs also provide opportunities for students to engage in cutting edge research. These are great resources for current students;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td datahowever, these resources are not extended to alumni use. Post-sheets-value="{"1":2graduation,"2":"Lessing Trading Floor "}"&gt;Lessing Trading Floor&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/trthe University does not provide much opportunity for students to engage innovation. There are currently no resources related to raising capital, and most students do not utilize the limited networks that are available.&gtnbsp;&ltnbsp;tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheets-value="{"1</span></p><br/><span style="font-family:2,"2"Arial; font-size:"Global music studio "}"&gt11pt;Global music studio&ltfont-weight: 700;/td&gtwhite-space: pre-wrap;&ltbackground-color: transparent;/tr&gtcaret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&ltcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);tr&gt;&lt;td data-sheetstext-value="{"1"align:2,"2justify;">Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts:&nbsp;</span><p dir="Spatial Anaylsis Lab ltr"}style="&gtline-height: 1.38;Spatial Anaylsis Lab&lttext-align: justify;/td&gtmargin-top: 0pt;&ltmargin-bottom: 0pt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td data"><span id="docs-internal-guid-17ac748a-7fff-d97c-sheets8b95-value36b5200e17ad" style="{"1"caret-color:2rgb(0, 0,"2"0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:-webkit-standard;"Research Labs><span style="}"&gtfont-size: 11pt;Research Labs&lt;/td&gtfont-family: Arial;&ltbackground-color: transparent;/tr&gtfont-variant-ligatures: normal;&ltfont-variant-east-asian: normal;tr&gtfont-variant-position: normal;&ltvertical-align: baseline;td datawhite-sheetsspace: pre-value=wrap;"{"1":2>The University of Richmond approaches regional and local innovation and entrepreneurship in very limited ways. Upon review,"2":"Digital Schoalrship Lab "}"&gt;Digital Schoalrship Lab&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;&lt;!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium"&gt;In addition the University of Richmond offers connections with a variety of regional innovation opportunities and networks such as the Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forum, and Feast RVA. 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While this is trueUpon review, there seems to be more short term institutional support compared to long-term. Just last year, the Robins School the University of Richmond offers connections with a variety of Business opened regional innovation opportunities and networks such as the EY Innovation Lab which is intended for student Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forum, and faculty useFeast RVA. The purpose is for faculty These networks and organizations provide some resources to University of Richmond students alike to have a creative space with unique needs such as all whiteboard walls. 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Furthermore0, there is a Creativity0); text-Innovation-Entrepreneurship Faculty Committee align: justify;">The University has implemented some initiatives to have greater regional impact, which is led by could possibly act as outlets for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Office university community. The biggest initiative of the President. While faculty are more recently being pushed towards entrepreneurship and innovationuniversity to engage with the greater community is through UR Downtown, which offers students at the University of Richmond seem to have more support a 'shared learning environment and encouragement platform for engaging together in this realmthe heart of a diverse metropolitan area. ' It is also of note that meant to support cross-sector collaboration and economic impact in the Robins School of Business may be pushed more heavily in this directionRichmond City, and also facilitate new learning opportunities using Richmond's entrepreneurial, governmental and legal hubs downtown.&ltnbsp;</span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size:large"&gt11pt;&ltwhite-space: pre-wrap;b&gtbackground-color: transparent;Actively supporting the university technology transfer function&ltcaret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);/b&gtcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Facilitating university-industry collaboration&lt;/b&gt;&lttext-align: justify;">UR also has the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement to connect students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders in social change efforts utilizing the knowledge and potential of these communities. Bonner Scholars are named, and do social work in the area. There seems to be scope for entrepreneurial innovation through this channel as well.</span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;><div><span style="fontcaret-sizecolor:large"&gtrgb(0, 0, 0);&ltcolor: rgb(0, 0, 0);b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&ltfont-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-size:large"&gt11pt;&ltfont-family: Arial;span style="fontbackground-sizecolor:medium"&gttransparent;The University of Richmond currently has 2 sustained options that prepare students for long term ventures. The Business Pitch Compeition and the McWick Case Competition provide students with the opportunity to either develop sensible, sound business plan or evaluate a business case. Both opportunities provide students a short term learning experience that aids in skill development. Both projects project monetary prizes, but to our knowledge these prizes are not enough to sustain or kick-start a fullly fleshed out venture. The University of Richmond currently lacks and infastructure that provides seed, venture or capital funding for individaul students ventures outside of academic research. Although a varitey of funds are available for academic research, these funds are typically awarded on the basis of stringent requirements being met and mostly do not appeal to students who posess the interest in developing a long-term business or venture. The University of Richmond does not maintain a technology transfer office of any sort as it does not seem fesaible for the University to operate with limited patents, copyrights, inventions, etc that are a result of University design.&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:large"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;The University of Richmond approaches regional and local innovation and entrepreneurship in very limited ways. Upon review, the University of Richmond offers connections with a variety of regional innovation opportunities and networks such as the Greater Richmond Chamber, The Venture Forum, and Feast RVA. These networks and organizations provide some resources to University of Richmond students, but looking at current student outcomes, it seems that these services and networks are not highly utilized or even highlighted or pointed out to students who might possesses an interest in exploring or developing a startup culture after the completion of the undergraduate studies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;The University has implemented some initiatives to have greater regional impact, which could possibly act as outlets for entrepreneurship and innovation in the university community. The biggest initiative of the university to engage with the greater community is through UR Downtown, which offers students a 'shared learning environment and platform for engaging together in the heart of a diverse metropolitan area.' It is meant to support cross-sector collaboration and economic impact in the Richmond City, and also facilitate new learning opportunities using Richmond's entrepreneurial, governmental and legal hubs downtown. UR also has the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement to connect students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders in social change efforts utilizing the knowledge and potential of these communities. Bonner Scholars are named, and do social work in the area. There seems to be scope for entrepreneurial innovation through this channel as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt; ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-----------------------------------------------------------^wrap;"><br/></span></sourcetextspan></parsererrordiv>