2023 Cohort
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Student priorities for 2023 cohort
== '''UNF 2023 UIF Cohort Strategic Priorities''' ==
=== Strategic Priority 1: Student Canvas Seminar ===
''Project Leaders: Bailey Estep, Dasha Dematte, Ishi Sharma, Gabi Bynum''
=== '''Strategic Priority 2: Responsibility Resource Fair''' ===
''Project Leader: Bailey Estep''
Our university struggles with keeping students engaged and motivated to not only stay on campus but letting students being able to adapt to the new responsibilities of living independently. I surveyed many freshman, transfer, upperclassmen, and international students on what their experiences were as an independent adult so far. Many students struggled with adjusting to grocery shopping, making their own doctor appointments, finding a job on or off campus, or even just struggling with finding additional financial aid to get them through college. I met students who had to skip classes due to picking up extra shifts at work to afford tuition, international students who use the food pantry on campus because they have no transportation to grocery stores that are affordable, students who struggle with budgeting, and many students who suffer from severe homesickness.
To keep students feel included, motivated, innovative, and included to UNF I plan to address this issue with a Responsibility Resource Fair. Once a year every fall semester I plan to partner with our Market Wednesdays to plan a Themed Market Day towards responsibilities. Every table will represent a different responsibility. Some examples are finding car and health insurance, how to properly grocery shop, how to find a job on/off campus, interview and resume skills, how to adjust to being alone, what are the best ways to get involved at UNF, Access to therapy, finding a bank that is in Jacksonville and your home town to better help with banking, and so much more. Many of these ideas were inspired by student responses and what they needed/ currently need as a resource. I hope to not only help students feel more welcomes at UNF but to build our community as a whole towards supporting each other to be the best we can be.
=== Strategic Priority 3: Financial Literacy Solution ===
''Student Leader: Dasha Dematte''
=== Student Priority 4: Innovation Exposure to Action ===
''Student Leader: Ishi Sharma''
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=== Student Priority 5: Traditional University Wide Event ===
''Student Leader: Gabi Bynum''
<big><big>'''UNF 2022 UIF Cohort Strategic Priorities'''</big></big>