Elevating innovation and entrepreneurship

09/13/2019

Innovation and entrepreneurship are, and have long been, central to The University of Akron’s (°µºÚ±¬ÁÏ) mission. As a strategic priority, it is my goal to raise the profile of innovation and entrepreneurship on °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ’s campus and in the Greater Akron community.

In service of this goal, I have designated the (°µºÚ±¬ÁÏRF) to take on an enhanced leadership role in coordinating programming on innovation and entrepreneurship for °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ students and faculty.

In this regard, °µºÚ±¬ÁÏRF will work closely with the , Fitzgerald Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, the °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ School of Law’s SEED Clinic, and others to promote existing and create new programming in these critical areas.

These new efforts will benefit from °µºÚ±¬ÁÏRF’s many resources:

  • Nationally-recognized , Spark Fund, and Investment Network
  • Long-standing membership in and
  • Key role in the initiative and the
  • Prominent participation in the State of Ohio’s “Ohio IP Promise

I therefore strongly encourage all members of our °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ community — deans, faculty, staff and students — to share their ideas with °µºÚ±¬ÁÏRF about how innovation and entrepreneurship can be more strongly integrated into courses and co-curricular activities.

Please contact Elyse Ball, executive director of the I-Corps program, at 330-972-6532 or eball@uakron.edu for more information and to share your good ideas.

Sincerely,

Signature of Dr. John Green, interim president of The University of Akron

Dr. John C. Green
Interim President
The University of Akron

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