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<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.&nbsp;</span> <span style="font-size:small;">Initiatives on Campus&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;</span>

The Changemaker Hub <span style="font-size: small;">Furthermore, Outdoor Adventures is a resource for students wide-reaching program on campus to actively learn and engage . Many students resonate with social justice and social innovation the love of being outdoors. Outdoor Adventures goes on frequent trips, as well as a global scale and local scaleretreat before the school year even starts. This is an Ashoka U certified organization on our campus that allows us A lot of students begin to actively network feel really at home with other universities around the globe passionate about social innovation. This resource provides education and experience human-centered design, user testing, Outdoor Adventures community engagement, and much more.&nbsp;are able to bond with new friends in the outdoors!</span>

Initiatives on Campus&nbsp<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;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Current initiatives on our campus include a variety of USD provides many opportunities for Entreprenuership through the Entrepreneurship Club and their events across multiple departments.&nbsp; Our Changemaker Hub promotes social innovation and entrepreneurship through Social Change Corps, Changemaker Student Committee, hosting a social innovation lab and promoting social innovation to incoming students.&nbsp;<span style=as well as "background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;Torero Treks">Our Career Development Center encourages where students to go on a “Torero Trek” which is an opportunity for students to travel across the country to visit real, large companies and learn about career opportunities from innovative and diverse businesses. In addition to departmental initiatives, students who have created their own organizations what goes on campus also promote and take part in social innovation and entrepreneurshipthere. 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>&nbsp;</span>

<span stylefont face="fontarial, helvetica, sans-serif" size:="2">Due to the nature of small;"class sizes, faculty and students are very closely connected. Most teachers know all or at least a majority of their students names. The smaller environment makes many students feel more comfortable and feel like they can approach their professors. In comparison, professors also feel closer to their students becuase they have such small class sizes. Professors make sure to offer their time in office hours regularly.</font> <span stylefont face="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">In addition, USD is currently implementing a strategic plan "Envisioning 2024". This strategic&nbsp;<span stylesize="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;2">plan has been put in place to capitalizes 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 university’s recent progress opportunity to work closely with faculty members and aligns new strategic goals with current strengths learn what it is like to help shape be in a vision for the future as the university looks ahead to its 75th anniversary in the year 2024business. Through this process we are analyzing how we can enhance student successFor instance, strengthen diversity, inclusion, and social justice, and improve other aspects of our campusstudents may participate in staff meetings. </span>&nbsp;</span></spanfont>

Students at USD offers a wide range could be more closely integrated during Freshman Year. Due to the spread out locations of events on-campus dorms, many poeple struggle to meet others outside of their living area on campus. The freshman orientation includes many activities and opportunities for field trips where students from diverse backgrounds but we can still improve some aspects of our campusare randomly paired together, no matter where they live. We feel that we can re-imagine parts would love to facilitate more of the Freshmen Orientation experience so as these trips to accommodate bring opportunities for students all students better and ensure we are offering the most engaging and innovative opportunities our over campus has to offermeet each other. &nbsp;

-Ashoka U&nbsp;Exchange Conference

<u>University of San Diego Strategic Priorities and Pitch Video</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:&nbsp;[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]] [[Tanya_Keval|Tanya Keval]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Linnea_Leidy Linnea Leidy] 

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