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~~Founded~~ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design for America (DFA) was founded in 2009 at Northwestern ~~University's~~ University’s McCormick School of Engineering. The organization is devoted to “fusing collaboration, ~~Design for America (~~leadership, and creativity” to empower students to apply design thinking to large scale social problems. DFA~~) focuses on creating student led~~ works to accomplish this by establishing “design studios” at college campuses across the country. Then, the studios are provided with the necessary resources to effectively utilize design ~~studios~~ thinking and engage in projects that ~~find meaningful ways to~~ create impact in their local communities. DFA has spread to 17 universities throughout the United States and continues to grow, with an increase of 70 applications in 2013. Looking at an individual studio level, DFA is a student-led organization on each campus. Studio “Studio” is a term used by DFA to define a group of like-minded students that come together to think, design, and innovate. ~~Studios at~~ The studios themselves can look different ~~universities vary~~ depending on which university you visit; varying from ~~an actual~~  a designated physical space on campus to simply available classrooms where students can meet. The main idea of Design for America is that students find projects and create an impact within their community. DFA provides these each campus with the resources and training needed to be successful as a nascent organization.  From teaching design innovation, Design for America hopes to give young adults the experience needed to be team players, purposeful learners, and leaders in every sense of the word. Another important aspect is that DFA has attempted to keep its student-led grass roots atmosphere by using the same formula from Northwestern's studio to build new studios on campuses throughout the United States.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, DFA has spread to 37 campuses around the United States, serving 1200+ students. The establishment of each new studio follows the model of the original Northwestern studio in order to preserve the student-led grassroots atmosphere. Again, Design for America utilizes these studios to give young adults the experience needed to be team players, purposeful learners, and effective leaders.

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= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =

The distinct value that Design for America offers is the formation of a campus organization devoted to helping students develop their ideas through working in teams and also using proven methods of designed-based learning. <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DFA equips students to tackle social challenges through design innovation.DFA provides studio support through faculty, advisors, professional design mentors, community partners, and administrators within the DFA organization. The significance of Design for America on your campus is the ability to create a pipeline of leaders and thinkers that can make an impact within their community. DFA is also simultaneously broadening the idea of an "impact" from the traditional sense of starting a new venture, to all types of social endeavours. For example, starting a volunteer organization or teaching classes about nutrition in the local community or extraordinary challenges in economy, education, and environment. DFA projects fuse collaboration, leadership, and creativity. Lastly, DFA is committed to the continuing development of interdisciplinary student teams. Students from all majors and backgrounds play crucial parts on campus studios and bridge the gap between business, science, engineering, and liberal arts.<div> </div>

= Impact Achieved For Students and Campus =

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On campus, student teams work on 2-3 self-selected design projects throughout the academic year and apply skills, knowledge, and expertise from their course work. Design for America teaches students how to look at their local community, find problems, think of solutions, and implement those changes. These experiences are enhanced through DFA’s National Partnerships. When partnering with DFA, “companies gain valuable insight from the next generation of changemakers”, but the students benefit immensely from opportunities to engage in real world experiences. In the past, students have successfully contributed “reimagined marketing/promotion strategies, innovation in product development, and provisional patents of product prototypes”.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since the creation of Design for America, over 2,000 students have participated in campus studios, 37 campuses have gotten involved, and two start ups (SwipeSense and Jerry the Bear) have come to market. Jerry the Bear is a stuffed animal that helps children with Type 1 Diabetes monitor their blood sugar levels and build healthy behaviors through play. SwipeSense “uses sensors in hospital personnel badges and dispensers to capture hygiene activity” to help prevent hospital acquired infections. Currently, SwipeSense has raised $16.9 million in funding and employs over 35 people (Visit the Blog page on DFA’s website for more info).

<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to their increased involvement, DFA has received national recognition from appearances in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, and MIT Technology Review. Design for America has received several awards, invites to conferences, and grants.</div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Colleges with Design for America studios:</div>

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Babson|Olin|Wellesley (BOW)

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Barnard College|Columbia University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Carnegie Mellon University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Case Western Reserve University|Cleveland Institute of Art

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Cornell University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duke University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Johns Hopkins University|Maryland Institute College of Art

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Massachusetts Institute of Technology

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michigan State University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Northwestern University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Portland State University

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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purdue University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">New York University

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

The distinct value that Design for America offers is the formation of a campus organization devoted to helping students develop their ideas through working in teams and also using proven methods of designed-based learning. ~~DFA~~</span~~>&nbsp~~style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;~~provides studio support through faculty~~color: rgb(0, ~~advisors~~0, ~~professional design mentors, community partners, and administrators within the DFA organization. The significance of&nbsp~~0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal;~~Design for America on your campus is the ability to create a pipeline of leaders and thinkers that can make an impact within their community.&nbsp~~align: baseline;~~~~DFARice University is also simultaneously broadening the idea of an "impact" from the traditional sense of starting a new venture, to all types of social endeavours. For example, starting a volunteer organization or teaching classes about nutrition in the local community. Lastly, DFA is committed to the continuing development of interdisciplinary student teams. Students from all majors and backgrounds play crucial parts on campus studios and bridge the gap between business, science, engineering, and liberal arts.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Rhode Island School of Design|Brown University <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stanford University <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tulane University <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Alabama <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Cincinnati <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of California, Davis <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of California, Los Angeles <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of California, San Diego <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Colorado Boulder <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Notre Dame

~~Since the creation of Design for America~~<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, ~~over 2~~0,~~000 students have participated in campus studios, 17 physical campus studios have been developed, and two start ups (SwipeSense and Jerry the Bear~~0) have come to market and raised $1.5 million in funding. Furthermore, DFA has become nationally recognized through publicity such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribue, Forbes, and MIT Technology Review. Design for American has received several awards, invites to conferences, and grants. DFA also reports that employers consistently search out candidates from a DFA campus studio group for hiring because ; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of ~~their unique experiences while in DFA . ~~Oregon

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~~Student teams work on 2~~<span style="font-~~3 self~~size: 12pt; font-~~selected design projects throughout the academic year and apply skills~~family: Arial; color: rgb(0, ~~knowledge~~0, ~~and expertise from their course work.&nbsp~~0);~~<span data~~background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-~~scaytid="1" data~~space: pre-~~scayt_word="DFA~~wrap;">~~Design for America~~University of Southern California~~ teaches students how to look at their local community, find problems, think of solutions, and implement those changes. ~~

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<uspan id="docs-internal-guid-fa2abf0e-e134-9767-6bff-a7e9957b4ff1">~~Colleges Involved in Design for America~~[http://designforamerica.com/join-a-studio/uvermont@designforamerica.com <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">University of Vermont]</uspan>

*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/baltimore/ Baltimore]*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/barnard<span style="font-~~cia/ Case Western | CIA]~~*[httpsize:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/cornell/ Cornell]~~*[http12pt; font-family:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/duke/ Duke]~~*[httpArial; color:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/michigan~~rgb(0, 0, 0); background-~~state/ Michigan State]~~*[httpcolor:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/mit/ MIT]~~*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/northwestern/ Northwestern]*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/rensselaer/ Rensselaer]*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/rice/ Rice]*[httptransparent; font-weight:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/risd~~700; font-~~brown/ RISD | Brown]~~*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/stanford/ Stanford]*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/ucvariant-~~berkeley/ UC Berkeley]~~*[httpnumeric:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/uc~~normal; font-~~davis/ UC Davis]~~*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/ucla/ UCLA]*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/uiuc/ UIUC]*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/universityvariant-ofeast-~~oregon/ U Oregon]~~*[httpasian:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/vanderbilt/ Vanderbilt]~~*[httpnormal; vertical-align:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/virginia~~baseline; white-~~tech/ Virginia Tech]~~*[httpspace:~~//designforamerica.com/studios/washu/ Wash U]~~*[http://designforamerica.com/studios/yale/ Yalepre-wrap;">Vanderbilt University ]

<uspan id="docs-internal-guid-fa2abf0e-e134-9767-6bff-a7e9957b4ff1">~~Some Design for America Projects~~<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Virginia Tech</uspan>

~~#Jerry the Bear- How can we help diabetic children care for themselves?#Swipe Sense- How can we reduce hospital acquired infections?#Fruit~~ ~~Buddi~~style="font- ~~How can we encourage and reward healthy snack choices?#SEE[K]~~size: 12pt; font- ~~How can we encourage alternative forms of transportation?#Melo Sense~~weight: 700; font- ~~How can we increase play among children with non~~variant-~~verbal autism?#Hot Dorms~~numeric: normal; font- ~~How can we reduce waste heat energy in dorms?#Helmet For~~variant- ~~How can we encourage riders to wear their helmets?#Bottle Share~~east- ~~How can we reduce the waste on college campuses?#Tinker Turf~~asian: normal; vertical- ~~How can we create an exhibit that empower children to tinker?#Luna Lights~~align: baseline; white- ~~How can we reduce the risk of falling for older adults?#Blue Button Narrative~~space: pre- ~~How can we make medical records more intuitive?~~wrap;">Washington University in St. Louis

~~All this and more~~ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yale University<div> </div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Some Recent Design for America Projects:<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Swipe Sense- How can ~~be found here~~we reduce hospital acquired infections?</li><li>Immerse- How can we build community support to reduce isolation felt by people with dementia?</li><li>Navigation, in a Sense- How can we support autistic travellers to comfortably navigate the airport experience?</~~designforamerica.com~~span></~~projects~~span></ ~~http~~li><li>Planner 2- How can we create a fun way for middle school students to gain emotional awareness and feel comfortable discussing emotions with their parents?</~~designforamerica.com~~span></~~projects~~li></]ol>

= Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =

For more information about applying, visit the Design for America webiste at [http://designforamerica.com/get-involved/students/apply/ http://designforamerica.com/get-involved/students/apply/].

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