= Fall 2017 Change Story '''<span style=<div><br/></div><div>{{"font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#Widget000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:Youtube|id=[httpsbaseline; white-space://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTFV5pre; white-Upo vRXTFV5space:pre-Upo]}}wrap">As a Cohort, Continue to Seek Out Diverse Perspectives</divspan>'''=
= '''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">As In order to build a Cohorttruly integrative project around innovation and entrepreneurship at the university, Continue it is fundamental to Seek Out Diverse Perspectivesobtain the opinions and perspectives from diverse groups, including students faculty and staff from several fields and also administration alumni and companies.</span>''' =
'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Strategies</span>'''<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Set up booths on the Drillfield (center of campus), to get the community opinion about important topics.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">In order Promote small town hall sessions in different areas of campus aiming to get input from diverse groups.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Stimulate discussion through VT official social media channels.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Create fun events to get faculty, student, and administration together in collaborative challenges.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Set up online polls asking all segments about their desired future paths for the university.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Add a comments box to be displayed every time a person logs in on the university computing system so that feedback can be readily received.</span>'''</li></ul> ='''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">2022-2023 Establish UIF's Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span>'''=<span style="color:#000000">As a cohort, we aim to build long-term relationships between upperclassmen and underclassmen on the Virginia Tech Campus to grow and develop our students professionally, emotionally, and socially.</span> <span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">'''Strategies'''</span></span> *Build an app that creates student-mentor pairings guided by a unique algorithm that matches eachother's interests and focuses. *Bring awareness to the app through social media and Virginia Tech news sources.*Work with Virginia Tech Professors to improve as well as promote the app via Innovate methods. *Partner with VT Engage to make the app as directed as possible and add a roadmap for goals similar to their system. <br />='''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">2020-2021 Establish UIF's Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span>'''=<span style="color:#000000">As a truly integrative project around cohort, we aim to create more awareness of innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities within the University amidst the increased emphasis on virtual and remote interaction.</span> <span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">'''Strategies'''</span></span> *<span style="color:#000000">Host or organize an "I&E Week" to highlight programs and opportunities at Virginia Tech.</span>*<span style="color:#000000">Create an application that has comprehensive lists of all courses offered at the university, it with filters to promote I&E based classes.</span>*<span style="color:#000000">Work with departments not typically associated with I&E to encourage new connections and provide partnering opportunities (ex. ICAT).</span>*<span style="color:#000000">Create a mentorship program to pair students with I&E experts.</span> <span style="color:#000000"></span> ='''<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">2019-2020 Establish UIF’s Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span>'''= <span style="color:#000000">One of the main goals of the 2019-2020 UIF cohort is fundamental to obtain pair holistic development of the opinions student with the university's technical approach to education.</span> <span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">'''Strategies'''</span></span> *<span style="color:#000000">Create an app that provides a more user-friendly approach to accessing information related to clubs and perspectives from diverse groupsorganizations. This could be similar to Virginia Tech's webpage for clubs, GobblerConnect.</span>*<span style="color:#000000">Create an interdisciplinary course that focuses on project-based learning. These projects will be evaluated in a Shark Tank-like manner</span>*<span style="color:#000000">Create a study abroad program that focuses on collaboration with students, parents, local universities, including and service projects</span>*<span style="color:#000000">Create a research and I&E showcase that students can attend to learn about resources and innovation outside of their majors while connecting them to faculty and staff from several fields other students</span> <span style="color:#000000"></span> [https://youtu.be/3xvJ1IHR4Qo <span style="color:#000000">Virginia Tech/UIF, Journey to Collaborative Collisions Video</span>] ='''<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2018-2019 Establish UIF’s Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span>'''= '''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">One of the main goals we as the 2018-2019 UIF Cohort are trying to accomplish is making sure whatever we do as our change projects resonate for years to come. We hope to instill a new type of culture at Virginia Tech, one that involves truly understanding and appreciating innovation and also administration alumni entrepreneurship. What this will do is create an atmosphere for students to go and companiesmake their ideas into reality.</span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strategies</span>'''
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<li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Set up booths on the Drillfield (center of campus), to get the community opinion about important topics.Host events that can help students realize what innovation and entrepreneurship is</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Promote small town hall sessions in different areas of Ask around campus aiming to get input from diverse groups.figure out how the university is currently defining innovation and entrepreneurship</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Stimulate discussion through VT official social media channels.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Create fun events Work to connect different I&E programs to get faculty, student work together and administration together in collaborative challenges.share ideas</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Set up online polls asking all segments about Inform students through email or social media platform of opportunities on campus of ways their desired future paths for the university.ideas can be fostered</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Add Cause a comments box movement on campus to be displayed every time make I&E a person logs in on the university computing system so that feedback can be readily recieved.lifestyle focus around campus</span>'''</li>
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= '''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Enhance Communication Effectiveness Involving Collaborative Opportunities</span>''' = <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">2018'''<span style="font-2019 Establish UIF’s Long Term Projection/Goals size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A prevalent issue across the Virginia Tech campus is that students aren’t aware of the many opportunities that are offered for them. Because Virginia TechTech’s campus is so large, it is challenging for all students to be included or even informed about certain opportunities offered; which can be simply because of a specified major. However, it would be beneficial to have a platform to ensure all students are aware of the various opportunities.</span>'''<br/span> =
<span style= "font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:11pt;color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategies</span>'''</span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-family:Arialarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size: 11pt;color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Develop a quick survey for students to inform them about organizations and opportunities</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Create a poll of students interested in innovation and connect them</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:11pt;color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Distribute information cards in the dining halls</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arialarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size: 11pt;color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Create platform with student network inputs</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">One of the main goals we as the 2018-2019 UIF Cohort are trying to accomplish is making sure whatever we do as our change projects resonates for years to come. We hope to instill a new type of culture at Virginia tech, one that involves truly understanding and appreciating innovation and entrepreneurship. What this will do is create Create an atmosphere online weekly reminder for students to go and make their ideas into reality.collaboration openings</span>''' =</span></li></ul>
='''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Efficient Use of Existing I&E Spaces</span>'''=
'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">A lot of spaces amongst campuses are used in very different ways. One emerging issue that we have seen is that people are not aware of many spaces around campus. If there was a way to spread awareness amongst these spaces throughout campus this will cause people to actually use these spaces more often. In addition to the previous thought, we want to create a space specifically for I&E where multiple different backgrounds can come and share ideas.</span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strategies</span>'''
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<li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Host events Analyze existing spaces that can help students realize what innovation and entrepreneurship isbe improved upon</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ask around campus to figure out how the university is currently defining innovation Get feedback from students and entrepreneurship.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Work faculty to connect different I&E programs to work together see what and share ideas.where improvements can be made</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Inform students through email or social media platform of opportunities Look into new spaces available for development for student use on campus of ways their ideas can be fostered.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Cause a movement Account for all spaces on campus to make that students use for studying, group work, I&+E a lifestyle focus around campus., etc</span>'''</li>
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= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;">More effective communication strategies regarding ideas and plans that impact students</span> =
='''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Being a large size university, it is understandable that communication strategies at VT are not always well-integrated and confined Design Coursework Promoting Interdisciplinary Collaboration; Students can begin to specific majors or colleges. For the effective development pair an understanding of a thriving student-centered innovation environment at the university, It would be important to invest in integrated communication strategies that include students I&E with an understanding of all majors and levels,informing and engaging them on the university’s ideas and plans that impact directly their academic and personal lives.resources Virginia Tech offers</span>'''=
<br />'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">The ultimate goal of UIF is to get students to understand the thinking processes that are associated with innovation and entrepreneurship. There is a lot of groundwork to be done beforehand; convincing the university to commit to this vision, communicating to students that these are important skills, laying out what an I&E thinking process is; and thus we want to include this priority as a multi-year goal. When students ultimately begin the learning process of innovation and entrepreneurship in the classroom, it is imperative that they have a strong understanding of the campus ecosystem, so that they can act on new ideas, feel comfortable collaborating, and use their skills to be </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">productive</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Strategies.</span>'''
*<br />'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Develop a student-led online magazineStrategies</span>'''*<span ul style="fontmargin-sizetop:11pt0pt; fontmargin-familybottom:Arial0pt; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Work with the student organizations to get new communication channels using their existing structures</spanli>*'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Develop Go through the landscape canvas with a specific focus on I&E in the classroom. Identify the stakeholders who we can build our vision around. Is there someone who is already doing what we are striving to bring to the university as a student-centered section of VT Newswhole? How do we involve the professors and teachers in the process?</span>'''</li>*<li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Embed this section Get an understanding of VT News on Canvas, (Learning Management System)how I&E is taught in places like the d.school. We need to know how to teach I&E.</span>'''</li>*<li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Use channels as Slack Draft a vision for teaching I&E at Virginia Tech, taking into account the resources and SnapChat feelings towards I&E specific to communicate with studentsour campus.</span>'''</li>*<li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Use the large screens at Newman Library Begin by implementing activities and modules into select classrooms who are well suited to communicate about future receiving an I&E thought process, we can observe what works and ongoing planswhat doesn’t.</span>'''</li>*<li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Use the table cards Ultimately, integrate ways of thinking about ideation and prototyping and screens at the dining halls to communicate about new initiatives in placehuman centered design into every students educational journey.</span>'''</li></ul>
= '''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color: transparent; colorfont-weight: rgb(0, 0, 0)700; font-familystyle: Arialnormal; font-sizevariant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align: 11ptbaseline; fontwhite-weightspace: 700pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Knowledge about available resourcesPartnerships With Industry and Research Bodies</span> '''=
'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">The landscape canvas showed Establishing more partnerships with industry and external sponsors that VT offers offer direct opportunities for students to learn and practice in real-world settings is a key component on a set strategy aiming to expand the impact of diverse resources in innovation and entrepreneurship that are high-quality and fully available for students. However, at the knowledge about these resources is limited and students from majors outside business and engineering still feel disconnecteduniversity.</span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Strategies</span>'''<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Create a type of Netflix “Max” that suggests resources from goals that people input.multidisciplinary groups</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">“100 resources you have as a VT student”, partner with local press to create this article.Ask for money</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Rely on student to share by word of mouthBrag about company sponsors, include them in newsletters.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Start a “Did you know” seriesAllow companies to sponsor more events on campus.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Have students stories include resources they used to succeedCreate more job fairs across all majors.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Video content Build close relationships with companies by keeping alumni involved. Get students access to walk students through resourcesthem.</span>'''</li>
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= <span><span style="backgroundfont-colorsize: 12pt; font-family: transparent'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-familyvariant-ligatures: Arialnormal; font-sizevariant-east-asian: 11ptnormal; font-weightvariant-position: 700normal;vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Partnerships with industryRelated Links</sponsorsspan></span> =
<span style="font-size[http:11pt//universityinnovation.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech Virginia Tech Overview font-family] Supporting Experiential Learning at Virginia Tech:Arial colorhttps:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Establishing more partnerships with industry and external sponsors that offer direct opportunities for students to learn and practice in real-world settings is a key component on a strategy aiming to expand the impact of innovation for students at the university//www.youtube.<com/span>watch?v=vRXTFV5-Upo '''Fall 2019'''
<br/><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style[http:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Strategies</span><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Create multidisciplinary groups</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Ask for money</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Brag about company sponsors, include them in newslettersuniversityinnovation.<org/span><wiki/li>Alisha_Bajaj Alisha Bajaj]<li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Allow companies to sponsor more events on campus.</span></li><li><span style="font-size[http:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Create more job fairs across all majors.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Build close relationships with companies by keeping alumni involveduniversityinnovation.</span><org/li><wiki/ul>Will_Makowski Will Makowski]
= <span style="font-size[http:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Becoming a student-centered university</span> =/universityinnovation.org/wiki/Isabela_Nunez_Nova Isa Núñez Nova]
<span style="font-size[http:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Increasing importance of getting students “on-board” for the realization of the university’s projects - engaging students on planning and making their own learning environment and system is a key feature for universities’ aiming to build a new and improved experiential college for the future//universityinnovation.<org/wiki/span>Michael_Rauco Michael Rauco]
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Use surveys, focus groups and other strategies to capture students’ perspective</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Promote Town Hall meetings (with free food)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Delegate more student representatives such as the board of visitors student rep.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Share student success stories</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Start a student podcast</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Bring back TedX talks.</span></li>
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'''Fall 2018'''
<span style="font-size[http:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">'''Note: '''After talking with diverse stakeholders and co-creating in several change mode canvases addressing our priorities, we were able to uncover underlying issues and potential gaps//universityinnovation. We discover converging aspects and an opportunity to position ourselves as mediators between those audiences needs and offerings - in particular, the new experiential learning initiative at Virginia Tech emerged as a potential setting for our work to catalyze change and facilitate shared endeavours between students and admininstration.<org/wiki/span>Connor_Mulligan Connor Mulligan]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shafe_Ahmed Shafe Ahmed]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/TJ_Cosby TJ Cosby]
== <span><span style="font-size[http: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Related Links</span></span><bruniversityinnovation.org/wiki/> ==Sydney_Miller Sydney Miller]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech Virginia Tech Overview ]
Supporting Experiential Learning at Virginia Tech: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTFV5-Upo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTFV5-Upo]
'''Fall 2017'''
<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jarrodd_Davis Jarrodd Davis]</span></span></span></span>
<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Danielle_jeffers Danielle Jeffers]</span></span></span></span>
<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Najla_Mouchrek Najla Mouchrek]</span></span></span></span>
<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sunny_Murthy Sunny Murthy]</span></span></span></span>
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