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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>

We, as = 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 entering a post-grad landscape far different than our predecessorsinterested in learning how to create and maintain social enterprises in order to contribute to society. Steeped in technologyThe courses offered include general business classes, marketing, economics, english, psychology, philosophy, and connected on a massivetheatre, global scalebut most of the courses are heavily business based. Due to this reason, many students do not realize that the tools we need minor exists. Other students simply are not motivated to be successful in start or complete the world outside Converse’s campus minor because there are ever-changing. It is time for us not any courses that&nbsp; guide students to foster an innovative, creative ecosystem where failure is nothing but a starting point, define social problems and problems are nothing but opportunitiesdesign 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= Priority One"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: Spark Student Interest Fighting Hate & Create Concrete Value 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>

Converse has = Priority 2: Creating a longstanding tradition of self-governance. A large portion of her student council to be the liaison between students hold leadership positions on campus, and Converse itself is student-regulated, adhering to a traditional honor code. The student body is an active one, fully involved in the creation President regarding the Strategic Plan and ideation of Converse's futureits progress from 2018-2023.=

However, most students simply aren't aware of entrepreneurship <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-wrap;">Converse’s strategic Plan was created around the framework in our mission and innovation on any scale, especially not on Converse's campuscore values. Engineering students spend only two years on campus, taking Three themes serve as the pillar for the basic courses before heading off to Clemson. Computer science majors are few and far between. What Converse lacks in technical majorsplan: Vibrant Community, howeverAcademic Excellence, it makes up for in its empassioned studentsand Sustainable Future. In any given year, students The plan fundraisers to help crisis centers was developed in 2018 and cancer the next steps are research institutes, organize trips to serve all over the United Statesdevelop actionable plans, perform institutional researchbudgets, and design new and exciting clubs to promote student involvement. Converse students aren't uninterested, they simply need to be shown the valuetimelines.&nbsp;</span></span>

Prirority one speaks to that process. Entrepreneeurship <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-wrap;">Having a student council as a liaison between the President and Innovation, in this case, are not about venture creation, maker spaces, or new engineering deapartments. They are about the tools students will make it easier to communicate student needs and skills an entrepreneur learns that can be applied to every career path once out test the effectiveness of Converse's wallswhat is being implemented. This The SGA President will begin the process is about speaking of creating the council. The president will report back to PCO (President of Clubs and Organizations) to begin the interests form of our student body, communication. The students that have been chosen are valuable leaders on campus from diverse backgrounds and introducing them are dedicated to working diligently to skills continue the plan evaluation and themes that can help them implementation until its completion in all disciplines2023. &nbsp;</span></span>

=Priority 3: Increase awareness of the Social Entrepreneurship minor by adding courses that will spark student interest = PITCHConverse ==<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. 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. 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 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</div><div><br/></div><div>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.</div><div><br/></div></div>

Most pitch competitions revolve around business ideas= Priority 4: Increase student’s networking abilities and entrepreneurial skills by offering more internship and job opportunities through the college. PITCHConverse is about community engagement. Students will be presented =<div><div><div>In this class, professors at Converse would connect students with a questionlocal businesses, anything from "how might we improve with which partnerships with the lives of south carolinian children?" college would be made.&nbsp; This class would allow students to "learn how might we use technology in new ways to reach out to businesses, along with getting the hands on campus?" Solutions experience and networking experience with companies throughout the school year. Students would have the opportunity to these problems will be presented in intern with a company for a typical one minute format semester, volunteer at events on campus, have an event sponsored by entry level position with a company, and much more. This would allow students to network more with the Converse Honors Program community, and Religious Lifepossibly find future job opportunities after college.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div></div></div>

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Students are required to attend a number of events in different categories every semester in order to develop all aspects of the human spirit. these events '''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Converse College</span everything from art installations to resume building workshops. The Convocation Series>''' leadership component seeks to strengthen the professional capabilities of students through participation in student government and career development workshops. We believe that this requirement is an excellent way to introduce students to the world of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Through partnerships with organizations like Venture for America'''<span style="color: rgb(0, we will bring in lecturers in the fields of I&E to share their stories. If students cannot envision a future in which they apply these skills0, they will never decide to pursue them. Females especially suffer from a lack of strong depictions of women in I&E. Bringing in success stories to share everything from the details of education tracks, to what a personal life looks like when entering these fields will provide a basis against which students can begin to envision themselves.0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Converse College Student Priorities</span>'''

The Convocation series, leadership events in particular, &nbsp;also includes professional skill development[https://docs. These events would be great places to introduce skills in technology, communication and creativity. Introducing themes seen in I&E will make the transition to explicit I&E a little easiergoogle.com/drawings/d/15m1w-KyVzg7_QdM8_aACSu7FrUcx9-wm-H2XsMAKT_Y/edit Business Model Canvas]

Converse College Project Pitch:&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= Priority TwoD0cd6s6FWAI https: Foster Entrepreneurial Toolkit //www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0cd6s6FWAI]

Once students are aware of I&E on a grander scale, they can start building the skills necessary to be successful. This priority section focuses primarily on building the skills of University Innovation and Entrepreneurship applicable to all disciplines.Fellows

A large portion of Converse's student body holds a leadership position on campus. One a year, these students converge in a multiple day leadership retreat, where they learn the basics of heading the coalitions and student boards they will be taking part in the entire school year. These students are go-getters- they have run for office, started organizations, or serve as extensions of student life[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aliyah_Hancock Aliyah Hancock&nbsp;]

During this retreat, we proposition that the principles of design thinking are taught much like it was taught to members of the University Innovation Fellows community at the regional meetup in Greenville, South Carolina. Students will be given a high level task, that they can divide into How Might We's, and rapidly move from brainstormnig solutions to presenting their days work. this process, we believe will strengthen their ability to work in high stress situations, communicate with a group, quickly prototype and roll out potential solutions, and learn from failures. Use of this model rather than preaching the tenets of leadership would be an amazing, fast paced way to get these students immersed in I&E culture while also learning tangible skills that will aid them throughout the school year[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jhazmin_Gomez_Reyes Jhazmin Gomez]

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