University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2018-07-30T15:47:12Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Ann Delaney ui5.jpg]]'''Serving as a UIF Since:''' Spring 2016

'''School: '''Boise State University

'''What she does now:''' SAGE Scholars Program Director & Intro to Engineering Lecturer

'''What that means:''' She runs a scholarship program and teaches first-year engineering students

'''Contact her about: '''Making (and how it can build a growth mindset), building culture and community in makerspaces, teaching design thinking (in engineering), interdisciplinary majors, what it's like to become university staff, knitting, laser cutting, Idaho (more than just potatoes out here!), chatting about what you're excited about!

'''Email:''' anndelaney@boisestate.edu

'''Phone: '''(208) 426-5982

Ann Delaney earned her Bachelors and Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, a National Science Foundaiton funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for first-year engineering students.  The SAGE Scholars program is part of the Redshirting in Engineering Consortium, which also includes University of Colorado Boulder (GoldShirt program), University of Washington (STARS), Washington State University (STARS), University of California San Diego (ACES), and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne (ARISE).  She teaches a course for SAGE Scholars, as well as a service learning Introduction to Engineering course which focuses largely on teaching the engineering design process.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable nanomaterial for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials Science & Engineering electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was very supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor in the Engineering Advising Office came in handy when navigating the paperwork required for an interdisciplinary masters which mixed Materials Science and Public Policy. As a result of this experience, Ann is an enthusiatic advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths.

As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. She is also passionate about culture-building in makerspaces and how making can help people develop a growth mindset.

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, "moonshot" makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that came out of this plan was the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students received course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.  She has helped host two Silicon Valley meetups as a "FAB" - November 2017 (ui5) and March 2018.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, cooking with her husband, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, tie-dye, and reading.

= Related Links =

[https://youtu.be/HvXDUzM4zjI Uiguides Intro Video]

[https://youtu.be/-JVCvFgdMWU FAB Talk - November 2017: "The Most Important Part of Your Makerspace"]

[https://youtu.be/L0dYXo5oMsY FAB Talk - March 2018: "Are you a maker?"]

[https://stem.boisestate.edu/sage/ SAGE Scholars Program - Boise State University]

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016 (Ann's Cohort):

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2018-07-30T15:46:49Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Ann Delaney ui5.jpg]]'''Serving as a UIF Since:''' Spring 2016

'''School: '''Boise State University

'''What she does now:''' SAGE Scholars Program Director

'''What that means:''' She runs a scholarship program and teaches first-year engineering students

'''Contact her about: '''Making (and how it can build a growth mindset), building culture and community in makerspaces, teaching design thinking (in engineering), interdisciplinary majors, what it's like to become university staff, knitting, laser cutting, Idaho (more than just potatoes out here!), chatting about what you're excited about!

'''Email:''' anndelaney@boisestate.edu

'''Phone: '''(208) 426-5982

Ann Delaney earned her Bachelors and Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, a National Science Foundaiton funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for first-year engineering students.  The SAGE Scholars program is part of the Redshirting in Engineering Consortium, which also includes University of Colorado Boulder (GoldShirt program), University of Washington (STARS), Washington State University (STARS), University of California San Diego (ACES), and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne (ARISE).  She teaches a course for SAGE Scholars, as well as a service learning Introduction to Engineering course which focuses largely on teaching the engineering design process.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable nanomaterial for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials Science & Engineering electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was very supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor in the Engineering Advising Office came in handy when navigating the paperwork required for an interdisciplinary masters which mixed Materials Science and Public Policy. As a result of this experience, Ann is an enthusiatic advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths.

As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. She is also passionate about culture-building in makerspaces and how making can help people develop a growth mindset.

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, "moonshot" makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that came out of this plan was the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students received course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.  She has helped host two Silicon Valley meetups as a "FAB" - November 2017 (ui5) and March 2018.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, cooking with her husband, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, tie-dye, and reading.

= Related Links =

[https://youtu.be/HvXDUzM4zjI Uiguides Intro Video]

[https://youtu.be/-JVCvFgdMWU FAB Talk - November 2017: "The Most Important Part of Your Makerspace"]

[https://youtu.be/L0dYXo5oMsY FAB Talk - March 2018: "Are you a maker?"]

[https://stem.boisestate.edu/sage/ SAGE Scholars Program - Boise State University]

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016 (Ann's Cohort):

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2018-06-05T05:10:53Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Ann Delaney ui5.jpg]]'''Serving as a UIF Since:''' Fall 2016

'''School: '''Boise State University

'''What she does now:''' SAGE Scholars Program Director

'''What that means:''' She runs a scholarship program and teaches first-year engineering students

'''Contact her about: '''Making (and how it can build a growth mindset), building culture and community in makerspaces, teaching design thinking (in engineering), interdisciplinary majors, what it's like to become university staff, knitting, laser cutting, Idaho (more than just potatoes out here!), chatting about what you're excited about!

'''Email:''' anndelaney@boisestate.edu

'''Phone: '''(208) 426-5982

Ann Delaney earned her Bachelors and Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, a National Science Foundaiton funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for first-year engineering students.  The SAGE Scholars program is part of the Redshirting in Engineering Consortium, which also includes University of Colorado Boulder (GoldShirt program), University of Washington (STARS), Washington State University (STARS), University of California San Diego (ACES), and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne (ARISE).  She teaches a course for SAGE Scholars, as well as a service learning Introduction to Engineering course which focuses largely on teaching the engineering design process.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology and nanomanufacturing. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable nanomaterial for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials Science & Engineering electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was very supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor in the Engineering Advising Office came in handy when navigating the paperwork required for an interdisciplinary masters which mixed Materials Science and Public Policy. As a result of this experience, Ann is an enthusiatic advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths.

As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. She is also passionate about culture-building in makerspaces and how making can help people develop a growth mindset.

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, "moonshot" makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that came out of this plan was the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students received course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.  She has helped host two Silicon Valley meetups as a "FAB" - November 2017 (ui5) and March 2018.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, cooking with her husband, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, tie-dye, and reading.

= Related Links =

[https://youtu.be/HvXDUzM4zjI Uiguides Intro Video]

[https://youtu.be/-JVCvFgdMWU FAB Talk - November 2017: "The Most Important Part of Your Makerspace"]

[https://youtu.be/L0dYXo5oMsY FAB Talk - March 2018: "Are you a maker?"]

[https://stem.boisestate.edu/sage/ SAGE Scholars Program - Boise State University]

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016 (Ann's Cohort):

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

File:Ann Delaney ui5.jpg

2018-06-05T04:46:53Z

Anndelaney: Ann Delaney at the ui5 event in November 2017

Ann Delaney at the ui5 event in November 2017

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2017-06-24T22:49:51Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Delaney Ann.jpg]]

Ann Delaney recently completed her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise StateUniversity.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, an NSF-funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for beginning engineering students who have not had the opportunity or access to math resoures to be able to start their first semester in Calculus.  As part of her responsibilites, she adminsters the National Science Foundation S-STEM grant associated with the project, which is part of the "Redshirt Consortium", which also includes University of Colorado Boulder, University of Washington, Washington State University, University of California San Diego, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.  Starting in Fall of 2017, she will be teaching a new course for SAGE Scholars students, which will be a substitute for the currently offered Introduction to Engineering courses.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path. Ann is an advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths. As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. 

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, moonshot makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that has come out of this plan is the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students receive course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2017-06-24T22:48:49Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Delaney Ann.jpg]]

Ann Delaney recently completed her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise StateUniversity.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, an NSF-funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for beginning engineering students who have not had the opportunity or access to math resoures to be able to start their first semester in Calculus.  As part of her responsibilites, she adminsters the National Science Foundation S-STEM grant associated with the project, which is part of the "Redshirt Consortium", which also includes University of Colorado Boulder, University of Washington, Washington State University, University of California San Diego, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.  Starting in Fall of 2017, she will be teaching a new course for SAGE Scholars students, which will be a substitute for the currently offered Introduction to Engineering courses.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path. Ann is an advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths. As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. 

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, moonshot makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that has come out of this plan is the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students receive course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2017-06-24T22:48:25Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Delaney Ann.jpg]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/5f/Delaney_Ann.jpg http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/5f/Delaney_Ann.jpg]

Ann Delaney recently completed her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise StateUniversity.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, an NSF-funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for beginning engineering students who have not had the opportunity or access to math resoures to be able to start their first semester in Calculus.  As part of her responsibilites, she adminsters the National Science Foundation S-STEM grant associated with the project, which is part of the "Redshirt Consortium", which also includes University of Colorado Boulder, University of Washington, Washington State University, University of California San Diego, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.  Starting in Fall of 2017, she will be teaching a new course for SAGE Scholars students, which will be a substitute for the currently offered Introduction to Engineering courses.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path. Ann is an advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths. As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. 

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, moonshot makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that has come out of this plan is the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students receive course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2017-06-24T22:46:05Z

Anndelaney:

[http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/5f/Delaney_Ann.jpg http://universityinnovation.org/images/5/5f/Delaney_Ann.jpg]

Ann Delaney recently completed her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise StateUniversity.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, an NSF-funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for beginning engineering students who have not had the opportunity or access to math resoures to be able to start their first semester in Calculus.  As part of her responsibilites, she adminsters the National Science Foundation S-STEM grant associated with the project, which is part of the "Redshirt Consortium", which also includes University of Colorado Boulder, University of Washington, Washington State University, University of California San Diego, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.  Starting in Fall of 2017, she will be teaching a new course for SAGE Scholars students, which will be a substitute for the currently offered Introduction to Engineering courses.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path. Ann is an advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths. As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. 

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, moonshot makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that has come out of this plan is the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students receive course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

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2017-06-24T22:44:33Z

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2017-06-24T22:30:42Z

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Ann Delaney recently completed her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, an NSF-funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for beginning engineering students who have not had the opportunity or access to math resoures to be able to start their first semester in Calculus.  As part of her responsibilites, she adminsters the National Science Foundation S-STEM grant associated with the project, which is part of the "Redshirt Consortium", which also includes University of Colorado Boulder, University of Washington, Washington State University, University of California San Diego, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.  Starting in Fall of 2017, she will be teaching a new course for SAGE Scholars students, which will be a substitute for the currently offered Introduction to Engineering courses.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path. Ann is an advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths. As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. 

Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, moonshot makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that has come out of this plan is the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students receive course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

File:Delaney Ann.jpg

2017-06-24T22:28:22Z

Anndelaney: Ann Delaney - professional headshot from Boise State University

Ann Delaney - professional headshot from Boise State University

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2017-06-24T22:23:16Z

Anndelaney:

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Ann Delaney recently completed her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State University.  She is now the Program Director of the SAGE Scholars program, an NSF-funded academic support, mentoring, and scholarship program for beginning engineering students who have not had the opportunity or access to math resoures to be able to start their first semester in Calculus.  As part of her responsibilites, she adminsters the National Science Foundation S-STEM grant associated with the project, which is part of the "Redshirt Consortium", which also includes University of Colorado Boulder, University of Washington, Washington State University, University of California San Diego, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne.  Starting in Fall of 2017, she will be teaching a new course for SAGE Scholars students, which will be a substitute for the currently offered Introduction to Engineering courses.

As a graduate student, Ann worked in the Public Policy Research Center at Boise State, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology. As an undergraduate (also at Boise State), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis and engineering applications. As part of her graduate studies, in addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, Dr. Eric Lindquist, she took several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While Micron School of Materials Science & Engineering was supportive of her interdisciplinary research interests and degree plan, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path. Ann is an advocate for students interested in interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate educational paths. As a University Innovation Fellow, Ann has worked closely with the College of Innovation and Design, which is a hub for interdisciplinarity and new educational ideas on the Boise State campus.  Ann has also developed a relationship with the MakerLab, housed within the Boise State Albertsons Library. She has received and given training on how to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research (and for fun). She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community, and has enjoyed doing her part to help the space grow. 



Using the skills and knowledge that she learned through University Innovation Fellows, Ann co-organized and hosted a design thinking event with library staff and other students (several of whom are now also University Innovation Fellows) for Boise State students to design the future of makerspaces on the Boise State campus.  Students from many different majors across campus were brought together, introduced to the Design Thinking process.  These students were first asked to desing their ideal, moonshot makerspace with no constraints, then asked to prioritize what they would like to happen within the next year.  This student input was incorporated into a strategic plan for makerspaces on campus and has informed the growth of the MakerLab over the past year.  One of the first steps that has come out of this plan is the introduction of a Vertically Integrated Project course, called Make It, where students receive course credit for building and running an emergent makerspace within the College of Innovation and Design.

Ann was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Spring 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016.  In January 2017, she was part of the UIF keynote presentation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests are broad. In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, Serenata Orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference.  She is now the SWE club advisor at Boise State. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

Fall 2016:

[[Sienna George|Sienna George]]

[[Donovan Kay|Donovan Kay]]

[[Alexander Schloss|Alexander Schloss]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

Fellow:Rebecka Seward

2016-10-19T20:11:44Z

Anndelaney:

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Rebecka “Brecka” Seward, also known as “puzzle brain,” “kid magnet,” and “animal whisperer,” is an eighth-generation Idahoan and an avid outdoorswoman with a passion for learning about life through working with animals and children.  Upon graduation from Boise State University she will be known as “One Who Studies Life” or simply a biologist!   Throughout her first quarter of a century of living life Rebecka has immersed herself in a variety of jobs, hobbies, volunteer opportunities, athletic endeavors, and educational endeavors.  She hopes to synthesize these experiences by establishing an “Oasis of Opportunities” for marginalized youth and animals.

As a lifelong, insightful nvestigator she hopes to help find innovative solutions to some of life’s issues - even if they are considered by mainstream society to be insignificant, or insurmountable.   Rebecka is particularly passionate about uprooting the subtle and yet pervasive fear of mental illnesses and disabilities that is prevalent in today’s society.  She believes that this fear is the underlying factor for many of the social and health trends that are present in America and other cultures.   

Through the activities of the Oasis of Opportunities she hopes to overcome the social and cultural glass boxes that are the labels, misconceptions, and stereotypes that confine and constrain many youth and animals to the margins of mainstream society.   

In addition to working with marginalized animals and youth, Rebeckahopes the Oasis will be a place of community engagement and education.   Several of her interest areas are: educating about the cycles of life in a wholesome, hands-on approach; researching innovative ways to grow produce and crops; and enabling all individuals to find their life passion by giving them the opportunity to reach out and give back in meaningful ways. 

One of the ways she is currently synthesizing her experiences is through the creation of Kamiah’s Kool Vest: an innovative solution to heat stress in service dogs.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Ann Delaney]]

[[Kelly Schutt]]

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Fellow:Ann Delaney

2016-10-19T20:10:14Z

Anndelaney:

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Ann Delaney is currently working toward her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State  University (BSU).

She works in the Public Policy Research Center at BSU, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology. As an undergraduate (also at BSU), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis. In addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, she has also taken several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While the department has been supported this choice, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path.With this experience in mind, Ann hopes to work with the College of Innovation and Design to help smooth the path for future students who wish to pursue interdisciplinary courses of study. Ann has also developed a relationship with the BSU MakerLab, housed within the university library. She has trained to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research. She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests outside of class are broad.In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

'''RTENOTITLE'''

[[Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|a]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-19T16:51:11Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Awareness of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote New and Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*The Honors College provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a TEDx Boise Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*The overall intent of this survey would be to gather a significant amount of data on what actual students think of our ideas and of what is currently available on campus right now, to help ground our mission for change in facts and figures
*The use of a Likert scale (e.g. Very good, good, neutral, bad, very bad) could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University|Boise State University]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ann%20Delaney Ann Delaney]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

[https://www.youtube.com/embed/FEq8ITS_eyo Boise State University Innovation Fellows - Pitch Video]

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

School:Boise State University

2016-02-19T16:50:50Z

Anndelaney:

= Overview =

[[File:Boise-State-Campus.jpg|none|Boise-State-Campus.jpg]]

Boise is one of the [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45mhlf/15-boise-id/ fastest growing] cities in the United States, and consistently ranks in Forbes' top 10 [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45gihi/no-2-boise-idaho/ cities for careers] and [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45edgee/no-7-boise-id/ families]. Boise State University [http://enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/02/Census-Day-Enrollment-Profile-Fall-2015-1.pdf serves about 21,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students]. Engineering enrollment has grown by 75%, to 2,847 students, over the past five years. Key partners include Micron Technology, a top 5 semiconductor company with headquarters in Boise, NASA, and Idaho National Laboratories.

Recently, Boise became home to the business incubator, [https://trailheadboise.org/ Trailhead], as well as annual speaking events including [http://tedxboise.org/ TedX] and [http://www.igniteboise.com/ Ignite Boise]. New initiatives at Boise State University include the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College], which has launched 17 revenue generating businesses, the [http://cid.boisestate.edu/ College of Innovation and Design], a [https://makerlab.boisestate.edu/ MakerLab], and the [http://www.techhelp.org/services/design-prototype-new-product-development/ New Product Development Lab], and a [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2015/10/22/micron-foundation-gives-25-million-for-materials-science/ $25M Center for Materials Research].

= Student Entrepreneurship =

Business launched through the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College] include:

*[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water to people in need.
*[http://www.txtengage.com/ txtENGAGE] provide customer relationship and marketing platforms.
*[http://www.gratisaid.org/ Gratis Huminatarian Aid Network] distributes medical supplies to remote regions in Eastern and Central Africa.
*[http://www.adventuredata.com/ Adventure Data] provides real-time avalanche data monitoring for outdoor safety.
*[http://whitneyhansen.com/ Whitney Hansen] provides finanial consulting with a focus on student debt.

[http://cid.boisestate.edu/iec/ The Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge] awards over $100,000 annually in seed funding to student entrepreneurs. Previous winners include:

*[http://www.moto-trax.com/ MotoTrax] designs, manufactures, and sells "snowbikes", a dirtbike/snowmobile crossover
*TimeStage provides staining and imaging technology for microscopes that improves diagnosis and research related to infectious diseases.
*TriBiz provides a targeted advertising service restaurants.
*[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water to people in need.

= Faculty Entrepreneurship =

*[http://coen.boisestate.edu/magnetic-materials-lab/peter-mullner/ Dr. Peter Mullner] specializes in shape-memory alloys. He recently [http://www.shawmountaintechnology.com/about.html launched a startup] to commercialize solid-state electronic devices based on these materials.
*[http://coen.boisestate.edu/faculty-staff/yanliangzhang/ Dr. Yanliang Zhang] completed [http://coen.boisestate.edu/mse-reu/project-13/ successful prototypes] of a thermoelectric device designed to replace alternators in cars. This work, funded by a Department of Energy grant, should improve fuel economy by 10-15%. Hyundai (or Honda?) is currently working to commercialize this device.
*[http://research.boisestate.edu/uiv/executives-in-residence/ Dr. Kevin Learned] co-founded Idaho's first commercial software company and its first angel investment group.
*[http://www.medman.com/ Ed Zimmer] served as the CEO of ECCO Group as it grew from 20 employees to over 500 employees with plants in Boise, England, and Australia.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

*[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1344915 The Scalable Nanomanufacturing Grant], lead by [http://coen.boisestate.edu/faculty-staff/willhughes/ Dr. Will Hughes], partners Boise State University with Harvard University and Micron Technologies. This project investigates applications for DNA nanotechnology in the semiconductor industry.
*A year-long Senior Design course partners senior engineering students with an industry sponsor to gain practical industry experience. [http://coen.boisestate.edu/seniordesign/industry-sponsors/ Partners include]: Micron Technology, Clearwater Analytics, Hewlett Packard, Cradlepoint Technology, and Idaho Power, among others.
*The Boise State [http://coen.boisestate.edu/cs/ Computer Science Department] will be [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/06/24/computer-science-program-moving-downtown-boise/ moving into a new building downtown], which they will share with local tech company [http://clearwater-analytics.com/about Clearwater Analytics], among others.  This move is intended to position Boise State CS students and faculty within close proximity to the growing number of tech startups located in downtown Boise.

= University Technology Transfer Office =

[https://research.boisestate.edu/ott/ The Office of Technology Transfer] supports research activities and manages industry relations and intellectual property commercialization for the university.  The office is responsible for the assessment, protection, development and marketing of new inventions for commercial use and facilitates the internal and external relationships that contribute to the process.  The office also supports the advancement of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development programs and initiatives on campus.

= Local and Regional Development =

*'''Employment: '''BSU more than 3,000 Idaho residents and another 2,000 indirectly. Wages and salary are $113M
*'''Spending:''' students spend $195M annually on living expenses in Idaho
**Out-of-state students spend another $17M annually
**BSU purchasing, construction, and employee spending is ~$325M annually
*'''Service: '''2,000 students across 30 departments contribute ~52,000 hours to 80 community organizations through the service-learning program
*'''Alumni:''' 70% of Boise State alumni remain in Idaho, working and paying taxes
**Idaho residents with at least a bachelor's degree earn double the wages of those without one. Alumni have an unemployment rate that is about 1/3 of that of the workforce with only a high school diploma
**Alumni have an estimated $903M economic impact on the state annually
*'''Funding:''' BSU receives 22% of its revenue from state appropriations, and attracts an additional $250M of revenue from private sources
*'''Apparel: '''apparel generates ~$11M in sales for retailers
*'''Research:''' BSU attracts more than $37M in research awards, 80% of which are from federal soruces

Additional information is in the [http://president.boisestate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010_Economic_Impact.pdf Boise State Economic Impact Report]

= Related Links =

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jbCdBmNcCT8JZNzKlM4_vBH8ED4TMvUi5kl_FdH8Z8E/edit?pref=2&pli=1#slide=id.gded0dd295_0_41 Landscape Canvas (slide deck)]

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[[Ann Delaney|Ann Delaney]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Boise State University

2016-02-19T16:50:32Z

Anndelaney:

= Overview =

[[File:Boise-State-Campus.jpg|none|Boise-State-Campus.jpg]]

Boise is one of the [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45mhlf/15-boise-id/ fastest growing] cities in the United States, and consistently ranks in Forbes' top 10 [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45gihi/no-2-boise-idaho/ cities for careers] and [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45edgee/no-7-boise-id/ families]. Boise State University [http://enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/02/Census-Day-Enrollment-Profile-Fall-2015-1.pdf serves about 21,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students]. Engineering enrollment has grown by 75%, to 2,847 students, over the past five years. Key partners include Micron Technology, a top 5 semiconductor company with headquarters in Boise, NASA, and Idaho National Laboratories.

Recently, Boise became home to the business incubator, [https://trailheadboise.org/ Trailhead], as well as annual speaking events including [http://tedxboise.org/ TedX] and [http://www.igniteboise.com/ Ignite Boise]. New initiatives at Boise State University include the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College], which has launched 17 revenue generating businesses, the [http://cid.boisestate.edu/ College of Innovation and Design], a [https://makerlab.boisestate.edu/ MakerLab], and the [http://www.techhelp.org/services/design-prototype-new-product-development/ New Product Development Lab], and a [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2015/10/22/micron-foundation-gives-25-million-for-materials-science/ $25M Center for Materials Research].

= Student Entrepreneurship =

Business launched through the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College] include:

*[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water to people in need.
*[http://www.txtengage.com/ txtENGAGE] provide customer relationship and marketing platforms.
*[http://www.gratisaid.org/ Gratis Huminatarian Aid Network] distributes medical supplies to remote regions in Eastern and Central Africa.
*[http://www.adventuredata.com/ Adventure Data] provides real-time avalanche data monitoring for outdoor safety.
*[http://whitneyhansen.com/ Whitney Hansen] provides finanial consulting with a focus on student debt.

[http://cid.boisestate.edu/iec/ The Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge] awards over $100,000 annually in seed funding to student entrepreneurs. Previous winners include:

*[http://www.moto-trax.com/ MotoTrax] designs, manufactures, and sells "snowbikes", a dirtbike/snowmobile crossover
*TimeStage provides staining and imaging technology for microscopes that improves diagnosis and research related to infectious diseases.
*TriBiz provides a targeted advertising service restaurants.
*[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water to people in need.

= Faculty Entrepreneurship =

*[http://coen.boisestate.edu/magnetic-materials-lab/peter-mullner/ Dr. Peter Mullner] specializes in shape-memory alloys. He recently [http://www.shawmountaintechnology.com/about.html launched a startup] to commercialize solid-state electronic devices based on these materials.
*[http://coen.boisestate.edu/faculty-staff/yanliangzhang/ Dr. Yanliang Zhang] completed [http://coen.boisestate.edu/mse-reu/project-13/ successful prototypes] of a thermoelectric device designed to replace alternators in cars. This work, funded by a Department of Energy grant, should improve fuel economy by 10-15%. Hyundai (or Honda?) is currently working to commercialize this device.
*[http://research.boisestate.edu/uiv/executives-in-residence/ Dr. Kevin Learned] co-founded Idaho's first commercial software company and its first angel investment group.
*[http://www.medman.com/ Ed Zimmer] served as the CEO of ECCO Group as it grew from 20 employees to over 500 employees with plants in Boise, England, and Australia.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

*[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1344915 The Scalable Nanomanufacturing Grant], lead by [http://coen.boisestate.edu/faculty-staff/willhughes/ Dr. Will Hughes], partners Boise State University with Harvard University and Micron Technologies. This project investigates applications for DNA nanotechnology in the semiconductor industry.
*A year-long Senior Design course partners senior engineering students with an industry sponsor to gain practical industry experience. [http://coen.boisestate.edu/seniordesign/industry-sponsors/ Partners include]: Micron Technology, Clearwater Analytics, Hewlett Packard, Cradlepoint Technology, and Idaho Power, among others.
*The Boise State [http://coen.boisestate.edu/cs/ Computer Science Department] will be [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/06/24/computer-science-program-moving-downtown-boise/ moving into a new building downtown], which they will share with local tech company [http://clearwater-analytics.com/about Clearwater Analytics], among others.  This move is intended to position Boise State CS students and faculty within close proximity to the growing number of tech startups located in downtown Boise.

= University Technology Transfer Office =

[https://research.boisestate.edu/ott/ The Office of Technology Transfer] supports research activities and manages industry relations and intellectual property commercialization for the university.  The office is responsible for the assessment, protection, development and marketing of new inventions for commercial use and facilitates the internal and external relationships that contribute to the process.  The office also supports the advancement of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development programs and initiatives on campus.

= Local and Regional Development =

*'''Employment: '''BSU more than 3,000 Idaho residents and another 2,000 indirectly. Wages and salary are $113M
*'''Spending:''' students spend $195M annually on living expenses in Idaho
**Out-of-state students spend another $17M annually
**BSU purchasing, construction, and employee spending is ~$325M annually
*'''Service: '''2,000 students across 30 departments contribute ~52,000 hours to 80 community organizations through the service-learning program
*'''Alumni:''' 70% of Boise State alumni remain in Idaho, working and paying taxes
**Idaho residents with at least a bachelor's degree earn double the wages of those without one. Alumni have an unemployment rate that is about 1/3 of that of the workforce with only a high school diploma
**Alumni have an estimated $903M economic impact on the state annually
*'''Funding:''' BSU receives 22% of its revenue from state appropriations, and attracts an additional $250M of revenue from private sources
*'''Apparel: '''apparel generates ~$11M in sales for retailers
*'''Research:''' BSU attracts more than $37M in research awards, 80% of which are from federal soruces

Additional information is in the [http://president.boisestate.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2010_Economic_Impact.pdf Boise State Economic Impact Report]

= Related Links =

[[Boise_State_University_Student_Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jbCdBmNcCT8JZNzKlM4_vBH8ED4TMvUi5kl_FdH8Z8E/edit?pref=2&pli=1#slide=id.gded0dd295_0_41 Landscape Canvas (slide deck)]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GEA_Qn29JPpPtLJdcqPk9vId7PesacMLtK5hjdcbZDc/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=2 Landscape Canvas (spreadsheet)]

[[Ann Delaney|Ann Delaney]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

[https://www.youtube.com/embed/FEq8ITS_eyo Boise State University Innovation Fellows - Video]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Boise State University

2016-02-17T20:32:43Z

Anndelaney:

= Overview =

[[File:Boise-State-Campus.jpg|none|Boise-State-Campus.jpg]]

Boise is one of the [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mhj45mhlf/15-boise-id/ fastest growing] cities in the United States, and consistently ranks in Forbes' top 10 [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45gihi/no-2-boise-idaho/ cities for careers] and [http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eddf45edgee/no-7-boise-id/ families]. Boise State University [http://enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2016/02/Census-Day-Enrollment-Profile-Fall-2015-1.pdf serves about 21,000 undergraduates and 3,000 graduate students]. Engineering enrollment has grown by 75%, to 2,847 students, over the past five years. Key partners include Micron Technology, a top 5 semiconductor company with headquarters in Boise, NASA, and Idaho National Laboratories.

Recently, Boise became home to the business incubator, [https://trailheadboise.org/ Trailhead], as well as annual speaking events including [http://tedxboise.org/ TedX] and [http://www.igniteboise.com/ Ignite Boise]. New initiatives at Boise State University include the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College], which has launched 17 revenue generating businesses, the [http://cid.boisestate.edu/ College of Innovation and Design], a [https://makerlab.boisestate.edu/ MakerLab], and the [http://www.techhelp.org/services/design-prototype-new-product-development/ New Product Development Lab], and a [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2015/10/22/micron-foundation-gives-25-million-for-materials-science/ $25M Center for Materials Research].

= Student Entrepreneurship =

Business launched through the [http://venturecollege.boisestate.edu/ Venture College] include:

*[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water to people in need.
*[http://www.txtengage.com/ txtENGAGE] provide customer relationship and marketing platforms.
*[http://www.gratisaid.org/ Gratis Huminatarian Aid Network] distributes medical supplies to remote regions in Eastern and Central Africa.
*[http://www.adventuredata.com/ Adventure Data] provides real-time avalanche data monitoring for outdoor safety.
*[http://whitneyhansen.com/ Whitney Hansen] provides finanial consulting with a focus on student debt.

[http://cid.boisestate.edu/iec/ The Idaho Entrepreneur Challenge] awards over $100,000 annually in seed funding to student entrepreneurs. Previous winners include:

*[http://www.moto-trax.com/ MotoTrax] designs, manufactures, and sells "snowbikes", a dirtbike/snowmobile crossover
*TimeStage provides staining and imaging technology for microscopes that improves diagnosis and research related to infectious diseases.
*TriBiz provides a targeted advertising service restaurants.
*[http://vividroots.com/ Vivid Roots] sells apparel and water bottles. A portion of each sale provides potable water to people in need.

= Faculty Entrepreneurship =

*[http://coen.boisestate.edu/magnetic-materials-lab/peter-mullner/ Dr. Peter Mullner] specializes in shape-memory alloys. He recently [http://www.shawmountaintechnology.com/about.html launched a startup] to commercialize solid-state electronic devices based on these materials.
*[http://coen.boisestate.edu/faculty-staff/yanliangzhang/ Dr. Yanliang Zhang] completed [http://coen.boisestate.edu/mse-reu/project-13/ successful prototypes] of a thermoelectric device designed to replace alternators in cars. This work, funded by a Department of Energy grant, should improve fuel economy by 10-15%. Hyundai (or Honda?) is currently working to commercialize this device.
*[http://research.boisestate.edu/uiv/executives-in-residence/ Dr. Kevin Learned] co-founded Idaho's first commercial software company and its first angel investment group.
*[http://www.medman.com/ Ed Zimmer] served as the CEO of ECCO Group as it grew from 20 employees to over 500 employees with plants in Boise, England, and Australia.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

*[http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1344915 The Scalable Nanomanufacturing Grant], lead by [http://coen.boisestate.edu/faculty-staff/willhughes/ Dr. Will Hughes], partners Boise State University with Harvard University and Micron Technologies. This project investigates applications for DNA nanotechnology in the semiconductor industry.
*A year-long Senior Design course partners senior engineering students with an industry sponsor to gain practical industry experience. [http://coen.boisestate.edu/seniordesign/industry-sponsors/ Partners include]: Micron Technology, Clearwater Analytics, Hewlett Packard, Cradlepoint Technology, and Idaho Power, among others.
*The Boise State [http://coen.boisestate.edu/cs/ Computer Science Department] will be [https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/06/24/computer-science-program-moving-downtown-boise/ moving into a new building downtown], which they will share with local tech company [http://clearwater-analytics.com/about Clearwater Analytics], among others.  This move is intended to position Boise State CS students and faculty within close proximity to the growing number of tech startups located in downtown Boise.

= University Technology Transfer Office =

[https://research.boisestate.edu/ott/ The Office of Technology Transfer] supports research activities and manages industry relations and intellectual property commercialization for the university.  The office is responsible for the assessment, protection, development and marketing of new inventions for commercial use and facilitates the internal and external relationships that contribute to the process.  The office also supports the advancement of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development programs and initiatives on campus.

= Local and Regional Development =

= Related Links =

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jbCdBmNcCT8JZNzKlM4_vBH8ED4TMvUi5kl_FdH8Z8E/edit?pref=2&pli=1#slide=id.gded0dd295_0_41 Landscape Canvas (slide deck)]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GEA_Qn29JPpPtLJdcqPk9vId7PesacMLtK5hjdcbZDc/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=2 Landscape Canvas (spreadsheet)]

[[Ann Delaney|Ann Delaney]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

[[Category:Universities]]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2016-02-12T04:59:18Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Smiling Window Crop.png|none|Smiling Window Crop.png]]

Ann Delaney is currently working toward her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State  University (BSU).

She works in the Public Policy Research Center at BSU, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology.As an undergraduate (also at BSU), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis. In addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, she has also taken several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While the department has been supported this choice, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path.With this experience in mind, Ann hopes to work with the College of Innovation and Design to help smooth the path for future students who wish to pursue interdisciplinary courses of study. Ann has also developed a relationship with the BSU MakerLab, housed within the university library. She has trained to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research. She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests outside of class are broad.In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

== Related Links ==

[[Boise State University|Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

[[Kelly Schutt|Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward|Rebecka Seward]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Fellow:Ann Delaney

2016-02-12T04:58:44Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Smiling Window Crop.png|none|Smiling Window Crop.png]]

Ann Delaney is currently working toward her Masters in Materials Science and Engineering at Boise State  University (BSU).

She works in the Public Policy Research Center at BSU, conducting research on the policy implications of nanotechnology.As an undergraduate (also at BSU), she did research with the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group, investigating how to use DNA as a programmable material for disease diagnosis. In addition to working on policy-related research with her advisor, she has also taken several policy courses as substitutes to more traditional Materials electives.

While the department has been supported this choice, her background as a Peer Advisor for a summer in the Engineering Advising Office has been handy when navigating the paperwork required for such an interdisciplinary path.With this experience in mind, Ann hopes to work with the College of Innovation and Design to help smooth the path for future students who wish to pursue interdisciplinary courses of study. Ann has also developed a relationship with the BSU MakerLab, housed within the university library. She has trained to use the 3D printers, and has designed and printed custom parts as part of her research. She enjoys the vibrant and collaborative spirit of this community.

While her academic background has largely focused on engineering, Ann's interests outside of class are broad.In her spare time, she plays viola with a local amateur orchestra, and has volunteered with the ACLU of Idaho, organizing events such as speakers for Banned Books Week and participating in social justice events. Ann was Vice President of the Society of Women Engineers campus section of the Society of Women Engineers campus section for two years, during which time she helped to organize STEM outreach activities and trips to the SWE national conference. Ann also enjoys hiking and skiing in the beautiful Boise foothills, playing with her mother-in-law's dogs, knitting, and reading.

== Related Links ==

[[Boise State University|Boise State University]]

[[Boise State University Student Priorities|Boise State University Student Priorities]]

[[Kelly Schutt|Kelly Schutt]]

[[Rebecka Seward|Rebecka Seward]]

[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:57:13Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Awareness of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote New and Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*The Honors College provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a TEDx Boise Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*The overall intent of this survey would be to gather a significant amount of data on what actual students think of our ideas and of what is currently available on campus right now, to help ground our mission for change in facts and figures
*The use of a Likert scale (e.g. Very good, good, neutral, bad, very bad) could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

= Related Links =

[[Boise_State_University|Boise State University]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ann%20Delaney Ann Delaney]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:56:24Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Awareness of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote New and Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*The Honors College provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a TEDx Boise Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*The overall intent of this survey would be to gather a significant amount of data on what actual students think of our ideas and of what is currently available on campus right now, to help ground our mission for change in facts and figures
*The use of a Likert scale (e.g. Very good, good, neutral, bad, very bad) could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

= Related Links =

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jbCdBmNcCT8JZNzKlM4_vBH8ED4TMvUi5kl_FdH8Z8E/edit?pref=2&pli=1#slide=id.gded0dd295_0_41 Landscape Canvas (slide deck)]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GEA_Qn29JPpPtLJdcqPk9vId7PesacMLtK5hjdcbZDc/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=2 Landscape Canvas (spreadsheet)]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ann%20Delaney Ann Delaney]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

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Fellow:Rebecka Seward

2016-02-12T04:54:51Z

Anndelaney:

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Rebecka “Brecka” Seward, also known as “puzzle brain,” “kid magnet,” and “animal whisperer,” is an eighth-generation Idahoan and an avid outdoorswoman with a passion for learning about life through working with animals and children.  Upon graduation from Boise State University she will be known as “One Who Studies Life” or simply a biologist!   Throughout her first quarter of a century of living life Rebecka has immersed herself in a variety of jobs, hobbies, volunteer opportunities, athletic endeavors, and educational endeavors.  She hopes to synthesize these experiences by establishing an “Oasis of Opportunities” for marginalized youth and animals.

As a lifelong, insightful nvestigator she hopes to help find innovative solutions to some of life’s issues - even if they are considered by mainstream society to be insignificant, or insurmountable.   Rebecka is particularly passionate about uprooting the subtle and yet pervasive fear of mental illnesses and disabilities that is prevalent in today’s society.  She believes that this fear is the underlying factor for many of the social and health trends that are present in America and other cultures.   

Through the activities of the Oasis of Opportunities she hopes to overcome the social and cultural glass boxes that are the labels, misconceptions, and stereotypes that confine and constrain many youth and animals to the margins of mainstream society.   

In addition to working with marginalized animals and youth, Rebeckahopes the Oasis will be a place of community engagement and education.   Several of her interest areas are: educating about the cycles of life in a wholesome, hands-on approach; researching innovative ways to grow produce and crops; and enabling all individuals to find their life passion by giving them the opportunity to reach out and give back in meaningful ways. 

One of the ways she is currently synthesizing her experiences is thru the creation of Kamiah’s Kool Vest: an innovative solution to heat stress in service dogs.

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University Boise State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University%20Student%20Priorities Boise State University Student Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ann%20Delaney Ann Delaney]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelly_Schutt Kelly Schutt]
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2016-02-12T04:42:47Z

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2016-02-12T04:40:17Z

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2016-02-12T04:39:29Z

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Fellow:Kelly Schutt

2016-02-12T04:36:35Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Kelly-Schutt.jpg|thumb|left]]Before college, I worked with two friends to start a Google Partner Company. We used analytics, focus groups, and digital tools to increase online sales and marketing return on investment. The work was fun and challenging, and we were fortunate to work with great clients. Unfortunately, we were driven by results and profit rather than purpose. The majority of ecosystems on Earth are in decline due to human activity, and I wasn't comfortable contributing to consumerism. I decided to enroll at Boise State University so that I could contribute to sustainability.Here, I've contributed to DNA nanotechnology research as part of a collaborative grant between Micron Technologies, Harvard University, and Boise State University. Currently, I'm working on preliminary data for a NASA grant that seeks to learn how DNA crystals grow differently in the International Space Station. DNA provides a massively parallel and cost-effective means for fabricating nanomaterials, and may eventually provide novel methods of energy harvesting and storage. Last summer, I started a perovskite solar cell project to research new materials that may reduce solar cell costs by nearly 90%.I was recently awarded a Marshall Scholarship, and look forward to doing research that will help bring perovskite solar cells into commercial production. On long time scales, energy, wealth, and sustainability are inseparable. Driving the costs of renewable energy down will help developed nations become more sustainable, and will alleviate poverty in areas of the world that lack reliable electric grids.

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University Boise State University] 

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University%20Student%20Priorities Boise State University Student Priorities] 

[http://universityinnovation.org/Ann%20Delaney Ann Delaney] 

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

[[Category:StudentContributors|k]]

Fellow:Kelly Schutt

2016-02-12T04:35:55Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Kelly-Schutt.jpg|thumb|left]]Before college, I worked with two friends to start a Google Partner Company. We used analytics, focus groups, and digital tools to increase online sales and marketing return on investment. The work was fun and challenging, and we were fortunate to work with great clients. Unfortunately, we were driven by results and profit rather than purpose. The majority of ecosystems on Earth are in decline due to human activity, and I wasn't comfortable contributing to consumerism. I decided to enroll at Boise State University so that I could contribute to sustainability.Here, I've contributed to DNA nanotechnology research as part of a collaborative grant between Micron Technologies, Harvard University, and Boise State University. Currently, I'm working on preliminary data for a NASA grant that seeks to learn how DNA crystals grow differently in the International Space Station. DNA provides a massively parallel and cost-effective means for fabricating nanomaterials, and may eventually provide novel methods of energy harvesting and storage. Last summer, I started a perovskite solar cell project to research new materials that may reduce solar cell costs by nearly 90%.I was recently awarded a Marshall Scholarship, and look forward to doing research that will help bring perovskite solar cells into commercial production. On long time scales, energy, wealth, and sustainability are inseparable. Driving the costs of renewable energy down will help developed nations become more sustainable, and will alleviate poverty in areas of the world that lack reliable electric grids.

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University Boise State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University%20Student%20Priorities Boise State University Student Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kelly%20Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]

[[Category:StudentContributors|k]]

Fellow:Kelly Schutt

2016-02-12T04:35:31Z

Anndelaney:

[[File:Kelly-Schutt.jpg|thumb|left]]Before college, I worked with two friends to start a Google Partner Company. We used analytics, focus groups, and digital tools to increase online sales and marketing return on investment. The work was fun and challenging, and we were fortunate to work with great clients. Unfortunately, we were driven by results and profit rather than purpose. The majority of ecosystems on Earth are in decline due to human activity, and I wasn't comfortable contributing to consumerism. I decided to enroll at Boise State University so that I could contribute to sustainability.Here, I've contributed to DNA nanotechnology research as part of a collaborative grant between Micron Technologies, Harvard University, and Boise State University. Currently, I'm working on preliminary data for a NASA grant that seeks to learn how DNA crystals grow differently in the International Space Station. DNA provides a massively parallel and cost-effective means for fabricating nanomaterials, and may eventually provide novel methods of energy harvesting and storage. Last summer, I started a perovskite solar cell project to research new materials that may reduce solar cell costs by nearly 90%.I was recently awarded a Marshall Scholarship, and look forward to doing research that will help bring perovskite solar cells into commercial production. On long time scales, energy, wealth, and sustainability are inseparable. Driving the costs of renewable energy down will help developed nations become more sustainable, and will alleviate poverty in areas of the world that lack reliable electric grids.

== Related Links ==

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University Boise State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Boise%20State%20University%20Student%20Priorities Boise State University Student Priorities]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Kelly%20Schutt Kelly Schutt]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rebecka%20Seward Rebecka Seward]



[[Category:StudentContributors|k]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:26:02Z

Anndelaney:

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:25:43Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Awareness of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote New and Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*The Honors College provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*The overall intent of this survey would be to gather a significant amount of data on what actual students think of our ideas and of what is currently available on campus right now, to help ground our mission for change in facts and figures
*The use of a Likert scale (e.g. Very good, good, neutral, bad, very bad) could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:25:27Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Awareness of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote New and Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*The overall intent of this survey would be to gather a significant amount of data on what actual students think of our ideas and of what is currently available on campus right now, to help ground our mission for change in facts and figures
*The use of a Likert scale (e.g. Very good, good, neutral, bad, very bad) could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:25:05Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Awareness of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*The overall intent of this survey would be to gather a significant amount of data on what actual students think of our ideas and of what is currently available on campus right now, to help ground our mission for change in facts and figures
*The use of a Likert scale (e.g. Very good, good, neutral, bad, very bad) could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:24:20Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*The overall intent of this survey would be to gather a significant amount of data on what actual students think of our ideas and of what is currently available on campus right now, to help ground our mission for change in facts and figures
*The use of a Likert scale (e.g. Very good, good, neutral, bad, very bad) could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:22:05Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Create a Website for I&E Resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources on and off campus
*Publish through the College of Innovation and Design's website
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Try to get a link put on students' my.Boisestate pages

== Freshmen Orientation Design Thinking Pop-Up ==

*Create a design thinking pop-up program as part of freshmen orientation
*Engage students to think about what they want to do in terms of a mission, not just a major

== Integrate Design Thinking Concepts into University Foundations Courses ==

*All incoming Boise State students are required to take these courses
*Each section explores a different concept (e.g. "The History and Future of Education", "Invention and Discovery")
*While innovation is a core part of the mission of the UF program, design thinking is not an explicit part of the curriculum of most sections right now
*This might be another great place to introduce I&E concepts to freshmen

== Reach Out to Underserved Groups Through the Institute for STEM and Diversity ==

*The Institute for STEM and Diversity runs a number of programs aimed at underserved populations such as minorities and students who are the first in their families to go to college
*This could be a great connection to reach out to these populations, who might not otherwise be reached

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T04:08:36Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Promote Existing Spaces for Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Idea Generation and Work Toward Making More ==

*[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors
*Some Living-Learning Communities offer cross-disciplinary themes such as fitness, while some are major- or college-specific.
*The MakerLab is a makerspace hosted in the Boise State Library and run by librarians and student employees.  This space is very user-driven, and offers student- and staff-led workshops on technologies such as arduinos and 3D printing.  Students can print designs for free on the two 3D printers.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:59:45Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established (formerly it was only engineering students), and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:58:52Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #4: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:57:49Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

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== Tactic 2 ==

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== Tactic 3 ==

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== Tactic 4 ==

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= Strategy #4: Create a Nurturing and Diverse Space for Ideas on Campus =

== Tactic 1 ==

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== Tactic 2 ==

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== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

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= Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social feedback system ==

*Allow students to submit ideas for improving campus online
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be candidates for implementation, or at least get a response from the university administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:56:31Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #4: Create a Nurturing and Diverse Space for Ideas on Campus =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social news type system ==

*Allow student to submit ideas for improving campus
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be implemented, or at least get a response from administration
*Another approach for an online community could be a slack channe.  A Boise State slack channel already exists, but is not well-publicized outside of the MakerLab and Computer Science communities.

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:55:14Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #4: Create a Nurturing and Diverse Space for Ideas on Campus =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop, or more of a design sprint or hackathon
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report could be addressed to the university administration
*Our partnerships with the MakerLab and College of Innovation and Design could provide conduits to implement some ideas

== Provide a social news type system ==

*Allow student to submit ideas for improving campus
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be implemented or at least get a response from administration

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:53:31Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

*TEDx tickets are often outside the price range of interested students
*Hosting a live streaming event of the talks woudl be a great opportunity to foster collaboration and creativity among a group of interestd students
*This could be a good "hook" to get students into the event, where we could then direct them to other on- and off-campus resources

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #4: Create a Nurturing and Diverse Space for Ideas on Campus =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop type activity
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report would be given to faculty with the ability to implement changes

== Provide a social news type system ==

*Allow student to submit ideas for improving campus
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be implemented or at least get a response from administration

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:51:22Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

TEDx tickets are a bit expensive for students. We could livestream the event to foster collaboration and creativity.

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #4: Create a Nurturing and Diverse Space for Ideas on Campus =

== Tactic 1 ==

Tactic 1 content

== Tactic 2 ==

Tactic 2 content

== Tactic 3 ==

Tactic 3 content

== Tactic 4 ==

Tactic 4 content

= Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop type activity
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report would be given to faculty with the ability to implement changes

== Provide a social news type system ==

*Allow student to submit ideas for improving campus
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be implemented or at least get a response from administration

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:50:58Z

Anndelaney:

= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources (especially within engineering) ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in department email newsletters across campus
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

TEDx tickets are a bit expensive for students. We could livestream the event to foster collaboration and creativity.

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

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= Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop type activity
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report would be given to faculty with the ability to implement changes

== Provide a social news type system ==

*Allow student to submit ideas for improving campus
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be implemented or at least get a response from administration

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= Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering =

== Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community ==

*Freshmen students with majors in the College of Innovation and Design and the College of Engineering live together and take a class which involves community service and team building, as well as aspects of the different majors encompassed by CID and Engineering.
*This Living-Learning Community (LLC) was just established, and thus could be a great place to prototype the implementation of I&E concepts and engage freshmen with these ideas
*This is also a great place to test the effectiveness of LLC's in creating a community across disciplines

== Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes ==

*All incoming freshmen engineering students are required to take ENGR 120 (Introduction to Engineering) or ENGR 130 (Introduction to Engineering Applications)
*These courses are project-based, and teach students about engineering disciplines, as well as developing critical thinking and provides a "design-oriented engineering experience"
*ENGR 130 involves a service project where students work with a client from the community to apply the engineering design process to solve a problem
*While some design thinking is already a part of these courses, there could be room for the addition of more explicity human-centered design principles into the curriculum
*This could also be a platform to introduce engineering students to entrepreneurship concepts that they may not otherwise be exposed to

== Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

*The Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP) Program unites undergraduate education and faculty research in a team-based context
*Undergraduate VIP students earn academic credits, while faculty and graduate students benefit from the design/discovery efforts of their teams
*The Boise State University VIP program is part of a broad national and international consortium of universities
*While this program already exists in an early phase, more work remains to create campus-wide awareness about the vision and purpose of Vertically Integrated Projects in order to attract students and faculty to participate in current and new projects
*This program presents an inherent opportunity for a culture of I&E to thrive in a community of students and faculty from different disciplines across campus
*VIP projects differ from a traditional research lab setting in that the experiences, interests, and abilities of all members - faculty and students alike - are valued equally
*Close-knit VIP teams provide an opportunity to support vulnerable populations of students who might not finish their degrees without a supportive community and mentorship opportunities

== Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students ==

*The New Product Development Lab, housed within the College of Engineering, mostly provides rapid prototyping and design consulting services to local businesses and entrepreneurs outside the university, but is also a resource available to student entrepreneurs that is not currently well-publicized
*While Venture College's services are available to all students, and they have been expanding their reach to Computer Science majors, this services is still unknown to most engineering majors
*A goal for the future would be to implement a program which partners engineering students with ideas with mentors from the local entrepreneurship community and/or students from the Business College to help them work toward commercializing their ideas (or co-developing ideas for new ventures)

= Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus =

== Increase awareness of I&E resources (especially within engineering) ==

*Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
*Advertise the website in email newsletters
*Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
*Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design

== Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects ==

Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.

== Increase connections between students of different majors ==

[http://honors.boisestate.edu/ The Honors College] provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.

== Host a [http://tedxboise.org/ TEDx Boise] Viewing Party ==

TEDx tickets are a bit expensive for students. We could livestream the event to foster collaboration and creativity.

= Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources =

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= Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration =

== Implement a student satisfaction survey ==

*A Likert scale could allow students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, internship and job opportunities, etc.)
*This survey could be dynamic (e.g. questions could change based on identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.) to gather specific data about different parts of the student population
*Open-ended feedback could allow us to gather new ideas about what students are interested in

== Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements ==

*This could be a workshop type activity
*We could break out into small teams and document feedback
*A streamlined report would be given to faculty with the ability to implement changes

== Provide a social news type system ==

*Allow student to submit ideas for improving campus
*Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
*Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be implemented or at least get a response from administration

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Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities

2016-02-12T03:19:10Z

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