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= Project Pitch Video =
= Overview =
<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 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. </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>
= Priority 4: Increase Community-Converse Partnerships = '''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">UIF FELLOWS COALITION</span></span></span>''' <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">One of Converse’s largest student’s networking abilities and mostly untapped advantages is its location in proximity to Wofford College, another UIF school. Other, regional UIF universities with entrepreneurial skills by offering more developed I&E ecosystems include Furman internship and Clemsonjob opportunities through the college.</span></span></span>=<span style="color:#000000;"div><span style="font-size:medium;"div><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"div>In planning regional events with colleges like Wofford, Clemsonthis class, and Furman, and directing students to resources that professors at Converse may not be able to produce on its own, would connect students will be able to interact with and learn from campus communities right outside their space.</span></span></span> = Priority 5: Create Pipeline for I&E Students = <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahomalocal businesses,geneva,sans-serif;">In developing students' passion 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 which partnerships with the development of concrete institutional pathways which these students can easily navigatecollege would be made. </span></span></span> '''<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahomaThis class would allow students to learn how to reach out to businesses,geneva,sans-serif;">INTERDISCIPLINARY, COLLEGE-COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMMING</span></span></span>''' <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">An area of potentially impactful growth is along with getting the establishment of sustainable relationships between Converse hands on experience and Spartanburg area businesses and nonprofitsnetworking experience with companies throughout the school year.</span></span> <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Converse already offers team taught courses, bridging disciplines like English and Biology Students would have the opportunity to give students intern with a new perspective in various topics. We propose that business focused students pair up with students in other disciplines to form new solutions company for problems. As a school semester, volunteer at events on campus, have an entry level position with a history in social entrepreneurshipcompany, solving problems in innovative, business focused ways and much more. This would be a natural progression in programming. These programs could be tailored allow students to help external entities like the Rape Crisis Center, network more with the regional school systemcommunity, and local nonprofitspossibly find future job opportunities after college. </spandiv><div><br/></div></spandiv></spandiv>
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University Innovation Fellows
Fall 2019
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aliyah_Hancock Aliyah Hancock ]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jhazmin_Gomez_Reyes Jhazmin Gomez]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Marisa_Kawabe Marisa Kawabe]
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