Priorities:Santa Monica College Student Priorities

Change Story Video

Irene Rivera

Idea

Redefine entrepreneurship to increase collaboration between students from different majors

Key Tactics

Reach out to professors from different departments (business, computer science, interaction design, graphic design, art, physical sciences, etc) to discuss opportunities of collaboration between departments
Ask those professors to announce mixers in their classes and provide extra credit for attending
Create mixer/workshop activities pertaining to entrepreneurship and innovation with professors
Survey students from professors’ classes when and where is best to hold the mixer
Connect with various school clubs to share the idea and ask them to share with club members
Design and share digital flyers for mixer

Miguel Lucas

Idea

Aggregate social media content to unify the SMC I & E story across campus.

Key Tactics

Take inventory of existing accounts across different platforms
Review social media inventory on campus
Identify Santa Monica College social media guidelines
Contact web manager and social media Manager
Create a website, or social account that connects all of these accounts as a hub of digital media

Patrick Rodriguez

Idea

Promote concepts relating to “I&E” and “Design Thinking” on remote platforms, such as the “SMC GO” app, in order to expand awareness and interest to departments outside of business, design, and technology.

Key Tactics

Survey students and professors in different departments to determine how “design thinking” and “I&E” could be relevant
(Depending on final solution), construct curriculum and/or activities for interdisciplinary collaboration
Schedule with Campus Events department
Contact those in charge of the “SMC GO” app (with user feedback data)

Zoe Torrealba Marin

Idea

SMC student center for co-design that will serve as a subsidiary of the SMC center for media and design. The community space will encourage students to engage in student-led workshops, consultations from IxD student leaders on solving greater problems faced by SMC students, and co-designing with the community. Our mission will focus on a human-centered approach for designing for the interdisciplinary and diverse student community at SMC to co-design with current IxD cohorts.