This presentation was delivered by Humera Fasihuddin, Greg WIlson (UGA), Lucas Arzola (UC Davis and Betaversity) and Jared Karp (UC Berkeley) at the inaugural HBCU Innovation Summit held at Stanford University on Friday, November 1st, 2013.

1. Student
Engagement
HBCU Innovation Summit
Stanford University
November 1, 2013
Project start date: Fall 2011
Grant number DUE-1125457

2. Student Engagement Strategy:
Laying the foundation for a movement
Student Focused
Institution Focused
• Massive Open Online
Courses, Modules and
other Web-based
Content
• University Innovation
Fellows
• UI Fellow Networks
“Student
Communities”
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3. Engineering students want more
entrepreneurship education than they get
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4. Students’ Attitudes about Entrepreneurship
Education
NO ENTREP COURSES ENTREP COURSES
Entrepreneurship education can broaden my
career prospects and choices
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I would like to learn about entrepreneurship in
my engineering courses
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60
Students are encouraged to develop
entrepreneurial skills
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Aspirations
and
perceived
impact
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Entrepreneurship is presented as a worthwhile
career option
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Offerings and
opportunities
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Faculty discuss entrepreneurship
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Students are encouraged to take
entrepreneurship courses
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Students are taught entrepreneurial skills
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60
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100
% agreement with statement
Data source: Duval-Couetil, N., T. Reed-Rhoads, &
Haghighi, S. (2011). Engineering Students and
Entrepreneurship Education: Involvement, Attitudes and
Outcomes,International Journal of Engineering
Education, in press.
Sample: 501 engineering students enrolled in senior-level
capstone design courses at three large public universities with
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established entrepreneurship programs.

5. Prioritizing Innovation via Many Challenges
Facing Academia
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6. Activating Students For Rapid Impact
Focus students on the task of enhancing the
Innovation Ecosystem with the goal of creating
lasting institutional impact.
Pictured Above: UI Fellows at Stanford E-Week February 2013
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61. National Network, Breadth of Institutions
’12 - ’13
Berkeley | Bucknell | Central Florida | Cooper Union | Duke | Eastern Kentucky
Florida International | Johns Hopkins | Lehigh | Mercer | MIT | NC State | Ohio State
Penn State | Pitt | Purdue | RIT | Rose-Hulman | Southern Illinois | Stanford | Tufts
U Michigan | UC Davis | UCSD | University of Colorado | University of Georgia
UT Austin | UT Southwestern | VCU | Wake Forest
Washington St. Louis | Washington State
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62. Students Deploy Diverse Strategies
Epicenter: Student Ambassador Program Evaluation – Spring ’13, Page 6
SageFox Consulting Group
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63. 200 of 351 Engineering Schools in 3 Years
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64. One-Hour Facetime. Presentations.
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65. Rapid Activation
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66. Highly Experiential Training:
Landscape Canvas
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67. Get into the weeds
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68. Develop 2-3 Year Plan
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69. Coalition
Campus
Stakeholders
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70. Ongoing Teams, Coaching
• Team Awareness
• Team Skill Building
• Team Eureka
• Team Venture Forth
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71. ‘Feel Part of a Movement’
OPEN 2014, March 20-21, San Jose.
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72. Wiki Launch Monday, November 4th
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dreamdesigndeliver.org

73. How do I sign up?
SUBMIT …
1. Student application
2. Faculty letter of support
3. Institutional sponsorship of $2,000
BY FEBRUARY 10th, 2014
TRAINING: Week of February 24 – April 4th
(with travel to OPEN, March 18-22)
http://www.dreamdesigndeliver.org
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74. Thank you!
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