The University of Minensota has over 900 student groups. Some are more active than others but all engage students in some way that improves the student experience. Some groups even have tangible affects in the area of Innovation and Entreprneurship. The idea behind a campus converge would be to bring leaders from the most prominent or high potential groups together so that they can learn about eachother's initiatives and find ways to improve their operations and collaborate.
The There have been multiple students from several student's haven't directly been asking for groups who have expressed interest in, or even hosted, an event like this. It's hard to conceive However, there was not as much follow-up after the potential of such an events as they would like. Each event when one is so focused on their own student far has involved students from a diverse group. Stillof backgrounds, generated a ton of momentum day of, but has not created the lasting relationships necessary to create cross-collaborative projects. The chance to get passionate peopel people talking about what they're passionate about seems like a high potential opportunity and it's one we'd like to pursuehosting on with procedures in place to create lasting bonds.
As UIF, our job would be Milestones *Conduct student leaders to figure out evaluate what groups would most benefit they'd like to gain from meeting eachother and then arranging this event*Create the overall structure for the actual event. Costs are minimal and *Host the real obstacles lie in convincing student leaders that they have something event *Organize a way for students to learn from working walk away with others accross campus.collaborative projects/goals
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