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= Overview Project Pitch Video =

Converse College was founded on the radical idea that young women deserved a space, designed for them, to pursue higher educationhttps://youtu. Since that first year, Converse has continued to help those women find their voice, understand their true value, and refine their vision.  As times change, however, so must we. How might we continue to adapt converse’s founding principles in order to serve a new generation of women?be/ryI_oSt2uKc

<span style= Priority One"color: Spark Student Interest #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 women find their voice, understand their true value, and pursue their vision. & Create Concrete Value =nbsp;As times change, however, so must we. How might we continue to adapt Converse’s founding principles in order to serve a new generation of women?</span></span></span>

Converse has <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">We, as students, are entering a longstanding tradition post-graduation landscape far different than that of self-governanceour predecessors. A large portion of her students hold leadership positions Steeped in technology and connected on a global scale, the tools we need to be successful in the world outside Converse’s campus, and Converse itself is studentare ever-regulated, adhering to a traditional honor codechanging. The student body It is time for us to foster an active oneinnovative, creative ecosystem where failure is nothing but a starting and learning point, fully involved in the creation and ideation of Converse's futureproblems are nothing but opportunities.&nbsp;</span></span></span>

However, most students simply aren't aware = Priority 1: Increase awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation on any scale, especially not on Converse's campus. Engineering students spend only two years on campus, taking the basic Social Entrepreneurship minor by adding courses before heading off 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 Clemson. Computer science all majors to students who are few interested in learning how to create and far betweenmaintain social enterprises in order to contribute to society. What Converse lacks in technical majorsThe courses offered include general business classes, howevermarketing, it makes up for in its empassioned students. In any given yeareconomics, students plan fundraisers to help crisis centers and cancer research institutesenglish, organize trips to serve all over the United Statespsychology, perform institutional researchphilosophy, and design new and exciting clubs theatre, but most of the courses are heavily business based. Due to promote student involvementthis reason, many students do not realize that the minor exists. Converse Other students aren't uninterested, they simply need are not motivated to be shown start or complete the valueminor 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>

Prirority one speaks <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 processwould be discussed and the interdisciplinary aspect. Entrepreneeurship This course would involve between 2-5 professors who teach History, Politics, Women’s Studies, Economics, and InnovationPhilosophy. Topics that would be taught include analyzing underrepresented groups, in this caseexploring and analyzing different forms of hate and bias and how they occur, are not about venture creationdiscuss variations of how to achieve equality, maker spaceslearn how to combat hate and bias inside and outside the workplace, and completing a group or new engineering deapartments. They are class campaign about the tools and skills an entrepreneur learns a specific social issue agreed upon that can be applied to every career path once out of will take place in Converse's wallsfor 1 day- 1 week. This process </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 about speaking to by analyzing case study examples. There will be activities conducted in the interests beginning of our student body, classes in order to ignite curiosity and introducing them creativity in order to skills and themes free the mindset of limited possibilities. There will also be a project that can help them would take place in all small groups or as a class effort to showcase what design thinking is and to spark interest to Converse students from various disciplines. &nbsp;</span></span><div><br/></div></div>

== PITCHConverse =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. =

Most pitch competitions revolve around business ideas. PITCHConverse is about community engagement. Students will be presented with a question, anything from <span id="docs-internal-guid-e6c539b3-7fff-12bc-7ba5-e0acf300a52d"how might we improve the lives of south carolinian children?><span style=" to font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"how might we use technology >Converse’s strategic Plan was created around the framework in new ways on campus?" Solutions to these problems will be presented our mission and core values. Three themes serve as the pillar for the plan: Vibrant Community, Academic Excellence, and Sustainable Future. The plan was developed in a typical one minute format at an event sponsored by 2018 and the Converse Honors Program next steps are research to develop actionable plans, budgets, and Religious Lifetimelines.&nbsp;</span></span>

PITCHConverse is designed <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 the students will make it easier to help students become acquainted with entrepreneurial keywords, themes, communicate student needs and ideasto test the effectiveness of what is being implemented. The SGA President will begin the process of creating the council. It also introduces them The president will report back to facets PCO (President of Clubs and Organizations) to begin the entrepreneurial toolkit, including concise, clear form of communication skills, . The students that have been chosen are valuable leaders on campus from diverse backgrounds and innovative problem solving. Overall, it is designed are dedicated to working diligently to be continue the first major starting block for students to begin their participation plan evaluation and implementation until its completion in institutional I2023.&E.nbsp;</span></span>

PITCHConverse = Priority 3: Increase awareness of the Social Entrepreneurship minor by adding courses that will spark student interest =<div><div>The Social Entrepreneurship is scheduled for late spring 2015an 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. In Other students simply are not motivated to start or complete the next monthminor 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 engaged parties minor will need 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: choose the high level question respondents will nature of information and topics that would be engaging withdiscussed and the interdisciplinary aspect. This course would involve between 2-5 professors who teach History, Politics, Women’s Studies, begin the advertisement campaignEconomics, and Philosophy. Topics that would be taught include analyzing underrepresented groups, decide on exploring and reserve a locationanalyzing 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 accrue outside the funding 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 prizesmindset 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>

=Priority 4: Increase student’s networking abilities and entrepreneurial skills by offering more internship and job opportunities through the college. = Freshman Orientation ==<div><div><div>In this class, professors at Converse would connect students with local businesses, with which partnerships with the college would be made.&nbsp; This class would allow students to learn how to reach out to businesses, along with getting the hands on experience and networking experience with companies throughout the school year. Students would have the opportunity to intern with a company for a semester, volunteer at events on campus, have an entry level position with a company, and much more. This would allow students to network more with the community, and possibly find future job opportunities after college.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div></div></div>

=<span style= Convocation Series ="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Related Links</span><br/> =

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]

= Priority Four: Create Pipeline for I&E Students&nbsp; = Once a student has decided that I&E is the way for them to go, there are no concrete steps for them to take. In developing students passionate about this movement, we must also understand that they require a path necessary to follow once they are dedicated. Priority four is tasked primarily with the development of concrete institutional pathways through which these students can easily navigate.&nbsp; == Interdisciplinary Programming == Converse already offers team taught courses, bridging disciplines like english and bioogy to give students a new perspective in various topics. We offer that business focused students pair up with students in other disciplines to form new solutions for problems outside profit expansion. As a school with a history in social entrepreneurship, solving problems in innovative, business focused ways would be a natural progression in programming. Much like Extreme by Design, these programs cold be tailored to help externally contracted entities like the Rape Crisis Center, the regional school system, or local nonprofits.&nbsp; == Course Offerings == Social Entrepreneurship was the only class offered in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. As we expand the horizons of individual students, the course offerings must expand as well.. At a small instituion, this is often tricky. However, using the tools we showed earlier, we can find ways to make I&E classes open and inclusive, as well as to carry GEP, and multidisciplinary course requirements.&nbsp; == Social Entrepreneurship Curriculum == As an Algernon Sydney Sullivan School, we offer that Social Entrepreneurship deserves a concrete place in our institutions curriculum. By instituting a Social Entrepreneurship minor, major, or concentration program and the courses involved, a support system is established for those students looking to more fully explore in the field. This process will continue to develop faculty who are knowledgeable in the subject, &nbsp;as well as explicit pathways for individuals to follow once they are invested in I&E.&nbsp; = Related Links = [[Converse CollegeNadia Gathers|Converse_College]] University Innovation Fellow '15&nbsp;[[Nadia Gathers|Nadia_Gathers]] Business Model Canvas for Pitch Converse:&nbsp;[https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1tOhh8s1tTxbIJS6XLpmX_CkDbZBkq5iGWYdCfV98eBE https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1tOhh8s1tTxbIJS6XLpmX_CkDbZBkq5iGWYdCfV98eBE]