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[[File=General:LaRissaLawrie2.jpg|thumb|200x300px]] =<div><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Serving as a UIF Since: '''Fall 2016</span>
LaRissa <span style="font-size:medium;Lawrie is a senior studying Strategic Communications at ">'''School: '''Wichita State University. She was born and raised in Wichita Kansas. Her background is in technical communications and working with engineers to create technical white papers. LaRissa is a freelance photographer, graphic designer, and copy-editor. In 2017, LaRissa started her own design agency called Modberry Market which serves small business, startups and entrepreneurs in the Wichita area.</span>
She is a founding member of Shocker Startup and in the past served as Vice President. Shocker Startup has organized multiple large speaking events at Wichita State, is creating an alumni network of mentors to support student entrepreneurs, and is giving away grant money to fund prototypes for interdisciplinary student teams<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Status: '''Alumni</span><br />
As part of her UIF <span style="font-size:medium;work LaRissa">'''What she does now: '''marketing, gives pop-up classes</seminars on design-thinking, rapid prototyping, and creative confidence skills. This has served as a way to involve nonspan><span style="font-technical students in the innovation eco-system and get them involved. LaRissa size: medium;is the President of Lambda Pi Eta at Wichita State University - a national communications honor society. She is active in the entrepreneurship and communications communities in Wichita">strategic branding consultant, she is also a member of Wichita Women Who Code and Wichita Professional Communicators.photographer</span>
Throughout her college career, she has been interested in <span style="font-size:medium;">'''What that means:''' She helps people craft the positive effects of bringing together diverse groups of studentsbest narratives possible. LaRissa </span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;learned ">'''What she's passionate 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. That passion is one of the primary drivers of her work to introduce interdisciplinary studies to Wichita State. :''' Accessibility</span>
If you would like to get in touch with LaRissa, feel free to email her at [mailto:larissa@larissalawrie.om larissa@larissalawrie.om] or reach out on social media.
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Spring 2016<span style="font-size:large;">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</span><span style="font-size:large;">.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">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. </span><div><br />[[File:Larissa speaking2.jpg|border|Larissa speaking2.jpg|link=Special:FilePath/Larissa_speaking2.jpg]]<br /><br /></div>
[[Jocelyn Galicia|Jocelyn Galicia]]='''Some highlights of her UIF work include:''' =
'''LaRissa Lawrie'''----
[[Caylin Wiley|Caylin Wiley]]=Related Links=
Fall 2015<span style="font-size:medium;">[[Wichita State University|Wichita State University]]</span>
[[Austin Crane|Austin Crane]]<span style="font-size:medium;">University Innovation Fellows</span>
[[Hannah Hund|Hannah Hund]]<span style="font-size:medium;">Spring 2016:</span>
<span style= Related Links "font-size:medium;">'''Contact her about:'''</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">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.</span><br />
<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Email: '''larissa@lawriecreative.com</span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">[[File:LaRissa Lawrie.jpg|border|center|LaRissa Lawrie.jpg]]</span><br /></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-size:large;">LaRissa Lawrie has a Bachelor of Arts in Strategic Communication and a Master of Arts in Communication from Wichita State University|. </span><span style="font-size: large;">She was born and raised in Wichita State , Kansas.</span> <span style="font-size:large;">She is currently working on a Ph.D. in Journalism from the University]]of Missouri.</span>
*<span style="font-size:medium;">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. <br /><br /></span>*<span style="font-size:medium;">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. </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">has helped facilitate design thinking activities at the November Silicon Valley Meetup in 2017 and several academic conferences. </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">has taught</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">thousands</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">of</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">people</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">lessons on</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">design thinking</span><span style="font-size:medium;">, creativity confidence, and empathy.</span> <span style="font-size:medium;"> [[Jesus GomesFile:Larissa hannah.jpg|Jesus Gomezframe|Larissa hannah.jpg]]</span><div></div>*<span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">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 </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">and Hannah decided to work to bring that style of </span><span style="font-size:medium;">design </span><span style="font-size:medium;">competition to Wichita State. In 2017, They helped organize “Mars or Bust”</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">–</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">a 24</span><span style="font-size:medium;">/hour</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">design competition around space sustainability at Wichita State. In 2018, they helped bring “Invent for the Planet” to Wichita State, a global design competition in coordination with Texas A&M</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">that tackled the society's biggest challenges including environmental</span><span style="font-size:medium;">/clim</span><span style="font-size:medium;">a</span><span style="font-size:medium;">te a</span><span style="font-size:medium;">ffairs,</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">sustainability,</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">energy solutions, social issues, improving developing nations and resource equity</span><span style="font-size:medium;">. </span><br /><div><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa </span><span style="font-size:medium;">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. </span><span style="font-size:medium;">LaRissa’s </span><span style="font-size:medium;">passion is at the intersection of communication and technology.</span> <br /></div>
=='''Video Links'''==<div><span style="font-size:medium;">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtNmfzCIqHM&t=1s LaRissa Lawrie uiguide]</span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;">[Michael Schlesinger|Michael Schlesinger]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=106XE-6zmcc&t=1s UIF Silicon Valley Meetup on November 16-20, 2017]</span></div><div></div>----
<span style="font-size:medium;">[[Wesley AlexisWichita State University Student Priorities|Wesley AlexisWichita State University Student Priorites]]</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;">[[Kevin KrausJocelyn Galicia|Kevin KrausJocelyn Galicia]]</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;">[[Jesus Gomes|Jesus Gomez]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">'''LaRissa Lawrie'''</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Michael Schlesinger|Michael Schlesinger]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Caylin Wiley|Caylin Wiley]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">Fall 2015:</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Wesley Alexis|Wesley Alexis]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Austin Crane|Austin Crane]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Hannah Hund|Hannah Hund]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Kevin Kraus|Kevin Kraus]]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[[Saad Syed|Saad Syed]]</span>
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