== Overview ==
Our project pitchFall 2019: [httpsBridging Communication with Campus Leadership<br/>{{#Widget:Youtube|id=YpdOnDqMsWY}}<br//www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn6llD7W-9Q&feature=youtu.be Creating a Community-Based Capstone]>
Fall 2018: Spreading Innovation Across the Disciplines<br/>{{#Widget:Youtube|id=7w0NfnCIers}}<br/>
== Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship Across All Disciplines ==
=== Create a design and innovation workshop for professors and faculty from all departments to teach them how to bring innovation into their classes.<br/> ===
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-de3f-214a-7c74-54449c749769"><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Offer project ideas that blend professor's subjects and innovation</span></span>*<span><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Offer Innovation and Entrepreneurship based courses in more departments</span></span> === Create an online innovation module that professors can give to their students that teaches them about innovation in regards to the class they are taking. ===
*<spanstyle="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap">Add a Canvas module that address innovation and entrepreneurship related to their class</span>*<span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Offer Innovation and Entrepreneurship based courses in more departmentsInclude a design project where students can gain real world innovation practice</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-align: center"></spanp>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-de3f-214a-7c74-54449c749769"><span style="font-size: 16px; vertical-alignStrategy #2: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Increase Innovation in Sustainability on Campus<br/span></span>==
=== Create an online innovation module that professors can give to their students that teaches them about innovation in regards to Host a Make-A-Thon around the class they are taking. Topic of Sustainability ===
<span style="font*Host a Make-size: 16px; whiteA-space: pre-wrap;">- Add Thon on campus open to all students asking them to come up with an innovative solution to a sustainability issue*Before the event begins, have students learn about the design thinking process*Offer a Canvas module that address innovation and entrepreneurship related reward to incentivize students to their class</span>participate, perhaps offer seed funding for winning idea
<span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Include a design project where students can gain real world innovation practice</span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: center;"></p>Integrate Design Thinking into Sustainability Courses ===
== Strategy #2: Introduce Start-Up Weekend *Offer a workshop to faculty about how they can integrate design thinking in regards to their sustainability courses*Encourage staff members to incorporate a project or Workshop Activities on Camp<br/> ==competition to solve a problem in their curriculum*Measure effectiveness of workshop by following up with faculty
=== Host an Strategy #3: Repurposing a Space on Campus to Foster Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week in Anderson Student Center for All Students ===
*Host speakers sponsored by engineering groups such as ASME, IEEE, SWE, etc. *Have activities outside of The View at == Building a table such as squishy circuits or quick build activitiesspace for cooperative innovation and new ideas.*Host a hackathon on South Campus for all students==
*<span style="font-size:medium">'''Students would have to complete an online training module to participate in the space. '''</span>*<span style="font-size:medium">'''Space would have resources needed for innovation and entreprenurial ideas. '''</span>*<span style= Host "font-size:medium">'''There would be a Start Up Weekend Design Challengedesign team, made of students, to help create, brainstorm, and ideate innovative thoughts. ==='''</span>
*Create == Strategy #4: Creating a 72 hour design challenge for students Canvas Page with all Resources Available to participate in over the weekend*Open the design challenge to students across all disciplines Students on Campus. ==
*<span style="font-size:larger"><span style== Offer Workshops throughout "white-space: pre-wrap">By educating all freshman and inoming students about the Semester Related resources they have to Innovation voice their opinions, get academic aid, career help, and Entrepreneurship =all other resources, will make the campus a better place for all.</span></span>*<span style="font-size:larger">The page will be added to the Freshman Year Experience class, so all freshman and incoming students will learn about their resources the University of St. Thomas provides.</span>*<span style="font-size:larger">Instead of structural change, we are improving the current resources available by educating students.</span>
*Collaborate with an already existing workshop to incorporate innovation and entrepreneurship*Host == Strategy #5: Creating a two hour workshop during convo hour sponsored by an engineering club Value-based connection. ==
*<span style="font-size:larger">Platform dedicated to incoming Tommies or Tommies seeking a linkedin-type experience, without the high stakes atmosphere linkedin users tend to perceive. </span>*<span style= Strategy #3"font-size: Increase Department Interaction larger">The platform would promote social connectivity through values instead of interests. Something that other socials fail to do. </span>*<span style="font-size:larger">Unbundled LinkedIn and de-fragmented UST resource page. </span>*<span style="font-size:larger">Get students to form relationships with others they wouldn’t have before and which go beyond their time at UST. </span>
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-de42-be52-1ddb-5d3568d60ca1"><span style="font-sizeStrategy #6: 14.6667px; verticalUST Pop-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Building a sense of shared enterprise.</span></span>*<span idUps ="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-de42-be52-1ddb-5d3568d60ca1"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make teamwork a priority by making it part of the performance management system.</span></span>*<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build a software that integrates benefits of BlueJeans, Mindly, OneDrive, and LinkedIn to help with:</span>**<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Building the perfect team with the qualified skills you need for a project (LinkedIn)</span>**<span style="font-size: 14.66670036315918px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Quick and easy 2 way communication (BlueJeans)</span>**<span style="font-size: 14.66670036315918px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laying out Projects (Mindly)</span>**<span style="font-size: 14.66670036315918px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Storing and sharing project files (OneDrive)</span>
== Strategy #4: Increase Real World Experiences for Students ==<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771">*<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;larger">Companies with a relationship “Pop Up” shops would appear on campus to St. Thomas host events where engage students can come and visit their company, experiencing their work environment.</span></span> ===<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students would be interested in this, as when companies come to visit during club meetings, there are huge turn outs</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It would be a no-pressure way to explore that environment, helping students with deciding which way they want to travel after they earn their degree</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This could be beneficial for companies, as the companies could scope out potential employees/interns, especially those that personally reach out to the company at the event.</span></span></li></ul></li><li>=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14variety of ways.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mandatory class for semester long internship</span></span> ===<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771">*<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;larger">This Participating organizations would be a huge way to get experience in the workfield as a class through the university.</span></span></li><li><span id="docsrange from showcasing on-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">St. Thomas could make a deal with the company, like if their students get the opportunity to intern part-time for a semester, they don’t have to pay them.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The students will learn actual physical skills towards their major that is different than just visiting as a group or talking campus events (Fowler) to a representativehosting local nonprofits.</span></span></li></ul></li><li>=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mandatory job shadowing for class with mandatory questions:</span></span> ===<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771">*<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;larger">Students Pop Ups would have to fulfill this to earn their degree, and in doing so, they can experience different places, helping them get provide a better feel for what they want to do after college.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If interested in this person, employers have a direct way of talking to the incubate student without having to go through an application process. It would be a nice way for seeking out internsdiscussion and connection.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-549bdd69-dd34-0856-46f3-4450b9e01771"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This would be more in depth way of learning about not only the company, but the job market, instead of just chatting with someone from the company for ten minutes.</span></span></li></ul></li></ul>
= Related Links =
<a href="[[University of Saint Thomas|University of Saint Thomas]] '''University of Saint Thomas Priorities''' Fall 2019 Leadership Circle: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Saint_Thomas User:ErikAnderson Erik Anderson] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Saint_ThomasAva_Carefoot Ava Carefoot]">Campus Overview</a>
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Spring 2017 Leadership Circle:
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Hannah Brodersen[[Dominique Stewart|Dominique Stewart]]
<a href="[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Murad_Abduselam http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Murad_Abduselam[Lucas Manke|Lucas Manke]]">Murad Abduselam</a>
<a href="[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Paige_Huschka http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Paige_Huschka[Jackie Page|Jackie Page]]">Paige Huschka</a>
[[Logan Monahan|Logan Monahan]]
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