1. University Innovation
Fellows
Humera Fasihuddin
NCIIA, Epicenter
January 16, 2014

2. Students As Partners…
• To help address Department’s emerging priorities.
• As able to organize around their passion and interest.
• As potential emissaries of I&E, able to attract other
students to courses and programs (peer to peer
marketing).
• Engaging in extra-curricular and co-curricular activities
that demonstrate a demand for I&E to potential partners,
alumni and funders.
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3. 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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4. Expanding Network of Student
Leaders
60 to be trained this academic year: Fall and Spring Cycle
Valerie Sherry, University of Maryland College Park Michael Tantum, Wake
Forest University Terrence Agbi, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Chen Cui, University of Iowa Andrew Dalman, North Dakota State University
Derek Dashti, Tulane University Mary Wilcox, Arizona State University Tempe
Nathan Smialek, University of Pittsburgh Brian Rhindress, University of
Pittsburgh Christopher Woodward, Western Michigan University Randy
Stockman, Florida Institute of Technology Dean Tate, Texas A & M University
Graham Leslie, Texas A & M University Yifan Ge, Bucknell University Ellery
Addington-White, Beloit College Jennifer Mayo, Oklahoma State University
Katelyn Stenger, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Nolan Nicholson,
University of Nevada, Reno Breanne Przestrzelski, Clemson University Brittany
Wouden, Washington State University Vancouver Mridul Bhandari,
Pennsylvania State University Viviana Tran, Washington State University Ian
Hamilton, Purdue University Peter Hollender, Duke University Jeffrey
Ackerman, Purdue University Gregory Wilson, University of Georgia Andrew
Batz, Virginia Commonwealth University Benjamin Johnston, University of
Texas Southwestern Medical Center Karuna Relwani, University of Pittsburgh
Elliot Roth, Virginia Commonwealth University Jared Karp, University of
California Berkeley Adam Eastman, University of California Berkeley Blake
Marggraff, University of Washington St. Louis Kevin Mobolade, Mercer
University Alexandra Halbeck, Tufts University Tyler Salem, University of
Central Florida Sean Maroni, North Carolina State University Kinshuk Mitra,
Ohio State University Isaac Sanchez, University of Texas Austin Jack Goodwin,
University of California San Diego Scharang Phadke, Cooper Union Fletcher
Richman, University of Colorado Boulder Tayler Swanson, Rochester Institute of
Technology Lucas Arzola, University of California Davis
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5. Six Week Online Experiential Training
Hands-on Assignments, One-Hour WebEx
Two Cycles:
Spring Deadline February 10th
Fall Deadline ~September 22nd
Students Present Their Findings
Learn from one another
Get real-time feedback and analysis
Ongoing Peer Network + One-on-one Coaching
Attend OPEN & Pre-conference Day @Google Headquarters Fellows
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6. Technology + Innovation +
Entrepreneurship
Students trained to
think critically
about…
1) National
‘Strategic
Resources’,
2) Current Campus
Activities, &
3) UI Fellow ‘How
To’ Strategies
Sweet Spot
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7. 1) National ‘Strategic Resources’
Match based on campus and individual. Meet, Learn, Write-up & Present
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8. 2) Current Campus Activities
…Five Phases of a students journey through
campus resources to become smart about I&E
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9. 3) UI Fellows “How To” Strategies
Student-led Strategies for Change on Campus
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10. How To Guides @ Wiki
http://www.universityinnovation.org
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11. Landscape Canvas: Student Point-ofView
Not as many ways to
become introduced to I&E
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Lots of support
for early ideas
Not a University Innovation Fellows
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12. Gaps, Recommended
Strategies, Action Plan
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13. WebEx Communities of Practice:
Meet regularly, share ideas and best practices, invite speakers, etc.
Team
Team
Awareness
Awareness
Team
Team
Skills
Skills
Building
Building
Team
Team
Eureka
Eureka
Team
Team
Venture Forth
Venture Forth
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14. dreamdesigndeliver.org/apply
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15. North Carolina State University
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16. University of Pittsburgh
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17. University of California Berkeley
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18. Thank you!
@ EpicenterUSA
facebook.com/EpicenterUSA
bit.ly/epi-email
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