Priorities:James Madison University Student Priorities
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James Madison University
Strategic Priorities
1. Entrepreneurship Conference - Fall 2014 - Already in the planning
Working with the Office of Entrepreneurship, the School of Business, School of Visual and Performing Arts, the Office of the President.
An event to bring together alumni who are entrepreneurs for a one-day conference to connect with each other, and for them to connect with the students. Estimated attendance: Around 250 people. Save the dates will be sent soon. The event is scheduled to happen the weekend of the first football game, in September 2014.
2. Continue the Create-A-Thons, base if on the first StartUp Studio
The first one was very successful, so create ones that are not just brainstorming sessions but are also sessions to create things - engineering, designing, etc.
Allow this to happen routinely to bring in different groups of people.
3. Make something to get all the organizations and events in one location
Create a site - somewhere for all the things going on around campus; all the resources to be in one place ( similar to the ecosystem ) but open to everyone - accessible and easy to get to.
4. Design/Engineering/Creativity Course
Help implement a course for all majors, across all disciplines, that does not have much regulation, and is open to a lot of different students with different ideas.
5. Multidiscipline Project Critiques
Architecture and Engineering students would meet together, present projects, and get feedback from the opposite discipline. This will help incorporate design and innovation. This could also include professors switching classes for the day to provide critical information on projects to the opposite discipline. This could also be done with the integration of other disciplines besides architecture, design, and engineering. For example, business could integrate entrepreneurship.
6. Design for America
Design for America can help integrate design into more disciplines around campus, and get more people involved with bettering the community. All disciplines, majors, and organizations have a role to play within the community, and Design for America is a way of bringing everyone together.
7. Make a Leadership Organization
The organization will mainly revolve around netowrking. It will inlude leadership workshops and learning interpersonal skills so people will know more about themselves and people they are working with. This will help students evolve into the types of leaders the world is looking for, and teach things that classes aren't teaching.
8. Start-up Weekends
Incorporate all majors and make it high-spirited and highly interactive to get students excited about entrepreneurship and innovation.