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<span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Strategy Four: Series of Innovative and Entrepreneurial Events</span><br/>== Once the first step of creating the</span><span style="color:#696969;">makerspace</span><span style="color:#696969;">on campus is complete, there a number of events, ideas, and activities that </span><span style="color:#696969;">the space</span><span style="color:#696969;">will be used for. One way </span><span style="color:#696969;">the space</span><span style="color:#696969;">will serve I&E is through different events on campus that are listed below. These include (but are not limited to) Speakers and TED Talks, Pop-Up Classes, an annual Make-a-</span><span style="color:#696969;">thon</span><span style="color:#696969;">, I&E Workshops, and a number of other events that are sure to pop up as </span><span style="color:#696969;">the space</span><span style="color:#696969;">becomes utilized and available to other groups on and off of campus. These events can be brought to </span><span style="color:#696969;">the space</span><span style="color:#696969;">by student organizations, faculty </span><span style="color:#696969;">and</span><span style="color:#696969;">staff, interested students, the community, professors for class applications, the </span><span style="color:#696969;">unviersity</span><span style="color:#696969;">, and a number of other avenues. Find </span><span style="color:#696969;">example</span><span style="color:#696969;">of activities below. === <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Speakers and TED Talks</span><br/>=== Bringing speakers to our campus and our</span><span style="color:#696969;">makerspace</span><span style="color:#696969;">to talk about I&E would be an amazing way to motivate students to get involved and get thinking about I&E. We would like speakers to cover topics such as startups, design thinking, entrepreneurial financing, and many other topics. We would really like to see the TED-X Speakers come to our campus and present to our students, faculty and staff, the community and any other interested party. TED talks would be a great way to expand knowledge and interest in the I&E field. We would also like to see our own faculty speak about the research that they are a part of outside of classes and office hours so that we can get to know what it is that they are truly passionate about. === <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Pop-Up Classes</span><br/>=== <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">These classes are an opportunity for those with experience in I&E to share that experience and for those who want to learn more/ expand their knowledge to continue to grow in I&E. Classes would cover topics such as brainstorming, prototyping, design thinking, and creating innovative solutions.</span> === <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Make-a-</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="color:#696969;">thon</span></span><br/><span style="color:#696969;"><br/>=== An annual Make-a-</span><span style="color:#696969;">thon</span><span style="color:#696969;">would provide students an opportunity to collaborate between disciplines and to work together to think in terms of I&E and come up with new, future-forward ideas. This is an event for students to come together, brainstorm, prototype, and </span><span style="color:#696969;">possible</span><span style="color:#696969;">implement </span><span style="color:#696969;">and</span><span style="color:#696969;">idea that they are passionate about. === <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">I&E Workshops</span><br/>=== Workshops would be a more hands-on version of the pop-up classes that would allow students the opportunity to drop in a session and learn a few things about I&E by physically prototyping, brainstorming, and creating ideas.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Strategy Five: Lack of involvement from staff/faculty to ensure we move forward</span><br/>== <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">The key to success through change on campus stems from transparent communication between staff/faculty and students.&nbsp; To</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="color:#696969;">maintan</span><span style="color:#696969;">constant transparent communication, the campus community would benefit from a monthly </span><span style="color:#696969;">fish bowl</span><span style="color:#696969;">exercise between staff/faculty and students.&nbsp; The </span><span style="color:#696969;">fish bowl</span></span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">exercise would consist of a safe space for students to communicate with higher level staff/faculty who are stakeholders at MSOE and have the power to implement change.</span> <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">The exercise would</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="color:#696969;">have have</span><span style="color:#696969;">two rounds: 1) Staff/faculty in the middle and students on the outside 2) Students in the middle and staff/faculty on the outside.&nbsp; Students would submit any question they wanted to discuss via an anonymous survey and a facilitator would run the discussion between staff/faculty and students.&nbsp; Staff/faculty would ensure that </span><span style="color:#696969;">the space</span><span style="color:#696969;">is welcoming for students to feel comfortable sharing how they feel about campus.&nbsp; The </span><span style="color:#696969;">fish bowl</span><span style="color:#696969;">exercises could be broken down into categories per month such as academics, student life, athletics, internships, etc.&nbsp; The </span><span style="color:#696969;">fish bowl</span></span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">exercise would also be live streamed and recorded for students and staff/faculty that could not attend that month's meeting.</span></span> <span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span></span> <span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"></span> = MSOE Makerspace: = <span style="font-size: 14.4px;">Stay tuned! There is more to come on the Makerspace as we get information and develop the space</span></span><span style="font-size: 14.4px;"><span style="color:#696969;">furthur</span><span style="color:#696969;">. This will be an exciting space for the internal operations, external operations, community, and students, faculty </span><span style="color:#696969;">and</span></span><span style="color:#696969;"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">staff at MSOE. It will be a space for events, activities, studying, collaboration, speakers, outside events, community involvement, and many MANY other applications.</span></span>