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<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 involvedwithin their communities as well as on and off campus. This The Hub is also an Ashoka U certified organization on our campus. Furthermore, the Hub and is dedicated to teaching students the method and importance of design-thinking. There have been Every semester, there are a number of workshops put on centered around design-thinking, including 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 Hubevery semester.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Because the Changemaker Hub is so central to campus, their 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 begun started by a dedicated studentwho was involved with the Changemaker Hub, and is now an extremely popular program. Every Saturday, students carpool to Downtown, San Diego. Here, the students to cook pancakes for the local homeless population.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arialFurthermore,helvetica,sansOutdoor Adventures is a wide-serif;">"Current initiatives reaching program on our campus include a variety . Many students resonate with the love of events across multiple departmentsbeing outdoors.&nbsp; Our Changemaker Hub promotes social innovation and entrepreneurship through Social Change CorpsOutdoor Adventures goes on frequent trips, Changemaker Student Committeeas well as a retreat before the school year even starts. A lot of students begin to feel really at home with the Outdoor Adventures community, hosting a social innovation lab and promoting social innovation are able to incoming students.&nbsp;bond with new friends in the outdoors!</span> <span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: transparent; white-space: pre-wrapsmall;">Our Career Development Other organizations such as the Math Learning Center encourages students are really crucial to go on a “Torero Trek” which is an opportunity for students to travel across the country to learn about career opportunities from innovative and diverse businessescampus. In addition The peer-to departmental initiatives, -peer tutoring is especially helpful as students who can more effectively help others when they have created their own organizations on campus also promote literally had the same professors and take part sat 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."same desks!</span> </spanstyle="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.&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;

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