Priorities:University of Oklahoma Student Priorities
Overview
The University of Oklahoma has momentum and a lot of potential when it comes to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. Through mapping all of the resources on campus, it has been determined that there are a few key areas where Unniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty can come together to further advance entrepreneurship on our campus.
Strategy #1: I&E Spaces
Tactic #1: FabLab-L
Tactic #2: IBM Design
- Description - IBM design is a new and quickly growing 4th major division of IBM. The division currently has about 80 designers and front end developers but is hiring over 2000 new graduates over the next 5 years. The head manager of this new division is an OU alumni and has been extremely interested in a partnership. We believe a partnership with this new division could help is 3 different ways. First, IBM design could sponsor monthly speakers and/or design workshops to get not just designers focused more on design but get people from all majors integrating design thinking into their projects. Second, the big name of IBM will get more students interested in the programs. This will help spread the innovation and design thinking across campus. Finally, this would create an easy path for students from OU to be hired into a major company that is beginning to focus on design and has been known for innovation.
- Team Leaders - Ryan Phillips (Computer Science), Sridhar Radhikrishnan (Dean of CS)
- Milestones -
- First workshop - August 2014
- First OU hire by IBM Design - December 2014
Tactic #3: Design For America- L
Strategy #2: How to Train Thinkers
Tactic #1: Creativity Course- R
Honors College? Perspectives or Colloquim?
Tactic #2: Learning by Doing Across Majors- R
''''Tactic #3: Presidential Dream Creativity Course-L
''''Random: Start-Up Career Fair
