Connects Arizona college students to different support networks and resources. Stay tuned for further updates.
ASU Student Support
ASU Venture Catalyst
The Catalyst is the next step in Arizona State University’s (ASU) evolution of helping ventures find critical resources to succeed. ASU aspires to make a positive global impact and transform global society through integrating use-inspired research, education and entrepreneurship to leverage the unique personality and substantial assets of Arizona.
The Venture Catalyst at ASU is designed to assist student entrepreneurs in developing and connecting to resources that will assist in accelerating their venture to the next level. The Catalyst works with affiliates to develop the best mix of services and access for each individual venture through its state-of-the-art venture services platform. The Catalyst uses its own personnel, as well as collaborators from its extensive network, to provide this full range of acceleration services. In addition, ASU offers multiple funding opportunities for student ventures. Some of these opportunities offer not just initial seed funding, but mentorship and office space to assist ventures with business development
http://asuventurecatalyst.org/p/students
Community Action Research Experiences (CARE) Program
The Community Action Research Experiences (CARE) program is a year-long concentration (beginning Spring semester and continuing through Summer and Fall semesters) that provides a rare opportunity for talented ASU sophomores and juniors of all majors. The purpose of the CARE program is to integrate the research and teaching mission of the university, service to the community, and civic engagement of students. The core of the CARE program involves community partners, students and faculty working together to address a question that is important to the community partners. The applied research projects (problem definition, data collection, analyses, results, and implications) represent the service provided to the community partners. Collaborations are intended to enhance organizations’ evidence-informed policy and practice and to increase students’ capacity for leadership in community improvement.
Changemaker Central @ ASU
Changemaker Central is a student-run centralized resource hub for student involvement in entrepreneurship, civic engagement, service learning and community service that catalyzes student-driven social change. Changemaker Central, located on all four campuses, serves as a key gathering space for ASU’s social innovators.
Changemaker Award for Group Service
The Changemaker Award for Group Service is awarded to an ASU student group that has made significant contributions to the community through group participation or partnership. Students cannot apply for the award but can be nominated.
https://orgsync.com/11899/forms/show/42406
Changemaker Award for Social Change
The Changemaker Award for Social Change is awarded to an ASU student or student group that has effectively raised awareness and made an impact on one or more social issues.
https://orgsync.com/11899/forms/show/42405
Changemaker Entrepreneur of the Year Award
The Changemaker Entrepreneur of the Year Award is awarded to an ASU student or group who has created a business, product, website, or patent that has become successful in the real world, or has developed an innovative idea that has potential to impact local and global communities.
https://orgsync.com/11899/forms/show/42426
Changemaker of the Year Award
The Changemaker of the Year Award is awarded to ASU students who demonstrate leadership and dedication to the ASU and overall community in areas of service, service-laerning, and high-impact careers. Students cannot apply for the award but can be nominated.
https://orgsync.com/11899/forms/show/42407
Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative
The Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative harnesses the entrepreneurial energy, excitement and creativity found in ASU’s student body. It provides funding, office space and training for teams of students across the university to explore their innovative ideas for business products and services in partnership with faculty, researchers and successful entrepreneurs from both the academic and private sectors. The program will help students succeed in any enterprise, large or small, for-profit or not-for-profit, domestic or global.
http://studentventures.asu.edu/
Entrepreneurship @ ASU
ASU students of all majors use entrepreneurship as a means to solve local and global challenges. ASU faculty and students identify local and global needs, articulate how to meet them and move forward with implementing entrepreneurial solutions, regardless of whether they are pursuing, for instance, business, social work, or the arts. Entrepreneurship opportunities are offered in- and outside of the classroom and in a wide variety of departments and schools.
http://entrepreneurship.asu.edu/
Engineering Projects In Community Service (EPICS)
In the EPICS GOLD program at ASU, teams of multi-disciplinary students with varying interests and strengths work on projects in a series of service learning classes (EPICS I, II, and III) that solve engineering and technology-based problems with not-for-profit community agencies, schools, and government units. This partnership provides many benefits to the students and the community alike.
http://engineering.asu.edu/epicsgold
Maker Pitch
Maker Pitch provides students and community members with the opportunity to pitch their ideas for new technologies and products in front of a live crowd. Entrepreneurs and professionals will sit on the judging panel and award a variety of prizes to selected participants. The event itself is open to the public and attendance is free.
https://technology.asu.edu/makerweek/makerpitch
The Spirit of Enterprise Center
The W.P. Carey Spirit of Enterprise Center (“Spirit”): connects sponsors, volunteers, nominees, award recipients, family businesses, students, faculty and alumni to entrepreneurial networks, resources and opportunities. They offer a guest speaker program in which students gain valuable insight into the mindset, inspiration and passion of entrepreneurs. The STEP program (Student Teams for Entrepreneurship Projects), provides hands-on learning opportunities for students; linking teams of W. P. Carey Students with businesses to serve as class projects, case studies, and other learning objectives that result in value-added services for the business.
http://wpcarey.asu.edu/Spirit/
Outside Arizona
North American Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
Family [of associations] organizes and educates affordable group equity co-ops and their members for the purpose of promoting a community oriented cooperative movement. Since 1968, NASCO and its affiliates have been working with students, worker-owners, activists, and community members who are interested in applying cooperative principles to meet their needs and fulfill their various missions. NASCO provides education and technical assistance to its members and co-op organizing groups, assists its members in communicating with each other, acts to educate the public in cooperative principles and practices, and promotes the co-op movement as a whole.
