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=== Overview Background ===
Undergraduate Degrees
*Industrial and System Engineering
*Mechanical Engineering
*Cyber Security Engineering
=== Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship === <span style="font-size:small;">Changemaker Hub</span> <span style="font-size:small;">The Changemaker Hub is a resource for students on campus to actively learn and engage with social justice and social innovation on both a global and local scale. The Changemaker Hub is a central location on campus that facilitates students getting involved within their communities as well as on and off campus. The Hub is also an Ashoka U certified organization on our campus and is dedicated to teaching students the method and importance of design-thinking. Every semester, there are a number of workshops put on centered around design-thinking, entrepreneurship, and innovation. One example of a design-thinking workshop is the LAUNCH program. LAUNCH is a six-week design thinking bootcamp put on by the Changemaker Hub every semester. </span> <span style="font-size:small;">Initiatives on Campus </span> <span style=="font-size:small;">Because the Changemaker Hub is so central to campus, there are a myriad of events that take place within it. Not only this, but the Hub is working to collaborate with other clubs on campus to reach the student body even more. Pancake Peeps just recently merged with the Changemaker Hub in 2019. Pancake Peeps is a club that was started by a dedicated student who was involved with the Changemaker Hub, and is now an extremely popular program. Every Saturday, students carpool to Downtown, San Diego, to cook pancakes for the local homeless population. </span>
<span style="font-size: small;">Other organizations such as the Math Learning Center are really crucial to campus. The peer-to-peer tutoring is especially helpful as students can more effectively help others when they have literally had the same professors and sat in the same desks!</span>
<span style="font-size: small;">USD provides many opportunities for Entreprenuership through the Entrepreneurship Club and their events, as well as "Torero Treks" where students visit real, large companies and learn about what goes on there. </span>
=== Initiatives on Campus Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ===
<span style="font-size:small;"><span styleface="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" size="2">Current initiatives on our campus include a variety Due to the nature of events across multiple departments. Our Changemaker Hub promotes social innovation and entrepreneurship through Social Change Corpssmall class sizes, Changemaker Student Committee, hosting a social innovation lab faculty and promoting social innovation to incoming studentsare very closely connected. <span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Career Development Center encourages Most teachers know all or at least a majority of their students to go on a “Torero Trek” which is an opportunity for names. The smaller environment makes many students to travel across the country to learn about career opportunities from innovative feel more comfortable and diverse businessesfeel like they can approach their professors. In addition comparison, professors also feel closer to departmental initiatives, their students who becuase they have created their own organizations on campus also promote and take part in social innovation and entrepreneurship. Some Student run organizations include: Net Impact Club, TEDx, and pancake peeps. These Organization along with many others go above and beyond to take action and hold events throughout the year.</span></span></span><div><br/></div><span style="font-size:such small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In addition, USD is currently implementing a strategic plan "Envisioning 2024"class sizes. This strategic <span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">plan has been put in place Professors make sure to capitalizes on the university’s recent progress and aligns new strategic goals with current strengths to help shape a vision for the future as the university looks ahead to its 75th anniversary offer their time in the year 2024. Through this process we are analyzing how we can enhance student success, strengthen diversity, inclusion, and social justice, and improve other aspects of our campusoffice hours regularly. </span> </span></spanfont>
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size== Areas We Can Improve"2">Furthermore, because students and teachers are so close, many faculty on campus are passionate about helping students with their endeavours, whether these endeavours are academic or not. For example, work study students are given the opportunity to work closely with faculty members and learn what it is like to be in a business. For instance, students may participate in staff meetings. <br/font> ===
Students at USD could be more closely integrated during Freshman Year. Due to the spread out locations of on-campus dorms, many poeple struggle to meet others outside of their living area on campus. The freshman orientation includes many activities and field trips where students are randomly paired together, no matter where they live. We would love to facilitate more of these trips to bring opportunities for students all over campus to meet each other. === Facilitating University Innovation Industry Collaborations === Events on Campus ===
-My Story
-Changemaker Challenge
-LAUNCH
-Social Change Corps
-Ashoka U Exchange Conference === Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts === Feedback from Students ===
When we interviewed some students on campus we found that there were a few common concerns among the students. Many voiced concerns about the lack of transportation from and around campus. When interviewing students it was also made apparent that we can do a better job publicizing some opportunities better to students such as grants offered and opportunities for students to use what they learned in the classroom in real life. Students also shared that they enjoyed our events that were linked to the community such as My Story and Dinner with Strangers and they would appreciate working more with the local USD community.
Active students who hold leadership positions and who take initiative are more aware of various opportunities for innovation, but the general student body and alumni often lack a way of connecting to our Changemaker identity. We consider this a big problem that we want to explore and further research. In addition, in the "spin out" section USD lacked a long-term support system of students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship after graduation. While USD offers a variety of ways to get involved while attending the college, it lacks a connect to alumni and supporting students after they graduate.
=== Related Links ===
<u>University of San Diego Strategic Priorities</u>
2019 Cohort: Strategic priorities described in: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_San_Diego_Student_Priorities Session 4 Strategic Priorities]
2018 Cohort: Strategic priorities video: [https://youtu.be/6y2aofmyf-M https://youtu.be/6y2aofmyf-M]
<u>Members of UIF team:</u>
''2019 Cohort''
[[Erica buyalos|Erica Buyalos]]
[[Sophia_Austin|Sophia Austin]]
[[University of San Diego Student Priorities|Session 4 Strategic Priorities ]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Linnea_Leidy Linnea Leidy]
''2018 Cohort''
[[Reijer_den_DulkUser:Jheaton|Reijer den DulkJulia Heaton]]
[[JheatonUser:Reijer Den Dulk|Julia HeatonReijer Den Dulk]]
[[Riley_DeanUser:Riley Dean|Riley Dean]]
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