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Baylor 2025 update to Student priorities
==Baylor 2025 Cohort==
=== '''Project 1: Creating an Active Campus''' ===
'''Timeline:''' 2.5 years
'''Project Lead:''' Abbie Green
'''Key Tactics with Approximate Timing:'''
''<u>Spring 2026</u>''
'''1. Asset student interest, build support, and buy in.'''
'''Action Steps:'''
* Collaborate with Baylor Lariat and pitch idea to send students surveys to determine student interest and gather data.
* Determine most cost-efficient equipment and area on campus 1) high student traffic 2) available space 3) faculty permissibility
''<u>Summer 2026</u>''
'''2. Research and identify other places with active learning environment and prepare a grander launch of active spaces on campus'''
'''Action Steps:'''
* Continue to meet with stakeholders and update them on student engagement and further funding needed
''<u>Fall 26 – Spring 27</u>''
'''3. Increase implementation proportionately based on student engagement throughout the semester'''
'''Action Steps:'''
* Target moody library active group study spaces, foster team rooms and, the science building’s study rooms.
* Expand activity within professor offices like standing desks, walking pads, mini biking stations based on professor preference.
* Update stakeholders on full roll out and encourage more permanent implementation in Baylor 2029 remodel
''<u>Summer 2027</u>''
'''4. Collaborate with Baylor remodel and create plans for a new building centered on active learning'''
'''Action Steps:'''
* Brainstorm with stakeholders’ feasible methods to test use of building and funding
* Understand barriers and prepare for testing separate building in fall
<u>Fall 2027</u>
'''5. Test student engagement with separate building during finals week and excite students about official rollout next year'''
'''Action Steps:'''
* Coordinate weeks throughout the semester for active learning tents.
** Enjoy outside, exercise while studying for exams
<u>Spring 2028</u>
'''6. Final preparation for launch planning logistics.'''
'''Action Steps:'''
* Create a curriculum for students to understand there learning style and give them access to rooms suitable for that
* Encourage research and incentivize involvement
* Change the culture of academic success at Baylor. Create well rounded student who not only are about their mind but of their bodies too!
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==Baylor 2024 Cohort==
=== '''Project 1: Establishing a Campus-wide Sustainability Initiative''' ===
'''Timeline''': 2-3 Years
#*'''Review''': Collaborate with technology and sustainability experts to ensure AI implementation is effective and scalable.
=== '''Project 2: Enhancing Professional Development in the Computer Science Department''' ===
'''Timeline''': 1-2 Years
#*'''Review''': Work with tech professionals and alumni to ensure portfolios align with industry standards and expectations.
=== '''Project 3: AI Adoption at Baylor''' ===
'''Timeline''': 3-5 Years
#*'''Review''': Engage with university administrators, faculty, and tech partners to ensure AI integration aligns with Baylor’s mission and enhances student learning and career prospects.
=== '''Project 4: Community Immersion and Experience''' ===
'''Timeline''': 2-3 Years