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== '''Strategy 1: Alter Campus Culture by Gaining More Student Involvement ''' ==

Selected Topics in Design is an aerospace engineering course that offers sophomore and junior honors students the opportunity to work side-by-side with the aerospace engineering students enrolled in their senior design course.  Creating parallel courses in the other engineering departments would help form a foundation in design earlier on in a student’s academic career.

*Speak with the faculty of senior design courses to gauge the feasibility

*Discuss the option of these courses fulfilling Engineer of 2020 requirement

*Create the first revision of the curriculum

*Begin offering these courses

*Determine if this course could satisfy senior design requirements

*Identify community businesses interested in a partnership

*Create ~~~~the first~~~~revision~~revision~~ of the curriculum

*Begin offering the course

*Interview students of all discipline to gather data on ideas and topics for TedX event.

*Research logistics of hosting TedX and similar events.

*Engage administration to help facilitate the event.

Long-Term Tactics to Implement Strategy

== '''Strategy 9: Increasing ~~A''''''bout ''''''~~About the Plethora of I&E Resources on Campus''' ==

=== '''Tactic #1: Wu-Invent App''' ===

<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Many of the engineering degrees at WSU require a senior design or capstone course that allows students to create an innovative product or process to meet needs within their field of study. However, outside of these courses, students in other disciplines do not have the same opportunity. By implementing an innovation-centered curriculum, students across campus would be encouraged/required to participate in an Innovation Project. Multidisciplinary teams would work with mentors (faculty and industry professionals) on developing an innovative idea that would be presented at the Shocker New Venture Competition, or other similar events on campus. Outside of this, the teams would be judged/graded by their mentors and would receive course credit for the work.

=== '''Tactic #3: Campus Create Day''' ===

'''Project Lead:''' Molly Carlson

'''Overview:''' Create a fun way to introduce students of all ages to innovation and entrepreneurship at WSU. Different departments will have various craft based innovation challenges that will encourage students to implement I&E in all aspects of their education. It will also show all I&E things WSU already has on campus.

'''Short term tactics: '''gain faculty and campus approval, create activities for examples, create activities guidelines

'''Long term tactics:''' find groups to make activities, find an open space, reach out to neighboring elementary, middle, and high schools to send invitations.The goal would be to have this event in the spring semester.

== '''Strategy 11: Community Engagement and Involvement''' ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">For being a commuter-driven campus, WSU has little involvement with the surrounding community of Wichita. I&E opportunities that encourage collaboration between community members and WSU students, such as GoCreate, have flourished due to the cross-community incubator it has become. However, these spaces are few and far between. ICT Innovation Monday would open doors of local entrepreneurs and major corporations alike for students to learn about innovation and share their own ideas. Out of these collaborations, students would be exposed to new ideas and processes, be able to meet potential mentors and employers, and find like-minded individuals to pursue their ideas with.

=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Tactic #2: Shocker Street Market''' ===

=== '''Project Lead: Savannah Redfern and '''Molly Carlson ===

Every first Friday of the month Wichita holds a city-wide art crawl event for thousands of Wichitans to engage with local art at unique locations around town. It is a grassroots event that promotes the arts and the community. As Wichita State has a renowned outdoor sculpture collection, a large art museum, and talented student artists and faculty, it does not make sense as to why WSU is not a part of this. At the Shocker Street Market held on our campus, students and faculty would be able to sell and show their art. Students will be able to apply to hold a booth at the market and gain experience in selling their products. There will also be local artists at the booths as well in order to increase community engagement. We would have student bands, food trucks, yard games, picnic areas and more. This event would bring not only the campus community together but would also bring the Wichita community to us.

=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">'''Tactic #3: Lawn Party''' ===

'''Project Lead: Matthew Colborn'''

Student pride and campus community is low in comparison to other universities of our caliber. In addition to this networking and finding new people to meet (which is becoming increasingly important to younger generations) is another challenge students are having. By creating a lawn party that is offered to students for free and non students for a ticketing price we can bring in celebrities to perform for our students and the community while offering additional value to our partner companies on campus by strategically placing the event in locations that would increase their foot traffic. By throwing this event it kicks off the semester and creates natural collisions for students and businesses.

== '''Strategy 12: Encourage Students to Embrace the Spirit of Innovation''' ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-536e-9c53-20d8-b15e6ea62058" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;">For students to embrace a culture and truly feel like they are a part of something, you have to set a precedent from day 1. As potential new shockers visit WSU they have the opportunity to experience campus and the future that may lie ahead for them. [IN]nnovation is an initiative focused on potential new students and giving them a taste of what WSU is really about. During their campus visit, students will receive a 1in by 1in plastic square. On that square, they are asked to write their biggest hope for college on one side, and their biggest fear on the other. After their visit, the “token” is collected and stored until the beginning of the semester. Students who are admitted and enrolled at WSU will have their “token” given to a student artist who will be charged with the responsibility of creating a work of art showcasing the hopes of all of the tokens combined. The fears will be to the inside of the work, with the idea in mind that as one part of a greater whole, the students can overcome any adversity and accomplish their biggest hopes and dreams.

== '''Strategy 13: Outreach for Underserved Local Communities''' == === Tactic #1: Innovation Station === '''Project Lead: Christian Ammerman''' The idea for Innovation Station stems from a crossover of our WUIFx program that is run through Collegiate High School and was inspired by our Innovation In Action workshop, which engaged high school seniors in design thinking. By engaging in both programs, we found it crucial to help provide students across disciplines, social classes, and locations necessary tools to actively engage in design thinking and various innovative processes, regardless of their backgrounds. The purpose of Innovation Station is to provide knowledge to students in schools that do not receive proper funding for engagement in both design thinking and STEAM. Ideally, we would like to venture to various schools throughout Kansas, especially smaller, and more rural schools. We would like to give the students a greater worldview, to engage in problem-solving skills, and to empower them to make a change. This model will be properly prototyped at St. Anne's Catholics School's STEM Club and will feature a short introduction to design thinking, what UIF is, and then followed by a short design challenge. On top of exposing students to design thinking, Innovation Station also provides WSU with positive marketing, as well as market UIF to prospective students. === '''Tactic #2: Let's Go Full STEAM Ahead''' === '''Project Lead: Sierra Bonn''' [http://letsgofullsteamahead.com "Let's Go Full STEAM Ahead!"] is an educational initiative to empower young women to see their potential within the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Of all the science, engineering, and tech workers in the United States, only 24% are women. To address this gender disparity, young women need to be encouraged to pursue their dreams. Starting with students at Colvin Elementary School, we have prototyped teaching methods to explore STEAM with 2nd and 3rd-grade girls. At Girl Scout camp, we prototyped activities for their new Science and Engineering Exploration Badges. In Augusta Public Schools (elementary, middle, and high school), we will be prototyping short STEAM workshops that can be taught in 30 minutes-1 hour, that tie into what the students and teachers are already doing with their classrooms. '''Watch Sierra's Ignite about "Let's Go Full STEAM Ahead!":''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOGSDYBEKI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0rXUybj_13q7XCZjNt7mN_PjgXVzaWiwjUOtpa6gdtua2WYpUnq-sR5fA "Let's Go Full STEAM Ahead: Addressing Gender Disparity" an ignite presentation at the 2019 ASEE Midwest Regional Conference] == '''Strategy 14: Encouraging Students to Utilize Campus Resources''' == === '''Tactic #1: Shocker Study Spaces''' === '''Project Lead: Maggie Brown''' When interviewing students for session two, many of them made comments about only knowing to go to the Rhatigan Student Center, or RSC, when they have extra time but don't want to leave campus. There was also mention of not liking the RSC due to how loud and noisy it is. There are many places to go on campus that could be used by students as study spaces, but many students don't know where these places are located and don't want to seek them out. The purpose of Shocker Study Spaces is to make these locations known. The plan, as of now, is to get permission to mark the directories of buildings with stickers showing where these areas are, to put a vinyl wall decal that says "Shocker Study Space" in the locations, and to create maps of the buildings with the spaces marked. To start putting this plan into action, we will have to figure out with department, or department(s), we will need to work with to get permission to mark walls/directories, create the stickers, and the logo to go on the stickers. There is not yet a set date for this to be prototyped because there are still conversations that need to happen. === '''Tactic #2: Shocker Scooter''' === === '''Project Lead: Noah Foster''' === When reflecting on our mobilization, parking is an issue when it comes to campus, as such, we were thinking of numerous ideas to help solve this problem. Approximately 85-90% of students are living off campus. To help diminish this problem, we could implement scooter stations around campus that would be able to be checked out, like a program that the city of Denver has. We chose scooters because of the ease with which it takes to use one, and because of the small amount of space, they take up, compared to a bike taking up an entire sidewalk. Along with these, there would be stations scattered throughout the whole campus, which would allow students, staff, and faculty to check out the scooter through our Shocker Cards (ID's). The scooters would be electric and charged in the stations, so they would be able to tell you which has the most battery life. Also, with the scooters, we would map out Wichita State's campus so that the entire campus would be on it, and a route would be able to generate the path that is fastest from station to station, similar to a GPS system. Overall, this intends to help students for parking and mobility, and if they park far away, they can reach their classes quicker and get to their intended destination faster and with ease. == '''Strategy 15: Assisting First Year Students in Learning Wichita State's Campus''' == === '''Tactic #1: ICT Tour''' === '''Project Lead: Mikah Betterton''' ICT Touris for first-year students who are not from Wichita and want to explore more of their college town. ICT Tour will take the students around Wichita's local restaurants and shops, who would then punch a hole in their card. Once, they fill up their card and take it to the Office of First Year Programs they will be awarded a gift. This will help drive first-year students to become more active in their community and help the local businesses get more customers at their stores.  There will be a list of recommended local restaurants and shops that are part of the program based on vendors that are interested, and willing to participate. This is loosely based on Kansas State University's tour of Aggieville, and could even feature WSU's "ShockStops" which give students discounts at participating businesses. == '''Strategy 16: How to Increase Interdisciplinary Connections Across Campus''' == === '''Tactic #1: WUIFx Goes Greek!''' === '''Project Lead: RJ Clark''' WUIFx Goes Greek draws its inspiration from WSU's very cohesive Greek community. This community is comprised of 13 different fraternities and sororities, each of which would contribute members to participate in this 48-hour design competition. The competitors would compete to solve a pre-determined problem, and then present their solution in the form of a 90-second video, an 8-minute presentation, as well as defend their position in front of a panel of judges. Throughout the competition, UIF and faculty/staff will provide materials, resources, information, and assistance as necessary. Overall, this would not only improve the interdisciplinary connections that WSU already has but also create connections across the different chapters of Greek life. This program would ideally start next fall, as the timing would be ideal to also incorporate Greek recruitment and events into the schedule, as well as serve as a "back to school" event to improve student participation on Wichita State's Campus. <parsererror style="display: block; white-space: pre; border: 2px solid #c77; padding: 0 1em 0 1em; margin: 1em; background-color: #fdd; color: black">=== This page contains the following errors: ===<div style="font-family:monospace;font-size:12px">error on line 1 at column 4189: attributes construct error </div>=== Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. ===</parsererror>== '''Strategy 17: Creating More of a Community for International Students''' == === '''Tactic #1: Carshare ''' === '''''''''Project Lead: Jacob Burns''''' The idea in mind is that international students don’t always have ways to get around town or go where they need to go. There have been complaints about the bus not going to walmart often enough or at a convenient time for everybody. If we had WSU students sign up to volunteer a couple hours to take international students places like Walmart or Walgreens or anywhere else they may need to go, it would not only allow them to obtain their essentials for living, but it could also help international students make a connection with other students on campus. == '''Strategy 18: Innovation Living Learning Community- Creating Community for First-year students and gaining experiences in entrepreneurship and innovation in our community and campus'''  '''Tactic #1: Innovation LLC''' '''Project Lead: Savannah Redfern''' <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">An Innovation Living Learning Community would provide first-year students with opportunities to gain experience in design-thinking and innovation. It would be a community offuture entrepreneurs, innovators, business, and community leaders collaborating together to better the campus and Wichita.  During their first semester, they will all be enrolled in the same first year seminar class that focuses on innovation and design-thinking. This will be a hands-on class where students not only learn about the design-thinking process and the resources on campus, but also about issues in our community and campus. There will be guest speakers of changemakers in our community and our campus. Students will learn how to be changemakers in our community as well as what needs to be changed.  In the second semester, students will work in teams to develop and cultivate unique ideas and concepts. During this semester, they will develop these ideas into a successful event, product, club or program for Wichita State or the Wichita community. They will collaborate together and keep each other and the RA and professor updated on their progress. Finally, students will have the opportunity to showcase their efforts in a semester-ending competition with the other teams within Innovation LLC. == '''Strategy 1318: Early look into Innovation, outreach, and marketing of Innovation Resources''' == === '''Tactic #1: WuShock Tank''' === '''Project Lead: Angelique Banh & Corbin Prichard''' WuShock Tank is an annual Innovation competition aimed towards new students or those with budding interests in innovation and entrepreneurship. Being aimed at beginners helps students foster and grow their love for innovation without the pressure or stress of a conventional competition. As well, this would allow students studying majors not typically associated with innovation or entrepreneurship develop their skills and confidence early on in their school career. === '''Tactic #2: Innovate @ Wichita State!''' === '''Project Lead: ~~Outreach~~ Alexander King''' Innovate @ Wichita State! is a video series that serves as marketing for ~~Underserved Local Communities~~the existing innovation resources here on Wichita State's campus. Providing location, information, and an interview with a member of the resource would help spread the word and increase students' use of the existing resources. This is a weekly/biweekly series that employs video production majors or marketing majors to help develop their skills with a tangible marketing campaign to ensure the effective use of WSU's innovative resources at students' disposal. === '''Tactic #3: LAS Connected''' === '''Project Lead: Jadie Chauncey ''' LAS Connected is a once a month seminar to help connect Liberal Arts students on the Wichita State Campus and encourage innovation within their disciplines. As well, it serves as a way to connect students with each other and form lasting friendships and partnerships to carry them through their careers.<div></div> =Related Links = [[Wichita State University|Wichita State University]] '''Wichita State University Student Priorities''' [http://universityinnovationfellows.org/ University Innovation Fellow]

~~= Related Links =~~2019 Fellows

~~~~[[~~Wichita State University~~Savannah Redfern|~~Wichita State University~~Savannah_Redfern]]~~~~

~~'''Wichita State University Student Priorities'''~~[[Jacob Burns|Jacob_Burns]]

~~~~[~~http://universityinnovationfellows.org/ University Innovation Fellows~~[Molly Carlson|Molly_Carlson]]~~~~

~~~~Spring 2018 Fellows~~~~

[[Slueckenotto|~~~~Spencer Lueckenotto~~~~]]

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kyle_Kopecky Kyle Kopecky]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jessica_Aldrich Jessica Aldrich]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/William_Valentine William Valentine ]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Austin_Nordyke Austin Nordyke]~~~~

~~~~Spring 2017 Fellows~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kelsey_Hanna Kelsey Hanna]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Isaac_Carrillo Isaac Carrillo]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mohamed_Moustafa Mohamed Moustafa]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/LeviLowe Levi Lowe]~~~~

~~~~Spring 2016 Fellows~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Jesus%20Gomez Jesus Gomez]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/LaRissa%20Lawrie LaRissa Lawrie]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Caylin%20Wiley Caylin Wiley]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/Michael%20Schlesinger Michael Schlesinger]~~~~

~~~~[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Galicia Jocelyn Galicia]~~~~

~~~~Fall 2015 Fellows~~~~

~~~~[[Wesley Alexis|Wesley Alexis]]~~~~

~~~~[[Austin Crane|Austin Crane]]~~~~

~~~~[[Hannah Hund|Hannah Hund]]~~~~

~~~~[[Kevin Kraus|Kevin Kraus]]~~~~

~~~~[[Saad Syed|Saad Syed]]~~~~

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