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Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T02:08:06Z

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=Project Pitch Video=
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= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall (UPDATED)<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==

William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William Jewell. Recently, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group and asked us to rethink a massive space in our administration building.

== Goal<br/> ==

We want to make this area an extension of the Pryor Learning Center (a study building on campus). Refitting it with newer technologies, what the incoming students what to have, and what old students feel it needs. We also plan to propose using the vacant area above the floor to extend on the project even more.

== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask students, "If you could have a 4th floor of the PLC, what would you want in it?"<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Gain ideas for designing from the internet and elaborate on them to fill William Jewells campus and community.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Present to the Board of Trustees/Administration Team<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div>            Have a newly renovated and furnished extension of the Pryor Learning Center in Curry Hall<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had enough time or initiative to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work alongside professors rather than underneath them in a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, they will feel much more inclined to act in a professional manner and explain their research thoroughly to those who will take their position. This will also allow the research to be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

<span style="font-size:large">'''Difference'''</span>

<span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A blog we found (http://blog.invisionapp.com/how-to-design-your-design-team/) laid out how a business design team runs: there is the small group of directors, below them are the senior designers, and in the lowest section are the junior designers that are newest to the team. We thought we could redevelop this plan in terms of a science design time. We decided to do this in more of a ladder format rather than a pyramid. At the top of the ladder is the mentor/professor that leads the team and provides the tasks and goals of the group. The mentor brings in someone who they believe would benefit their team and teaches them the tasks while making them aware of the goals. The experienced researcher will then be heavily involved in teaching the newest researcher the ropes. Overtime, this would become a cycle as seniors graduate, juniors and sophomores ascend up the ladder, and freshmen fill empty positions. There are many benefits to our prototype such as continuous innovation to the research being done, practicing team-building, and learning through teaching.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
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Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T02:07:42Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==

William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William Jewell. Recently, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group and asked us to rethink a massive space in our administration building.

== Goal<br/> ==

We want to make this area an extension of the Pryor Learning Center (a study building on campus). Refitting it with newer technologies, what the incoming students what to have, and what old students feel it needs. We also plan to propose using the vacant area above the floor to extend on the project even more.

== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask students, "If you could have a 4th floor of the PLC, what would you want in it?"<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Gain ideas for designing from the internet and elaborate on them to fill William Jewells campus and community.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Present to the Board of Trustees/Administration Team<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div>            Have a newly renovated and furnished extension of the Pryor Learning Center in Curry Hall<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had enough time or initiative to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work alongside professors rather than underneath them in a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, they will feel much more inclined to act in a professional manner and explain their research thoroughly to those who will take their position. This will also allow the research to be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

<span style="font-size:large">'''Difference'''</span>

<span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A blog we found (http://blog.invisionapp.com/how-to-design-your-design-team/) laid out how a business design team runs: there is the small group of directors, below them are the senior designers, and in the lowest section are the junior designers that are newest to the team. We thought we could redevelop this plan in terms of a science design time. We decided to do this in more of a ladder format rather than a pyramid. At the top of the ladder is the mentor/professor that leads the team and provides the tasks and goals of the group. The mentor brings in someone who they believe would benefit their team and teaches them the tasks while making them aware of the goals. The experienced researcher will then be heavily involved in teaching the newest researcher the ropes. Overtime, this would become a cycle as seniors graduate, juniors and sophomores ascend up the ladder, and freshmen fill empty positions. There are many benefits to our prototype such as continuous innovation to the research being done, practicing team-building, and learning through teaching.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T02:06:29Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==

William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William Jewell. Recently, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group and asked us to rethink a massive space in our administration building.
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==

We want to make this area an extension of the Pryor Learning Center (a study building on campus). Refitting it with newer technologies, what the incoming students what to have, and what old students feel it needs. We also plan to propose using the vacant area above the floor to extend on the project even more.
<div><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.</span><br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask students, "If you could have a 4th floor of the PLC, what would you want in it?"<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Gain ideas for designing from the internet and elaborate on them to fill William Jewells campus and community.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Present to the Board of Trustees/Administration Team<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div>            Have a newly renovated and furnished extension of the Pryor Learning Center in Curry Hall<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had enough time or initiative to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work alongside professors rather than underneath them in a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, they will feel much more inclined to act in a professional manner and explain their research thoroughly to those who will take their position. This will also allow the research to be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

<span style="font-size:large">'''Difference'''</span>

<span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A blog we found (http://blog.invisionapp.com/how-to-design-your-design-team/) laid out how a business design team runs: there is the small group of directors, below them are the senior designers, and in the lowest section are the junior designers that are newest to the team. We thought we could redevelop this plan in terms of a science design time. We decided to do this in more of a ladder format rather than a pyramid. At the top of the ladder is the mentor/professor that leads the team and provides the tasks and goals of the group. The mentor brings in someone who they believe would benefit their team and teaches them the tasks while making them aware of the goals. The experienced researcher will then be heavily involved in teaching the newest researcher the ropes. Overtime, this would become a cycle as seniors graduate, juniors and sophomores ascend up the ladder, and freshmen fill empty positions. There are many benefits to our prototype such as continuous innovation to the research being done, practicing team-building, and learning through teaching.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:53:48Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==

William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William Jewell. Recently, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group and asked us to rethink a massive space in our administration building.
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had enough time or initiative to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work alongside professors rather than underneath them in a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, they will feel much more inclined to act in a professional manner and explain their research thoroughly to those who will take their position. This will also allow the research to be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

<span style="font-size:large">'''Difference'''</span>

<span style="font-size:13.333333333333332px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">A blog we found (http://blog.invisionapp.com/how-to-design-your-design-team/) laid out how a business design team runs: there is the small group of directors, below them are the senior designers, and in the lowest section are the junior designers that are newest to the team. We thought we could redevelop this plan in terms of a science design time. We decided to do this in more of a ladder format rather than a pyramid. At the top of the ladder is the mentor/professor that leads the team and provides the tasks and goals of the group. The mentor brings in someone who they believe would benefit their team and teaches them the tasks while making them aware of the goals. The experienced researcher will then be heavily involved in teaching the newest researcher the ropes. Overtime, this would become a cycle as seniors graduate, juniors and sophomores ascend up the ladder, and freshmen fill empty positions. There are many benefits to our prototype such as continuous innovation to the research being done, practicing team-building, and learning through teaching.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:50:35Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==

William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William Jewell. Recently, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group and asked us to rethink a massive space in our administration building.
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had enough time or initiative to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work alongside professors rather than underneath them in a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, they will feel much more inclined to act in a professional manner and explain their research thoroughly to those who will take their position. This will also allow the research to be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

== <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Difference</span><br/> ==

<span style="background-color:#ffff00">Knowing about all of the faculty members and their work outside of the classroom will give more students the opportunity know about the success that is surrounding them. This will give humanities students the opportunity to know what is happening in the sciences. By placing this information in public spaces a sense of community will be built around knowing the possibilities of success right here at Jewell.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:45:47Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==

William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William Jewell. Recently, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group and asked us to rethink a massive space in our administration building.
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had enough time or initiative to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work along side professors rather than underneath them as a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, then the research can be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

== <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Difference</span><br/> ==

<span style="background-color:#ffff00">Knowing about all of the faculty members and their work outside of the classroom will give more students the opportunity know about the success that is surrounding them. This will give humanities students the opportunity to know what is happening in the sciences. By placing this information in public spaces a sense of community will be built around knowing the possibilities of success right here at Jewell.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:43:37Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==

William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William Jewell. Recently, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group and asked us to rethink a massive space in our administration building.
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had a way a reason to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work along side professors rather than underneath them as a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, then the research can be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

== <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Difference</span><br/> ==

<span style="background-color:#ffff00">Knowing about all of the faculty members and their work outside of the classroom will give more students the opportunity know about the success that is surrounding them. This will give humanities students the opportunity to know what is happening in the sciences. By placing this information in public spaces a sense of community will be built around knowing the possibilities of success right here at Jewell.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:40:52Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had a way a reason to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work along side professors rather than underneath them as a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, then the research can be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

== <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Difference</span><br/> ==

<span style="background-color:#ffff00">Knowing about all of the faculty members and their work outside of the classroom will give more students the opportunity know about the success that is surrounding them. This will give humanities students the opportunity to know what is happening in the sciences. By placing this information in public spaces a sense of community will be built around knowing the possibilities of success right here at Jewell.</span>

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:40:26Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments (UPDATED)<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had a way a reason to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work along side professors rather than underneath them as a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, then the research can be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

== Difference ==

Knowing about all of the faculty members and their work outside of the classroom will give more students the opportunity know about the success that is surrounding them. This will give humanities students the opportunity to know what is happening in the sciences. By placing this information in public spaces a sense of community will be built around knowing the possibilities of success right here at Jewell.

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:38:20Z

Strongd:

=Project Pitch Video=
{{#Widget:Youtube|id=mwueP4CKgcQ}}

= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments<br/> =

The research that takes place on Jewell's campus is mostly individualized and only lasts a couple semesters. Our engineering department is only a year old and hasn't had a way a reason to grasp design teams yet because the students are still so young. But, teams include teamwork, leadership, and responsibility which leads to success as individuals and as groups.

== Taking Initiative<br/> ==

Taking initiative on this project will require a lot of personal relationships. Over the next couple years, students could work along side professors rather than underneath them as a class. If students come to professors with project ideas, there will be a lot more involvement and passion for the projects.

If students go to professors with projects, then they will enjoy the work. If they get shadowed during their research and replace themselves, then the research can be continued over the years. We would like to get this idea out to students so that projects they're passionate about are integrated into the programs and they will hopefully be able to recruit mentees better to continue to fully develop projects that benefit themselves, professors, and the school.

== Difference ==

Knowing about all of the faculty members and their work outside of the classroom will give more students the opportunity know about the success that is surrounding them. This will give humanities students the opportunity to know what is happening in the sciences. By placing this information in public spaces a sense of community will be built around knowing the possibilities of success right here at Jewell.

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Priorities:William Jewell College Strategic Priorities

2017-01-25T01:28:22Z

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=Project Pitch Video=
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= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College =

= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall<br/> =

== What We Found<br/> ==
<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" id="docs-internal-guid-1b039d7f-4a80-a3c4-69f2-7c186ba22a2b"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</span></span></span><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and entrepreneurship is oftentimes being pushed too hard and they are feeling overwhelmed. Jewell is a very innovative campus already and pushing students too far may cause many to back away.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="background-color:#ffff00">They are not responding when asked to participate in many opportunities. Studies are one of the primary goals of William Jewell College and students who are involved in many activities do not feel as if they can take on any more responsibilities to make a change.</span></span></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Goal<br/> ==
<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes that help to facilitate the ability for students to creativity and actively solve problems present on campus by using resources avalible to them. We do not want to push onto them jargon words and such but use words familiar to them that they feel comfortable using and understanding.<br/></div>
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in the class.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as these.<br/></div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline of what the class will look like.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out funding.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administration.<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Offer the class to students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes and improve class.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

= Priority 2: Faculty Highlights =

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">William Jewell College students, researchers, and entrepreneurs struggle to communicate their accomplishments across all disciplines. Students and faculty within each division know the achievements of their peers and teachers. However these successes are lost on the rest of the campus. By communicating these businesses, research and developments across campus we can begin to combine efforts to increase innovation and creativity on campus. </span>

== Taking Initiative ==

To guide a more connected campus we will need a better way to communicate across divisions. The hardest part of starting this initiative will be finding a way to communicate effectively to every student and faculty member.

By highlighting the accomplishments of faculty students will have a better understanding of the opportunities available to them. Having this information available to the Jewell community will also make it easier to connect with faculty members that one might never get the chance to interact with in their normal  schedule. 

This information can be provided to students through the Ipads either with an app, emails, or through the Hilltop Monitor, or by promoting them in the TV's in the PLC. 

== Difference ==

Knowing about all of the faculty members and their work outside of the classroom will give more students the opportunity know about the success that is surrounding them. This will give humanities students the opportunity to know what is happening in the sciences. By placing this information in public spaces a sense of community will be built around knowing the possibilities of success right here at Jewell.

= Priority 3: Creating a College of the 21st and 22nd Century  =
<div>
     Kansas City currently has some of the fastest internet in the United States. Thanks to Google Fiber and excellent city planning the high-tech industry in the KC areas has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Recent developments on the William Jewell campus and points of pride for the college are also focused on tech utility. In fall of 2013 the college opened its Pryor Learning Commons, a bookless library and collaborative space for its students and faculty. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved the college's wifi capabilities and equipped every student and faculty member with an iPad. The college's 24/7 innovation suites contain a free-to-use 3D-printer and digital media editing suites. The recent trend in the campus environment has been to be as tech savy as possible, yet with all of this technology being used on campus the only degree program in technology is the school's recently added interactive digital media degree. 

     Interviews with faculty, alumni, and students have shown that interest is high in the Jewell communiy for an increase in availability of computer science courses. Similarly, businesses such as Cerner are hard pressed to find locally-grown computer scientists. It is with this information that the 2015 Fall cohort is proposing a route to increase the presence of computer science courses on the William Jewell campus while simultaneously connecting William Jewell students to the best universities in the world.   

== What do we mean by this?<br/> ==

    edx.org is a website that was co-founded by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. It allows the general public to take courses from the founding institutions as well as many other world-class universitites for free or at very low costs. The current version of this plan for technology course expansion has three phases. 

=== Phase 1 ===

    One of the many computer science courses offered on edx.org is Harvard's famed CS50 which immerses students in different programming languages. Our goal is to create a system in which students can enroll in the certificate verified CS50 course and complete the graded course to receive P/F credit. The ideal program would send a professor and student to Harvard over the upcoming summer to take part in the CS50 education course through the Harvard Extension school and a single student every summer thereafter. The course would be structured as a tutorial style class, students watching the lectures and beginning their coursework outside of class and meeting twice a week to collaborate on their projects. At the the end of the semester the group would complete a project to improve campus. 

=== Phase 2 ===

     Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R and statistic for hard sciences and Ruby for beginners. If phase 1 went exceptionately well, it would be possible to include non-computer science classes to increase the diversity of courses offered at Jewell. 

=== Phase 3 ===
</div>
    Upon the completion of phases 1 and 2 and the culture of computer science has increased on Jewell's campus a degree program in computer science will be created. By offering a degree in computer science the college will enhance its position on the midwest and national stage and produce talented graduates with skill sets that fill the computer science needs of companies in the Kansas City area and beyond. 

= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =

== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a means of entry into the faculty communication circle. Reaching out to faculty and attend a faculty meeting to open conversation about how William Jewell College can move from "polydisciplinary" - in which students are simultaneously engaged in many disciplines - to truly "interdiscplinary" - in which faculty and students connect disparate ideas and have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>
== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==
<div>Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the effects of the liberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Inviting faculty from other departments to lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and share ideas are the objectives of interdepartmental communication. For example, if a class is discussing a subject that relates to that of another discipline, it could be enriching to bring a faculty member from the other department to speak on the subject. Furthermore, if a department had a program that could be of interest to a student outside the major, faculty to faculty communication could facilitate communicating this program to their students.</div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 3: Unifying Silos<br/> ==
<div>As students have expressed, they feel comfortable communicating with faculty in their own discipline, but are hesitant to contact those who are not in their disciple. Breaking down silos that block communication could aid in encouraging students talking to faculty in other disciplines. As William Jewell is a liberal arts institution, it is a goal of the college to create well rounded individuals who value critical thinking. This goal can be facilitated through accessibility to the whole faculty, not just those in one's department.</div>
= Priority 5: Effective Campus Communication =
<div>William Jewell College is a small campus with just 1100 students. Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our digital library and student union, Jewell is a place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in to campus community. Ironically, Jewell campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of the college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are both relied upon and coming up short when it comes to campus communications.<br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
== Tactic 1: Define an Ideal Solution ==
<div>Our overarching goal is to be able to reach every student on Jewell's campus fully digitally. This will require a multi tiered approach: A centralized calendar with all campus activities that is readily accessible and easy to add events to is a starting point. From there, organizational mechanisms that allow the events to be easily sorted by type and time is a necessary component. Yet this vision needs to include at a glance features such as the capacity to see what is happening at "Jewell Today" or "Jewell This Week." Fast, relevant, easily accessible information. As an incentive, we want to capitalize on an individuals desire to be in the know by having auxiliary resources including description of campus clubs and their leadership, brief descriptions of events, and clarify what might be happening on campus not relevant to students. For example, a Trustee meeting or debate tournament--something that is not essential for students to know but may help explain what is happening and give a sense of context. While having information accessible is nice, sometimes it is not enought. This is why our vision also includes a network with a texting service, and push notifications to iPads from a scheduling app organized by student life. It is essential our concept work around the Jewellverse initiative in which each student has an iPad. This platform will be ideal for our final vision.</div>
== Tactic 2: Build Momentum and Prove a Need<br/> ==
<div>The above goal is a good one, but it could never be feasible in the immediacy for cost and logistical reasons. As such we would like to first create a first iteration of our larger goal for centralized communications. This could simply include a "Jewell Today" function on the Student Senate website with a "Jewell This Week" link beneath it. While the Senate Website does not have the capacity for push notifications, another Jewell app does, and the Provost of the college has already given us permission to use that to link to senate's website weekly. By offering a single push notification (released at the same time weekly when students and staff are typically comingling over cookies) with a link to a source of information, we hope to create a habit of referring to this somewhat rudimentary app often. If we can prove students use this, hopefully we can get the funding and logistical backing to create a more elaborate version of our plans.</div>
== Tactic 3: Create a Communication Mechanism Between Campus Leaders<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:smaller;">Separately, student leaders often find themselves working within a bubble without knowledge of other activities on campus. This is why we would like an organizational platform for working between campus leaders. This would allow collaboration on similar projects and avoid over programming students with too many activities one week and too few the next. Finally if campus leaders are aware of what is happening on campus in other spheres, they can communicate to the groups relevant to them and hopefully spark a culture of give and take by attending other groups events.</span>

= Related Resources =

[[William Jewell College|William Jewell College]]

'''William Jewell College Strategic Priorities'''

'''Fellows'''

[[Alex Holden]]

[[Gretchen Mayes|Gretchen Mayes]]

[[Trevor Nicks|Trevor Nicks]]

Benjamin Shinogle

[[Macy Tush|Macy Tush]]

[[Bradley Dice|Bradley Dice]]
<div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt;"><br/></div>
[[Category:Student Priorities]]

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-05T04:13:08Z

Strongd:

<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb|Funding.jpg]]She also advises to recieve funding from local businesses that know the situation and your story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't deny your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't rule it out either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause:<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==

Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.[[File:Vision.jpg|thumb]]

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-05T03:25:57Z

Strongd:

<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb|Funding.jpg]]She also advises to recieve funding from local businesses that know the situation and your story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't deny your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't rule it out either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause:<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==

Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone hs the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.[[File:Vision.jpg|thumb|Vision.jpg]]

Fellow:Denver Strong

2017-01-05T03:14:04Z

Strongd:

[[File:DenverStrong.JPG|thumb]]Denver Strong is a sophomore at William Jewell College just out side of Kansas City, Missouri. Denver is originally from Niagara Falls, NY as well as half of the states on the east coast. He had a very travel filled childhood. He studies Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and has a passion for research in the physical sciences and he is also interested in almost any other subject.

At William Jewell, Denver is a committed member of the cross country and track and field teams about to complete his eigth continuous year in the sports. He is also a member of the Black Student Association, Society of Physics Students, Math Club, Honor Council, College Conduct Committee, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Denver has always been interested in the sciences and learning since he was a child. He has a committed and dedicated attitude towards everything he does demonstrated in his athletics, school work, and work in the community. He believes the training that the University Innovation Fellows can provide will allow him to help close the educational gap between societies with differing races, finances, and opportunities.

[[Category: Student Contributors]]

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-04T20:02:00Z

Strongd:

<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause:<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==

Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone hs the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.[[File:Vision.jpg|thumb|Vision.jpg]]

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-04T20:00:39Z

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause:<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: center">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone hs the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.[[File:Vision.jpg|thumb]]</p>

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-04T19:58:31Z

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause:<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: center">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone hahttp://universityinnovation.org/images/a/a7/Vision.jpgs the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-04T19:57:48Z

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause:<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.[[File:Vision.jpg|thumb]]</p>

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-04T19:57:18Z

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause:<br/> ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-04T19:56:26Z

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed. [[File:Cause.jpg|thumb]]</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

2017-01-04T19:55:46Z

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Check.jpg|thumb]]When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

Resource:How to create a scholarship for disadvantaged communities

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what [[File:Funding.jpg|thumb]]she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she succeeded at implementing her idea. She struggled a lot to get a scholarship because she is a girl from a disadvantaged community. After earning her scholarship, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She believes other people from her community should also experience this. As a first generation college student and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother, she knew all the hardships that a person from her community faces to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she worked to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. You can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students' educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.).</p>

== Know Your Cause: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she got succeeded at implementing her idea. She suffered a lot to get scholarship being a girl from a disadvantaged community. After getting her scholarship for college, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She wished that other people from her community should also experience those. As the first generation girl to receive a scholarship and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother she knew all the hardships that a person from her community should face to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she decided to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Meeting with Jahannie Torres gives anyone the inspiration to make the proper positive change in their community. As a Computer Engineer in Puerto Rico, she took note at how hard getting into Higher Education (HE) really was monetarily. Coming from a challenged area, she recognized that something had to be done, and created a scholarship program for students to help them reach a better education. In her own view, "If you give kids the proper education, they can open doors and really change the world". After numerous trials and tribulations, Jahannie has had great success with her program. There were a few steps that she wanted to emphasize that helped her get to where she is now.  </p>

== Gaining Funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify">An important lesson that Jahannie pointed out was to approach businesses that can relate to the scholarship you are trying to create. <span style="background-color:#ffff00">Implifying </span>what she pointed she seeks funding from local businesses that know the situation and her story because if they understand, they will be more likely to donate. She also added that being personal with clients helps tremendously.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't limit yourself to just businesses, though. Ask professors and other faculty or personnel who share your passion. If they share your passion and you have a plan as well as good pitch, then don't assume they won't help. You miss every shot you don't take.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Go big, get a website. A website can allow your cause to reach so many more people. We live in a global society, so why not capitalize on it! Let people know what you're doing. Add a link to a Go Fund Me page as well. Every little bit can help.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Lastly, it may not seem ideal, but don't<span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule out</span> your personal savings. Don't dry up your bank account, but don't <span style="background-color:#ffff00">rule it out</span> either. You're asking others to donate to a cause you're passionate about, if you donate your own money, it will show you don't just talk the talk but you walk the walk.</p><p style="text-align: justify">Don't forget to give your donators recognition, too. Unless they request not to receive it, it is nice to do to show your appreciation. Building a strong community is important.</p>

== Type of Donations: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">When you ask for money from businesses, ask for them to give it as a check. Then you can give it directly to the kids' parents at the graduation ceremony. Then you can ensure the family knows what the money is meant to be used for. This is the method that Jahannie used which seemed to work very well. Another process could pool the money together and create a bank fund that is evenly distributed towards those who are in need of assistance.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">If you do get other forms of money, put it into a bank account. Then you could utilize it for other resources towards the same goal. Jahannie uses the extra money to purchase school supplies to support other students educational needs. This is something to take special note in. To help kids in school, they mainly need two types of assistance: tuition reduction and some way to cover the physical school materials (notebooks, folders, etc.)</p>

== Know Your Cause: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Knowing your cause is very important to implement your idea successfully. If you don't know why you are doing it there is a chance to drop your work amidst. Jahannie knows her reason well and so she got succeeded at implementing her idea. She suffered a lot to get scholarship being a girl from a disadvantaged community. After getting her scholarship for college, she enjoyed all the opportunities and privileges that a college provides for the development of the student. She wished that other people from her community should also experience those. As the first generation girl to receive a scholarship and being a daughter to an unemployed single mother she knew all the hardships that a person from her community should face to receive an education. She believed that education can change the fate of her community and she decided to help as many students as she can to get educated. Her reason was strong enough to cross all the barriers and obstacles in her path and ultimately led her to succeed.</p>

== Future vision of her scholarship funding: ==
<p style="text-align: justify;">Her scholarship funding mission is doing well now but she is not yet satisfied. She is going to reach out a large number of sponsors and scholars soon with her website. She also wants to provide public school provisions like computers to help more scholars with little funding. After discussing what her views were for the future, several students made comments which she physically took note on. One of these had to do with gaining funds to purchase a product that would then be community shared. An example of this could be buying a computer for the classroom that could then be used by all of the students. That way everyone has the opportunity instead of just a handful of grateful students.</p>

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At William Jewell, Denver is a committed member of the cross country and track and field teams about to complete his eigth continuous year in the sports. He is also a member of the Black Student Association, Society of Physics Students, Math Club, Honor Council, College Conduct Commitee, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Denver has always been interested in the sciences and learning since he was a child. He has a commited and dedicated attitude towards everything he does demonstrated in his athletics, school work, and work in the communitee. He believes the training that the University Innovation Fellows can provide will allow him to help close the educational gap between societies with differing races, finances, and opportunities.

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[[File:DenverStrong.JPG|thumb]]Denver Strong is a sophomore at William Jewell College just out side of Kansas City, Missouri. Denver is originally from Niagara Falls, NY as well as half of the states on the east coast. He had a very travel filled childhood. He studies Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and has a passion for research in the physical sciences and he is also interested in almost any other subject.

At William Jewell, Denver is a committed member of the cross country and track and field teams about to complete his eigth continuous year in the sports. He is also a member of the Black Student Association, Society of Physics Students, Math Club, Honor Council, College Conduct Commitee, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Denver has always been interested in the sciences and learning since he was a child. He has a commited and dedicated attitude towards everything he does demonstrated in his athletics, school work, and work in the communitee. He believes the training that the University Innovation Fellows can provide will allow him to help close the educational gap between societies with differing races, finances, and opportunities.

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[[File:DenverStrong.JPG|thumb|DenverStrong.JPG]]Denver Strong is a sophomore at William Jewell College just out side of Kansas City, Missouri. Denver is originally from Niagara Falls, NY as well as half of the states on the east coast. He had a very travel filled childhood. He studies Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and has a passion for research in the physical sciences and he is also interested in almost any other subject

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At William Jewell, Denver is a committed member of the cross country and track and field teams about to complete his eigth continuous year in the sports. He is also a member of the Black Student Association, Society of Physics Students, Math Club, Honor Council, College Conduct Commitee, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Denver has always been interested in the sciences and learning since he was a child. He has a commited and dedicated attitude towards everything he does demonstrated in his athletics, school work, and work in the communitee. He believes the training that the University Innovation Fellows can provide will allow him to help close the educational gap between societies with differing races, finances, and opportunities.

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[[File:DenverStrong.JPG|thumb]]Denver Strong is a sophomore at William Jewell College just out side of Kansas City, Missouri. Denver is originally from Niagara Falls, NY as well as half of the states on the east coast. He had a very travel filled childhood. He studies Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and has a passion for research in the physical sciences and he is also interested in almost any other subject.

At William Jewell, Denver is a committed member of the cross country and track and field teams about to complete his eigth continuous year in the sports. He is also a member of the Black Student Association, Society of Physics Students, Math Club, Honor Council, College Conduct Commitee, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Denver has always been interested in the sciences and learning since he was a child. He has a commited and dedicated attitude towards everything he does demonstrated in his athletics, school work, and work in the communitee. He believes the training that the University Innovation Fellows can provide will allow him to help close the educational gap between societies with differing races, finances, and opportunities.

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Denver Strong is a sophomore at William Jewell College just out side of Kansas City, Missouri. Denver is originally from Niagara Falls, NY as well as[[File:DenverStrong.JPG|border]] half of the states on the east coast. He had a very travel filled childhood. He studies Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics and has a passion for research in the physical sciences and he is also interested in almost any other subject.

At William Jewell, Denver is a committed member of the cross country and track and field teams about to complete his eigth continuous year in the sports. He is also a member of the Black Student Association, Society of Physics Students, Math Club, Honor Council, College Conduct Commitee, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Denver has always been interested in the sciences and learning since he was a child. He has a commited and dedicated attitude towards everything he does demonstrated in his athletics, school work, and work in the communitee. He believes the training that the University Innovation Fellows can provide will allow him to help close the educational gap between societies with differing races, finances, and opportunities.

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At William Jewell, Denver is a committed member of the cross country and track and field teams about to complete his eigth continuous year in the sports. He is also a member of the Black Student Association, Society of Physics Students, Math Club, Honor Council, College Conduct Commitee, and Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society.

Denver has always been interested in the sciences and learning since he was a child. He has a commited and dedicated attitude towards everything he does demonstrated in his athletics, school work, and work in the communitee. He believes the training that the University Innovation Fellows can provide will allow him to help close the educational gap between societies with differing races, finances, and opportunities.

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