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Upcoming Deadline (June 30): University Innovation Fellows Program
/0 Comments/in Epicenter, NCIIA, Stanford University, University Innovation FellowWhen you’re paired with a group of motivated and energetic individuals, anything is possible.” – Elliot Roth, University Innovation Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University After training 66 University Innovation Fellows this past spring, 110 students from 78 different institutions across the nation have come together to build a more experiential learning system for undergraduate engineers and their […]
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Applications Open for University Innovation Fellows Program
/0 Comments/in Epicenter, Student Leaders, University Innovation FellowApplications are now open for Epicenter’s University Innovation Fellows program. May 16, 2014 This week, the National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) opened the application process for its University Innovation Fellows program for U.S. college and university students. The University Innovation Fellows, a national community of students in engineering and related fields, are […]
UI Fellows Commit to Advancing the National Academy of Engineering’s 14 Grand Challenges
/0 Comments/in Epicenter, Georgia Tech, Multi-school Collaboration, NAE Grand Challenges, National Academy of Engineering, University Innovation FellowFrom April 29 – May 1, ten University Innovation Fellows (UI Fellows) were invited to attend the Educating Engineers to Meet the Grand Challenges’ Conference held at the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to lend a student perspective in discussing how to better integrate innovation & entrepreneurship, interdisciplinary project-based work, service learning, global perspectives and […]
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Innovation and Determination
/0 Comments/in Epicenter, UMD College Park, University Innovation FellowUniversity Innovation Fellow Atin Mittra led a service learning trip to the Dominican Republic’s Barrio Blanco and learned a lesson about determination in the process. by Atin Mittra University Innovation Fellow, University of Maryland College Park As I embarked to lead an Alternative Spring Break trip to the Dominican Republic, I had no idea the next […]
Congratulations Spring 2014 Fellows!
/0 Comments/in Training, University Innovation FellowWe are pleased to announce the launch of to 66 University Innovation Fellows from 45 U.S. campuses! A complete list of students is below. University Innovation Fellow bios, campus profiles and strategic priorities can be found on the student universityinnovation.org wiki here: http://universityinnovationfellows.org/wiki/University_Innovation_Fellows_Program. Epicenter University Innovation Fellows – Press Release April 2014. […]
INTRODUCING: Leadership Circle pilot
/0 Comments/in Leadership Circle, University Innovation FellowPLEASE NOTE: This article was posted during the Leadership Circle pilot in spring 2014, so the information contained may be outdated. For all current information, see the Info for Students and Info for Faculty pages. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment toward organizational objectives. […]
White House Hosts STUDENT STARTUPS Hangout with #UIFellows Own Jared Karp & Shark Tank Hosts
/0 Comments/in Event, University of California Berkeley, White HouseNovember 23, 2013 – The video recording of the Student Startup Google Hangout is now available. Due to technical difficulties, they are in two parts. Watch the first video until just after 7:30, then switch to the second one to view the remainder of the session: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjN24w15Q4s&w=560&h=315] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zY_bzCYilE&w=560&h=315] Here’s our favorite excerpt… STUDENT INNOVATOR TELLS […]
What the movie “Jobs” tells you about being an entrepreneur
/1 Comment/in Virginia Commonwealth UniversityBy Elliot Roth I went to see “Jobs” the other day with some friends and was thoroughly entertained. Ashton Kutcher’s acting was spot-on, with an excellent appearance from Josh Gad as Woz, who acted as Jobs’ conscience for most of the movie. I’m not sure whether Woz agreed with the performance, but it definitely tugged […]
The Innovator Education Paradox
/0 Comments/in North Carolina State UniversityBy Sean Newman Maroni We all know that the education system is imperfect. In order to remain competitive in the global economy, American schools must better prepare our youth for the business challenges they will face. Specifically, schools must teach students to be problem solvers who can use their natural creativity and their education to […]
University Innovation Fellows, CEO, Kairos Society… What’s the difference?
/0 Comments/in University Innovation FellowHow are University Innovation Fellows different from all other student networks? There is one BIG fundamental difference: University Innovation Fellows care about enhancing the innovation ecosystem on campus. They care about lasting institutional change that benefits the students’ educational experience. They care about leaving a legacy on their campus. They are entrepreneurial, but they CARE […]
Three Critical Remote Leadership Skills I Learned as a University Innovation Fellow
/0 Comments/in University Innovation Fellow, Washington University St. LouisThree Critical Remote Leadership Skills I Learned as a University Innovation Fellow (Useful, since my cofounder lives 500 miles away!) By Blake Margraff Note: These thoughts and stories, and whatever messages or lessons they may convey, are not limited to the experiences of University Innovation Fellows (formerly Student Ambassadors Program). Perhaps one of the most […]
Why Being A Student Leader Is The Hardest and Best Thing College Offers
/2 Comments/in North Carolina State University, University Innovation FellowBy Sean Newman Maroni In my first post, we played with the idea of creating “autocatalyzing” events–being the person who gets a new event or initiative started but then gives up control to another person or to the community itself. In this post, I’d like to elaborate on how I came to this idea, and […]
Freshman & Sophomores Get Practical Design & Project Experience in Biomedical Engineering
/0 Comments/in Georgia TechIn this video interview Georgia Tech rising senior Jim Schwoebel describes his experience entering college knowing his destiny was to invent, innovate and be an entrepreneur. But, when he got to Georgia Tech, he found that most of the innovation resources were geared to juniors, seniors and grad students. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv80zjX6HZc&w=560&h=315] Freshman and sophomores weren’t […]
Berkeley Students Help Land $20MM From Jacobs Foundation for Design Institute
/1 Comment/in University Innovation Fellow, University of California BerkeleyJared Karp and Adam Eastman describe the sequence of events over one academic year which helped catalyze a student-led movement in the innovation culture on campus. New! Timeline for sequence of events posted below. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZziMZC5RD4Y&w=560&h=315] We got word of the $20 million gift on Monday afternoon and 78 hours later, we were able to […]
Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Community as a Student Leader
/1 Comment/in North Carolina State University, University Innovation FellowBy Sean Newman Maroni Building a university entrepreneurial community is unlike any other student leadership role. As a student leader of NC State’s Entrepreneurship Initiative for the last three years, I’ve learned a lot about sparking entrepreneurship and why many university entrepreneurship programs fail. This article is the first of a 12-part series on cultivating […]
Makers Earning $45K After High School, Our Future Innovators
/0 Comments/in Georgia Tech, NCIIA, NCIIA Grantees, Rice, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley, University of MichiganToday show segment showcases exciting new program that’s ‘making makers’ within high school. According to the segment, The unemployment rate for people under the age of 25 is 16.2%, double the national average. A new program in Massachusetts is designed to train students in advanced manufacturing, robotics and precision machining to satisfy the predicted 100,000 […]
UC Berkeley Ambassador Speaks at Smithsonian, Washington D.C.
/2 Comments/in Georgia Tech, Rice, Stanford University, University Innovation Fellow, University of California Berkeley, University of MichiganJared Karp, Student Ambassador from University of California Berkeley, spoke at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in an event entitled, “Spaces of Invention.” The six-speaker event, held as part of the NCIIA Open Conference in Collaboration with Epicenter and was delivered Pecha Kucha-style (also known in some circles as an Ignite talk). In 15 […]
Bottling the Bay Area and Stanford Magic
/1 Comment/in Johns Hopkins, North Carolina State University, Penn State, Stanford University, University Innovation Fellow, University of California Berkeley, University of California Davis, University of California San Diego, Virginia Commonwealth University, Washington University St. LouisStudent Ambassadors travel to Bay Area, attend Stanford E-Week [wpvideo Jczop8dN] Nine top-performing Student Ambassadors had an immersive experience in Silicon Valley last week to bring back best practices to their campuses. Some may say, “What happens at Stanford can’t be replicated in our region!” Perhaps not in its entirety. But, we think by breaking […]
Only Students Could Have This Kind of Impact
/2 Comments/in University Innovation Fellow, Wake Forest University[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJNOi_UqZhs&w=560&h=315] TEDxWakeForest Student Ambassador Christina Oelsner had tough shoes to fill. Last year’s Student Ambassador Lucy Lan rocked the campus with a sold-out first-ever TEDxWakeForest to share ‘ideas worth spreading’ and infuse innovation and entrepreneurship into the dialogue at Wake. Not only was Christina tapped on the shoulder to be a Student Ambassador with […]
Nine Top Performers Announced! Trip to Stanford E-Week.
/0 Comments/in Penn State, Stanford University, University Innovation FellowJohn Oliver at Penn State is one of nine students who is being recognized as one of our 2012-2013 Top Performers. He is called out amongst the 27 Student Ambassadors not for the 2 concurrent SPARKs he led during Global Entrepreneurship Week, nor for the awards event that culminated, but rather for the Ultimate Trader […]
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Sparking Entrepreneurship at UC Davis
/0 Comments/in University of California DavisOn Monday October 8, 44 students and 2 professors came together for the first ever Engineering and Technology Entrepreneurship Club (E-TEC) general meeting at UC Davis. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students from all engineering disciplines on campus were represented. Students from chemistry, biology, and business also attended the meeting. The event consisted of […]
Startup UCLA and TEC-Bruins Spring Networking Night!
/0 Comments/in University of California Los AngelesWhere: Young Research Library (YRL) Room 11348 (North Campus), in the Northeast corner of YRL, behind Cafe 451 When: Wednesday, April 18th, 2012, 6-9pm Register Now Do you want to join a startup? Or are you starting a company and looking for people to join your team? Or maybe just interested in meeting other members […]
Columbia University – Women Innovate Mobile (WIM) Accelerator
/1 Comment/in Columbia UniversityVeronika Sonsey, Kelly Hoey, and Deborah Jackson, alumni of the ColumbiaBusinessSchool, have recently created a new startup accelerator for women called the Women Innovate Mobile (WIM) Accelerator. The program is open to applications and is offering a small number of companies with seed funding of $18,000, plus mentoring, support, and office space in New York […]
Innovating for Innovation at Harvard
/0 Comments/in Harvard UniversityThere has a been a boom of new student activity and faculty programs to promote innovation across the board. This fall has already seen the opening of a brand new Harvard Innovation Laboratory across the river at the business school, and the start of a new student group called the Harvard Healthcare Innovation Club. Both […]
