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EP IC E N T E R YE A R 4 ANNUAL REPORT MESSAGE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS The fourth year of our NSF grant has been one of scale, collaboration and impact. We continued to advance our mission of helping undergraduate engineering and computer science students in the U.S. gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to solve big problems and create new opportunities for themselves and others. We welcomed hundreds of new faculty, students and academic leaders into our community, expanding our reach to tens of thousands of students. We collaborated with nonprofits, governmental organizations and industry representatives to provide new resources and connections for our program participants. The faculty and students in our community are making amazing strides in their work, and we are thrilled to be part of a widely growing collection of impact stories at schools across the country. Our program participants take what they learn from us and from one another and create new opportunities at their schools for students to engage with innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and design thinking. They are creating maker spaces, redesigning classes and curricula, forging multi-institution collaborations, exploring exciting new research questions, attracting funding for new entrepreneurship and innovation centers, and holding activities for all incoming students. In this report, we share the accomplishments of our community from our fourth year (June 2014 - June 2015) and the strides our movement has made. As we enter the last year of our grant, we’re not slowing down. Inspired by reports of deep institutional change as well as personal impact stories from individuals, we will continue to expand our programs and support our community. Thank you all for your support, your leadership, and your relentless efforts to further this important mission. Together, we are ensuring that students enter the workforce prepared to tackle the world’s big problems. We look forward to working with you in years to come. Professor Tom Byers, Epicenter Director and Principal Investigator Professor Sheri Sheppard, Epicenter Principal Investigator Professor Kathy Eisenhardt, Epicenter Principal Investigator EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 2 TEAM Tom Byers Director and Principal Investigator Helen Chen Sheri Sheppard Kathy Eisenhardt Leticia Britos Cavagnaro Principal Investigator Principal Investigator Deputy Director Will Coffey Emanuel Costache Janet Daisley Research Pathways to Innovation Program Evaluation Humera Fasihuddin Shannon Gilmartin Victoria Matthew Liz Nilsen Alan Peterfreund Guillermo Schmithalter Tina Seelig Evaluation Founding Director University Innovation Fellows Pathways to Innovation Program Research Evaluation Pathways to Innovation Program Project Management Thema Monroe-White Evaluation Phil Weilerstein Deputy Director Dimitre Dimitrov Katie Dzugan Finance University Innovation Fellows Laurie Moore Stacey Mushenski Angela Shartrand Morgan Talley Communications Research NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD Steve Blank Susan Brennan Jim Breyer Carlton Brown Leah Jamieson Kristina Johnson Gary May Richard Miller David Munson Diana Natalicio Shankar Sastry Beverly Daniel Tatum Karan Watson President, Clark Atlanta University Dean, College of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Author, entrepreneur, educator Dean, College of Engineering, Purdue University President, University of Texas at El Paso EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT Chief Operations Officer, Bloom Energy CEO, Enduring Hydro Dean, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Evaluation Rebecca Zarch Evaluation NEW BOARD MEMBERS Cammy Abernathy Dean, College of Engineering, University of Florida University Innovation Fellows Partner, Accel Partners; Founder/CEO, Breyer Capital Dean, College of Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology President, Spelman College This year, we welcomed two new members of our National Advisory Board: Diana Natalicio, President of the University of Texas at El Paso, and Shankar Sastry, Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. President, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Texas A&M University 3 YEAR AT A GLANCE EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 4 COMMUNITY university innovation fellows fostering innovative generations studies team pathways to innovation program engineering majors survey schools epicenter national advisory board * Epicenter has reached hundreds of additional faculty, students and academic leaders through co-hosted conferences and workshops (see page 15). EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 5 UNIVERSITY INNOVATION FELLOWS University Innovation Fellows are a national community of student change agents in higher education. They receive training and support to create opportunities that help their peers develop an entrepreneurial mindset, build creative confidence, seize opportunities, define problems, and address global challenges. featured activities TR AINING We held two six-week online training programs for 181 new Fellows from 72 schools. During training, students conducted analyses of their campus ecosystems and gained access to tools and resources. ANNUAL MEETUP The Fellows’ Annual Meetup took place at Google and Stanford’s d.school in February 2015 with 157 Fellows and 12 faculty sponsors. Participants learned design thinking and lean startup strategies and worked on collaborative projects. #UIFRESH In March, we launched the #uifresh initiative, with 10 Fellows and their presidents committing to introduce incoming STEM students to innovation, entrepreneurship, design thinking and creativity. REGIONAL MEETUPS Fellows hosted two Regional Meetups to ignite this movement at a community level: one by Fellows from Clemson University and Furman University in October 2014, and one by Fellows from the University of Maryland College Park in November 2014. IMPACT Of the new Fellows schools, 87% reported significant results. New fellows held 112 events and established 35 spaces. Of their faculty sponsors, 94% believed that their students’ experience was very valuable professional development. VISIBILIT Y Fellows presented their activities in the program at national conferences including a 2014 White House HBCU maker workshop, 2014 Higher Education Maker Summit and 2015 ASEE Engineering Deans Institute. EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 6 UNIVERSITY INNOVATION FELLOWS “Our University Innovation Fellows team has been redesigning a general education course to include two weeks of design thinking curriculum. The course will be offered to 1,500 students from all disciplines each year, and the skills students learn will give them confidence that they can solve problems in any field.” - Tanner Wheadon, Utah Valley University ‘16 VIDEO Behind the Scenes at the Annual Meetup Fellow Bre Przestrzelski shares her experience at the event. bit.ly/UIF-meetup EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT NEWS Celebrating Campus Leaders The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy featured nine Fellows during Entrepreneurship Month. bit.ly/WH-UIF-2014 NEWS Entrepreneurship at Michigan Tech The school’s team of Fellows were featured for their work spreading innovation and entrepreneurship across campus. bit.ly/MTU-UIF PRESS RELEASE Fellows Launch #uifresh Initiative Schools participating expose incoming freshmen to design thinking, entrepreneurship and innovation to retain more students in STEM. bit.ly/uifresh-launch 7 UNIVERSITY INNOVATION FELLOWS new fellows SPRING 2015 Stephanie Dolinger, Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus Brandon Smith, Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus Eden Shuster, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus Aubrey Wigner, Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus Hunter Elbourn, Beloit College Anthony Ayebiahwe, Berea College Jacob Heller, Berea College Robert Hosking, Berea College Dylan Mullins, Berea College Tran Nguyen, Berea College Eugeniu Prodan, Berea College Fatin Cooper, Bethune-Cookman University Danielle Gaskins, Bethune-Cookman University Roslyn O’Neal, Bethune-Cookman University Amerika Bernal, California State University of Fullerton Cristian Sanchez, California State University of Fullerton Daniel Aguiar, California State University, Northridge Diego Vilchez, California State University, Northridge Aaron Chambers, Clark Atlanta University Tiffany Mitchell, Clark Atlanta University Ariel Rogers, Clark Atlanta University Damon Willis, Clark Atlanta University Connor Bolick, Clemson University Nadia Gathers, Converse College Bennett Driscoll, Elon University Giles Roll, Elon University Jensen Roll, Elon University Matthew Snow, Elon University Sami El Awad Azrak, Florida International University Phuong Can, Furman University Faizan Ahmad, Illinois Institute of Technology Gabriel Conners, Illinois Institute of Technology Syeda Fatima, Illinois Institute of Technology Bartholomew Grabowski, Illinois Institute of Technology Callie Joncas, Illinois Institute of Technology Chris Ashley, James Madison University Andrew Carlone, James Madison University Timothy Moore, James Madison University Jack O’Neill, James Madison University Emily Platt, James Madison University Matthew Allen, Kent State University Sravan Kumar Karpurapu, Kent State University Tapti Saha, Kent State University Cheyne Westerman, Kettering University Alan Xia, Kettering University Kenneth Brewer, La Salle University Trans Lualhati, La Salle University Onesimus Morrison, La Salle University Christopher Coffin, Lehigh University Magann Dykema, Michigan Technological University Joshua Krugh, Michigan Technological University Arsh Sahu, Michigan Technological University Josh Jetter, Missouri University of Science and Technology Adrien Feudjio, Morgan State University Karl Johannes, New Mexico State University Shanta Thoutam, New Mexico State University Jaime (Jaymie) Marie Velasquez, New Mexico State University Noah Geib, New York University John Henry, New York University Jay Kumar, New York University Alexandra Seda, Ohio Northern University EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT FALL 2014 Lori Bentz, Ohio University Alex Kneier, Ohio University Ashley Kelsey, Prairie View A&M University Laura Tschudy, Santa Clara University Alex Hutchinson, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Brandon Nolte, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Jonah Kirby, Southern Methodist University Saba Khalid, Stony Brook University Ethan Eastwood, Susquehanna University Alexis Gargin, Susquehanna University Pierce Perkins, Susquehanna University Tiffany Richards, Susquehanna University Jonathan Abbotoy, Tennessee Technological University Abigail Collins, Tennessee Technological University Francis Atore, Texas Tech University Taylor Person, Texas Tech University Valente Rodriguez, Texas Tech University Benjamin Simmons, Texas Tech University Victoria Young, Texas Tech University Marshal Head, South Plains College Sean Farrell, Union College Klevin Lo, University of Chicago Jonathan Pan, University of Chicago Annie Zhang, University of Chicago Natalie DeVarona, University of Florida Daniel Kleinman, University of Florida T. Stan Gregory, University of Georgia Shalin Jyotishi, University of Georgia Aditya Muralidhar, University of Georgia Kevin Wu, University of Georgia Aaron Goddard, University of Iowa Ana Hertz, University of Iowa Jon Spiegel, University of New Haven Candace Alsenay, University of Oklahoma Laura Davis, University of Oklahoma Ashley Findley, University of Oklahoma Alexandra Hamon, University of Oklahoma David Jacob, University of Pittsburgh Madhur Malhotra, University of Pittsburgh Ian McIntyre, University of Pittsburgh Harinee Suthakar, University of Pittsburgh Taylor Hendricks, University of Portland Cole Preece, University of Portland Christopher LoGiurato, University of Scranton Yi Tong Kan, University of Virginia Angela Liu, University of Virginia Benjamin Matthews, University of Virginia Anthony Sung, University of Virginia David Gallegos, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Nicole Green, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Garry Jean-Pierre, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Amin Mojtahedi, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tanner Wheadon, Utah Valley University Erik Koehr, Villanova University Reginald Burroughs, Virginia State University Varun Krishnamurthy, Washington University in St Louis Stephanie Mertz, Washington University in St Louis Chan Hyung Park, Washington University in St Louis Huy Lam, Washington University in St. Louis Alexandria Arsi, Wofford College Richard Fields, Wofford College Cole McCarty, Wofford College Peter Puleo, Bucknell University Alejandro Ramirez de Arellano, Bucknell University Connor Bolick, Clemson University Tyler Higgins, Furman University Leah Bauer, Grand Valley State University Kathryn Christopher, Grand Valley State University Sarah Jones, Howard University Robin Bonatesta, Kent State University Bradley Turner, Michigan Technological University Ember Krech, New Mexico State University Brendan Sullivan, New Mexico State University Sarth Desai, New York University Jordan Brummond, North Dakota State University Jacob Larson, North Dakota State University Drew Spooner, North Dakota State University Sean Bolton, San Francisco State University Capella Kerst, Stanford University Autumn Turpin, Stanford University Peeyush Shrivastava, Ohio State University Deepak Atyam, University of California, San Diego Alexander Finch, University of California, San Diego Neil Gandhi, University of California, San Diego Uzair Mohammad, University of California, San Diego Joyce Sunday, University of California, San Diego Nicholas Mutai, University of Maryland Eastern Shore Mackenzie Burnett, University of Maryland, College Park Jordan Greenwald, University of Maryland, College Park Ashmi Sheth, University of Maryland, College Park Kyle Pitocchelli, University of Massachusetts, Lowell Valliappa Chockalingam, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Emmet Dettweiler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Marissa Henri, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Kevin LaForest, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Christopher Kuehn, University of Minnesota, Precision Inc. Tyler Ebert, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus Teerth Brahmbhatt, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Shannon Coy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Natalia Gonzalez Chavez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alex Sherman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mark Brahier, University of Notre Dame Elena Brindley, University of Notre Dame Jeff Hansen, University of Notre Dame Jonathan Jou, University of Notre Dame Jennifer Sommer, University of Pittsburgh Daricia Wilkinson, University of the Virgin Islands Chanice Williams, University of the Virgin Islands Keturah Bethel, University of the Virgin Islands Ykeshia Zamore, University of the Virgin Islands John Marbach, Wake Forest University Pradeep Bhat, Wayne State University Siwatu Sanders, Wayne State University Nikolas Upton, Wayne State University Zachary Crawford, Western Michigan University Persefoni Lauhon, Western Michigan University Bradley Dice, William Jewell College Amelia Hanzlick, William Jewell College Conner Hazelrigg, William Jewell College Kate McFerren, William Jewell College James Milam, William Jewell College 8 PATHWAYS TO INNOVATION PROGRAM The Pathways to Innovation Program aims to help institutions to fully incorporate innovation and entrepreneurship into undergraduate engineering education. Participating schools assemble a team of faculty and academic leaders to assess the institution’s current offerings, design a unique strategy for change, and lead their peers in a two-year transformation process. featured activities NEW SCHOOLS We accepted 25 new institutions to our program for a total of 37. New team leaders attended a training workshop at Stanford University in January 2015, and all new team members gathered in Phoenix, AZ, in February 2015 to design their strategic plans. WORKSHOP Pathways school New Mexico State University hosted a workshop for faculty and students in September 2014 on design thinking, prototyping, ABET integration and assessment. WORKGROUPS Team members collaborate in workgroups on shared topics of interest including makerspaces, new student orientation, fundraising, assessment, and student intellectual property policy issues. STR ATEGIC DOING Pathways teams have been using a process called Strategic Doing to drive their projects. This process helps individuals form collaborations quickly, move toward measurable outcomes and make adjustments along the way. IMPACT Our 37 Pathways schools are creating 38 new or redesigned courses; 27 new or renovated maker spaces; 13 majors, certificates or degrees; 19 workshops or internships; 16 competitions; and 19 other types of academic infrastructure. VISIBILIT Y Our team published two papers (see page 15) and presented findings at conferences including VentureWell’s Open Conference, Deshpande Symposium for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education, and ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition. EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 9 PATHWAYS TO INNOVATION PROGRAM “The opportunity to participate in the Pathways program has provided a wealth of benefits to us as we work to strengthen the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem at Michigan Tech. Pathways really ignited our team’s passion and jumpstarted our efforts toward making a positive change on our campus.” - Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University VIDEO The Pathways Program Learn about what Pathways is, what participants do, and what this movement means for higher education. bit.ly/pathways-video EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT VIDEO Why Teach Innovation and Entrepreneurship? Faculty share why it’s so important to teach these topics to engineering students. bit.ly/whyIE NEWS UWM Gift Pathways school University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee received $10 million to establish Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship. bit.ly/UWM-gift NEWS Collaboration Grant Pathways schools New Mexico State University and Howard University teamed up on the NSF-funded Breaking New Ground program. bit.ly/NMSU-Howard 10 PATHWAYS TO INNOVATION PROGRAM new schools and team leaders Case Western Reserve University Lisa Camp and Malcome Cooke Temple University David Brookstein and Keya Sadeghipour Clemson University John DesJardins and Matthew Klein Universidad del Turabo Sandra Pedraza and Alizabeth Sanchez Colorado School of Mines Mark Mondry University of Alabama - Birmingham Alan Eberhardt and Molly Wasko Florida Institute of Technology Daniel Kirk and Beshoy Morkos University of Delaware Dan Freeman and John Rabolt Hampton University Eric Sheppard and Otsebele Nare University of Hawaii at Manoa Peter Crouch and Marcelo Kobayashi Illinois Institute of Technology Dietmar Rempfer University of Nebraska - Lincoln David Keck and Ian Cottingham James Madison University S. Keith Holland and Robert Nagel University of North Dakota Tim O’Keefe and Brian Tande Loyola University Maryland Suzanne Keilson and Robert Pond University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez Ubaldo Córdova-Figueroa and Moraima De Hoyos Missouri University of Science & Technology Bonnie Bachman and John Lovitt University of Texas - Arlington Raul Fernandez New York Institute of Technology Nada Assaf-Anid and Richard Simpson University of Texas - El Paso David Novick North Carolina A&T State University Bala Ram Washington State University Howard Davis Oregon State University Sundar Atre Wichita State University Steven Skinner and James Steck Southern Methodist University Kate Canales EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 11 FOSTERING INNOVATIVE GENERATIONS STUDIES (FIGS) Fostering Innovative Generations Studies (FIGS), Epicenter’s research initiative, examines models for educating engineers in entrepreneurial thinking; students’ entrepreneurial interests, abilities and achievements; the integration of entrepreneurship activities into “traditional” engineering courses; and how to foster community in the engineering entrepreneurship space. featured activities SUMMIT In August 2014, we hosted the Epicenter Research Summit at Stanford University. More than 70 researchers, educators and students from 29 institutions and organizations explored research findings and knowledge gaps. SURVEY To better understand students’ innovation interests in relationship to their career goals, we developed the Engineering Majors Survey. We recruited 27 schools to participate, opened the survey to 30,000 engineering juniors and seniors in Spring 2015, and received 8,000 responses. COURSE MODULES We deployed scenario-based learning modules at two U.S. schools with three faculty and 1,000 students. This type of interactive course design empowers learners to be a problem solvers who respond to real-world challenges. PAPERS Our team published three papers (see page 15) on the interests that motivate engineering students to start or join organizations, the entrepreneurship interests of engineering alumni, and future research questions resulting from the Epicenter Research Summit. We presented these papers along with two posters at the ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition and received two awards. EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 12 FOSTERING INNOVATIVE GENERATIONS STUDIES VIDEO Epicenter Research Summit Our research community shares the big questions explored at the event. bit.ly/research-video EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT RESOURCES Survey Download Package Download materials used to create the Engineering Majors Survey, including the annotated survey instrument. bit.ly/survey-package VIDEO What Are You Working On? Research Summit attendees share their current projects and research questions. bit.ly/research-activities RESOURCES ASEE Materials Download papers on topics such as predicting career choice among engineering and business students and integrating entrepreneurship into capstone design. bit.ly/epi-asee-2015 13 FOSTERING INNOVATIVE GENERATIONS STUDIES (FIGS) engineering majors survey schools Arizona State University Temple University Baylor University Tennessee Technological University Boise State University The University of Texas at San Antonio Bucknell University Tufts University California State University-Fresno University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach University of the District of Columbia Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering University of Utah Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis University of Wisconsin – Madison Messiah College University of Wisconsin – Platteville Michigan Technological University Washington University in St Louis North Carolina State University at Raleigh Wayne State University Rochester Institute of Technology Western Michigan University Seattle Pacific University Smith College Stanford University learn more at bit.ly/Epi-reserch EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 14 PUBLICATIONS Lintl, Florian M., Jin, Qu, Gilmartin, Shannon, Chen, Helen L., Schar, Mark, Sheppard, Sheri. “Starter or Joiner, Market or SociallyOriented: Predicting Career Choice Among Undergraduate Engineering and Business Students.” 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2015. * Award: 2nd place, best research paper, ASEE Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) 2015 Nilsen, Elizabeth, Matthew, Victoria, Shartrand, Angela, & Monroe-White, Thema. “Stimulating and Supporting Change in Entrepreneurship Education: Lessons from Institutions on the Front Lines.” 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2015. Matthew, Victoria, Monroe-White, Thema, Turrentine, Ari, Shartrand, Angela, & Shashikant, Amit. “Integrating Entrepreneurship into Capstone Design: An Exploration of Faculty Perceptions and Practices.” 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2015. Rodriguez, Janna, Chen, Helen L., Sheppard, Sheri, Leifer, Larry & Jin, Qu. “Exploring the Interest and Intention of Entrepreneurship in Engineering Alumni.” 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2015. * Award: honorable mention, best research paper, ASEE Entrepreneurship and Engineering Innovation Division (ENT) 2015 Sheppard, Sheri, Gilmartin, Shannon, Chen, Helen L., BesterfieldSacre, Mary E., Duval-Couetil, Nathalie, Shartrand, Angela, Moore, Laurie, Costache, Emanuel, Mihaela, Andreea, Jin, Qu, Ling, Calvin, Lintl, Florian Michael, Britos Cavagnaro, Leticia C., Fasihuddin, Humera, & Breed, Anna K. “Exploring What We Don’t Know About Entrepreneurship Education for Engineers.” 2015 ASEE Annual Conference, June 2015. read the papers at bit.ly/Epi-reserch EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 15 CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS This year, Epicenter worked with several organizations to co-host and collaborate on a number of events for faculty, students and academic leaders. OPEN 2015 OPEN 2015, VentureWell’s annual conference held in collaboration with Epicenter, took place in March 2015 in Washington, DC. The conference provided a showcase for our community to present on and learn about changes to the entrepreneurship education ecosystem. Epicenter staff also hosted two full-day workshops during the conference: “Ideas at Play,” where participants played and designed entrepreneurship games, and “Maker Spaces Reinvented,” exploring spaces for invention and innovation. LEAN L AUNCHPAD Two Lean LaunchPad Educators Seminars were held for faculty from around the world in Santa Cruz, CA, in November 2014 and April 2015. The seminars provided faculty with an experiential approach for teaching entrepreneurship. HBCU INNOVATION SUMMIT The second UNCF HBCU Innovation Summit, co-hosted by Epicenter and the Stanford Center for Professional Development, was held in November 2014 in Silicon Valley. The event attracted presidents, deans, provosts, directors and faculty from 19 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) The five days of events included a student hackathon and a leadership roundtable. EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 16 GET INVOLVED View all of the latest opportunities at bit.ly/Epi-get-involved. university innovation fellows Applicants should demonstrate a strong interest in innovation, creativity and the entrepreneurial mindset coupled with a genuine desire to inspire fellow students and make a positive impact on campus. Application information and deadlines: bit.ly/Epi-uif. pathways to innovation program Any U.S. college or university with an engineering degree program may apply. Undergraduate engineering must be a primary focus of the work undertaken through the Pathways, but proposals for interor multidisciplinary initiatives are welcome. Application information and deadlines: bit.ly/Epi-pathways. STAY IN TOUCH epicenter.stanford.edu twitter.com/EpicenterUSA facebook.com/EpicenterUSA fostering innovative generations studies Join our community and collaborate with us on research related to entrepreneurship and innovation in engineering education. Papers and opportunities: bit.ly/Epi-research. conferences and workshops produced in collaboration with Epicenter VentureWell’s Annual OPEN Conference gathers faculty and students from across multiple disciplines to share stories, start new collaborations and learn best practices in technology entrepreneurship education. Registration information and deadlines: venturewell.org. flickr.com/epicenterusa bit.ly/Epi-newsletter Lean LaunchPad Educators Seminars are designed for faculty who want to learn how to integrate Lean Startup principles into their curriculum. Application information and deadlines: venturewell.org. published September 21, 2015 EPICENTER Y4 ANNUAL REPORT 17
