== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy I: I&E Opportunities for all majors</span></span> ==
=== Campus Change Vision: <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">https://youtu.be/WSWOEnUE3uE </span> ===
=== Description: ===
=== Project: ===
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To create a university-wide interdisciplinary certificate program where all students from all schools and majors have the ability to take courses towards completing an I&E certificate. Also create an inclusive innovation class to be offered to all majors as an intro course to the certificate program.</span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A: Developing a fully complete I&E certificate with administration to be offered to all undergraduate students</span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bringing in Dean's of different departments (such as Biology, Philosphy, etc.) from these schools would be valuable as well.</span>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Implementation</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get approval and financial support from stakeholders to create an offical course registration number for this certificate program will provide students with trust that this program is strong and worthwhile.</span></span>
<font color="#434343" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;">UIF Candidate progressing this project: Katelyn Morrison</span></font> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 21.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic B: Inclusive I&E Course</span> <span style= "background-color: transparent; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 1: Interview students who currently are enrolled in the certificate programs</span> <font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">By interviewing both students from CBA and SSoE, who are already commited to their I&E certicicates, we will be able to see the flaws within their respective programs and classes and introduce our new inclusive course. By seeing what is lacking in their I&E classes, we will be able to further improve our extensive introduction class prototype.</span></font> <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 18.6667px;">Discuss the class with current professors</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ask the opinions of professors on the idea of the class and their personal input on how to make the class possible. Specifcally talk with professors who teach for the existing I&E certificates and see if they agree or disagree with our attempts at combining engineering and business core teaching into one class.</span> <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 3: </span><span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finalize course description</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">Make sure the course description reflects the findings from both students and professors, while conveying our ideas of combining the engineering and business core teachings.</span> === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Implementation</span> === === <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with Dean of CBA and SSoE and President</span></span> === ==== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steps:</span></span> ====<ol style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Present the course syllabus and description to the board of education.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Find preferably two professors to work together on this class to incorporate the engineering and business aspects into the class.</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Advertise the class to students and offer it to students currently taking the I&E certificate course</span></li></ol> <font color="#434343" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;">UIF Candidate progressing this project:Claudia Jester</span></font> ===
== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy II: Create an energizing I&E ecosystem for incoming students</span></span> ==
=== Project: ===
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A: I&E Fall Festival</span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 1: Surverying the student population</span></span> <font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[LizThis milstone will be useful in gauging the interest among the general student population and finding out whether or not they are actually interested in this idea. This will help us determine if creating a festival is a productive use of time.</span></font> <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: I&E festival ideargb(67, orientaiton activites67, or idea blitz booth in freshmen quadrangle?]67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2: Securing a budget and setting a time and date for the festival</span></fontspan>
<span><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A: I&E Festival?This milestone will help us transform the idea of the festival into a tangible and solid project for us to implement on campus. Having both a budget and a place to host the festival will allow us to plan it and put the final touches on getting it ready.</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 13: [TITLE]Having the festival</span></span>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]Having the festival is the culmination of the planning and budgeting that has taken place so far. This is important as it is what actually allows us to expose the student body to innovation and entrepreneurship and get them excited about these topics!</span></font>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(670, 670, 670); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-colorweight: transparent400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 18.6667px;">[TITLE]Implementation</span></span>===
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(067, 067, 067); background-color: transparent; font-familyweight: Arial400; fontvertical-sizealign: 14.6667pxbaseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]Working with the Outside the Classroom Curriculum (OCC) Coordinator</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 3: [TITLE]</span></span>Working with the OCC Coordinator will be a good starting point as she will be well versed in forming festivals and activities such as these ones. She will also be able to provide plenty of resources that we will be able to reach out to and discuss our plans with.
<font color="#000000434343" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-sizeweight: 14.6667px400; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]UIF Candidate progressing this project: Liz Petley</span></font>
== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy III: Multidisciplinary Collaboration of I&E Students</span></span> ==
=== Description:<br/> ===
In order to encourage students from different schools within the University to work collaboratively within I&E, I propose that we facilitate an extracurricular group project system, wherein several projects run each semester with an overarching theme. Teams will be composed of 4 students from at least 3 different schools and projects will run for 6 weeks with the goals of building prototyping and design thinking skills, improving teamwork and communication, and I&E certificate credit. ===Project: I&E Projects (will need to come up with a catchy name) == <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"> <span style="fontbackground-sizecolor: 16pt; font-family: Arialtransparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; font-weightsize: 400; vertical-align: baseline16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">ImplementationTactic A: 6 week interdisciplinary group projects</span></span> ===
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with First Year Experience OfficeMilestone 1: MEET WITH STAKEHOLDERS</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14.66670036315918px;">[Description]<font color="#000000">We will first need to meet with our stakeholders to discuss the feasibility and funding for these projects. One idea for a theme I have is campus and/or Oakland community improvements, but rules surrounding regulations and funding might be difficult to work around and will need to be well understood before we can launch any projects. We will also need to determine project budgets.</spanfont></span>
=== <font color="#434343" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-weightsize: 40014pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">UIF Candidate progressing this projectMilestone 2:SURVEY INTEREST THROUGH FLYERS, EMAILS, SURVEY LINKS</span></font> ===
<font color="#434343000000" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-weightsize: 40014.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As I did in my prototype, the first step is to gather student interest across schools by promoting the program through flyering, emails, and distribution from departments within the school. Interested students will fill out a Google Forms survey to tell us key information like their year, major, availability, and existing skills.</span></font><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A: Idea Blitz Booths in Freshmen quadrangle?</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 13: [TITLE]</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><font size="4">INTEREST MEETING</font></span></span>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px66670036315918px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]Next we will hold an interest meeting to better explain the projects to interested students, who will then complete a brief application survey.</span></font>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 25:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 18.6667px;">[TITLE]PILOT TEAMS LAUNCH</span></span>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]Based on the application results, we will form interdisciplinary student teams of 4. Depending on the freedome we have as agreed upon with the stakeholders, groups will then meet individually with us to propose a project idea or we will let them choose from a predetermined list. For campus/community improvements, projects might include things like creating an art display, an interactive exhibit for a specific building, or something to promote recycling. At the launch meetings, we will explain how the next six weeks will look for the teams and what we expect of them.</span></font>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline14pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Milestone 36: [TITLE]</span>SPEED BOOTCAMP</span>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]To kick off the projects, the teams will all go through a brief but intensive bootcamp to expose them to all the resources they have at hand as well as critical skills such as design-thinking and rapid prototyping.</span></font>
<span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Milestone 7: WEEKLY CHECK-INS</span>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each week, each team will meet with us individually to share their progress in the previous week and their goals for the next week. During this time we will also review and course-correct their design plans if need be.</span></font>
<span style="color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Milestone 7: PROJECT LAUNCHES</span>
<div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66670036315918px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the projects come to a close, they will officially launch in whatever way that means for them. E.g. An interactive piece opens for use</span></div>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Implementation</span></span> ===
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with First Year Experience OfficeBig Idea Center, Brandon Barber</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]</span></span>
=== <font color="#434343" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;">UIF Candidate progressing this project:Sara Kron</span></font> ===
<font color="#434343" face="Arial" size<span id="3docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy IV: Creating a social atmosphere for I&E on campus</span></fontspan>==
== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-sizeDescription: 20pt font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy III: Multidisciplinary Collaboration of I&E Students</span></span> ===
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style= Description"font-size: ===14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are a lot of acadmic-backed programs, clubs, and activities that are offered to students to expose and encourage innovation and entrepeneurship. However, there is no social atmosphere for for encouraging and exposing innovation and entrepeneurship.</span></font>
=== Project: ===
<span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)larger; "><span style="font-family: Arial; fontarial,helvetica,sans-size: 16ptserif; white">To startup an innovation fraternity on campus to gather like-space: pre-wrapminded students from a diversity of majors. This fraternity will be promote students gathering socially together in support of innovation. "</span>Tactic A:</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="fontbackground-sizecolor: 14pt; font-family: Arialtransparent; color: rgb(670, 670, 670); backgroundfont-colorfamily: transparentArial; verticalfont-alignsize: baseline16pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 1Tactic A: [TITLE]</span>Implement an Innovation Fraternity on campus</span>
<font colorspan id="#000000" face="Arialdocs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]Milestone 1: Gather input from students who rushed for fraternities/sororities</span></fontspan>
<span idfont color="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def#000000"><span styleface="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2:</span><span style="font-familysize: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 18.6667px;">[TITLE]This step is vital to creating the fraternity becuase it will determine the success of the fraternity in the short run. It is important to gain inpuit frmo students who rushed for fraternities and sororities becuase they would be apart of the population data being collected. Since they rushed, gathering input if they would have chosen to rush for an innovation fraternity would provide a secure dataset to show interest and success in the creation of the frat.</span></spanfont>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(067, 067, 067); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2:</span><span style="font-family: Arial; fontcolor: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-sizealign: 14.6667pxbaseline; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 18.6667px;">[Description]Create a mission and philanthroy</span></span>
<span idfont color="#000000" face="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45defArial"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 3: [TITLE]To finalize the proposal of the creation of this fraternity, the four UIF candidates need to sit down and finalize the mission, purpose, and goals of the creation of this fraternity.</span></spanfont>
<font colorspan><span id="#000000" face="Arialdocs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]Milestone 3: Open up the frat for rushing season</span></fontspan></span>
<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once there is enough momentum for the fraternity to be successful, the next step is to make the fraternity a part of the options for students to rush to.</span></font>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Implementation</span></span></span> ===
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Implementation</span></span> === === <span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with ...Panhellenic Association</span></span></span> ===
<span idfont color="#000000" face="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45defArial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">[Description]Working with the Panhellenic Association will be vital in trying to add this fratenity to the overall interfraternial council.</span></spanfont>
=== <span><font color="#434343" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;">UIF Candidate progressing this project:Liz, Petley, Sara Kron, Claudia Jester, Katelyn Morrison</span></font> ===</span>
= <span>Spring 2017 Strategies </span> =
<span>2017 Pitch Video: [https://youtu.be/4Nhw8B_qI6M  https://youtu.be/4Nhw8B_qI6M&nbsp];</span>
== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy I: Spreading a Design Thinking Mindset</span></span></span> ==
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project: Students across different departments do not get the same exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship resources that are available at the University of Pittsburgh. Along with that, the majority of freshmen are not introduced to all the resources we have that they can use.</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Goal: To have an activities that introduce freshmen to design thinking and introduce them to all the resources on campus they have to help them create something amazing and impactful.</span></span></span>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A: Developing a bare bones activity that can be tailored to a specific subject for different applications</span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Re-inventing the Name Tag activity can be deconstructed and re-focused to emphasize specific applications</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 1: Prototype</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use the Panther Leadership Summit as a platform to see how re-focusing the name tag activity can show students how design thinking is applicable to leading student organizations.</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2: Designing Design Thinking Activities</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a manual or other kind of resource that helps professors or students design an activity that shows how design thinking can be applied to their field or project. Deliver and test these activities at various meetings/events to develop and improve these resources.</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 3: Engaging Professors and Leaders</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Talk to professors who instruct design thinking related class and leaders of design thinking oriented organizations about putting on their own versions of the activity.</span></span></span>
==== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Steps:</span></span></span> ====
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<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Search the landscape canvas for potential courses and organizations</span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gather support: Reach out to each individually to discuss the nature of the class or organization and try to determine if a hands on design thinking activity would be beneficial</span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Partner with anyone willing to try and help them set up and run the activity in their class.</span></span></span></li>
</ol>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic B: Develop a Floating Design Thinking Lab</span></span></span> ===
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">List of material needs for a basic design thinking workshop along with budget estimates</span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Supporting evidence that it is something worth investing in from prototypes and feedback from activities</span></span></span></li>
</ul>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Implementation</span></span></span> ===
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with Administration</span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get approval and financial support from stakeholders to build these resources on a larger scale.</span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Having faculty support before asking for finances may be a great lever</span></span></span>
== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy II: Promoting Social Ventures</span></span></span> ==
=== <span>Description</span><br/> ===
<span><span style="font-size:medium;">Promote the expansion of innovation and entrepreneurship to students interested in non-tangible, social service-based organizations. Identify whether there is an interest among Arts and Science, Public Health, and Social Work students in seeing a space on campus for meeting and working with other social changers. If so, determine how best to fulfill student needs in learning how to start their own social venture, and also determine whether full- or part-time faculty have the capacity and time to serve in mentorship roles.</span></span>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def">Project Idea: Create an advising space for students interested in social entrepreneurship</span></span> ===
<span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def">Target Audience: Students from Arts and Sciences. School of Public Health, School of Social Work who are currently somewhat excluded from the Innovation landscape on campus.</span></span></span>
<span><span style="font-size: medium;">Steps to Completion</span></span>
#<span><span style="font-size: medium;">Meet with faculty from aforementioned Schools to learn about their interest in serving in an advisory capacity for students interested in social I&E.</span></span>#<span><span style="font-size:medium;">Determine a space on campus which can serve as a space for resources- or determine whether an online database of faculty listings, funding sources, and directions on filing for nonprofit/tax-exempt status would be more appropriate and feasible.</span></span>#<span><span style="font-size:medium;">Meet with advisors from the College of General Studies to speak on expanding certificate program for Nonprofit Management to non-CGS students.</span></span>
=== <span>Primary Contacts and Resources </span> ===
#<span><span style="font-size:medium;">Honors College: good source of funding for student ventures; staff are knowledgeable about community engagement and gaps that exist within Pittsburgh in promoting social change.</span></span>#<span><span style="font-size:medium;">School of Engineering: determine where funding came from for Innovation Institute projects and whether they can be extended to non-technology ventures.</span></span>#<span><span style="font-size:medium;">College of General Studies: determine whether staff who teach courses in the Nonprofit Management Certificate program are also knowledge about creating social venture start-ups; if so, speak to professors directly to ask about an additional role in serving as an advisor.</span></span>
== <span>Strategy III<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: UIFresh activities</span></span> ==
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A: Hands on Design Thinking Intro Activity</span></span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Research:</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Look into what other schools are doing with their UIFresh programs for inspiration, ideas, and leverage when pitching.</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Develop:</span></span></span></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use the resources developed in the previous strategy to design workshops for Orientation week</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make lists of resources and materials needed for these activities (in conjunction with the floating design thinking lab?)</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic B: Intro to the I&E Landscape Tour</span></span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Develop a “tour” of sorts for freshmen students to get familiar with all the resources they have on campus</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 1: What resources?</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use the I&E Landscape and find the hot spot resources on campus. Parent organizations like Innovation Institute that host a lot of smaller activities that may not be beneficial for all freshman to know about, or organizations that would lead to other resources once involved.</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Categorize the resources we have and which ones are most broadly applicable to freshmen</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2: What do the freshmen know?</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Do interviews and surveys to see what quality resources the University has that freshmen don’t know about, and think they would use now that they do know about them.</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 3: Put together a program</span></span></span></span>
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<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Analyze interview data and determine what information needs to be conveyed.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ideate ways to present the information</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Plan out solution with support from leaders and stakeholders, including what they think is important</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Implementation</span></span></span></span> ===
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Working with Administration and Orientation Staff</span></span></span></span> ===
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get approval and financial support from stakeholders to hold these events</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with Orientation planners to work out details of space, times, mandatory vs. optional, and ways to reach the whole campus.</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy IV: Encouraging Transportation Innovation</span></span></span></span> ==
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A: Develop cooperative sustainable transportation space</span></span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pittsburgh’s recent adoption of a 10 year plan to drastically expanding sustainable transportation infrastructure put it on track to become one of the most bike friendly cities in the country. Oakland residents are interested in participating in shaping the way transportation initiatives develop in this city.</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, the University of Pittsburgh provides little support for students opting to take advantage of sustainable transportation modes. While many neighborhoods throughout the city have activated local cyclists and pedestrians, Pitt has failed to engage its student population in these discussions.</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to accomplish this goal, a group of students is developing a physical space in a high traffic area of campus to serve as a bicycle cooperative. Unlike a traditional bike-shop, this space will provide unlimited access to professional bike repair tools to student cyclists. Volunteer staff will serve as facilitators, but the primary goal of the space is to empower students with mechanical knowledge. In addition to regular mechanic and safety workshops, the space will host bi-annual transportation hackathons and act as a hub for organizing transportation programming..</span></span></span></span>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 1: Find a space. (Completed January 5, 2017)</span></span></span></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secured a space beneath the Posvar passover and organized the relocation of all equipment currently occupying the space</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 2: Engage Stakeholders. (Completed January 25, 2017)</span></span></span></span>
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquired $1,200 in funding from Student Government Board</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquired $2,157 in funding from Pitt Green Fund</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquired $1,000 in funding from Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquired funding for two student workers and all recurring expenses from Pitt Intramurals and Recreations</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Scheduled meeting with Dean of Student Affairs (Feb 2, 2017) and all other relevant University entities</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul>
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(67, 67, 67); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Milestone 3: Compete in Pitt Sustainable Solutions Competition</span></span></span></span>
== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy V: Corporate Engagement and the Design Process</span></span></span></span> ==
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Problem: Students don’t have a way to directly interact with employers to see what skills they really need to succeed in the real world. This can be changed by creating stronger opportunities for surrounding corporate companies to engage with students. I want to have companies supply real world problems to students so that entrepreneurial mindsets and efforts are used to solve said problems.</span></span></span></span>
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<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If a student does not obtain an internship or co-op throughout their time as a co-op, then experience with companies is left to be a surprise for when they get their first job after graduation</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assumption: Students would enjoy and be able to gain valuable experience from applying their classroom knowledge to real-world problems that companies face on a day to day basis</span></span></span></span>
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<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students would also be able to apply entrepreneurial ideologies and innovative thinking to solve the problems that companies are coming in contact with.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students will be taken through the design process to show how problems are solved when large teams are present and thousands of dollars are on the line (corporate environment)</span></span></span></span></li>
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=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic A</span></span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Utilize our pre-existing makerspace and allow companies to sponsor a night/week/month where students work to solve a real-world problem brought in by said company</span></span></span></span>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic B</span></span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Go on site visits to companies with students and have interactive demos</span></span></span></span>
=== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic C</span></span></span></span> ===
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allow current co-ops and interns to host build nights, where they give insight on how companies work and how you can apply an entrepreneurial mindset to</span></span></span></span>
== <span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging Stakeholders</span></span></span></span> ==
<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with stakeholders to discuss what we discovered and the ideas and plans we have.</span></span></span></span>
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<li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Walk in or email stakeholders</span></span></span></span></li><li><span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Go outside of the school of engineering and get support from other schools as well</span></span></span></span></li>
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<span><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span id="docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ask for any financial or verbal/advertising help we may need.</span></span></span></span>
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= <span>Spring 2016 Strategies </span> =
== <span>Strategy I: Inspire and Forge Project Teams </span> ==
<span>Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:</span>
=== <span>Tactic A: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E </span> ===
<span>• Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential. In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team. It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry. These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. </span>
<span>• Team Leader:: TBD</span>
=== <span>Tactic B: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire </span> ===
<span>• Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester. As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement. Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars. </span>
<span>• Team Leader:: TBD</span>
== <span>Strategy II: Provide better innovation spaces </span> ==
=== <span>Initiative #1 </span> ===
<span>Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.</span>
<span>In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt.</span>
<span>After the development of the makerspaces in the engineering school, additional spaces across campus with easier and more versatile accessibility to students of all majors is necessary to continually foster growth in design thinking and creative confidence for all students without unintentionally segregating student groups based on major or location. In this sense, mobile lab spaces that encourage low-tech, immediate solutions to all manners of creative problems, as well as collaboration of thought and ideals across different areas of study are required to come up with the next generation fo innovative and sustainable solutions with the constitution of multiple perspectives. </span>
==== <span><span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span></span> ====
<span>• Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.</span>
==== <span><span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span></span> ====
<span>The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:</span>
*<span>Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro</span>*<span>Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy</span>*<span>Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz</span>*<span>Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha</span>
==== <span><span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span></span> ====
*<span>Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place</span>*<span>Set up equipment and materials in the room</span>*<span>Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness</span>*<span>Maximize data tracking</span>*<span>Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community</span>*<span>Secure industry sponsors</span>
==== <span><span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span></span> ====
<span>After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces. </span>
==== <span><span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span></span> ====
<span>The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.</span>
==== <span><span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span></span> ====
<span>Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus</span>
=== <span>'''Initiative #2: Expand mobile creative labs for easier accessibity and diversity''' </span> ===
<span>Collaborating with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute and multiple schools across campus, agents of innovation will be leading the development and integration of mobile creative spaces within student communities to instill generalized and technical design projects and initiatives based on case-by-case, topical choices made my collaborations of the creator lab development teams as well as affiliated active student communities.</span>
<span>Creator labs will focus more on the versatility and educational strength of the design thinking motif by providing models and methods that not only serve as bases for prototyping and ideation, but also the focus and subjectivity of different areas of study, including the natural sciences, engineering, expressive and visual arts, law, writing, public health, education, philosophy, etc. In particular, creator labs will allow creative and innovative students and thinkers from each school and club or organization across campus to experience not only generalized applied education on design thinking, but also focused learning and applied methods based on their field. Focused learning and methods within the framework of the creator lab will emphasize constitutive ideas and thoughts as a result of collaboration of multiple fields and areas of study within the parameters of a single field.</span>
<span>For instance, engineering concepts may fare very well in fostering new methods of problem-solving and solution conception within the scope of theater and the visual arts, provided enough guided investigation and collaboration is executed such that it is clearly shown that the problem parameters of the theater/visual arts framework coincide with the concepts and creative processes of the engineering framework. </span>
<span>At the start of development (February 2016), the mobile creator lab concepts are conceptualized and elaborated with under the guidance of the University Innovation Fellows spring 2016 cohort, the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, and student leaders and liaisons of multiple clubs and organizations that serve as great potential for change-making hosts of the mobile creator labs. Aakash Sudhakar (current University Innovation Candidate) serves as the main student leader of developing and integrating mobile creator labs within the Pitt community. </span>
=== <span>Initiative #3: Develop student networks for enhanced creative sustainability </span> ===
<span>As a mirror to the objectives of Intiative #2: Expand Mobile Creative Labs For Easier Assibility and Diversity, it is important for students across campus who have versatility and experience in design thinking and the creative processes, especially within the scopes and frameworks of different majors, to have a community where they can come together with other like-minded students and students with minimal experience in design thinking and creative confidence to collaborate and refine thinking and problem-solving models. Much of what the University Innovation Fellows program does is a generalized framework for which to apply into specific problems and scenarios, but much of the success of those potential applications is very difficult to know as the student problems across campus can be difficult to identify, track and codify within the design thinking and creative confidence frameworks. </span>
<span>To help develop and institutionalize a program that would better allow agents of innovation across campus to be aware and able to assist with these student issues, it is important to allow much of the power and ability of these problem-solving abilities to be in the hands of student leaders, activists and representatives throughout the Pitt community. Developing a mentorship network that focuses on student-to-student interaction and topical problem identification and solution scenarios serves not only as a type of exercise for refining design thinking and creative process models, but also encourages further investigation in areas of the Pitt student community that may be affected by issues outside of the immediate awareness of the University Innovation Fellows program. </span>
<span>At the start of development (February 2016), the student creative network concepts are conceptualized and elaborated with under the guidance of the University Innovation Fellows spring 2016 cohort, the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, and student leaders and activists across campus in the form of the ideation of a new club called the Pitt Master Minds network, inspired by a statement by Andrew Carnegie that a Master Mind is a "coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose." Aakash Sudhakar (current University Innovation Candidate) serves as the main student leader of developing and promoting the use of design-based student creative networks within the Pitt community. It is important to note that the potential club will be affiliated with organizations and groups outside of Pitt, including mentorship networks and other Master Mind groups that can help provide problem scenarios and creative topics to direct Pitt's Master Mind network in innovative and constructive directions. </span>
== <span>Strategy III: Increase awareness of I&E in the Arts and Science Progrograms </span> ==
=== <span>Tactic A: Advertising </span> ===
<span>• Description: The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences currently does not have an effective way to advertise innovation, entrepreneurship, and design thinking programs. In order to A&S to establish a stronger presence in the innovation and entrepreneurship community, there needs to be a better method of advertising programs available to students and increase communication between colleges. • Team Leader: Emily Klonicki (current microbiology candidate) </span>
<span>Milestones:</span>
*<span>Form a marketing committee</span>*<span>Newsletter/ email list</span>*<span>Speak to classes</span>*<span>Have teams from A&S compete and participate in I&E programs</span>
=== <span>Tactic B: Recruiting potential project teams </span> ===
<span>• Description: Currently, Pitt provides multiple I&E programs available for students such as the Blast Furnace, Big Idea competition, Hackathons, Design Expo and, the Series. However, most participants come from either the business or engineering school. By recruiting potential project teams from A&S to participate in these programs, it will help establish an innovation and entrepreneurship community in this college. Team Leader: Emily Klonicki</span>
=== <span>Tactic C: Provide a space for A&S students </span> ===
<span>• Description: In the long term, with increasing student support we would hope to establish a space for A&S students to have low resolution prototyping material and whiteboards available for student use. Another future goal is to increase active learning opportunities within the classroom and for A&S students develop their own programs and hackathons which could be held in this space. Team Leader: Emily Klonicki</span>
== <span>Strategy IV: Change Curriculum </span> ==
=== <span>Tactic A: First Year Classes </span> ===
<span>• Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.</span>
*<span>In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do. <br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course. Many Pitt UIFs and UIFCs are co-creators and original TAs of the course including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyre]. [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer] is currently a TA for the Spring 2016 offering.</span>
=== <span>Tactic B: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class </span> ===
<span>• Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.</span>
=== <span>Tactic C: Give credit to entrepreneurs </span> ===
<span>• Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.</span>
== <span>Strategy V: Startup Pitt </span> ==<div><span>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</span></div><div><br/></div>=== <span>Program Specifics </span> ===<div><span>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</span></div><div><br/></div><div><span>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</span></div><div><br/></div>=== <span>Timeline </span> ===
<span>All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.</span>
==== <span>Customer discovery (March 2015) </span> ====<div><span>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</span></div>*<span>Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?</span>*<span>How important is maintaining your full-time student status?</span>*<span>For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?</span>*<span>Why does working at a startup interest you?</span>*<span>What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?</span>*<span>Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?</span>*<span>How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?</span><div><br/></div><div><span>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. Survey questions include</span></div>*<span>Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?</span>*<span>What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?</span>*<span>How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?</span>*<span>If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?</span>*<span>If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?</span>
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==== <span>Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) </span> ====<div><span>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern. </span></div><div><br/></div>==== <span>Future tasks </span> ====
*<span>Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)</span>*<span>Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)</span>
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== <span>Strategy VI: Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business</span><br/> == === <span>'''<span style="font-size: medium;">Curriculum</span>'''</span> === <span>Options are currently being explored to incorporate entrepreneruship modules into business general education classes in order to spark interest in the subject and familiarize Pitt Business students with the large amount of resources available. It is important to get students where they are "captive" in the classroom setting and monitor our conversion rate from there to the workshops being offered on campus.</span> === <span><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan''':</span></span> === <span>'''Entrepreneurship Cafe''' During the spring semester, Enactus and Pitt Business will host several "Entrepreneurship Cafe" sessions in which students, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and other I&E leaders will mingle and share ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship. Student participants are encouraged to come with ideas and topics they would like to discuss with the mentors present at the event. The concept is meant to foster a more organic approach to entrepreneurship and create an informal environment where people can share ideas and learn from each other. </span> <span>'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''</span> #<span>Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)</span>#<span>Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.</span>#<span>Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.</span>#<span>The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.</span>#<span>The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.</span>#<span>Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding. </span>
=== <span>'''<span style="font-sizeBAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan: medium''' ">Curriculum</span>''' ===
Options are currently being explored #<span>The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.</span>#<span>They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.</span>#<span>Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.</span>#<span>Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.</span>#<span>Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to incorporate entrepreneruship modules into business at least one Enactus team per semester.</span>#<span>The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general education classes body meeting, or speaker event in order to spark interest in the subject and familiarize Pitt Business provide Enactus students with the large amount of resources available. It is important to get students where they are "captive" in the classroom setting and monitor our conversion rate from there clear access to the workshops being offered on campusBAB Board.</span>#<span>Recruitment - (Mario)</span>
=== <span style="font-size:medium;">'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:''':</span> ===
'''Entrepreneurship Cafe''' During the spring semester, Enactus and Pitt Business will host several "Entrepreneurship Cafe" sessions in which students, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and other I<span>&E leaders will mingle and share ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship. Student participants are encouraged to come with ideas and topics they would like to discuss with the mentors present at the event. The concept is meant to foster a more organic approach to entrepreneurship and create an informal environment where people can share ideas and learn from each othernbsp;1. Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.</span>
'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<span>a. This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.</span>
#Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project<span>2. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)#Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.#Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to hold 2 food waste related speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.#The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.#The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.#Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding. </span>
'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''<span>a. Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)</span>
#The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.#They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.#Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.#Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus<span>b.#Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to Tentatively: Executive Chef at least one Enactus team per semester.#The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.#Recruitment - Sodexo (MarioRhonda + Audrey)</span>
'''Food Waste<span>3. Enactus will hold 2 food waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''related site visits this semester.</span>
<span>a. 1. Enactus will operate at least one food wasteFarm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip</related project this semester.span>
a<span>b. This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip</span>
2<span>c. Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers. 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker</span>
a<span>4. Tentatively: Hungry Harvest Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in March (Grant)food related industries.</span>
b<span>a. Tentatively: Executive Chef The goal is to connect at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016. </span>
3.<span>'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:''' Enactus will hold 2 food waste</related site visits this semester.span>
a<span>1. Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site TripEnactus will operate at least three projects this semester.</span>
b<span>2. CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site TripEnactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.</span>
c<span>a. 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker2 entrepreneurship related site visits:</span>
4<span> i. Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries. TBA (Rhonda)</span>
a.<span> The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016ii. TBA (Cathy Lada)</span>
'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''<span>3. Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.</span>
1<span>a. Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester. 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:</span>
2<span> i. Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month. Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)</span>
a<span> ii. 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)</span>
i. TBA (Rhonda)<span>'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''</span>
<span>1. iiRegional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C. TBA (Cathy Lada)</span>
3<span>a. Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings. Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup></span>
a<span>b. 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:Projects</span>
<span> i. Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute Hope Murray – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)Food Truck/Membership College Café</span>
<span> ii. Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry Mario – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students</span>
'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<span> iii. TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester</span>
1<span> iv. Regional: March 29<sup>th TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase </supspan> Washington D.C.
a<span>2. Application Due DateNational Event: February 22May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>ndth</sup> in St. Louis</span>
b<span>a. Projects Due Date: TBA</span>
i<span>b. Hope Murray – Food TruckProjects</Membership College Caféspan>
<span> ii i. Mario – StudentTBA</Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Studentsspan>
iii<span>3. TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semesterRegional and National Events Planning Team</span>
iv<span>a. TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase Sophia Tan</span>
2<span>b. National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>thMario Nicolia</supspan> in St. Louis
a<span>c. Due Date: TBAGrant Jacoby</span>
b<span>d. ProjectsHope Murray</span>
i<span>e. TBADemetra Mallios</span>
3. Regional <span>'''Additional Groups and National Events Planning TeamOrganizations to Contact'''</span>
a<span>1. Sophia TanFood Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)</span>
b<span>a. Mario Nicolia Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)</span>
c<span>2. University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant Jacoby)</span>
d<span>3. Hope Murray Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)</span>
e<span>4. Demetra Mallios All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)</span>
'''Additional Groups <span>5. Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and Organizations to Contact'''project ideas (TBA)</span>
1<span>6. Food Recovery Network - Thrill Mill – For additional members and project ideas internship opportunities for students (TBAGrant)</span>
a<span>7. Are there any other organizations that may consider coDesign Hub -membership to run the food truck? For additional members and project ideas (TBAMario)</span>
2. University Innovation Fellows ***<span>TBA - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits</span>
3. <span>'''Future Goals and Standards''' Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant</Engineer?)span>
4<span>1. All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)Food Hackathon September 2016</span>
5<span>a. Randall Family Big Idea Audrey - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?</span>
6<span>b. Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities Use this as a springboard for students (Grant)marketing attention for new membership.</span>
7<span>2. Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)Enactus Leadership Requirements:</span>
***TBA - Need to find <span>a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and . 1 site visitsvisit per month</span>
'''Future Goals and Standards'''<span>b. 1 speaker per month</span>
1<span>c. Food Hackathon September 2016 At least 3 projects per any given semester</span>
a<span>d. Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall 1 industry focus per semester?(can be multiple semesters)</span>
b<span>e. Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.Participate in Regional Competition Annually</span>
2<span>3. Enactus Leadership Requirements:Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.</span>
a<span>4. Organize at least 1 site visit hackathon per monthsemester with another organization.</span>
b<span>a. 1 speaker per monthPartner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships. </div></span>
c. At least 3 projects per any given semester
d. 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)
e.== <span>Spring 2016 Participate in Regional Competition Annually[https://youtu.be/_fwQN7t1baU Pitch]</span> ==
3. Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.= <span>Related Links</span> =
4. Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<span>[[University of Pittsburgh|University of Pittsburgh]]</span>
a. Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships. <<span>'''University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities'''</div>span>
<span>University Innovation Fellows</span>
Fall 2019:
== Spring 2016 [https://youtu.be/_fwQN7t1baU Pitch[Claudia Jester|Claudia Jester]] ==
= Related Links =[[Sara Kron|Sara Kron]]
[[University of PittsburghLiz Petley|University of PittsburghLiz Petley]]
'''University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities'''[[Katelyn Morrison|Katelyn Morrison]]
University Innovation Fellows<span>Spring 2017:</span>
Spring 2017:<span>[[Tiffany Smith|Tiffany Smith]]</span>
<span>[[Tiffany SmithDaniel Yates|Tiffany SmithDaniel Yates]]</span>
<span>[[Daniel Yates|Daniel Yates]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki//User:Sobrien556 Sean O'Brien]</span>
<span>[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki//User:Sobrien556 Sean O'BrienShruthishankar|Shruthi Shankar]]</span>
<span>[[Userhttp:Shruthishankar|Shruthi Shankar]//universityinnovation.org/wiki//SinjonBartel Sinjon Bartel]</span>
[http<span>Spring 2016:<//universityinnovation.org/wiki//SinjonBartel Sinjon Bartel]span>
Spring 2016:<span>[[Mark Doman|Mark Doman]]</span>
<span>[[Mark Doman|Mark Doman]http://universityinnovation.org/Grant%20Jacoby Grant Jacoby]</span>
<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/GrantEmily%20Jacoby Grant Jacoby20Klonicki Emily Klonicki]</span>
<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/Emily%20Klonicki Emily Klonickiwiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]</span>
<span>[http:[Aakash Sudhakar|Aakash Sudhakar]]<//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]span>
[[Aakash Sudhakar|Aakash Sudhakar]]<span>Spring 2015:</span>
Spring 2015<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/David%20Jacob David Jacob]</span>
<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/DavidMadhur%20Jacob David Jacob20Malhotra Madhur Malhotra]</span>
<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/MadhurIan%20Malhotra Madhur Malhotra20McIntyre Ian McIntyre]</span>
<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/IanHarinee%20McIntyre Ian McIntyre20Suthakar Harinee Suthakar]</span>
[http<span>Fall 2014:<//universityinnovation.org/Harinee%20Suthakar Harinee Suthakar]span>
Fall 2014<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/Jennifer%20Sommer Jennifer Sommer]</span>
[http<span>Fall 2013:<//universityinnovation.org/Jennifer%20Sommer Jennifer Sommer]span>
Fall 2013<span>[http://universityinnovation.org/Brian%20Rhindress Brian Rhindress]</span>
<span>[[Nathan Smialek]]</span> <span>Fall 2012: [http://universityinnovation.org/Brian%20Rhindress Brian Rhindresswiki/Karuna_Relwani Karuna Relwani]</div></span></div>
[[Nathan Smialek]]
Fall 2012: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karuna_Relwani Karuna Relwani]</div></div>
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