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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b446acee-67ad-1271-01cf-818ad7a0e62e"><span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0When building an audience at a university, 0and especially when focusing on student engagement, 0); backgroundit is important to have buy-color: transparent; vertical-alignin from three groups: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This how-to guide is based off an interview with Daricia Wilkinson and Ykeshia Zamoreadministration, from the University of the Virgin Islandsfaculty, who founded a student organization that focused on interdisciplinary collaborationand students. Inspiring innovation and entrepreneurship in Each of these groups have a student body can be difficultunique set of skills, but the problems are abundantly clear when on a small campus. With a small student bodyrequirements, usually a spirit of camaraderie and excitement can be harder to find, with the idea of school spirit nearly non existent. This is not to say however challeges that it is impossible, just more difficult, to engage students on smaller campusesyou must face.</span></span>
= <span id="docs-internal-guid-24517c09-67bc-cc5a-e465-870f4e6147d9"><span style="font-size: 26For example, Daricia Wilkinson & Ykeshia Zamore, UIF Fellows from UVI, put on a hackathon that impressed the president of their university so much that he decided to fund an innovation center.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0This innovation center helped to spread the message of entrepreneurship within the student body, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Major Components allowing students another way to Involve</span></span> =engage in the entrepreneurial vision of their school.
<span id="docs-internal-guid-24517c09-67bc-cc5a-e465-870f4e6147d9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">1.</span><span style="font-size: 9.33333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> </span><span styleFaculty ==="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Administration because they set the vision for the college/university. Administration is the key because they can give you funding and opportunities.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-24517c09-67bc-cc5a-e465-870f4e6147d9"><span style="font-size: 14The faculty of a university are very good in the determination of short term goals for a university, and can help your UIF organization connect with students who are interested in innovation.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0At a small unviersity in particular, 0the faculty have a more personal relation with their students, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Example: A lot of effort into organizing Hackathon. The President was so impressed, that he decided which can lead to the faculty being a good way to fund spread the innovation centermessage of what it is you do.</span></span>
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-24517c09-67bc-cc5a-e465-870f4e6147d9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">2.</span><span style="font-size: 9.33333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> </span><span styleStudents ==="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Faculty because they know the students. They know what motivates them and what they need.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-24517c09-67bc-cc5a-e465-870f4e6147d9"><span style="font-size: 14Of course, when trying to engage students on a small campus, the most important group to interact with are the students themselves.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0In a smaller school, 0there i a very real familial aspect to student life, 0); verticaland face-align: baseline; whiteto-space: preface meetings are a good way to get engaged with some students. You can use these preliminary face-wrap; backgroundto-color: transparent;">Example: They can be really encouraging face meeting to determine what students see as issues, and advocating for students. They can also impact the Administrationwhat misconceptions you may need to help fix.</span></span>
<br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-24517c09-67bc-cc5a-e465-870f4e6147d9"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">3.</span><span style="font-size: 9.33333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> <OBSTACLES/span><span styleBARRIERS ="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Students. They are the ones you are trying to motivate. In a smaller school the community is more close nich and like a family. With that in mind Face-to-Face personal interaction is you first and best option. With the size being smaller you can be more personal and with being more personal the community engagement will soar. Misconceptions are need to be broken. Example would be “entrepreneurship is only for business students”. Also you will need to address the core of the problem – why don’t students want to get involved? Reason can include class schedule, or lack of awareness.</span></span>
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= INTRODUCTION WHO SHOULD BE INVOLVED =
=== Administration ===
The administration of a university are very important when looking at long term goals for your UIF organization on campus. By bringing the administration on board your ideas, you can develop a lasting relationship that can provide support for far-reaching goals, like the ones needed to engage with students.
There are a lot of barriers that can be faced when dealing with a small campus. The campus may be made up of different types of students- traditional, non-traditional, international. With each type of student there becomes a different set of challenges. As a whole the overall the largest challenges that are faced are getting students to understand that I&E is interdisciplinary, changing the mindset of student to allow them to realize the importance, and getting students to prioritize I&E into their daily routine. There are a handful of students that have a misconception about I&E that it is only for business students. They are unaware of how important it is in their daily life and particular in their field of study. Students say there is a lack of time on their part so I&E must be worked into their schedule so they are still able to take part in it. When asking students why they are not involved they do not think I&E is “fun” so it must be engaging and exciting for them. = <brENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES = We know actions speak louder than words. So in order to get students on a small campus involved, it is important to engage them into impact oriented activities best fitted to their interests. Here are some of the ways to engage interdisciplinary students and instill the idea and importance of innovation and entrepreneurship: === Ideation Workshop === In an Ideation Workshop, you brainstorm and generate lots and lots of ideas (and eventually find the ideal solution to problems, of course) on a certain topic. On a small campus, the workshop will work best if it addresses a common issue shared by interdisciplinary students. It can have a general theme like problems on campus or higher education, and address questions like how to improve the classroom experience on your campus, or how to design your undergraduate degree to help you achieve your ideal career. It can be based on product creation as well, such as redesigning your backpack or wallet. This workshop not only helps students acknowledge the potential within themselves to generate with brilliant ideas, but also helps them realize the importance of coming up with innovative solutions to the most pressing problems in today’s world. === Design Thinking Workshop === In a Design Thinking Workshop, you address a problem, generate possible solutions to it, as well as prototype and test your solution. As difficult as it may seem, it is possible to accomplish this within your small campus, and that is exactly the mindset that the students should be empowered with at the end of the workshop. Once again, the workshop will work best if it addresses a common problem faced by interdisciplinary students. Here are some resources to make the workshop successful: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/How_to_organize_and_facilitate_an_interdisciplinary_design_thinking_workshop http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/How_to_organize_and_facilitate_an_interdisciplinary_design_thinking_workshop] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Design_Thinking_Activities http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Design_Thinking_Activities] = FINAL ADVICE = First and foremost, the key is empathy. The best way to engage students on a small campus is to understand the core of the problem on your campus, and address the needs of the students at your college/> university. The closer you get to the core of the problem, the easier it will be for you to solve it! = Written By: = [[Minashsha Zareel Lamisa]], [[Thomas Haynie]], [[Grace Piper]], [[Alexander Rumsey]], and [[Ryan Mason]]. [[Category:Discover]]