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= STUDENT PRIORITY #3: Nick Russell  =

== ~~~~First Year ~~Experienc~~ Experience University ~~Conections~~ Connections "Design Thinking College" Course ~~ ~~   ==

~~~~Through our investigation of the I&E ecosystem on our campus, a dichotomy began to emerge where I saw a divergence between those who viewed the design thinking process as valuable in itself and those who viewed ~~~~it as a means to developing technology. Tennessee Tech has done an admirable job  building out the infrastructure that could support creating technology or a company, but has room to grow in terms of developing an I&E culture.

~~== ~~Design thinking as a methodology has value when applied to a person’s life, college experience, or career. I&~~nbsp; ==~~E can provide value to every Tech student regardless what they do after graduation. My goal is to blend I&E into the freshman curriculum through the University Connections class. I want every freshmen to begin their time at Tech with an I&E boot camp.

I will run a pilot “Design Thinking College” course. The class will meet in the maker space and feature key I&E faculty and leadership as speakers and guest lecturers. The class will involve a hands on I&E project from day one and will conclude with an idea pitch competition. The goal of this class is to introduce students to the I&E framework so early in their college careers it becomes their defaults and they can engage in the community and culture we are trying to build at Tennessee Tech. 

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= Related Links: =

[[Jacqueline Schulz|Jacqueline Schulz]]

[[~~Nicholas_Russell~~Nicholas Russell|Nicholas Russell]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Enis_Cirak Enis Cirak]

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