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= Strategic Priorities at William Jewell College Project Pitch Fall 2019  =

= Priority 1: Creating Pop-Up Creativity Classes<br/> Exposing Jewell's Student Body to Kansas City's Thriving Startup Space =

<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:Like many small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0regional institutions in recent years, 0William Jewell College has struggled with dwindling enrollment. However, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Students were not always aware of possibilities. Many students are unaware of the many ideas that people are apart student body of on campus whether it be the aquaponics system or a student composing an original piece college has maintained its collective penchant for a large performance. Many students on campus are unaware of the creativity coming from many students.</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); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">They are always bombarded with being creative and entrepreneurial. Students we interviewed felt as if the jargon surround innovation and careers in&nbsp;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><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal&nbsp; text-decoration: none&nbsp; vertical-align: baseline">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><br/></div><div><br/></div> 

<div>Our goal is to create pop-up creativity classes We theorize that help connecting students at the college to facilitate Kansas City's nationally recognized startup space will both benefit the ability for students to creativity current student body and actively solve problems present on campus significantly boost future enrollment 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 attracting students interested in opportunities in innovation and understandingentrepreneurship.<br/></div>&nbsp; 

<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask more students about interest in if they would be interested if the classcampus hosted an "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Career Day" once a semester.&nbsp;<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Review other colleges that also offer classes such as theseIf students do indeed seem interested, we intend to move forward with approaching the administration about creating an event like the one mentioned above.<br/>&nbsp;</div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Create an outline Present to the administration of what the class will look like.college (President, Provost, Trustees)<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out approval, support, and fundingfor the idea.&nbsp;<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administrationfaculty.&nbsp;<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div style=>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Establish an "margin-left: 40pxInnovation and Entrepreneurship Career Day">Offer the held on William Jewell's campus once a semester. At this career day, 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, rising startups in the local startup space, an alumni entrepreneurship council, and other related career information. This event would last the whole day with the intention of exposing William Jewell's students.<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive feedback to make changes career opportunities, information about both local and national entrepreneurship, and improve classbuilding an important connection between innovation and the students at the college.<br/>&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>= Priority 2: Faculty Highlights =

=Priority 2: Energizing alumni connection network = Taking Initiative <div>== Thesis<br/> ==

To guide Solidify 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.presence for Jewell within Kansas City professional atmosphere

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 == <span style="font-size: 12px">What it easier to connect with faculty members that one might never get the chance to interact with in their normal &nbsp;schedule.&nbsp;looks like</span><br/> ==

This information can be provided While we do host career mentor programs, a way to students through broaden the Ipads either with scope of these efforts would see an app, emails, or through addition to the Hilltop Monitor, or by promoting them curriculum which takes students to Kansas City for learning experiences related to their major-specific fields. My vision for this is for it to include requiring certain class experiences to occur in the TV's in field. This could look like a professor pushing students to seek out answers to questions within the Kansas City area and creating a tradition of student academic involvement within the PLCprofessional landscape there.&nbsp;

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= Priority 3= Tactic 1: Creating Building Relationships<br/> ==<div>Building relationships with leadership and faculty will allow for a College means of entry into the 21st 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 22nd Century&nbsp; have investment in programs beyond the department.</div>== Tactic 2: Pitching Interdisciplinary Ideas<br/> ==<div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Kansas City currently has some Communicating between areas of study and departments for the purpose of collaboration will benefit the community by expanding the fastest internet in effects of the United Statesliberal arts approach at William Jewell College. Thanks Inviting faculty from other departments to Google Fiber lectures, shadow a class, collaborate on curriculum, and excellent city planning 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 high-tech industry 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 KC areas has been rapidly expanding whole faculty, not just those in recent yearsone's department. Recent developments on the </div> = Priority 4: Effective Campus Communication =<div><span style="font-size:small">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 points motivating the student body to attend events. This, combined with the small size of pride for the college , can produce lackluster engagement at events. In short, serendipity and word of mouth are also focused on tech utilityboth relied upon and coming 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;problem of communication between the students and the administration. In fall Often student would be frustrated by the lack of 2013 response and ability to communicate to the college opened its Pryor Learning Commonsadministration. There’s no clear way for student to express their concerns and suggest change.</span></span></div>== The Idea ==<div><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 bookless library and collaborative space for its small bandaid to the larger problem but the idea we believe to be the solution a comprehensive website that allows students to ask questions and facultyget answers. In 2014 it unveiled its Jewellverse initiative which vastly improved addition to the website a committee would be formed to address the college's wifi capabilities submissions. This committee would be made up of students faculty and equipped administration, every student semester the committee would hold a public forum in which students could ask for the reasoning behind different responses. The website will provide students a public medium to interact with the administration while working with the average Jewell students busy schedule. The format will allow students to submit questions and faculty member comments anonymously or with an iPadtheir name attached, while students can upvote submissions they relate to. The college's 24</span></span></div><div><br/></div></div> = <span style="font-size:x-large"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Priority 5: Expanding Technology Resources</span></span></span><br/7 innovation suites contain a free> =<div><span style="font-size:small">A problem that we identified on our campus is the lacking usability of existing technology coupled with the inability of students toaccess and learn about our resources. While our campus has </span><span style="font-size:small" class="gr-use 3Dprogress">embraces</span><span style="font-size:small">21</span><span style="font-size:small">^st</span><span style="font-size:small"><span>century</span></span><span style="font-printer size:small">technology, there is a disconnect between those resources and digital media editing suitesstudents’ knowledge. The recent trend In some places, there is no explanation on how to use various forms of technology, and in </span><span style="font-size:small"><span>others</span></span><span style="font-size:small">that information is poorly communicated. We decided to tackle this problem by implements a three-phase project that emphasizes the campus environment has been usability of existing resources, creates access to be as useful information, then once these are available will make it useful by hosting Pop-Up classes on both tech savy as possible, yet with all and software. This was students can learn to create useful products on their own without the need of an academic class. The flexibility of this technology being used on campus will appeal to a large portion of the only degree program student body who wish to differentiate themselves in technology is the school's recently added vocational market with projects such as interactive digital media degreeresumes, video editing, web creation, and other creative suites.</span></div><div><br/></div>== Phase 1: Infrastructure Improvements == ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cards with instructions next to 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;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. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Posters displaying available tech

·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; 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.&nbsp;Peripheral adapters to increase usability

&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Upon successful implementation of phase 1 the program would increase the accredited== Phase 3: Pop-courses offered at Jewell through CS50. Programs like R Up Classes on Technology 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.&nbsp;Software ==

=== Phase 3 ===</div>· &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 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.&nbsp;Orientation introduction for both upperclassmen and first-years

== 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 ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Multiple sessions over both relied upon technology 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 software 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:smallerbr/>&lt;">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>div&gt;

'''Fellows''' [[Jack Still|Jack Still]] [[Tavarus Pennington|Tavarus Pennington]]  [[Julia Almeida|Julia Almeida]]

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