Priorities:Boise State University Student Priorities
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Strategy #1: Increase Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering
Engineering & Innovation Living-Learning Community
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Introduce I&E Concepts in Introduction to Engineering Classes
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Promote Growth of Vertically Integrated Projects
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Provide Opportunities for Entrepreneurship Mentoring to Engineering Students
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Strategy #2: Promote Collaboration Across Disciplines on Campus
Increase awareness of I&E resources (especially within engineering)
- Create a one-page website with links to relevant resources
- Advertise the website in email newsletters
- Have guest speakers introduce I&E for 5 minutes at the beginning of courses
- Promote living/learning communities, MakerLab, and College of Innovation and Design
Improve awareness of Vertically Integrated Projects
Vertically integrated projects (VIP) provide research opportunities to earn academic credit. These give students a practical approach to applying knowledge they learn in class. However, few students are currently enrolled in the VIP program.
Increase connections between students of different majors
The Honors College provides dorms and multi-disciplinary classes to connect students from different majors. Entry/prereq courses are taken by many students, but these are often too early to provide meaningful I&E opportunities.
Host a TEDx Boise Viewing Party
TEDx tickets are a bit expensive for students. We could livestream the event to foster collaboration and creativity.
Strategy #3: Increase Overall Student Awareness of I&E Concepts and Resources
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Strategy #4: Create a Nurturing and Diverse Space for Ideas on Campus
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Strategy #5: Provide Feedback Mechanisms for Students to Give Input to the University Administration
Implement a student satisfaction survey
- A likert scale allows students to rate various aspects of their experience (e.g. I&E resources, quality of education, value for tuition, quality of faculty overall, job opportunities, etc.)
- This survey could be dynamic. E.g. questions could change based on early identifiers such as major, part-time/full-time, etc.
- Open ended feedback could allow us to sample more students than our initial survey allowed. E.g. "if you had a mission rather than a major, what would it be?"
Host an event to generate student ideas for campus improvements
- This could be a workshop type activity
- We could break out into small teams and document feedback
- A streamlined report would be given to faculty with the ability to implement changes
Provide a social news type system
- Allow student to submit ideas for improving campus
- Each idea/thread can be upvoted or downvoted and allows comments
- Top upvoted ideas for a given period can be implemented or at least get a response from administration