<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-536e-9c53-20d8-b15e6ea62058" style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; orphans: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;">For students to embrace a culture and truly feel like they are a part of something, you have to set a precedent from day 1. As potential new shockers visit WSU they have the opportunity to experience campus and the future that may lie ahead for them. [IN]nnovation is an initiative focused on potential new students and giving them a taste of what WSU is really about. During their campus visit, students will receive a 1in by 1in plastic square. On that square, they are asked to write their biggest hope for college on one side, and their biggest fear on the other. After their visit, the “token” is collected and stored until the beginning of semester. Students who are admitted and enrolled at WSU will have their “token” given to a student artist who will be charged with the responsibility of creating a work of art showcasing the hopes of all of the tokens combined. The fears will be to the inside of the work, with the idea in mind that as one part of a greater whole, the students can overcome any adversity and accomplish their biggest hopes and dreams.</span></span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; vertical-align: baseline; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Strategy 13: Outreach for Underserved Local Communities</span>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Tactic #2: Let's Go Full STEAM Ahead'''</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Project Lead: Sierra Bonn'''</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:black">“Let’s Go Full STEAM Ahead!” is an educational initiative to empower young women to see their potentials within the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Of all the science, engineering, and tech workers in the United States, only 24% are women. To address this gender disparity, young women need to be encouraged to pursue their dreams. Starting with students at Colvin Elementary School, we have prototyped teaching methods to explore STEAM with 2nd and 3rd grade girls. At Girl Scout camp, we prototyped activities for their new Science and Engineering Exploration badges. In Augusta Public Schools (elementary, middle, and high school), we will be prototyping short STEAM workshops that can be taught in 30 minutes - 1 hour, that tie into what the students and teachers are already doing within their classrooms.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:black"></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy 14: Encouraging Students to Utilize Campus Resources</span>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Tactic #1: Shocker Study Spaces'''</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Project Lead: Maggie Brown'''</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:black">When interviewing students for session two, many of them made comments about only knowing to go to the Rhatigan Student Center, or RSC, when they have extra time but don’t want to leave campus. There was also mention of not liking the RSC due to how loud and noisy it is. There are many places to go on campus that could be used by students as study spaces, but many students don’t know where these places are located and don’t want to seek them out. The purpose of Shocker Study Spaces is to make these locations known. The plan, as of now, is to get permission to mark the directories inside buildings with stickers showing where these areas are, to put a vinyl wall decal that says “Shocker Study Space” in the locations, and to create maps of the buildings with the spaces marked. To start putting this plan into action, we will have to figure out which department, or department(s), we will need to work with to get permission to mark wall/directories and create the stickers, and the logo to go on the stickers. There is not yet a set date for this to be prototyped because there are still conversations that need to happen.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Tactic #2: Shocker Scooters'''</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Project Lead: Noah Foster'''</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:black">When reflecting on our mobilization, parking is an issue when it comes to campus, as such, we were thinking of numerous ideas to help solve this problem. Approximately 85-90% of students are living off campus, and there are limited parking options when it comes closer to the beginning of classes. To help diminish this problem, we could implement scooter stations around campus, that would be able to be checked out, like a program that the city of Denver has. </span>We chose scooters because of the ease with which it takes to ride one, and because of the small space they take up, compared to a bike taking up an entire sidewalk. Along with these, there would be stations scattered throughout the whole campus, which would allow students, staff, and faculty to check out the scooters through our Shocker Cards (ID’s). The scooters would be electric and charged in the stations, so they would be able to tell you which has the most battery life. Also, with the scooters, we would map out Wichita State’s campus so that the entire campus would be on it, and a route would be able to generate the path that is fastest from station to station, similar to a GPS system. Overall, this intends to help students for parking and mobility, and if they park far away, they can reach their classes quicker and get to their intended destination faster and with ease.</span><o:p></o:p>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy 15: Assisting First Year Students in Learning WSU's Campus</span>
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Tactic #1: ICTour'''</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Project Lead: Mikah Betterton'''</span></span>
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=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Tactic #1: WUIFx Goes Greek!'''</span></span> ===
<span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.66px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-93f5ad23-537d-cecd-1d1a-97f8a36c5e3b" style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">'''Project Lead: RJ Clark'''</span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;">WUIFx Goes Greek draws its inspiration from WSU’s very cohesive Greek community. This community is comprised of 13 different fraternities and sororities, each of which would contribute members to participate in this 48-hour design competition. The competitors would compete to solve a pre-determined problem, and then present their solution in the form of a 90 second video, an 8-minute presentation, as well as defend their position in front of a panel of judges. Throughout the competition, UIF and faculty/staff will provide materials, resources, information, and assistance as necessary. Overall, this would not only improve the interdisciplinary connections that WSU already has, but also create connections across the different chapters of Greek life. This program would ideally start next fall, as the timing would be ideal to also incorporate Greek recruitment and events into the schedule, as well as serve as a “back to school” event to improve student participation on Wichita State’s campus.</span>
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