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<font size="2">After a group's leadership team, its members will take it from just a startup to a thriving organization with the ability to influence I&E change all across your institution. Cross-cutting student groups need to focus on finding students with diverse backgrounds and many connections to other students, faculty, and community entities across different diciplines. Here are some techniques to get your student group noticed, and rope in the members to take it to the next level.<br/font><br/></font>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-size:small;">If the students in your group are the fuel for your mission, the faculty is the engine. They are the people you need to pull together to actual become a change catalyst in your institution. They have the funding, connections, and experience tocreate change in your members, other faculty within the university, and beyond in the community. To start, focus your attention on a single faculty member that can provide the know-how for your first few months of becoming a student group. Look for a professor that you already have a relationship with, or a faculty member that has assisted with the establishment of student groups before. Also, make sure that they align with the mission of your I&nbspE student group. Perhaps they are a part of an office within the school that has a similar mission, or are a professor that specializes in student entrepreneurship or engourages innovation.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-size:small;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;">From there you can use the relationships that that faculty member has, and the involvement of your group members to further the cause of your group. Because you have focused your efforts on creating a cross-cutting, diversified student group, connecting and influencing faculty across different institutions or fields of study should be relatively simple. Start with professors and work your way up to deans and department heads.</span>