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2017 Student Priorities
Strategy #1
Freshmen experience I&E during first Fall Quarter
Tactic 1 - Incorporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship into the First Year Experience Course
The FYE 100 course that all freshmen take Fall Quarter is designed to provide application experiences in communication, critical thinking, and collaboration while students engage in university culture. Incorporating innovation and entrepreneurship into the course will enhance their critical thinking and collaboration skills while also introducing them to opportunities and resources available to them on campus.
Possible scenario – students involved with I&E produce lesson plan (with input from faculty) for one day of instruction in design thinking and what LaTech has to offer for innovation and entrepreneurship ambitions (Thingery, Rawle Center, Top Dog, student organizations). To make the lesson more effective, stagger instruction days so that the I&E students who produced the lesson plan can actually teach the class to the freshmen, showing student leadership in I&E and that a community for it exists on campus.
Projected timeline
- Planning during academic year 2017-2018
- Trail runs in select classes during Fall 2018
- Refine model and fully implement during Fall 2019
Tactic 2 – Innovation and Entrepreneurship event at orientations during summer.
Most freshmen attend one of the orientation session the summer before attending to become familiar and excited about LaTech. Implementing an I&E event they attend during orientation would provide them the opportunity to know about what resources are available and spark their interest before weight of classes and other responsibilities set in during the quarter.
Possible scenario – students involved with I&E host a demonstration of design thinking in Thingery that orientation groups cycle through. Students receive crash course on the design thinking process, they find out where the Thingery is located, and are given the opportunity to sign up for workshops in the school year and I&E affiliated organizations.
Projected timeline
- Planning during Winter Quarter 2018
- Trail run during Time out for Tech Spring
- Refine and implement during summer of 2018
Strategy #2
I&E Day to grow excitement among students for innovation and entrepreneurship
Tactic 1 – During Fall Quarter, I&E related student organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) organize daylong event celebrating I&E with support from Innovation Enterprise. The event would include I&E topic presentations from campus and guest speakers, activities in the Quad and Centennial Plaza that demonstrate some aspect of I&E (20,000 passions, design thinking crash course, elevator pitch game), and an expo of local entrepreneurs and innovations showing students the work they are doing.
Projected Timeline
-Planning during academic year 2017/2018
-Event occurs during latter half of Fall Quarter 2018
Tactic 2 – Smaller scale I&E days with one per quarter organized by I&E related organizations (Bulldog Entrepreneurs and OpTech) with support from Innovation Enterprise. I&E days would include one guest speaker (on campus or from region) and an engagement activity in Quad or Centennial Plaza. Would be less pressure on the organizers and spread out excitement for I&E among quarters instead of once at beginning of year.
Projected Timeline
-Planning during Winter Quarter 2018
-Test run during Spring Quarter 2018
-Refine model and host first official I&E day Fall Quarter 2018
-Continue each following quarter (excluding Summer Quarter for now)