Priorities:Utah Valley University Student Priorities
Overview
Fall 2017
Spring 2016
Utah Valley University is a teaching institution with a unique focus on "engaged learning," or the combination of traditional academic and hands-on education. This mode of teaching goes back to UVU's roots as a vocational school at its inception during World War II and persists today across the institution's full array of university-level programs. Utah Valley University is a school with a rich history of innovation and entrepreneurship. UVU students are passionate about solving the world’s complex problems.
Utah Valley University’s Business Resource Center offers a wide variety of resources for entrepreneurs including: Business Counselors, Accelerator Programs, New Product Development Training, Prototyping, Tech Commercialization, Government Grants, Tech Transfer, The Vivint SMARTLab, and more. This great abundance of resources drives many student entrepreneurs to utilize the Business Resource Center each year. But how does UVU reach the rest of the students on campus? How can UVU teach students to generate new ideas? How can UVU drive more traffic to the Business Resource Center?
It is imperative that we engage students in a hands-on learning experience that allows them to identify and solve the problems the world is facing. We must provide students with a cross-disciplinary collaborative environment where they can generate and test new ideas. Our goal is to teach all students about Design Thinking: A human-centered approach to creative problem solving. This knowledge will make students a versatile tool as they enter the workforce. Regardless of major, job, or industry, this knowledge will teach students to solve the unknown problems of tomorrow.
Strategic Priorities
Create a Center for Excellence & Innovation on Campus
-Work with Presidential Cabinet to facilitate the design and development of the UVU Center for Excellence & Innovation
-Work with adminsitration to create sustainable model and policies for the new Center.
-Secure physical land in Vineyard, Utah. (Completed 09/2019)
-Secure temporary space on campus. (Completed 09/2019
Utilize Business Resource Center
-Move University Innovation Fellow program into the Business Resource Center at UVU.
-Create sustainable model of growth and development to move into a phyisical dedicated building.
-Create comfortable space for students to innovate and design.
UVU Excellence & Innovation Initiative Launch
Facilitate Greater Collaboration Across Departments
Create a Website that will compound all the resources available for I&E
-Increase awareness about the resources available for Innovation and Entrepreneurship through a Website (Wendy - September 2018)
-Introduce the website to Faculty and Students (Wendy - September 2018)
-Promote the use of the website through the discover passport activity (Wendy - September 2018)
-Promote the use of resources through class assignments (Wendy - September 2018)
-Provide a 5 to 10 minutes training about how to use the website to learn about the resources (Wendy -September 2018)
-Include videos, about the use of the resources, on the website to make it more interactive and attractive (Wendy -September 2018- January 2019)
- Create ready to use lesson plans for professors to implement in their courses, that includes engaging with a resource (Khaliun - July 2018)
- Create engaging 'Escape Room'-style resource discovery/adventure guides for I&E resources. (Khaliun- July 2018)
- Create a Discover Passport for students to mark discovered resources (Khaliun - July 2018)
Related Links
Utah Valley University Student Priorities
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