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=== Description: ===

In order to encourage students from different schools within the University to work collaboratively within I&E, I propose that we facilitate an extracurricular group project system, wherein several projects run each semester with an overarching theme. Teams will be composed of 4 students from at least 3 different schools and projects will run for 6 weekswith the goals of building prototyping and design thinking skills, improving teamwork and communication, and I&E certificate credit.  

=== Project: I&E Projects (will need to come up with a catchy name) ===

Tactic A: 6 week interdisciplinary group projects

Milestone 1: ~~[TITLE]~~MEET WITH STAKEHOLDERS

~~~~~~[Description]~~We will first need to meet with our stakeholders to discuss the feasibility and funding for these projects. One idea for a theme I have is campus and/or Oakland community improvements, but rules surrounding regulations and funding might be difficult to work around and will need to be well understood before we can launch any projects. We will also need to determine project budgets.</~~span~~font></~~font~~span>

<~~span id~~font color="#000000" face="~~docs-internal-guid-fcfce87a-fb33-4db4-17fa-09d5afd45def~~Arial"><span style="~~font~~caret-~~size: 14pt; font-family: Arial;~~ color: rgb(670, 670, 670); ~~background~~font-~~color~~size: ~~transparent; vertical-align: baseline~~14.66670036315918px; white-space: pre-wrap;">~~Milestone 2:~~<span style="~~font-family: Arial;~~ color: rgb(67, 67, 67); ~~background~~font-~~color~~family: ~~transparent~~Arial; ~~vertical~~font-~~align~~size: ~~baseline~~14pt; white-space: pre-wrap; ~~font~~background-~~size~~color: ~~18.6667px~~transparent;">~~[TITLE]~~Milestone 2: SURVEY INTEREST THROUGH FLYERS, EMAILS, SURVEY LINKS

~~[Description]~~As I did in my prototype, the first step is to gather student interest across schools by promoting the program through flyering, emails, and distribution from departments within the school. Interested students will fill out a Google Forms survey to tell us key information like their year, major, availability, and existing skills.

Milestone 3: ~~[TITLE]~~INTEREST MEETING

~~[Description]~~Next we will hold an interest meeting to better explain the projects to interested students, who will then complete a brief application survey.

Milestone 5: PILOT TEAMS LAUNCH

Based on the application results, we will form interdisciplinary student teams of 4. Depending on the freedome we have as agreed upon with the stakeholders, groups will then meet individually with us to propose a project idea or we will let them choose from a predetermined list. For campus/community improvements, projects might include things like creating an art display, an interactive exhibit for a specific building, or something to promote recycling. At the launch meetings, we will explain how the next six weeks will look for the teams and what we expect of them.

Milestone 6: SPEED BOOTCAMP

To kick off the projects, the teams will all go through a brief but intensive bootcamp to expose them to all the resources they have at hand as well as critical skills such as design-thinking and rapid prototyping.

Milestone 7: WEEKLY CHECK-INS

Each week, each team will meet with us individually to share their progress in the previous week and their goals for the next week. During this time we will also review and course-correct their design plans if need be.

Milestone 7: PROJECT LAUNCHES

<div>As the projects come to a close, they will officially launch in whatever way that means for them. E.g. An interactive piece opens for use</div>

=== Implementation ===

=== Working with ~~...~~Big Idea Center, Brandon Barber ===

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