2021 Cohort
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edits
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== <big> Fall 2021 Student Priorities </big> == Loyola is a place where students can learn new opportunities and gain new perspectives. Through our different prototypes, we are working on expanding the opportunities and giving Loyola students a better college experience.
'''Strategy #1- Create start-up events for Loyola students to attend
We found that there are not many opportunities for Loyola students to take part in start-up events. We decided to poll students from various majors to gage the overall interest in such events. We found that many students are interested in events such as these and would be interested in attending. We also found that there are numerous amounts of start-up events in the Baltimore area. We believe it is very feasible to create events like these on the Loyola campus, or make it possible for Loyola students to attend off campus events. We found that there was less interest in weekend long events or even some events off campus, so it would be ideal to bring these events to the Evergreen campus. We believe these start-up events could be an excellent experience for the Loyola students and serve students from various majors and minors. Overall, we believe the interests in such events is great and would be a great addition to our university.
'''Strategy #2- Host continuous information and Update sessions on I&E events on campus'''
In response to the low exposure the I&E dpt has, we decided to survey students to know how many knew about the minor that is offered. Results on the survey showed that most students did not know Loyola had a I&E minor and wished they had been given more information. Through further investigation we found out that these students were highly involved in our community and would like to learn skills to further develop programs and ideas. We now understand that we must increase exposure to this major as it could be used as a bottleneck for future cohorts of the UIF team at Loyola.
'''Strategy #3- Reach out to other organizations on campus to incorperate I&E into other organizations'''
We discovered that many organizations, such as clubs, honors societies, and affiliate organizations already apply the principles of I&E but many do not know about the further resources on campus. Partnering with other organizations will not only get the word out about UIF but also help other clubs further their goals.
'''Strategy - #4 - Get Admin Involved'''
As a team we created an email template for if we ever need to ask important members of the administration for funding for our project. By selling the University Innovation Fellows and our message of spreading innovation in little ways on campus, we found it easy to ask for help from the school. A deep relationship with the administration is key to executing our plans as a team effectively. taking the time to carefully build a good lasting relationship with our schools institutions and students are a high priority for us.
= Fall 2020 Student Priorities =