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****Hold Inaugural Watt Week (End of April 2021)
****Gather feedback from participants through surveys and other means to see what could be improved in the future. Begin the networking for next year's event (May 2021)
== <span style="font-size: larger"><u>Tactic #7: Cross Disciplinary Spark Challenge </u></span> ==
Team Leader: [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Terryn_Witherspoon Terryn Witherspoon], University Innovation Fellow
*Description: What happens when a person with an innovative mindset ends up on a campus where majority of the funding goes to the student projects outside of their major? Should we instead try to promote collaboration amongst these majors? Yes! The spark challenge: second edition has the capabilities to sustain other majors by creating different sections of the competition. The difference with this cross disciplinary spark challenge would be that there would not be a necessary number of CECAS students needed in a group. However, there would be an option to add students to groups that are in need of other ideas outside of what they are experienced in. The
*Milestones:
**Meetings with other fellows (September 2020)
**Discussions with the chair of each department on campus (October 2020)
**Marketing plan and website created (November 2020)
**Distribution of challenge to all majors (December 2020)
**Challenge begins and teams can work together in different majors (January 2021)
**Challenge concludes (March 2021)
**Review problems from the challenge this year and brain storm solutions for the next cycle (April 2020)
=Strategy #7: Create an Incubator for I&E Ideas on Clemson's Campus=