[[File:AlexandraVSeda.jpg|thumb|right|AlexandraVSeda.jpg]]<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Alexandra Seda</span>
<span style="font-size:large;">'''Ohio Northern University'''</span>
<span style="font-size:large;">'''UIF Spring 2015 ''' </span>
<span style="color: rgbShe is an electrical engineering student at Ohio Northern University that has participated in NEWB (51Northern Engineers without Borders) and EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) where she gained some experience in international projects. The two countries she participated in projects with were the Dominican Republic and Haiti. She enjoys spending her time participating in community service oriented opportunities that help empower the people being served, as well as, 51helping her gain a fresh perspective on life. Her interests include social entrepreneurship, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'local & international service, Helveticadesign thinking, Arialbrainstorming, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19and anything that calls for creativity. Her faith in Christ is what inspires her to live each day as a gift and serve others without hesitation.6000003814697px; background-color: rgb(245She greatly values education, 245, 245);">Ohio Northern University, UIF Spring 2015and has taken the mantra that learning is a lifelong process that will involve countless people and amazing stories along the way. </span>
After the meetup, she was inspired to start enacting transformational change on her campus. Her initial focus was to establish a Grand Challenge Scholars Chapter since the freshman introductory engineering classes went through an intensive process in designing a poverty alleviation device. However, she realized she needed to “pivot” when reviewing the stakeholder interview responses of faculty and students.
The UIF program was hosting a Big Beacon Twitter Chat and it was there that she gained valuable insight into how to spark change and help others uncover their creative potential. Sean Maroni of Betaversity suggested she follow this word map: environmentàcultureàmindsetàoutcomes. And so while chatting with Dr. Boulanger she made a 30 second pitch on allowing the students to recreate their environment as a unique way to experience design. Dr. Boulanger loved the idea and went to get approval from the dean.
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6000003814697px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">She is an electrical engineering student at Ohio Northern University. She participates in NEWB (Northern Engineers Without Borders) Alexandra started recruiting friends and EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service)classmates.She enjoys spending her time participating in community service projects specifically international communites such as combined forces with Adam Berry who also had a desire to transform the Dominican Republic and Haitienvironment. Her interests include social entrepreneurship, international service, history, brainstorming, and anything They began hosting meetings that calls for creativitywent from a handful of students to 12-15 students.Her faith Nathan Craft and Alex McMullen seamlessly joined in Christ is what inspires her to live each day as a gift leaders and serve others without hesitation. She greatly values education, and has taken helped make the mantra that learning is a life long process of change that will involve countless people and amazing stories along the waymuch easier.</span>
= <span style="font-size:xx-large;"><span style="colorAfter the students created and voted upon a name: rgbION (51Innovators of Ohio Northern), 51the students were split into teams. The project space was the freshman design studio where only a few engineering students studied, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'this space was the only lounge space for engineering students in the building. The leaders and Alexandra hosted an ideation session that overviewed the components of design thinking through roleplaying of the space. Students were able to observe and record observations about student needs in the space and the layout themes of rest, Helveticastudy, Arialand collaboration. The teams sketched, sansand prototyped with Expo markers, Play-serif; line-height: 19Doh, and Legos.6000003814697px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);">Related Links</span></span><br/> =
<span style="font-size:mediumThe student teams had two weeks to finalize a design of the design studio that hit each of the necessary themes and present the design to the dean. The final design encompassed aspects of each teams’ design. The build took place during Easter weekend of 2015 and the recreated space was a success. ">[[Ohio Northern University|Ohio_Northern_University]]</span>
<span style="font-size:medium ">[[Ohio Northern University Student Priorities|Ohio_Northern_University_Student_Priorities]]</span>A second project took place with a rotation of new project leaders. The focus of the project was the hallways. The project definitely had an impact on the students with the addition of a hallway whiteboard where students could write updates about current or future events, a splash of color to the formerly blank alcoves, and a reorganization of the scattered school pictures.
While the project was finished, a key element missing was the ideation session and team comradery. ION learned that anytime design or recreation of objects or spaces take place, there has to be a session where design thinking is applied and the teams create prototypes with the discoveries made. Currently, Adam Berry and Alexandra will be hosting a third event in the first floor of the university library. Heterick Library will be completely renovated in the summer of 2016. The director of the library and library committee allowed them to host an ideation session on individual and group collaboration spaces in order to understand exactly what the students need in the space. More details will be coming soon. If anyone would like information on how to gather students for projects, ideation sessions, and more, please contact Alexandra via email and she would be more than happy to collaborate or brainstorm with anyone to help! Email: a-seda@onu.edu = Related Links = [[Ohio Northern University]] [[Ohio Northern University Student Priorities|<span style="font-size:medium;">Ohio Northern University Student Priorities</span>]] <span style="font-size:medium;">University Innovation Fellows</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">Spring 2016:</span> [[Adam Berry|<span style="font-size:medium;">Adam Berry</span>]] [[Nathan Craft|<span style="font-size:medium;">Nathan Craft</span>]] <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Jonathan Szczerba|Jonathan Szczerba]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">Spring 2015:</span> [[Alexandra v. Seda|<span style="font-size:medium;">Alexandra v. Seda</span>]] <font size="3">My OpEd-(</font>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlE-3nyjqOinUhdC48IfguPc5Dpj2cIAzzyl81i5OvM/pub ?embedded=true https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NlE-3nyjqOinUhdC48IfguPc5Dpj2cIAzzyl81i5OvM/pub?embedded=true]) [[Category:Student Contributors|a]][[Category:Student Contributors]][[Category:Ohio_Northern_University_(2015_Spring_cohort)]][[Category:Ohio_Northern_University_(2015_Spring_cohort)]][[Category:Student Contributors]]{{CatTree|Ohio_Northern_University}}