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Innovation Incubator

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About

The Innovation Incubator institutionalizes campus-wide initiatives such as PolyX, Digital Badging, Pop-Up courses, and Micro-Internships. We prepare students for the future of work and lifelong learning by cultivating skills for academic success, career readiness, and civic engagement.

Initiatives

Digital Badging

Micro-Internships

Pop-Up Courses

PolyX

News

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Innovation Incubator's Micro-Internship Program Celebrates First-Year Gains

Cal Poly Pomona’s Micro-Internship program, in its first year, saw a surge in participants and bested its enrollment goal. According to the Micro-Internship team, there has been an increase in student participation and an expansion in corporate partnerships. About 623 students participated in fall 2023 and spring 2024, which is a 160 percent increase from December 2023 to February 2024, according to preliminary data. This surpasses the first year's goal of serving 500 students.

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Micro-Internships Highlighted at the 2024 Academic Innovation Winter Institute

The recently held Academic Innovation Winter Institute, organized by the Office of Academic Innovation in partnership with Innovation Incubator, centered on the theme of “Exploring Micro-Internships: A Guide to Understanding and Successfully Implementing Short-Term Work Experiences”. A significant highlight of the institute was the focus on micro-internships as short-term, paid work experiences, a program Innovation Incubator is piloting.