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= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College Project Pitch Fall 2019  =
= Priority 1: Promoting Exposing Jewell's Student Voice & Events Body to Kansas City's Thriving Startup Space =
== Paperless @ Jewell ==<div>Recent campus changes have brought about a new “library of the 21st century,” the Pryor Learning Commons (PLC). The PLC has revolutionized the way our campus works with regards to reducing paper waste and fully embraces its role as a “paperless building.” However, many traditional modes of student communication such as flyers are disallowed from buildings that are paperless. The advent of social media has not stemmed the problem, but has in some ways exacerbated it. Students invite their existing social connections to events, and a broader audience effectively cannot be reached by an organization looking to expand its outreach efforts. However, new efforts like the program called JewellVerse may be a viable avenue for the production of a technological solution to this problem.</div><div><br/></div><div>JewellVerse is an initiative begun this school year, in which every student, faculty, and staff has an iPad, enabling a single-device synergy that empowers mobile technology in and around the classroom. Professors are beginning to integrate digital materials into their pedagogical approaches in new ways, and the technology is facilitating collaboration and a spread of ideas that previously would have been too arduous to orchestrate without a unified device ecosystem.</div><div><br/></div><div>The gradual transition that many colleges and universities have seen towards working in a digital environment is more complete at Jewell than at many comparable institutions. This presents an interesting dilemma: as the learning curve of a digital campus becomes easier and easier, William Jewell College is experiencing the advantages of working in a digital environment. At the same time, many of the historical means by which students market organizational activities rely on paper and printers, which have perhaps the widest accessibility of any classroom technology ever. Developing digital solutions to work in a digital ecosystem can take a substantial investment of time and energy, and there are few people capable of software development. What We consider a Lean approach to this problem, where the problem will be validated, key stakeholder input will be collected, resources identified, and a fail-fast, agile approach to development will be taken.</div><div><br/></div>== Marketing to Advance Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==<div>The solution identified through Lean customer interviews involves creating an application to replace the existing “#jewellplc” Twitter feed TV that would include additional content feeds, particularly calendar/event feeds for organizations. On a TV, the application would scroll through content and change feeds from Twitter to Instagram to Campus Events. The same framework that has been used to prototype this project can be used to develop mobile applications, and could lead to an iPad version of the project complete with push notifications of new events.</div><div>Found<br/></div><div>One key consideration is how this project can help advance innovation and entrepreneurship on campus. Primarily, this project aims to increase '''collision frequency'''. This is a key predictive metric for innovation and the exchange of ideas. By catalyzing a broader campus involvement, the culture of William Jewell College becomes a better environment for sharing ideas. As a liberal arts institution, William Jewell has a diverse group of interdisciplinary thinkers, makers, and researchers. We aim to improve our “return on collisions,” as Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh phrases it in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kaAVbf-I7w his talk about the Downtown Project in Las Vegas], embracing three core elements: Collision, Co-learning, and Connectedness. These are crucial for entrepreneurial mindsets and creative thinking to flourish.</div><div><br/></div><div>Another way that this can help our campus entrepreneurs is through establishing policies that would allow not only student organizations and staff to utilize the board, but also student entrepreneurs seeking to promote their ventures. By having an established channel, the awareness of entrepreneurship at Jewell will help normalize the idea that students are capable of designing and running a startup, combatting the currently risk-averse nature of the student body.</div><div><br/></div><div>As for any communications channel, it is important that the spirit of William Jewell College is conveyed as a part of our message. Our commitments to academic excellence, experiential learning, and service would be furthered by connecting students to resources such as the Academic Achievement Center, Office of Global Studies, and Center for Justice and Sustainability. This helps these infrastructural elements of William Jewell get closer to students’ everyday lives.</div><div><br/></div>== Campus Data ==<div>In the development of this project, many streams of data will be consumed and placed into the application. One side effect of this process is that the data feeds could be made available to students. Innovation benefits from an open campus data policy, adhering to ideas such as those stated by [http://campusdata.org/ the Campus Data initiative]. By bringing this sort of openness to the “JewellVerse” program, student makers and innovators would have the opportunity to do civic-hacking-style projects and improve their campus community.</div><div><br/></div>= Priority 2: Leveraging Research Internships & Industry Mentorship =
<!--?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?--><span style="color: rgb(0Like many small regional institutions in recent years, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">William Jewell College students, researchers, and entrepreneurs struggle to gain industry experience has struggled with their academic projects and curriculum that would be necessary for long-term pursuitsdwindling enrollment. Projects are used to benefit However, the students education in an academic setting but does not benefit student body of the invested student college has maintained its collective penchant for innovation and careers in &nbsp;being more marketable for a future careerentrepreneurship. By accessing the distinguished alumni, local business owners, and professionals of all trade to help guide these academic projects would help students develop professional relationship, a future mentor, and skills for the industry.</span><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)&nbsp; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;"><br/></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">More or less, students participate in outstanding academic research and work while being students of William Jewell College. However to integrate these projects into internships with local business owners and entrepreneurs, students would gain an understanding of how their education and work is used in a job setting. These relationships with students would develop a possible mentorship.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: medium&nbsp;"><br/></div>== Taking Initiative ==
To guide a better mentor and internship program for student to excel their research experience a preliminary study needs to be conducted to assess how many students are participating in research. The hardest part of starting this initiative will be finding enough people in the industry to accept this task of advising students through research or projects.&nbsp;== Goal<br/> ==
Students who want to gain a stronger set of skills for working in We theorize that connecting students at the industry would talk college to their department faculty about doing research through a business or mentor program. The research project itself can be determined through the faculty and student; or it can be discussed between Kansas City's nationally recognized startup space will both benefit the current student body and mentor to decide how their research can best play into their significantly boost future enrollment by attracting students interested in opportunities in the industry to formulate what the project should be. Preferrably, the project would end up being very similar or exactly like an internship but with integrated reserachinnovation and entrepreneurship.&nbsp;
These types of research internship == Next Steps<br/> ==<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask students if they would be interested if the campus hosted an "Innovation and industrial mentorships would provide Entrepreneurship Career Day" once a semester.&nbsp;<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">If students do indeed seem interested, we intend to move forward with a greater netowrk approaching the administration about creating an event like the one mentioned above.&nbsp;</div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Present to the administration of how their education the college (President, Provost, Trustees)<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out approval, support, and studies will benefit in funding for the idea.&nbsp;<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from faculty.&nbsp;<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Establish an "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Career Day" held on William Jewell's campus once a future semester. At this career path. Ultimatelyday, held preferably on a Monday, Wednesday, or Friday during Jewell time when students are out of class, we intend to showcase student involvement opportunities in the KC startup community, this would prepare rising startups in the studentlocal startup space, researcheran alumni entrepreneurship council, and future entrepreneur other related career information. This event would last the whole day with a more broad understanding the intention of how their knowledge is used exposing William Jewell's students to innovate in career opportunities, information about both local and national entrepreneurship, and building an industry that is constantly changing for new ways important connection between innovation and ideasthe students at the college.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div>
== Difference ==
A research internship would be similar but not exactly like any other type of research or internship. By combining the two aspects of research and an internship, there is a level of learning to adapt previous knowledge with constant change of a competitive industry. Students will learn to be more innovative to succeed in this competitive atmosphere. This type of learning is something that can not be replicated in the academic reserach facility. The mentoring business will benefit from acquiring the student's research for innovative thinking and problem solving.&nbsp; = Priority 32: Developing Innovative Curricular Endeavors Energizing alumni connection network =
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William Jewell College Students and Faculty have had difficulty starting large-scale projects with longevity and a diverse set of smaller interdisciplinary avenues== Thesis<br/projects due to the lack of student and faculty body support. Students face barriers of hard-to-inspire colleagues and professors that have begun accepting the status quo. Students, Faculty, and staff have succumbed to excessive risk aversion. Facilitating the creation of large scale projects that utilize the resources of the local community and the forged relationships between students and faculty will invigorate the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit and results of the College.> ==
More specifically, the curriculum at Jewell is lacking interdisciplinary projects in all majors. Solidify a presence for Jewell should launch broad projects, with smaller projects intertwined that students can complete over their four year college career. These said projects would give students experience that would have a quantifiable solution to use to market themselves as they enter the job world in the future. This solution would not only benefit the student but also the beneficiaries of the project. For example if a broad project taken on by the college was to reduce poverty in Kansas City, then the small project would have to show a reduction in poverty on some quantitative level. A small project could be a psychology demographic research project of residents in within Kansas City living in poverty. Finally, the college and faculty would benefit from a curriculum change such as this. Even as it would be more work, for faculty it would allow the college to be able to have marketing solutions and have a more concrete way of showing successful community outreach.professional atmosphere
== Task 1<span style="font-size: Collecting Initial Data 12px">What it looks like</span><br/> ==
The first task is While we do host career mentor programs, a way to complete research and map broaden the demographics and plausibility scope of this proposal. As we talk these efforts would see an addition to more faculty and the curriculum which takes students, we will learn more potential problemsto Kansas City for learning experiences related to their major-specific fields. Therefore My vision for this is for it to include requiring certain class experiences to occur in the first task will be field. This could look like a base survey professor pushing students to collect and sort aggregate data as seek out answers to questions within the amount Kansas City area and creating a tradition of support both from the college and for student academic involvement within the surrounding communityprofessional landscape there.&nbsp;
== Task 2<span style="font-size: Developing Policy 12px">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</span> ==</div>
Drafting a white page document that will serve as a formal proposal is the most important process. During this drafting process we will use expert insight into legal and contractual requirements. Eventually this document will be overhauled by student, faculty, and community leader committees before submitting the document to administration of the college. == Task Priority 3: Launching Initiative == Once support has been mapped, the next goal is start the marketing process. This will be done through social media, and campus engagement at first. Then later we will have a launch day where funding will be used to incentivize attendance and a website for the initiative will also be launched on this launch day.</div>= Priority 4: Interdisciplinary Communication =
== Tactic 1: Building Relationships<br/> ==
== 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 54: Prospective Student Outreach Effective Campus Communication =<div>Currently <span style="font-size:small">William Jewell Admissions have not made entrepreneurship and innovation College is a key aspect to market about Jewell when reaching out to small campus with just 1100 students. Priority 1 involves marketing to students already on Combined with centralized campus "heartbeats" like our campusdigital library and student union, but this initiative looks further into Jewell's future by engaging prospective students. The goal of this initiative would be for our Leadership Circle to build is a relationship with Admissions place in which one feels as if they are always plugged in order to develop different ways for Admissions to share about all of campus community. Ironically, Jewell's entrepreneurial resources campus initiatives have had a profoundly difficult time relaying information and opportunitiesmotivating the student body to attend events. This will be beneficial to , combined with the small size of the campus by bringing in more students who college, can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are driven by entrepreneurship both relied upon and innovationcoming up short when it comes to campus communications.</span></div>== The Problem ==<div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7492f0f-dc1e-7346-7c57-add4508b7f2d"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">One of main problems that we identified as a we completed our landscape canvas was the &nbsp;while also ensuring that all problem of communication between the students coming into Jewell have knowledge and the administration. Often student would be frustrated by the lack of opportunities response and resources that may currently seem hidden (even ability to communicate to current students) from the startcollege administration. There’s no clear way for student to express their concerns and suggest change.</span></span></div>== Tactic 1: Create a Relationship and Collect Information The Idea ==<div>The first step is <div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a7492f0f-dc1e-7346-7c57-add4508b7f2d"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">In brainstorming ideas we found several ideas that would provide a small bandaid to the larger problem but the idea we believe to create be the solution a relationship with Admissions comprehensive website that allows students to ask questions and collect information on specific information get answers. In addition to the Admissions Department current gives website a committee would be formed to prospective address the submissions. This committee would be made up of students through social media, mass marketingfaculty and administration, every semester the committee would hold a public forum in which students could ask for the reasoning behind different responses. The website information, high school career fairs, campus visits, and brochures. Collaborating and building will provide students a relationship public medium to interact with Admissions means we the administration while working with the average Jewell students busy schedule. The format will begin allow students to collaborate submit questions and comments anonymously or with them their name attached, while students can upvote submissions they relate to get information out to prospective students.</span></span></div><div><br/></div></div> =<span style= Tactic 2"font-size:x-large"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Priority 5: Idea CollaborationExpanding Technology Resources</span></span></span><br/> ==<div>The next step would be to collaborate closely with Admissions <span style="font-size:small">A problem that we identified on ways we can get this information out. For example, we may decide social media our campus is the best way lacking usability of existing technology coupled with the inability of students to goaccess and learn about our resources. While our campus has </span><span style="font-size:small" class="gr-progress">embraces</span><span style="font-size:small">21</span><span style="font-size:small"><sup>st</sup></span><span style="font-size:small"><span>century</span></span><span style="font-size:small">technology, or possibly there is a brochuredisconnect between those resources and students’ knowledge. We want In some places, there is no explanation on how to plan out what ways use various forms of communication we will usetechnology, and we should be able to find what solutions are the most effectivein </span><span style="font-size:small"><span>others</span></span><span style="font-size:small">that information is poorly communicated. On-campus tours would be a great way We decided to tell tackle this problem by implements a story three-phase project that emphasizes the usability of our recent successes. If we focus on discussing Jewell's innovatorsexisting resources, makerscreates access to useful information, then once these are available will make it useful by hosting Pop-Up classes on both tech and researchers during the tour, all software. This was students who visit would have can learn to create useful products on their own without the informationneed of an academic class. The student could also be given flexibility of this will appeal to a brochure large portion of the information student body who wish to differentiate themselves in the vocational market with projects such as well as a link to a page on William Jewell's website that talks about all of these opportunities interactive resumes, video editing, web creation, and resources. These ideas will be created with the cooperation of Admissions so that we can make a significant impactother creative suites.</span></div><div><br/></div>== Tactic 3Phase 1: Project Execution Infrastructure Improvements ==<div>Lastly, these ideas would then need ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cards with instructions next to be executed. Of course, after and during execution we will need tech ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Updated availability of &nbsp;tech in library · &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Increased Ellucian Go capabilities &nbsp; ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Posters displaying available tech ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More Apple TVs around campus ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peripheral adapters to be evaluating how well the communication works. Hopefully, these projects created increase usability ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TV "commercials" in Tactic Pryor Learning Commons == Phase 2 would have a great impact : Aggregate Resources == ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How-to videos on Ellucian Go ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reserve rooms around campus through online form ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Publish iTunes U links for resources regarding technology on campus == Phase 3: Pop-Up Classes on the knowledge that our Technology and Software == · &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Orientation introduction for both upperclassmen and first-year students have about student resources years ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Voluntary classes that partner with existing classes ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Multiple sessions over both technology and opportunities in innovation and entrepreneurship.software use <br/>&lt;/div>&gt;
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