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**Host mock pitch competition (March 2016)
**Host pitch competition (e.g. Think Ideally) (May 2016)
= Strategy #6: Changing the Innovative Mindset at Clemson =
Team Leader: [[Jessica_Zahn|Jessica Zahn]], University Innovation Fellow
Following are an array of strategies and plans to occur over an 18 month period (ideally by August 2017):
== <u><span style="font-size: larger;">Tactic #1: Introduction to Disciplines</span></u> ==
*Description: How do you choose what you want to do for the rest of your career? For lots of students it is by simply scanning the different options available and picking one that sounds interesting, but typically not having any background knowledge about the major. To alleviate this blind decision-making I am proposing that Clemson implement a course in which all of the different majors are showcased for a period of time. This would allow students to get a better feel for each of the disciplines offered. They would get the benefit of being exposed early on in their college career to different aspects of engineering. The
*Milestones:
**Meetings with different disciplines (March-April 2016)
**Discussions with RiSE and General Engineering about course options (March 2016)
**Curriculum development (May 2016)
**Early implementation in existing courses (August 2016)
**Evalutations and feedback (December 2016)
**Continued development and professor certification (February 2017)
**Final course curriculum and implementation (August 2017)
= Related Links =
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_Shaw Justin Shaw]
[[Jessica_ZahnJessica Zahn|Jessica Zahn]]
[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]