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Following these findings my idea is to host several Design Thinking Workshops across campus. The purpose of the workshops would be to educate more faculty and students about the design thinking process in hopes that the ideas and processes will make their ways into more classrooms. We also hope to gain more interest in campus resources such as the Design Thinking club and courses taught that involve innovation and entrepreneurship.
=== '''''Strategic Priority 23: Design Thinking Lab.''''' ===
''Project Leader: Kirsten Green''
Ultimately, this would enhance students' problem-solving skills, increase student’s ability to empathize, improve students’ communication and teamwork, give students real-world experience, and encourage creativity and innovation.
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=== '''''Strategic Priority 4: Design Thinking Fair''''' ===
''Project Leaders: Michaiya Cox and Brianna Pearson''
Not many students are aware of the impact they can have on their college campus, nor do they know how to achieve the changes they want to see. Exposing college students to design thinking practices can show students their capabilities to make a difference on their college campus. Currently, at our university, the University of North Florida, design thinking is only available for students who are a part of the Hicks Honors College on campus. To expose design thinking to everyone on campus, our idea is to create a Design Thinking Fair that lasts one whole weekend on campus. At this event, we will be helping students unlock and level up their creative innovation mindsets and sharpen their entrepreneurship skills.
The Design Thinking Fair will have students group up to create prototypes of things they want to bring attention to within the two or three days of the event. It will be days full of rapid thinking and there will be a new winner in every challenge. There will be free food from food trucks and prizes such as campus merch and or gift cards that can come into use for each student’s needs. Ideas/prompts will be thrown out by the higher-ups of the campus such as the president of the university and the people of Blackstone Launchpad. That way the students will capture their attention quicker since they will play a huge role in the event.
=='''UNF 2023 UIF Cohort Strategic Priorities'''==