University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Priorities:Columbia University Student Priorities

2018-10-19T16:20:37Z

Ltdinh:

The purpose of this page is to articulate four to five projects we believe would meaningfully improve our campus innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. As part of our training for the University Innovation Fellows program, each of us brainstormed, prototyped, and loosely tested our products. The next step of this project would be to continue to iterate these projects and work with University stakeholders to implement one or multiple. 

== 1. Promoting student engagement with on-campus events and resources (Lexie Lehmann) ==

We noticed that students on campus fear overwhelmed with all of the event offerings available to them on and off-campus, as well as the “fear of missing out” felt when students believe that there is a social or academic opportunity that they’re not aware of. In an effort to combat this, we noticed that there were several different websites used to post events on campus but that there were few forums to congregate the events happening on any given day. One of our priorities is to make students feel included and engaged in the Columbia community and to know what opportunities are available to them as a student on this campus in a way that is manageable and inclusive. Originally, we conceived that this forum could take the form of a mobile app, but with feedback from our UIGuide, we’ve decided to look into other ways, especially non-technology ways, to explore promoting on-campus agency and connectivity.

'''Prototype''': [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I3aJlrrSKdovLLb1ZzktWRGIWWSWCKTK844Ah55ciSI/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1I3aJlrrSKdovLLb1ZzktWRGIWWSWCKTK844Ah55ciSI/edit?usp=sharing ]

== 2. Developing Student Self-Awareness with a Neuroscience Course Tailored to the Growth Mindset (Lisa Dinh) ==

Background:

This solution focuses on the problem our Columbia team identified in Session 2 using UIF guidelines: “how might we encourage personal ownership of the campus and institution? Further, how might we promote individual agency within the Columbia experience?” This course has been championed by UIF Lisa Dinh based on her own experiences with the power of understanding how our brains work, heal, and grow in the context of developing individual confidence and identity.

'''Key Tactics:'''

*Research
**Outside Support and Suggestions
***Read about and collect syllabi from comparable courses at other institutions
**Speak to past UIF members who have done similar projects
**Speak to the creators of Design Your Life courses at Stanford and “Happiness” course at Yale
**Research the methods of course development at Columbia
***Determine who are our stakeholders, and what will motivate them to participate
***Determine the current course offerings at Columbia in Neuroscience, Psych departments
***Answer: are there existing course with the same value?
**Talk to students about their needs and interests
***Answer: what value can this course add?
***What would you like to learn about your brain? About yourself?
***What would be useful/helpful to learn?
***Can and/or should this course be counted for credits?
***Would it be more useful to have a course that is somewhat of a pop-up or would it be more useful to delve deeply into this course?
*Develop Course
**Determine best methods for execution of this course
**Determine syllabus based on student needs, wants, and suggestions from professors
**Determine who will teach, where, and when
*Pitch and Practice
**Pitch course to Deans and Departments
**Test Course Topics in Small Group
*Execute
**Upon approval, execute idea!

'''Prototype''': [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pjdf_cOriL6p3X9U9yMpq3TJ1j2eGgSQv6xtiCdO98M/edit?usp=sharing https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pjdf_cOriL6p3X9U9yMpq3TJ1j2eGgSQv6xtiCdO98M/edit?usp=sharing]
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== 2. Fostering Feelings of Claimancy With Enhanced Public Spaces (Amita Shukla) ==

Background:

This solution focuses on the problem our Columbia team identified in Session 2 using UIF guidelines: “how might we encourage personal ownership of the campus and institution? This solution centers around making better use of Columbia's public spaces, making them more encouraging to stay in and more inviting by creating pop up installations that suggest to students that they could be niches to return to and claim as one's own on campus. Columbia's campus can often be alienating and unwelcoming, requiring reservations to use even for a few hours, and these open spaces will change that inherent perception.

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2018-10-14T06:19:45Z

Ltdinh:

2018-10-14T05:33:07Z

Ltdinh:

Fellow:Lisa Dinh

2018-10-14T05:32:44Z

Ltdinh:

<div>[[File:LisaDinhSmall.jpeg]]Lisa Dinh is a student at Columbia University pursuing a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology.Her background informs her love for and motivation in science communication, the arts, culture, and education. In terms of innovation, Lisa's most valued endeavors have been: </div><div> </div><div>1. Spearheading a public health campaign leading her past university to being ranked #1 nationally in sexual health and receiving provisions from The Trojan Company</div><div>2. Running a STEM magazine with design principles to profit 10K with which a recurring scholarship would be founded for underprivileged students.</div> <div>Currently, Lisa's goals life and career are to engage with the communities she is a part of, NYC and Columbia --whether by scaling health and science literacy or by adding color, culture, and art. As a candidate for the University Innovation Fellows by Stanford's Design and Engineering School, Lisa hopes to encourage students to have a keen understanding of their brains. She believes through understanding neuroscience concepts such as meditation, resilience, and plasticity, students may improve their quality of living and be the best versions of themselves. </div>

Fellow:Lisa Dinh

2018-10-14T05:31:33Z

Ltdinh:

<div>Lisa Dinh is a student at Columbia University pursuing a degree in Human Evolutionary Biology.Her background informs her love for and motivation in science communication, the arts, culture, and education. In terms of innovation, Lisa's most valued endeavors have been:http://universityinnovation.org/images/7/72/LisaDinhSmall.jpeg</div><div> </div><div>1. Spearheading a public health campaign leading her past university to being ranked #1 nationally in sexual health and receiving provisions from The Trojan Company</div><div>2. Running a STEM magazine with design principles to profit 10K with which a recurring scholarship would be founded for underprivileged students.</div> <div>Currently, Lisa's goals life and career are to engage with the communities she is a part of, NYC and Columbia --whether by scaling health and science literacy or by adding color, culture, and art. As a candidate for the University Innovation Fellows by Stanford's Design and Engineering School, Lisa hopes to encourage students to have a keen understanding of their brains. She believes through understanding neuroscience concepts such as meditation, resilience, and plasticity, students may improve their quality of living and be the best versions of themselves. </div>