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<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Converse College was founded on the radical idea that young women deserved a space, designed for them, to pursue higher education. Since that first year, Converse has continued to help those women find their voice, understand their true value, and refine pursue their vision. &nbsp;As times change, however, so must we. How might we continue to adapt converse’s Converse’s founding principles in order to serve a new generation of women?</span></span></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">We, as students, are entering a post-graduation landscape far different than that of our predecessors. Steeped in technology and connected on a global scale, the tools we need to be successful in the world outside Converse’s campus are ever-changing. It is time for us to foster an innovative, creative ecosystem where failure is nothing but a starting and learning point, and problems are nothing but opportunities.&nbsp;</span></span></span> = Priority 1: Increase awareness of the Social Entrepreneurship minor by adding courses that will spark student interest =<div><br/></div><span id="docs-internal-guid-a39d6f75-7fff-ad81-49d4-08889eceafc7"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Social Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary minor that caters to all majors to students who are interested in learning how to create and maintain social enterprises in order to contribute to society. The courses offered include general business classes, marketing, economics, english, psychology, philosophy, and theatre, but most of the courses are heavily business based. Due to this reason, many students do not realize that the minor exists. Other students simply are not motivated to start or complete the minor because there are not any courses that&nbsp; guide students to define social problems and design different approaches to solutions.&nbsp;</span></span><div><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-4bcc9d3b-7fff-1a68-05e7-7c530c32c83b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Potential Courses that can be added</span></span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-4bcc9d3b-7fff-1a68-05e7-7c530c32c83b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Diverse Training: Fighting Hate & Bias and Social Justice are two topics that conveniently overlap. This course is different from courses already offered due to the nature of information and topics that would be discussed and the interdisciplinary aspect. This course would involve between 2-5 professors who teach History, Politics, Women’s Studies, Economics, and Philosophy. Topics that would be taught include analyzing underrepresented groups, exploring and analyzing different forms of hate and bias and how they occur, discuss variations of how to achieve equality, learn how to combat hate and bias inside and outside the workplace, and completing a group or class campaign about a specific social issue agreed upon that will take place in Converse for 1 day- 1 week.</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-4bcc9d3b-7fff-1a68-05e7-7c530c32c83b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design Thinking would explore what design thinking is by analyzing case study examples. There will be activities conducted in the beginning of classes in order to ignite curiosity and creativity in order to free the mindset of limited possibilities. There will also be a project that would take place in small groups or as a class effort to showcase what design thinking is and to spark interest to Converse students from various disciplines.</span></span><div><br/></div></div> = Priority 2: Creating a student council to be the liaison between students and the President regarding the Strategic Plan and its progress from 2018-2023. =

We, as students, are entering a post<span id="docs-internal-guid-e6c539b3-7fff-12bc-7ba5-e0acf300a52d"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-grad landscape far different than wrap;">Converse’s strategic Plan was created around the framework in our predecessorsmission and core values. Steeped in technologyThree themes serve as the pillar for the plan: Vibrant Community, Academic Excellence, and connected on a massive, global scale, the tools we need to be successful Sustainable Future. The plan was developed in 2018 and the world outside Converse’s campus next steps are ever-changing. It is time for us research to foster an innovativedevelop actionable plans, creative ecosystem where failure is nothing but a starting pointbudgets, and problems are nothing but opportunitiestimelines.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span id= Priority One"docs-internal-guid-e6c539b3-7fff-12bc-7ba5-e0acf300a52d"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: Spark Student Interest normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having a student council as a liaison between the President and the students will make it easier to communicate student needs and to test the effectiveness of what is being implemented. The SGA President will begin the process of creating the council. The president will report back to PCO (President of Clubs and Organizations) to begin the form of communication. The students that have been chosen are valuable leaders on campus from diverse backgrounds and are dedicated to working diligently to continue the plan evaluation and implementation until its completion in 2023.& Create Concrete Value =nbsp;</span></span>

Converse has a longstanding tradition = Priority 3: Increase awareness of self-governancethe Social Entrepreneurship minor by adding courses that will spark student interest =<div><div>The Social Entrepreneurship is an interdisciplinary minor that caters to all majors to students who are interested in learning how to create and maintain social enterprises in order to contribute to society. A large portion The courses offered include general business classes, marketing, economics, english, psychology, philosophy, and theatre, but most of her the courses are heavily business based. Due to this reason, many students do not realize that the minor exists. Other students simply are not motivated to start or complete the minor because there are not any courses that&nbsp; guide students hold leadership positions on campusto define social problems and design different approaches to solutions. Before adding additional courses that are not offered, the minor will be enhanced by changing the course requirements.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div>Potential Courses that can be added</div><div>Diverse Training: Fighting Hate & Bias and Converse itself Social Justice are two topics that conveniently overlap. This course is studentdifferent from courses already offered due to the nature of information and topics that would be discussed and the interdisciplinary aspect. This course would involve between 2-regulated5 professors who teach History, adhering Politics, Women’s Studies, Economics, and Philosophy. Topics that would be taught include analyzing underrepresented groups, exploring and analyzing different forms of hate and bias and how they occur, discuss variations of how to achieve equality, learn how to combat hate and bias inside and outside the workplace, and completing a traditional honor codegroup or class campaign about a specific social issue agreed upon that will take place in Converse for 1 day- 1 week</div><div><br/></div><div>Design Thinking would explore what design thinking is by analyzing case study examples. The student body is an active one, fully involved There will be activities conducted in the creation beginning of classes in order to ignite curiosity and ideation creativity in order to free the mindset of limited possibilities. There will also be a project that would take place in small groups or as a class effort to showcase what design thinking is and to spark interest to Converse's futurestudents from various disciplines.</div><div><br/></div></div>

However= Priority 4: Increase student’s networking abilities and entrepreneurial skills by offering more internship and job opportunities through the college. =<div><div><div>In this class, most professors at Converse would connect students simply aren't aware of entrepreneurship and innovation on any scalewith local businesses, especially not on Converse's campuswith which partnerships with the college would be made. Engineering &nbsp; This class would allow students spend only two years on campusto learn how to reach out to businesses, taking along with getting the basic courses before heading off to Clemson. Computer science majors are few hands on experience and far betweennetworking experience with companies throughout the school year. What Converse lacks in technical majors, however, it makes up Students would have the opportunity to intern with a company for in its empassioned students. In any given yeara semester, students plan fundraisers to help crisis centers and cancer research institutes, organize trips to serve all over the United Statesvolunteer at events on campus, perform institutional researchhave an entry level position with a company, and design new and exciting clubs to promote student involvementmuch more. Converse This would allow students aren't uninterested, they simply need to be shown network more with the valuecommunity, and possibly find future job opportunities after college.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div></div></div>

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Most pitch competitions revolve around business ideas. PITCHConverse is about community engagement. Students will be presented with a question'''<span style="color: rgb(0, anything from 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"how might we improve the lives of south carolinian children?" to "how might we use technology in new ways on campus?" Solutions to these problems will be presented in a typical one minute format at an event sponsored by the >Converse Honors Program and Religious Life.&nbsp;College</span>'''

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= Priority Two[http: Foster Entrepreneurial Toolkit =//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aliyah_Hancock Aliyah Hancock&nbsp;]

= Priority Three[http: Increase Community-Converse Partnerships =//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Marisa_Kawabe Marisa Kawabe]