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= '''WPI Spring 2018 and 2019 Priorities ''' = <span style="font-size:medium;"<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #1 (Sydney)<span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Create a more collaborative learning experience in general education classes <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.1- Create class sizes of no more than 18 students <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.2- Implement example based classes as opposed to lecture based, to cater to the students’ project based learning at WPI. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1.3-Promote collaboration and discussion among students, mimicking the workplace. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #2 (Dennis) <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Allow the consistent currency among students (Goatbucks for WPI) to be used in fundraising events. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.1- Encourage students to give support new initiatives on campus. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.2- Utilize the current system of “Goatbucks” instead of cash or venmo to increase donations to philanthropic events and other fundraising. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2.3- Create an environment where international students are not excluded from events requiring apps connected to banks such as venmo. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #3 (Anika) <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Create a central hub for campus information in a smartphone application <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.1- Use a map of campus to allow students to “pin” their study group locations for particular classes on campus, to foster collaboration. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.2- Create a calendar with ALL campus events displayed to make students more aware of what is going on, on campus. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.3- Provide an updated daily schedule for the dining locations on campus including menus. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.4- Create one central messaging portal to be used between students, resident advisors, and clubs. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3.5- Link underclassmen who may have an undecided major to upperclassmen with similar interest through a survey in the app. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy #4 (Sri) <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Matching up freshmen with an upperclassman mentor in their major <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.1-  Match incoming freshmen with seniors based on research or career interests of freshmen and work seniors are doing during NSO (New Student Orientation). <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.2-  Organize sessions during the first semester for freshmen to “shadow” senior’s work, including projects, understanding social culture, and career prospects <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.3- Have networking events specifically for freshmen (and sophomores, if interested) with seniors, professionals and alumni to understand their field better and help any undecided major students to get a perspective. <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">4.4- Have the senior mentor assess the student’s class schedule before registration and help find/organize extracurricular interests '''Strategy #5: Streamline the first year student experience''' <div>1.1- create a mentor program for incoming students in which new students are paired with students in their major to learn about courses, registration, and life on campus </div><div>1.2- create a more detailed example course schedule for all four years for incoming students to view to give them more information about courses they need for their major.  </div><div>1.3- offer exploratory classes that count towards engineering electives, with rotating professors </div><div>1.4- Have big introductory lecture classes (such as calculus and physics) host guest speakers on different industries/majors </div><div>1.5- Host a "major fair" where incoming students can speak to other students and faculty about different majors and classes </div><div> </div><div>'''Strategy #6: Make the IQP Projects have more of an impact ''' </div><div>2.1- Have classes during ID 2050 that focus on entrepreneurship  </div><div>2.2- Have each IQP advisor encourage entrepreneurship </div><div>2.3- Allow IQP research to transition into MQP research </div><div> </div><div>'''Strategy #7: Make the MQP Projects last past graduation and be explored more in depth ''' </div><div>3.1- Have an advisory board of experts in the field review each project and point students in the right direction and show students resources  </div><div>3.2- Have a review board at the end of the project to identify key projects that have potential </div><div>3.3- Get more students working with businesses. Connect with the Center for Career Development about incorporating business connections into MQP </div><div>3.4- Allow campus clubs, faculty, and students the opportunity to carry on research </div><div> </div><div>'''Strategy #8: Create an art studio space for artists to explore their passions''' </div><div>4.1- Integrate art into engineering by creating projects focused on aesthetically pleasing engineering works and data science focused projects that study consumer needs </div><div>4.2- Create an art study space in Foisie Innovation Studios </div><div>4.3- Host sketching classes focused on engineering art </div><div> </div><div>'''Strategy #9: Create more resources for students and graduates to explore entrepreneurship and startups''' </div><div>5.1- Create a program for student-run businesses </div><div>5.2- Take away the "fear" of the world entrepreneurship and teach students what innovation really is </div><div>5.3- Host "internship-in-a-room" classes where students can connect with businesses and work on projects with them within a single class  </div>

= WPI Change Story 2017 =

= WPI Project Pitch Video 2016 =

~~= WPI Fall 2017  =~~

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= ~~[https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZsPmj_ix2w https://www.youtube.com/embed/_ZsPmj_ix2w]~~ WPI Fall 2017 Priorities =

= Student Priorities - 2017 = Strategy #1 : Centralize I&E resources on campus and ensure optimal dissemination of information to stakeholders

1.1 - Create and update a database of I&E resources on campus, such as the Landscape Canvas Spreadsheet

4.4 -Create an actual application for Tech Advisors Network

'''WPI UIF Final Project Storytelling:'''

[https://aaalnajjar.wixsite.com/finalchangeproject https://aaalnajjar.wixsite.com/finalchangeproject]

= ~~WPI Project Pitch Video =~~ ~~{{#Widget:Youtube|id=h6vIsnLmb6I}}~~ ~~= ~~WPI LaunchPad (formerly Test Kitchen)~~~~ =

= WPI Pitch Competition =

<li>6-8 tangible milestones<ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>Add underclassmen to the team of “Flight Crew” to ensure the longevity of the organization and continued involvement in efforts to improve the university</li><li>Establish a community of at least 500 students before the Foisie Innovation Studio is finished</li><li>Develop a number of self-sustaining teams</li><li>Establish a consistent schedule of meetings with the general body and community</li><li>Create an online interface for students to promote, develop, and finalize projects and ideas (such as the project community Partner)</li><li>Give students the chance to learn how to integrate Scrum Agile Business Practices into WPI curriculum and projects</li><li>Tap into the WPI MQP system by taking incompleted or projects in an early stage of development and supplying the teams.</li>

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<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>Garner interest within the faculty to find a faculty sponsor.</li><li>Use new faculty resources to organize test event with the student activities office.</li><li>Find local on campus sponsors to get prizes to offer students in the first event to excite them and increase participation</li><li>During the first event have a successful WPI alumni (in the business field) talk about successful pitches, and what they are composed of</li><li>After initial trial, seek out larger more well known corporate sponsors to give prizes and help run event, also increasing student interest.</li><li>Hold full scale event, with marketing from WPI to get the word out to students</li><li>Look for full scale support and sponsorship from the school of business in order to ensure longevity and continuation in the future.</li>

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= Centralized Promotion of Campus Innovation Using Video =

<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>Create a low cost prototype of the site</li><li>Identify first groups and events to spotlight</li><li>Produce first videos and share through different channels</li><li>Gauge campus response to video format</li><li>Use feedback to perfect the style of the videos</li><li>Utilize the platform to spread the word on events and other opportunities on campus</li>

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= Creation of user friendly website for access to information about entrepreneurial resources on campus =

<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>Continue Cataloging all entrepreneurship as started in the UIF Program (April 2016)</li><li>Obtain WPI Institutional Review board permission to use a survey to gather information (April 2016)</li><li>Create and design a survey to find out what students/faculty want to see implemented in the website.  (May 2016)</li><li>Analyze the data from the survey and brainstorm ideas for the layout of the website as well as information that will be shown. (May 2016 - June 2016)</li><li>Speak to professors/staff with expertise in web design to begin to develop a schematic for the creation of the website. (June 2016 - July 2016)</li><li>Work with the Computer Science Department to use seniors to help build the website and count their progress towards their senior year project. (August 2016)</li><li>Beta test and debug the website using a small student population (March 2017)</li><li>Launch the website and have a launch party :) . (May 2017)</li>

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= Professor Evaluation database to assess active learning techniques utilized in the classroom. =

<li>Tangible Milestones<ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>Obtain WPI Institutional Review board permission to use a survey to gather information(April 2016)</li><li>Design a survey to assess the levels of active learning used by professors in their respective classes. (May 2016)</li><li>Analyze the data and identify key areas that could use improvement. (June 2016-August 2016)</li><li>Form a student led group to lobby for the use of active learning techniques in the classroom (September 2016 - November 2016)</li><li>Meet with the head of each department to discuss the findings and create a contingency plan to implement changes in the curriculum. (December 2016- January 2017)</li><li>Design an action plan to get other professors involved with the committee and provide them with the resources they need to learn more about active learning. (May 2017)</li>

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= Related Links =

'''University Innovation Fellows'''

~~'''Fall 2017:~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abdulwahab_Alnajjar Abdulwahab Alnajjar]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Reynaldo_Duran Reynaldo Duran]~~ ~~[https://app.novoed.com/#!/courses/stanford-uif-fall-2017/users/1315062 Valentina Zapata]~~ ~~ ~~'''Spring ~~2017~~2019:''' ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Erin%20Esco Erin Esco]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Chisom_Okafor Chisom Okafor]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Marouane_Smaili Marouane Smaili]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Veronica_Soto Veronica Soto]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Rachel%20Welch Rachel Welch]~~ ~~ Spring 2016:~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Todd%20Alexander Todd Alexander]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Norma%20Bachman Norma Bachman]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Veda%20Booth Veda Booth]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Rashid%20Chatani Rashid Chatani]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Zack%20Ericson Zachary Ericson]~~ ~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Derek%20Feehrer Derek Feehrer]~~

[http://universityinnovation.org/~~Alex%20Markoski Alex Markoski~~wiki/Dennis_Leary Dennis Leary]

[http://universityinnovation.org/~~Clara~~%~~20Merino Clara Merino] [http://universityinnovation.org/Vinny~~2FSydney%~~20Sabo Vincent Sabo~~20Messey Sydney Messey]~~</li> </ol>~~

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