Changes

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">While many I&E opportunities exist at SCU, there is currently a problem in getting students to be aware of them. The Engineering School has sent out emails, created an online calendar, and even put up physical fliers advertising events that students can get involved on, but an overload of information has led to most engineering students neglecting it. Typically, the same group of students is attending these events, and the challenge is in expanding this group to a wider breadth of diverse engineers. Our team intends to have a large quarterly event where organizers and professors can pitch their events to students, which would restrict advertising to a few hours as opposed to lengthy, weekly emails. Additionally, our team members will act as liasons between the administration/event organizers and the students by raising awareness through fliers, social media advertising, and outreach to clubs.</span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-6d577956-7fff-5553-a1c1-d625ad2e440c"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In order to create demand for the abundant I&E resources on campus, we must first understand students' expectations and ambitions for their college careers. If they expect a large emphasis on entrepreneurship in a classroom setting, we can meet them there with new courses and revamped lab guidelines. If we find students want more freedom and are interested in entrepreneurship outside of the classroom, we will provide access to community-sourced projects and resources. We would like to find out where these expectations and desires lie through extensive market research. We hope to properly gain the perspective of students and professors by explicitly speaking to these individuals, as well as implicitly analyzing which resources, approaches, and courses are popular and why others need work.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-6d577956-7fff-5553-a1c1-d625ad2e440c"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Problem solving in the workplace is much different than the guided labs many students are used to doing at university. Due to this fact, when students find themselves in internships and later on, full-time jobs, they are ill prepared for the more open ended problem solving that exists in the workplace. In order to better prepare students for the future, we hope to rework labs to allow for students to create their own solutions, and do their own problem solving. Additionally, by better promoting more projects on campus, students will get the opportunity to collaborate with other engineers, another key skill need for the workplace. The combination of these two initiatives will go to great lengths in terms of instilling confidence in students when it comes to performing during the course of their internships, which will lead to even more opportunities for the students in the future. As such, we intend to work with faculty to create innovative lab guidelines and objectives, as well as provide more opportunities for team and project creation.</span></span>

== <span style="font-size:x-large;">'''<font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Related Links</span></font>'''</span> ==

=== Spring 2019 ===

[http://universityinnovation.org/Anthony%20Fenzl Anthony Fenzl]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Rory%20Pannkuk Rory Pannkuk]

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