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== First Year Seminar Program - Sustainability & Social Innovation ==
The First Year Seminar Program at Hollins is set to help first year students navigate their academic, social, and professional paths. At the heart of the concepts of sustainability and social innovation is stewardship—the responsible use and protection of the environment around you through thoughtful and intentional practices that enhance ecosystem resilience and human well-being. The concept of stewardship can be applied not only to the environment and nature, but also to economics, health, information, theology, cultural resources, and beyond. The United Nations has identified sustainable development goals addressing the world’s most pressing problems. This class embarks on exploring ways to address those problems as they present themselves in our local community. Students will be challenged to develop innovative solutions to complex problems by applying design thinking principles while working in multidisciplinary collaborative teams. FYS facilitators will challenge students to ask not what your community can do for you but what you can do for your community. Moreover, the structure and layout of the class is based on the Stanford model for design thinking where students are encouraged to find problems that personally move them to go greater things for the community. If this model works well and the outcomes are positive from the class, this framework will become the model that all first year seminar programs follow.
== Entrepreneurship Month Highlighted in the Museum & Library Exhibits ==
In relation to the first year seminar program, to showcase the work and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship at Hollins, the projects of the students will be highlighted at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum and the Wyndham Robertson Library
The First Year Seminar Program at Hollins is set to help first year students navigate their academic, social, and professional paths. At the heart of the concepts of sustainability and social innovation is stewardship—the responsible use and protection of the environment around you through thoughtful and intentional practices that enhance ecosystem resilience and human well-being. The concept of stewardship can be applied not only to the environment and nature, but also to economics, health, information, theology, cultural resources, and beyond. The United Nations has identified sustainable development goals addressing the world’s most pressing problems. This class embarks on exploring ways to address those problems as they present themselves in our local community. Students will be challenged to develop innovative solutions to complex problems by applying design thinking principles while working in multidisciplinary collaborative teams. FYS facilitators will challenge students to ask not what your community can do for you but what you can do for your community. Moreover, the structure and layout of the class is based on the Stanford model for design thinking where students are encouraged to find problems that personally move them to go greater things for the community. If this model works well and the outcomes are positive from the class, this framework will become the model that all first year seminar programs follow.
== Entrepreneurship Month Highlighted in the Museum & Library Exhibits ==
In relation to the first year seminar program, to showcase the work and encourage innovation and entrepreneurship at Hollins, the projects of the students will be highlighted at the Eleanor D. Wilson Museum and the Wyndham Robertson Library