Priorities:Fisk University Student Priorities

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Strategy #2: Increase number of resource persons and alumni that come to Fisk to talk about I&E

During our interviews with students and faculty, we found that:

Fisk University's innovation and entrepreneurship atmosphere can be improved by inviting more companies or alumni to come and give talks on innovation as well as holding competitions that foster I&E, personal branding, design thinking, and improvement of students' marketability in the corporate world.

  1. Work towards organizing first TED talk at Fisk University
  2. Innovation week at Fisk University to include elevator pitch competitions, design thinking workshops, coding challenges, and so on
  3. Reach out to alumni that are in graduate school or working at companies to come to inspire Fisk students about innovation & entrepreneurship

Strategy #3: Increase number of workshops and leaders

After interviewing with students, we came to know that the students at Fisk university student's mental health can be improved by doing workshops and calling alumni to come and share their experience and how they coped when they were in college.

  1. Reach out to the alumni to come back to Fisk and help the students with their experience of mental health.
  2. Student leaders can make sure they are speaking for their fellow friends to point out the major issue students are having with mental health.
  3. Faculty can conduct various workshops to empower students regarding mental health.