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Revision as of 01:49, 5 October 2018
Contents
Fall 2018 Cohort
Priority 1: Increasing Interdisciplinary Space
Interdisciplinary Offices
Priority 2: Increasing Interdisciplinary Empathy
The BYU VR Experience
BYU Interdisciplinary Case Competitions
Project Lead: Rachel Merrill
BYU Potential Project Supporters:
Todd Manwaring "Ballard Center Director"
Project Description:
A BYU case competition where teams are made up of students from different disciplines of study. Teams would compete to come up with solutions for a company in the neighboring area or to help solve community issues. Students' solutions that are chosen would be awarded cash prizes and help companies implement solutions.
Key Tactics:
- Partner with the Ballard Center to design the structure of the competition.
- Pitch competition to local businesses so students can work on solving the business problems neighboring our school.
- Find funding for the team that wins.
- Partner with the Ballard Center to utilize their public leverage in advertising this event.
Priority 3: Redesigning the First-Year Experience
Design Your "Y" Class
Project Lead: Rachel Merrill
BYU Potential Project Supporters:
Phillip D. Rash "First-Year Mentoring and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Education at BYU"
Matt Duerden "Assistant Professor of Experience Design and Management"
Project Idea: A mentored class for first-year students focused on helping students find personally applicable resources--resources that tie to their personal motivations for being at BYU. A class that uses design thinking to help students prototype their experience at BYU and their impact in the world. A class that helps achieve the BYU aim "Enter to learn--go forth to serve".
Key Tactics:
- Work with Matt and other a few other faculty members to create and experiential curriculum for the class.
- Through the Office of the First-Year Experience enlist Y-group leaders to be mentors in these courses.
- Work with the office of General Education to have this course recognized at BYU.
- Prototype small versions of this class with groups of Freshman students.
- Work with the Career Center to find effective surveys to use for grouping students.
Priority 4: Finding purpose in General Education
General Education App
General Education Think Tank
Additional Resources
BYU Landscape Canvas
Brigham Young University
Written by: Dallas Anderson, Rachel Merrill, Ashley Paget, Gabe Walker
