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team then built on this during collaborative projects in the spring semester. This insight was key to forming the current Leadership Academy model. Integrating the National Workshops Each year, the core team seeks nominations from chairs and selects a cohort of faculty drawn from all engineering programs. The cohort first takes ICE 1.0 through Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development to give them familiarity with entrepreneurially minded learning (EML) and develop connections to colleagues in the Network. “I enjoy sending people out to get immersed in the Network and then come back with a new perspective. That helped me, having other people to bounce ideas off of, to get ideas from other schools. Knowing what other institutions are doing helps provide context for our own efforts.” - Jessica P.M. Fick Building Skills and Confidence In the fall semester, the goal is building confidence in both developing EMmodules and advocating for it with colleagues. The group refines the modules they are developing for ICE 1.0 while the Leadership Academy programming allows for community building and feedback. Thinking Broadly In the spring, the Leadership Academy’s goal turns toward equipping cohort members as change agents for broader student impact. The group shifts from thinking about changes in their own courses to bigger changes they can make in their programs. They discuss leadership topics and change management in an academic setting, and develop plans for a Collaborative Change Project. Projects must impact all students in a discipline or program and involve working with colleagues. Ideas are then implemented in the following summer or fall and are guided by Leadership Academy coaches. Faculty who have completedCollaborativeChange Projectswill be part of future Leadership Academy programming. Faculty Recognition The college started a KEEN@P badging program to recognize faculty who are implementing EM in their classrooms, publishing their work for the benefit of the Network, and serving as EM champions. Currently the badges are digital for ease inadding to LinkedInandother online platforms, but there is discussion on other formats as well. The Discovery Badge recognizes faculty who have taken the time and initiative to implement EM in at least one course or activity that impacts engineering students. The Adventurer Badge recognizes faculty who are publishing cardsonEngineeringUnleashedandexpandingstudent impact with EM in additional courses or activities. The Champion Badge recognizes faculty who are EM champions.LeadershipAcademycohortmembers, forexample, are all champions. Introducing Faculty to EM UW-Platteville engineering has a robust EM ecosystem alongside the Leadership Academy. With the support and encouragement of the dean, the KEEN core team organizes monthly KEEN@P Teaching with Impact Symposia to showcase EM work to all faculty who are interested. Along with strategic distribution of KEENNational Conference sponsored seats, the team credits these efforts in successfully raising awareness of EMwithmore than 100 faculty. From this, the teamhas noticed EM being implemented in many classes. This ecosystem gave the school the confidence to move ahead with the Leadership Academy to meet the needs of faculty who wanted to go deeper with EM in their classes and become KEEN champions and leaders on campus and across the Network. Contributing to KEEN “UW-Platteville has benefited immensely from our partnership with KEEN. The impact is real: Exceptional professional development offerings lead to greater student engagement and increased learning. The support from KEEN allows UW-Platteville to lead a multi-institution consortium exploring how to create more effective advisory boards. This will have a broad impact across higher ed.” - Philip Parker, Interim Dean of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science Start small. Identify a group of early adopters who have an entrepreneurial mindset themselves and who can drive important campus initiatives. Leverage external events. Send interested faculty toget immersed through training and conferences. They’ll return with an understanding of what EM means and where they want to implement it. Contextualize EM. Support faculty during the time it takes to absorb EM concepts. Help themarticulate their own value proposition for entrepreneurial mindset. Create structures for growth. Build opportunities for leaders to grow on your campus to keep the momentum going, and recognize their accomplishments in tangible ways. https://bit.ly/UWPkeenzine 48 49 KEEN’zine ― PARTNER SHOWCASE PARTNER SHOWCASE ― KEEN’zine