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<big><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sansx-serifsmall;"><big><span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cross-Discipline Innovators Program: We have identified the Cross-Discipline Innovators Program as our second priority. This program will draw from all areas of study and assist students in exploring the cutting edge of their field by exposing them to the work of innovators within their discipline and teaching them how they can follow this path.</span></span></spanbig></bigspan>

<big><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sansx-serifsmall;"><big><span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This semester-long program is designed for students who have already selected a major/field and requires students to research innovators within this discipline. In weekly meetings, they will engage in a thorough study of the field’s most recent developments and come to a better understanding of the challenges that are currently at play in this discipline. After familiarizing themselves with the ways in which innovators are working within their field and the ways the field is changing, students will learn innovation and entrepreneurship strategies. They will use these strategies (such as design thinking and rapid prototyping) to generate and flesh out an innovative/entrepreneurial idea over the remaining time in the semester. The two main deliverables are an analysis of innovation currently happening in the field and a prototype/report on an innovative idea that the</span></span></spanbig></bigspan>

<big><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sansx-serifsmall;"><big><span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left; color: rgb(29, 28, 29); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This program is designed to expand the definition of innovation and entrepreneurship held by many students by showing that there is innovation happening in every field. By broadening these horizons, students can be alerted to potential career paths that they may not have previously considered and develop new skills that they may not have previously worked on. The project-based model will allow students to immediately put what they learned into action and develop their ideation and prototyping skills.</span></span></spanbig></bigspan>