Priorities:Iona University Student Priorities
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Overview
Iona College is a private, four-year Catholic college in New Rochelle, NY. In 1940, it was founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and today offers more than 60 bachelor's programs and 40 minors. Iona is comprised of the School of Arts & Science and the LaPenta School of Business. The institution has approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in it.
The Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation was established in 2017 due to a generous $15 million gift to Iona from James Hynes, '69, '01H, and Anne Marie Hynes. The Hynes Institute is an emerging force that strives to prepare the future generation of entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders to move the world. It also ensures that students develop the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to create, lead, and innovate in an ever-changing global economy.
At the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, their mission is “to create and foster an interdisciplinary community of Iona students who engage in entrepreneurial learning opportunities to develop an entrepreneurial mindset."
Strategic Priorities
Strategy #1: Introduce a campus wide Club Competition
Team Leader: CEO at Iona - The Entrepreneurship Club
- Reach out to the Office of Student Development and collaborate with the Hynes Institute to create competition guidelines
- Submit a funding proposal to the Office of Student Development and the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation to secure funding for the prize(s)
- Reach out to club presidents and have them organize teams within their club
Strategy #2: Introduce a "Flip It to Win It" Challenge
Team Leader: TBD
- Incorporate this challenge into the Columba Cornerstone class, a class all freshmen or first-year students take
- Have professors include this challenge into the course in a way that relates to the theme of the Columba Cornerstone class
- In one class, have the professor guide students through an ideation session and teach them how to analyze an environment and identify a problem(s). In another class, have the professor teach students about how to pitch and sell an idea, product, or service.
Strategy #3: Community Sales Initiative for a Sustainable Future
Team Leader: TBD
- Residential Hall Directors will be contacted in order to implement this plan on campus; They will then relay the message to their students for at least a week, and then the project will begin.
- Post Flyers in all residence halls and buildings, making everyone aware of the campus-wide competition
- Residential Hall Directors let tell RA’s to spread awareness at floor meetings
- Get list of all competing floors throughout campus
- RA’s must bring recyclables from each day to a pickup location in their building
Strategy #4: Giant “Marshmallow Challenge”
Team Leader: CEO at Iona - The Entrepreneurship Club
- Students participate in this activity through campus events already in place. Examples include homecoming, spring weekend, and involvement fairs.
- Students participate through a specifically organized event for this exercise on campus. This event can take place in during the grand opening ceremony for the new location of the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
- This could be part of a larger exercise which also connects other students on campus such as Greek Life. This activity can serve as a unification process during events typically known as “Greek Week.”
