1. Pathways Partners Entrepreneurial change across campuses

2. Intro. to Pathways Program Intro. to Pathway Partners California Polytechnic State University University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Wisconsin Milwaukee University of Las Vegas, Nevada Discussion with Campus Leads Agenda

3. Tom Katona, Cal. Polytechnic State University Asst. Professor, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ilya Avdeev, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Asst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering Steven Tello, UMass Lowell Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Entre. & Economic Development Panelists

4. National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation Mission: “to unleash the entrepreneurial potential of undergraduate engineering students across the United States to create bold innovators with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to contribute to economic and societal prosperity.”

5. National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation NSF-funded Center, Stanford University & Venture Well Program addressing Faculty, Students & Research First faculty cohort included 12 Institutions committed to integrating entrepreneurship into engineering programs. http://epicenter.stanford.edu

6. Pathways Partner Institutions California Polytechnic State University The Cooper Union Howard University Michigan Technological University New Mexico State Tennessee Technological University Texas A&M University of California Merced University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Nevada Las Vegas University of Pittsburgh University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

7. Pathways Process Schools engaged in change process External peer meetings, review, exchange Internal communication & collaboration Support, coaching, exemplary models, access to emerging research, travel stipends “Strategic Doing”

8. Tom Katona, Cal. Polytechnic State University Asst. Professor, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Ilya Avdeev, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Asst. Professor, Mechanical Engineering Steven Tello, UMass Lowell Assoc. Vice Chancellor, Entre. & Economic Development Panelists

9. Research University, $63M Research Exp. Six Colleges/Schools, 17,500 students Francis College of Engineering Manning School of Business Lowell – Gateway City 100k population,high recent immigrant population, 42% limited English at home University roots in Textile and Teacher Prep University of Massachusetts Lowell

10. UMass Lowell Innovation Ecosystem: Pre-Pathways 10 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS STUDENT ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP ECOSYSTEM 2010 - 2011 Entrepreneurship BSBA, MS ITE SLICE - Engineering MS Comp. Science MV Sandbox-Campus Catalyst MLSC Internship Challenge M2D2 Incubator UML Licensing Faculty Seed Grants ACADEMIC PROGRAMS STUDENT ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP ECOSYSTEM 2010 - 2011 Entrepreneurship BSBA, MS ITE SLICE - Engineering MS Comp. Science MV Sandbox-Campus Catalyst MLSC Internship Challenge M2D2 Incubator UML Licensing Faculty Seed Grants 2012 - 2014 DifferenceMakers™ Freshman Sem. Faculty Fellows Enterprise Co-ops DifferenceMakers™ Freshman Orientation Freshmen Conv. Pitch $3000 student awarded Living Learning Community $25K DM IdeaChallenge DM Central opens MV Sandbox Accelerator NERVE Center Deshpande Symposium

11. University of Massachusetts Lowell Pathways Team Joseph Hartman, Dean, Eng. Dan Sullivan ME Ted Grosch ECE Ed Hayduk CE Tom O’Donnell ENT Steven Tello AVC 11 Pathways Projects 1.Business & Engineering Capstone 2.Capstone Expo 3.Student-centered Makerspace 4.University Innovation Fellows 5.Faculty Innovation Network

12. Strategic Doing

13. Strategy Map Revision for: UMass Lowell Short Term Action Plan (30-60 days) WhoDoes WhatBy When Pathway s Team Engage additional faculty (CoE and Business) to form a Cross- Disciplinary Capstone Working Group Nov 14 Pathway s team Obtain feedback a provide resources to faculty engaged in the beta course offering. Fall 14 Current Pathfinder Project: Cross-displinary Capstone Experience MilestoneBy When Course syllabus createdSummer 2014 Course to be offered in beta versionFall 2014 Create Cross-Disciplinary Capstone Working Group Nov 14 Current Strategic Outcome 1: Cross-Disciplinary Student Collaboration Characteristic if we succeedMetric for that success Increase in the quality of capstone projects and reports Industrial Advisory Board feedback Engineering and business faculty become more engaged in process of developing entrepreneurial student projects Increase in the number of Capstone projects that an end- user in mind. Increased student interest in cross- disciplinary projects Increase in course enrollment in “new” capstone course. Revision Date: 8/22/14 Briefly summarize these talking points for your presentation: We’re most comfortable about: The intial beta offering of course We’re least comfortable about: Establishing buy-in from enough faculty to scale-up the program The group can help us by: Providing any exapmples of collaborative student –focused projects between business and engineering faculty.

14. UMass Lowell Innovation Ecosystem ACADEMIC PROGRAMS STUDENT ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP ECOSYSTEM 2012 - 2014 DifferenceMaker™ Freshmen Seminars Faculty Fellows Enterprise Coops DifferenceMaker™ Freshmen Convocation Pitch $3000 student awarded Living Learning Community $25K DM Idea Challenge DM Central opens NERVE Center Sandbox Accelerator Deshpande Symposium 2014 - Future Pathways Entre. Capstones Eng. & Bus. Faculty Entre. Certificate Biomed. Eng. UG EIR program Epicenter Univ. Innov. Fellows $35K DM Idea Challenge UML Student MakerSpace Innovation Hub in Lowell (22K sf)

15. Observations from Pathways Experience We have some advantages over other schools Top level commitment to Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship comp. of Strategic Plan “Applied” nature of school - experiential learning Successful industry alumni We can learn from other schools Physical space is important Branding is important Accreditation need not be an obstacle

16. Discussion What changed has on your campus since your involvement in Pathways? Why do you think this changed? What challenges did you face in bringing Pathways “home” to campus? How might you overcome these challenges? Have you developed additional Innovation & Entrepreneurship Champions on campus? Who?

17. Discussion What recommendations to do you have for students, faculty and administrators who want to introduce an entrepreneurial culture and experience to their campus?

18. 4 th Annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Education Three Symposium tracks include: Developing Entrepreneurial Universities: Culture & Ecosystems Developing Entrepreneurial Universities: Culture & Ecosystems University Research Commercialization and Start-ups University Research Commercialization and Start-ups Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum Entrepreneurship in the Curriculum National Awards Program: Excellence in Curriculum Innovation Excellence in Curriculum Innovation Excellence in Student Engagement Excellence in Student Engagement The Entrepreneurial University The Entrepreneurial University Exemplary Practice in Technology Commercialization Exemplary Practice in Technology Commercialization Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation & Entrepreneurship Outstanding Contributions to Advancing Innovation & Entrepreneurship For more info: www.deshpandesymposium.orgwww.deshpandesymposium.org June 9-11, 2015 University of Massachusetts Lowell