2021 Cohort
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= Vision for the Colorado School of Mines =
== Fall 2021 ==
As the sole member of the Fall 2021 Cohort, Adam Schwartz is looking to expand academic majors and opportunities to further match the needs of students and the future trajectory of the economy, particularly in the energy sector. Opportunities to expand Majors, Minors, Areas of Special Interest, industry connections, and societies of engineers in unrepresented industries are all under thorough review. The project Adam is most interested in is getting a Renewable Energy Area of Special Interest in the immediate future, with key tactics of collaborating with academic departments, enthusiastic faculty, and industry experts. Raising awareness and gauging need of this project are critical components.
== Fall 2020 ==
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== Fall 2018 ==
== Entrepreneurship and Innovation Mindset ==
=== TedX-Style Platform ===
There is currently not a forum on the campus of CSM where students can go to hear productive discussions on topics that are generally off-the-table for STEM students. A platform of this sort would serve to broaden the horizons of Mines students and introduce them to new ideas and challenge them to think critically about the large issues that face society and the responsibility that Mines students have as future technical professionals of these societies. Speakers on this platform would be professors, public intellectuals, and selected students. If the turnout is great enough, debates could even be held on this platform with the assistance of a well-equipped moderator. The goal of establishing a platform like this would be to help change the way that Mines students think about the broader contexts of society, the very foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. We would love to see a club created with a faculty champion to help make this group a little less transient as well as aggregate a list of potential topics and speakers to populate events on campus through polling with the Mines student body.
=== Entrepreneurship and Innovation Curriculum ===
There will be a trial run for a MakerSpace to be implemented on campus. If this space is a success, the Mines UIF leadership circle will analyze feedback around the space and try to implement a permanent building for design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship with a floor dedicated to being a functional MakerSpace.
=== Creative Space ===
Although Mines has a lot of workshop and maker spaces, there is not really anywhere for our more artsy students to go. I think it would be beneficial to have an area with various art supplies to allow students a creative outlet. After surveying students, I found that many would like to see instruments, a vast range of art supplies (different paper, cardboard, paints, etc), and even possibly a rehearsal space and a sound-proof room.
== Establish regular Design, Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (DICE) events ==
By creating a space on campus where students can find resources to stimulate the creative, right side of their brains, we will increase both creativity and mental health on campus. In this space, students will find board games, puzzles, art supplies, instruments and other resources to de-stress and create.
= Next Steps: Institutional Acceptance and Support for DICE =
Incoming freshmen and transfer students can opt-in to the “buddy system” - possibly called Mines Mates. They would be paired with a current Mines student who could help the new student with anything and everything. Whether they need help finding a class, desire a study buddy, or just want someone to talk to. The buddy would be the new students' go-to person. Unlike peer mentors, the buddy would only have one student, allowing for more personal interactions.
== Career Videos for Freshmen at Mines; CSM 101 Lesson ==
Many students face trouble on choosing a major - not just because they are scared of taking certain classes, but because they realize for the major that they have chosen, what they do in the industry is not what they wish to do. To help with this, there can be outreach made by Mines to Mines Alumni to record a videos of their day/conduct an interview of their life in the industry (we would collect videos from all majors offered at Mines). These videos will be set as Canvas modules for the CSM 101 classes as a Lesson Plan, for students to watch a few videos for majors that they themselves are interested in.
The ultimate goal is to help offer insight for students to understand what life is like in the industry, with a guidance of showing what each major does in the industry. This is planned to not cost the school anything, but to unite the departments, Alumni, and students in helping the future in knowing the direction in which they wish to pursue in life. This is in the hopes that this topic will alleviate the stress of students from choosing a specific major that they would hope to strive for.
A prototype was created to show an example of what these videos can look like (see link below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0f29jGsunU
= Long-term Vision =
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sarena_Nguyen Colorado School of Mines University Innovation Fellow - Sarena Nguyen]
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