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#<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Establish metrics (number of people attending each meeting, number of collaborations between different RSOs) and an online database to collect meeting minutes, which would help with continual validation of the Innovation Council</span>
== <span style="font-size:smaller;">Encouraging engineering students to take entrepreneurship courses<br/span><br/span> ==
Through our interviews and research for the University Innovation Fellowship (UIF) program, we identified multiple course offerings related to entrepreneurship and technology innovation. What we found, however, is that the number of engineering students taking these courses was very limited.
#Now that this is active, promote it so students. Sent emails advertising different entrepreneurship courses and how they can be used as breadth electives.
== <span style="font-size:smaller;">Eliminating Fear of Judgment<br/span><br/span> ==
Through our interviews, we found that many students on campus have a fear of judgment. For example, students during a lecture will not answer questions even though they might know the answer. This happens because they fear being judged, in case they are wrong. This fear also seems to translate into not coming up and/or expressing new innovative ideas. The students fear that others may think their idea is silly or will not work. We think that an environment that allows students to express themselves would be helpful to promote flow of ideas and discussions.
= 2017 Cohort Student Priorities =
==<span style= "font-size:smaller;">Increasing Awareness of I&E Programs on Campus =</span><br/> ==
<span style="color:#0000ff;">'''<span style== Increasing Freshman Involvement in "font-size:larger;">Project 1: Increase Awareness of I&E Programs ===across Campus</span>'''</span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-size:smaller;">To implement the project, the steps that need to be taken are:</span></span> #Brainstorm ideas to increase awareness of I&E programs on Campus#Create smaller projects to increase I&E program awareness in specific areas, as shown below = = <span style="font-size:smaller;">Integrating I&E Programs throughout Different Majors</span> == I&E Programs are well estabilished in specific majors such as engineering majors and entrepreneurship majors. Many majors in colleges such as the College of Arts & Sciences do not have capstone classes that necessarily promote the development of innovation. One way to improve the lack of innovative classes in other departments would be to integrate these capstone classes, requiring students from different majors to work together on a single product/design. <span style="font-size:larger;">'''<span style="color:#0000ff;">Project 2: Establish an Interdisciplinary Capstone Project</span>'''</span> To implement the project, the steps that need to be taken are: #Reach out to I&E faculty for leadership and guidance#Reach out to department heads in traditionally innovative fields to establish a connection and drive interest in the collaborative capstone#Brainstorm which departments would complement each other well- i.e. marketing + engineering#Run a few trials across one or two capstones to gauge information on "rights" and "wrongs"#Integrate early-on collaboration, not just with a senior capstone. Start collaboration in EGGG101 (Engineering101) and equivalents == <span style="font-size:smaller;">Increasing Freshman Involvement in I&E Programs</span> == Many freshman on campus are unaware of the several I&E programs available to them. In order to really start promoting I&E programs across campus, we should make people aware of the availability early on in their college careers. <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">'''Project 3: Pair with a Freshman Entrepreneurship Program'''</span></span> To implement the project, the steps that need to be taken are: #Reach out the the Delaware Innovation Fellows (DIF), a program designed to integrate I&E into students' curriculae starting freshman year#Brainstorm ideas for a workshop for the DIFs to host in order to increase freshman participation in I&E == <span style="font-size:smaller;">Encouraging More Creativity and Social Change Based Innovation over Product Based Innovation </span> == Many of the I&E programs already established on campus are moreso focused on a single product. We want to promote innovation in a more creative sense, such as creating a positive social change on campus. <span style="color:#0000ff;">'''<span style="font-size:larger;">Project 4: Promote Innovative Social Change on Campus</span>'''</span> To implement the project, the steps that need to be taken are: #Reach out to different RSOs across campus#Brainstorm ideas for effective change on campus#Host coffee chats to discuss important topics such as increasing awareness of diversity on campus == <span style="font-size: 15px;">Encouraging the Continuation of I&E Projects Beyond the End of the Semester</span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-b99bbd74-dfb9-c5cc-1577-2b016186b5bf"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Many creative ideas and basis for ideas are generated and developed during I&E courses, but after the semester ends students lack the time, motivation, incentive and/or accountability for them to follow through or develop the idea further.</span></span> '''<span style="color:#0000ff;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:larger;">Project 5: Create a Mentoring Board to Help Further Develop I&E Project</span></span></span></span>''' <span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To implement the project, the steps that need to be taken are:</span> #<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact faculty and experienced students who may be interested in comprising an Innovation Mentoring Board</span>#Pair mentors with students interested in further pursuing an I&E idea based on interest/experience with said idea#Mentor(s) assist student with I&E project through finding funding and improving the idea#Idea has a much better shot at success
= Related Links =
[http://universityinnovation.org/University%20of%20Delaware University of Delaware]
'''University of Delaware Student Priorites'''
[[Jason Bamford|Jason Bamford]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abigail_Dela_Paz Abigail Dela Paz]
[[Zachary Jones|Zachary Jones]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Olivia_Kirkpatrick Olivia Kirkpatrick]
[[Ashutosh KhandhaBranden_Bateman|Ashutosh KhandhaBranden Bateman]]
[[Nadia KiamilevMegan_Masterson|Nadia KiamilevMegan Masterson]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jacob_Fertell Jacob Fertell]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ryan_McCawley Ryan McCawley]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Abigail_Dela_Paz Abigail Dela Paz[Jason Bamford|Jason Bamford]] [[Zachary Jones|Zachary Jones]] [[Ashutosh Khandha|Ashutosh Khandha]]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Olivia_Kirkpatrick Olivia Kirkpatrick[Nadia Kiamilev|Nadia Kiamilev]]
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