2019-10-15T00:31:31Z

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<big>[[File:Kathryn Wagner Head Shot.jpeg|thumb]]KATHRYN WAGNER</big><big></big>

<big>Kathryn Wagner is a University Innovation Fellow at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI. She is an undergraduate student pursing a major in Biomedical Sciences, with a pre-PA emphasis. She also has a German minor, as language and culture has always been something she enjoys. She is also a member of the Frederick Meijer Honors College. </big>

<big>Kathryn has always had a love for the medical field and found her love for innovation freshman year at Grand Valley when she took a 2-semester long honors course called "Design Thinking for Social Product and Innovation." She discovered what UIF was her sophomore year when several of her friends joined, and became a part of UIF her junior year.</big>

<big>With her love for the medical field, she works as a Home Health Aide, assisting the elderly in their homes, has worked as a CNA in a nursing home, and currently volunteers at a free medical clinic for the uninsured in downtown Grand Rapids. She is the Social Media Manager for the Social Innovation Club at Grand Valley and is also a part of the pre-PA club.</big>

<big>Kathryn loves to travel and has been to several countries including Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Belize. She loves to explore other cultures and learn about the world outside of her "normal". </big>

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2019-10-15T00:29:22Z

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2019-10-15T00:22:18Z

Kwagner99:

<big>KATHRYN WAGNER</big>

<big>Kathryn Wagner is a University Innovation Fellow at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI. She is an undergraduate student pursing a major in Biomedical Sciences, with a pre-PA emphasis. She also has a German minor, as language and culture has always been something she enjoys. She is also a member of the Frederick Meijer Honors College. </big>

<big>Kathryn has always had a love for the medical field and found her love for innovation freshman year at Grand Valley when she took a 2-semester long honors course called "Design Thinking for Social Product and Innovation." She discovered what UIF was her sophomore year when several of her friends joined, and became a part of UIF her junior year.</big>

<big>With her love for the medical field, she works as a Home Health Aide, assisting the elderly in their homes, has worked as a CNA in a nursing home, and currently volunteers at a free medical clinic for the uninsured in downtown Grand Rapids. She is the Social Media Manager for the Social Innovation Club at Grand Valley and is also a part of the pre-PA club.</big>

<big>Kathryn loves to travel and has been to several countries including Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Belize. She loves to explore other cultures and learn about the world outside of her "normal". </big>

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2019-10-15T00:21:19Z

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KATHRYN WAGNER

Kathryn Wagner is a University Innovation Fellow at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI. She is an undergraduate student pursing a major in Biomedical Sciences, with a pre-PA emphasis. She also has a German minor, as language and culture has always been something she enjoys. She is also a member of the Frederick Meijer Honors College. 

Kathryn has always had a love for the medical field and found her love for innovation freshman year at Grand Valley when she took a 2-semester long honors course called "Design Thinking for Social Product and Innovation." She discovered what UIF was her sophomore year when several of her friends joined, and became a part of UIF her junior year.

With her love for the medical field, she works as a Home Health Aide, assisting the elderly in their homes, has worked as a CNA in a nursing home, and currently volunteers at a free medical clinic for the uninsured in downtown Grand Rapids. She is the Social Media Manager for the Social Innovation Club at Grand Valley and is also a part of the pre-PA club.

Kathryn loves to travel and has been to several countries including Australia, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Mexico, and Belize. She loves to explore other cultures and learn about the world outside of her "normal".

Priorities:GVSU Student Priorities

2019-10-01T02:55:25Z

Kwagner99:

= Overview =

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The GVSU Innovation Fellows realize that there are many great resources for entrepreneurs in Grand Rapids, GVSU downtown campus, and exclusive clubs and groups. Additionally, there are many opportunities to pitch business plans and look for funding. That being said, there are limited opportunities at Grand Valley to be introduced to design thinking outside of the classroom. There aren’t safe spaces to play around with new ideas, collaborate without pressure, or connect with people in different areas of study. The GVSU Honors College is bursting with potential. We hope to introduce better methods to inspire young, innovative Grand Valley students, across disciplines, to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, and make innovation a key aspect of campus culture through the creation of clubs or workshops that will nurture these values. Afterwards, we want to develop a communication pipeline so that good ideas can be nurtured, grown, and developed through collaboration.

= Opportunity Focus =
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<li>Few opportunities for students to experience the design process outside of coursework.</li>
<li>The I&E resources in the Business College are not readily available to students of all departments.</li>
<li>Create a more inclusive environment where students can collaborate and share ideas.</li>
<li>Lack of events, idea pitches, or competitions that encourage students to pursue individual exploration and experimentation with the design thinking process.</li>
<li>Lack of campus support around increasing awareness and familiarity with innovation and design thinking</li>
</ul>

= 2020 Cohort~ =

= Timeline to enhance I&E ecosystem =

Now(week 1 through week 5): 

Educate ourselves on the importance and effect of the design thinking process. This will allows us to impliment affective change throughout the campus. In week three we will host a stakeholder meeting in order to begin the process of sharing our ideas. This will allow us to make conacts throughout the campus and community that will aid in furthering our project.

Month 2:

Begin to plan Design Start Project in partner with the previous UIF cohorts. This will involve schedualling times, locations, food, funding and planning the agenda of the event. We will have to interview various potential participants in order to establish what they would like to get put of this event.

Month 3 through 6:

Use this time to contact potential donors and funding organizations to furhter the spread. Host the Design Start Project at the begining of winter semester to allow clubs to put their findings and innovations into action. After the event collect feedback from participants regarding what they feel they gained from the event as well as any problem areas they uncovered.

Month 7 through 12:

Begin to market and prepare for next years round of Design Start. Reflect on feedback given by the participants and make changes to the program accordingly. At the end of winter semester check back in with club participants to see if changes have been implimented and if so what worked.

Year 2:

Follow previous steps and continue to revise as new information comes along. Prepare to pass the event to the new cohort.



=== Project 1: Design Start 2.0 ===

=== Project 2: Interdisciplinary Co-Op Study ===

This project is a course for interdisciplinary study tailored toward each students specific area of study. Students will gain real world experience in their field of study. One day a week students will be at their assigned field-study location. They will will create industry connections through networking and shadow based experience. On one other day of the week, students will meet in class with the professor and reflect on what they learned that week at their field-study. Students will hear from other students and their experiences. 

For this project Kathryn Wagner would be the leader of this project. She herself has struggled with making connections in the career she would like to go, and wishes she would have had the opportunity to participate in a class like this. She is aware how important networking is and would like to help other students with the task.

There are many key tactics in order to bring the project to life including: 


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<li>
Finding a professor willing to take on the task/class
</li>
<li>
Finding professionals in the outside community to form a partnership with GVSU in order to run this class
</li>
<li>
Determining if this class could be a requirement or if it should be an elective
</li>
<li>
Advertising the class to students and getting them interested
</li>
</ul>

=== Project 3: Passion Project Pitch ===

=== Project 4: ===

= 2019 Cohort~ =

== Strategy One: SPI Club [3-4 weeks] ==

In order to promote a collaborative environment where students can learn about entrepreneurship and innovation, we will pursue the idea of launching a "Social Product Innovation" club. This club will allow students to collaborate with one another in order to tackle issues within the local communities. Our hope is that students will learn valuable skills such as networking, prototyping, and business pitching throughout the duration of this club's existence. We feel it has the potential to reach students throughout Grand Valley, and change their ideas on what entrepreneurship and innovation really means.

== Strategy Two: Innovation Showcase [3-4 months] ==

The Innovation Showcase is a program that would bring together students, faculty, campus organizations, and small businesses.

The Innovation Showcase would feature innovative projects and designs at popular places around campus, such as the cafeterias, bookstore, and dorm buildings. This would encourage onlookers to participate in design thinking and innovation clubs and events, as well as give innovators a chance to show off their projects.

Innovation Showcase Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nM2NT0sSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nM2NT0sSQ]

== Strategy Three: Start-Up Funding [6 months] ==

While GVSU and Grand Rapids have many different programs which allow students to pursue entrepreneurship and innovation, there are not many opportunities for funding. Our goal is to find more funding programs which will give money to these different projects. In order to do this, we will reach out to different companies in the Grand Rapids area and find resources on GVSU's campus. We feel this is important because, in order to put on various events like Design Start, we would need funding.

== Strategy Four: Prototyping a Product [8 months] ==

A main goal of the Grand Valley State University Social Product Innovation Club is to create a solid product prototype. In order to create a prototype, we need to pick a problem to focus on and go through the Design Thinking process. First, we will go through the empathize stage by going to companies, or hospitals to gather information. We will then define our problem and layout possible obstacles we could encounter. Next, we will get a group of people together to ideate and brainstorm possible solutions. Once we have completed all of these steps, we will then be in the prototyping phase. During this time, we will create a low-resolution mock-up of our potential product in order to test it. We hope to create a product that will benefit the communities around us.

== Strategy Five: Reach out to Start Garden [12 months] ==

Start Garden is a company based in Grand Rapids. They believe in learning by doing. They continually try new things, learn from them, and then adapt to fit. The goal of Start Garden is to establish a culture of entrepreneurship and invest whatever they can into that culture.

Start Garden mostly focuses on helping start-up companies get on their feet and get ready to take off. Our goal is to reach out to this company and get in touch with different businessmen and businesswomen. These people could potentially act as mentors and help the SPI club take important strides towards creating a successful product.

== Completed Projects ==

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TEDxGVSU

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On February 24, 2017, GVSU hosted their first TEDx event themed “The Blueprints between X and Why.” A limited amount of tickets were available for purchase, with the event also being live-streamed in the library. The second TEDxGVSU event is scheduled for March 16, 2018 with the title “Shape.”

[https://www.facebook.com/TEDxGVSU/ https://www.facebook.com/TEDxGVSU/]

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== Related Links ==

[[Grand Valley State University|Grand_Valley_State_University]]

Innovation Showcase video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nM2NT0sSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4nM2NT0sSQ]

2019 Fellows:

[[Abby Cooper|Abby Cooper]]

[[Amanda Moy|Amanda Moy]]

[[Drew Craven|Drew Craven]]

[[Meredith Hinz|Meredith Hinz]]

2018 Fellows:

[[Meredith Filter|Meredith_Filter]]

[[Madalyn Slubowski|Madalyn_Slubowski]]

[[Haley Jennings|Haley_Jennings]]

[[Dean Geschiere|Dean_Geschiere]]

2017 Fellows:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Rogutica Allison Rogutich]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ben_Parsell Ben Parsell]

[[Joe Vanderbroek|Joe VanderBroek]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nikhil_Watsa Nikhil Watsa]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Jonathan%20Cook Jonathan_Cook]

2014 Fellows:

[[Kathryn Christopher]]

[[Leah Bauer]]

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