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*<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" color="#000032" size="4"></font><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(66, 66, 66); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Source Sans Pro,sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">The purpose of IEEE Computer Society is to participate in the confrontation of key developmental tasks, particularly in the areas of moral and intellectual development and values clarification. The purpose shall be the dissemination of knowledge of the theory and practice of all aspects of electrical engineering, electronics, radio, allied branches of engineering or the related arts and sciences, as well as the furtherance of the professional development of the students.</span></span>

*<span style="color:#000000;">'''T<span style="text-align: center; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">his course brings an</span>'''</span>'''<u>[http://www.h4di.org/ <span style="color:#000000;">innovative problem-solving mode</span>]</u><span style="color:#000000;"><u>l </u><span>developed at Stanford University to complex problems&nbsp;faced by the departments of Defense and State. The course is&nbsp;sponsored by</span></span>[http://4-va.org/ <span style="color:#000000;">4-VA</span>]<span style="color:#000000;"><span>and&nbsp;takes place in JMU’s</span><u></u></span>[http://jmuxlabs.org/ <span style="color:#000000;">X-Labs</span>]'''<span style="color:#000000;">&nbsp;</span>

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*<span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(21, 30, 36); font-family: &quot;Lora"; font-size: 18.06px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">T</span><font style="color: rgb(21, 30, 36); font-family: &quot;Lora&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" size="3">he Society of Women Engineers (SWE) is an educational and service organization that empowers women to succeed and advance in the field of engineering, and to be recognized for their life-changing contributions as engineers and leaders. SWE establishes engineering as a highly desirable career for women through an exciting array of training and development programs, networking opportunities, scholarships, outreach and advocacy activities, and much more.&nbsp;Our mission is to stimulate women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders, expand the image of the engineering profession as a positive force in improving the quality of life, and demonstrate the value of diversity.</font> <font style="color: rgb(21, 30, 36); font-family: &quot;Lora&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" size="3"></font>   <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color:#000000"><u>'''<span style="font-size:medium"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Madison Business Network</span></span>'''</u></span></span></span></span> *<span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; line-height: 18px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">'''<u>The goal of the Madison Business Network is to encourage cross-disciplinary collaborations in entrepreneurship, innovation, business development, job creation&nbsp;</u>'''<span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">and career mentoring across and beyond the campus of James Madison University.</span></span> == <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:x-large;">'''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''</span></span> == <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;">'''<u>College Works Internship</u>'''</span></span> *<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fab25c7f-3d1e-0303-e5e5-b4486687614d"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">College Works provides undergraduate students with an opportunity to run their own painting business for a summer, with no risk to the student. &nbsp;They help interns develop and demonstrate a strong skillset encompassing business ethics, communication, organizational management and sales, along with a firm understanding of the mechanics of leadership in regards to running a small business.</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">​</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span></span> <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;"><u>'''Innovation Exchange'''</u></span></span> *<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;">This four-week crash course in entrepreneurship, design thinking, and product design takes a multidisciplinary group of students to the Silicon Valley to gain inspiration and expert advice on making a start-up. With the students having a chance to talk to real-world entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, they come back to Harrisonburg, VA to test out their new knowledge of forming a product idea into a full-on startup. The course is taught by professors of engineering and industrial design but guest professors make a huge impact daily which helps give students the feedback needed to be more successful.</span></span></span></span>   <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;">'''<u>Madison Business Network</u>'''</span></span> *<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.22727; background-color: transparent;">The Madison Business Network was created as the result of increasing interest in new company formation, innovation, and peer-to-peer connections throughout James Madison University and its alumni base. &nbsp;The nationwide network connects individuals who have innovative ideas, technologies, and strategies with people who can be of assistance. The network targets JMU faculty, staff, students, alums, and professionals in the region. The goal of the network is to encourage and promote innovation, business development, job creation, entrepreneurship, and career mentoring.</span></span></span>   <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;"><u>'''<span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22727; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Society of Entrepreneurs</span>'''</u></span></span> *<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">The JMU Society of Entrepreneurs brings James Madison University entrepreneurially minded students together. In the organization, we educate each other and the JMU community on topics of interest, support each other with new ventures and reach out to entrepreneurs in the community to help them and learn from them. The society also hosts speakers and events to educate the JMU community about different topics based around entrepreneurship. The club was launched in 2011 and became a recognized organization by JMU in spring of 2012.&nbsp; To be a part of regularly scheduled meetings, students must apply, be interviewed and accepted into the organization. After going through a process to learn the fundamentals of startups, they will become an official member of the society.</span></span></span></span> &nbsp; <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color:#000000;"><u>'''<span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Madison Exchange</span>'''</u></span></span> *<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">The Madison Exchange is a collaborative effort where all of the engineering students present the projects they have been working on for the year. It allows each student to interface with possible employers and businessmen and women to get their name known.</span></span></span></span>   <span style="color:#000000;">'''<u><font size="4">Startup Spring Break Pitch</font></u>'''</span> *'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Virginia Commonwealth University’s da Vinci Center hosted their first ever Startup Spring Break Pitch Competition on March 10</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; border-image: none; text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">th</span><span style="text-align: left; text-transform: none; line-height: 24px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, 2018. Startup teams were nominated by universities across the Commonwealth to compete for $25,000 in equity–free funding.</span></span></span>'''&nbsp; == <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Engaging with Regional and Local Development Efforts'''</span></span></span> == <span style="color:#000000;"><u><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:medium;">Small Business Development Center</span>'''</span></span></u></span> *<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;">Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) provide a vast array of technical assistance to small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs. By supporting business growth, sustainability and enhancing the creation of new businesses entities, SBDCs foster local and regional economic development through job creation and retention. As a result of the no cost, extensive, one-on-one, long-term professional business advising, low-cost training, and other specialized services SBDC clients receive, the program remains one of the nation’s largest small business assistance programs in the federal government.</span></span>   <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;">'''<u>Engaged Mentors and Entrepreneurs in Residence</u>'''</span></span> *<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.15; background-color: transparent;">Seasoned entrepreneurs and business professionals provide expert advice to students and faculty to explore entrepreneurial career paths and develop viable businesses. &nbsp;Mentors speak to classes, work alongside venture teams in the Venture Creation class, regularly visit campus, and offer support long after JMU students graduate and move into their professional careers. &nbsp;A valuable network is emerging to connect students to startup resources and funding, job opportunities, and nationwide networks.</span></span>   <span style="color:#000000;"><u>'''<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">Career Fair</span></span>'''</u></span> *<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify; font-size: larger;">The JMU Career Fair is a two-day event where many potential employers visit the college and students can interact with them. This happens once a semester and allows the students to get their name out into the business world.</span></span>   <font color="#000000" size="3">'''<u>Handshake</u>'''</font> *<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Handshake is James Madison University’s online career services management system&nbsp;that provides JMU students&nbsp;access to internships, full-time jobs, career fairs, workshops,&nbsp;information sessions, and more.</span></span></span><br/><div><br/></div> = <span style="font-size:x-large;">Related Links</span> = [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James%20Madison%20University James Madison University] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Madison_University_Student_Priorities James Madison University Student Priorities] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/James_Madison_University_Innovative_Spaces James Madison University Innovation Spaces] == <u>Fellows</u> == [[Chris Ashley|Chris Ashley]] [[Jack O'Neill|Jack O'Neill]] [[Andrew Carlone|Andrew Carlone]] [[Timothy Moore|Timothy Moore]] [[Emily Platt|Emily Platt]] [[Mark Castro|Mark Castro]] [[Nahom Fissaha|Nahom Fissaha]] [[Greg Mayo|Greg Mayo]] [[Ryan Ohneiser|Ryan Ohneiser]] [[Daniel Phonelath|Daniel Phonelath]] [[Jared Michael Zurn|Jared Michael Zurn]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Catharine_Willett Catharine Willett] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Grace_carter Grace Carter] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_steven_anderson Kyle Anderson] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Connor_bergeron Connor Bergeron] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jack_Boone Jack Boone] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Anne_rusher Anne Rusher] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Stephanie_Morales Stephanie Morales] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Marian_Gerlitzki Marian Gerlitzki]&nbsp; [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/PEYTON_PITTMAN Peyton Pittman] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Natalie_Dillinger Natalie Dillinger] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kareem_Ebraham Kareem Ebraham] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Emma_de_Leon Emma de Leon] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Lexy_Foor Lexy Foor] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sally_Todd Sally Todd] [http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=James_Madison_University&action=edit&section=8 Skylar Wolen] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Claire_Fulk Claire Fulk] [[Cameron Robinson|Cameron Robinson]] [[Poppy Crawshaw|Poppy Crawshaw]] [[Arie Bradley|Arie Bradley]] [[Andrew Payne|Andrew Payne]] [[Kerry McCullagh|Kerry McCullagh]] [[Sabrina Hammell|Sabrina Hammell]] [[C. 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