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~~[[File~~=General:LaRissaLawrie2.jpg|thumb|200x300px|LaRissaLawrie2.jpg]] LaRissa Lawrie is a Strategic Communications student at Wichita State University. She was born and raised in Wichita Kansas. She is currently a Technical Developer at the Ennovar Institute at Wichita State where she works directly with engineers creating collateral for technology companies. In her free time, LaRissa free =<div>'''Serving as ~~Vice President. She is active in the entrepreneurship and communications communities in Wichita, she is also~~ a member of Wichita Women Who Code and Wichita Professional Communicators.Throughout her college career, she has been interested in how to bring together diverse groups of students. Something that she’s seen through her previous work in journalism. LaRissa learned about University Innovation Fellows when she co-founded Shocker Startup with Wesley Alexis and Hannah Hund. UIF ~~has given her the~~Since: opportunity to explore how innovation and entrepreneurship can empower her fellow students. LaRissa has a passion for the intersection of storytelling and technology. That passion is one of the primary drivers of her work to introduce interdisciplinary studies to Wichita State.Her goals for after graduation are to work at a startup in a marketing and communications position. If you would like to get in touch with LaRissa, feel free to email her at [mailto:Lawrie.larissa@gmail.com Lawrie.larissa@gmail.com]'''Fall 2016<~~div~~/span>~~== Related Links ==~~

'''School:~~//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Wichita_State_University~~ '''Wichita State University~~] ===~~

'''~~Fellows~~Status: '''Alumni<~~div~~/span>~~=== [http:~~

'''What she does now: '''marketing, strategic branding consultant, and photographer</~~/universityinnovation.org/wiki/Austin_Crane Austin Crane] ===~~span>

'''What that means:~~//universityinnovation~~''' She helps people craft the best narratives possible.~~org~~ </~~wiki~~span> '''What she's passionate about:''' Accessibility

~~=== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kevin_Kraus Kevin Kraus] ===~~

'''Contact her about:''' Teaching Design Thinking classes, navigating higher education systems, starting university innovation and entrepreneurship clubs, unconferences, hosting design competitions, I&E curriculum, and communication-related items like social media marketing.~~org~~</~~wiki~~span>

'''Email: '''larissa@lawriecreative.com</div><div>[[~~http~~File:LaRissa Lawrie.jpg|border|center|LaRissa Lawrie.jpg]] </~~universityinnovation.org~~div><div> </~~Jesus_Gomez Jesus Gomez]~~ div>LaRissa Lawrie has a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communication and a Master of Arts in Communication from Wichita State University. She was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She is currently working on a Ph.D. in Journalism from the University of Missouri.

~~=== [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Caylin_Wiley Caylin Wiley] ===~~

Her background is in technical communication and working with engineers to create technical white papers. In graduate school, she worked as a freelance journalist, strategic branding consultant, and public speaking instructor. LaRissa is a past President of Lambda Pi Eta at Wichita State University, a national communication honor society. She also was awarded a journalism fellowship with Salon Media Group. LaRissa is very active in community building and entrepreneurship. She was a Venture for America Fellow and now regularly volunteers as a Venture for America Alumni. She is also a past member of the Wichita Professional Communicators and the National Federation of Press Women. <div> [[File:Larissa speaking2.jpg|border|Larissa speaking2.jpg|link=Special:FilePath/Larissa_speaking2.jpg]] </div> ='''Some highlights of her UIF work include:''' = *Helping found Shocker Startup (Wichita State’s first innovation and entrepreneurship student organization) and in the past served as Vice President. Shocker Startup has organized multiple large speaking events at Wichita State, hosted pitch competitions, created an alumni network of mentors to support student entrepreneurs, and given away grant money to interdisciplinary student teams to fund prototypes.  *Giving pop-up classes and guest lectures on design-thinking, rapid prototyping, and creative confidence skills. This has served as a way to involve non-technical students in the innovation ecosystem and get them involved. LaRissa has helped facilitate design thinking activities at the November Silicon Valley Meetup in 2017 and several academic conferences. LaRissa has taught thousands of people lessons on design thinking, creativity confidence, and empathy.  [~~http~~[File:Larissa hannah.jpg|frame|Larissa hannah.jpg]]<div></div>*LaRissa and Hannah Hund participated in an Aggies Invent design competition at Texas A&M during the summer of 2016. Their team took third place. Both LaRissa and Hannah decided to work to bring that style of design competition to Wichita State. In 2017, They helped organize “Mars or Bust” – a 24/~~universityinnovation~~hour design competition around space sustainability at Wichita State.~~org~~In 2018, they helped bring “Invent for the Planet” to Wichita State, a global design competition in coordination with Texas A&M that tackled the society's biggest challenges including environmental/climate affairs, sustainability,</~~wiki~~span> energy solutions, social issues, improving developing nations and resource equity</~~Michael_Schlesinger~~ span>.  <div>LaRissa learned about University Innovation Fellows when she co-founded Shocker Startup with Wesley Alexis and Hannah Hund. UIF has given her the opportunity to explore how innovation and entrepreneurship can empower students. LaRissa’s passion is at the intersection of communication and technology. </div> ---- =='''Video Links'''==<div>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtNmfzCIqHM&t=1s LaRissa Lawrie uiguide]</div><div>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=106XE-6zmcc&t=1s UIF Silicon Valley Meetup on November 16-20, 2017]</div><div></div>---- =Related Links= [[Wichita State University|Wichita State University]] [[Wichita State University Student Priorities|Wichita State University Student Priorites]] University Innovation Fellows Spring 2016: [[Jocelyn Galicia|Jocelyn Galicia]] [[Jesus Gomes|Jesus Gomez]] '''LaRissa Lawrie''' [[Michael Schlesinger|Michael Schlesinger] ] [[Caylin Wiley|Caylin Wiley]] Fall 2015: [[Wesley Alexis|Wesley Alexis]] [[Austin Crane|Austin Crane]] [[Hannah Hund|Hannah Hund]]</~~div~~span> [[Kevin Kraus|Kevin Kraus]] [[Saad Syed|Saad Syed]] [[Category:Student Contributors|l]][[Category:Student Contributors]]

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