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CALI will be strategically implemented so as to include all appropriate representation and allow for input from all Colleges. To encourage active participation by students and faculty alike, meetings will be arranged with the Deans of all colleges to receive nominations for students and faculty. Students must be able to provide the day-to-day enthusiasm and work ethic, and faculty must promote collaboration and offer the continuity that can lack when students enter the council and then graduate 1-2 years later. This 20-25 person council will construct by-laws and a mission statement as a unified group before beginning projects. Small steps will be taken to promote the collaborative effort such as to involve equal numbers of students from each college and to meet at neutral locations that do not imply control by one college or another.

~~== Status ==~~

The Entrepreneurship Minor is at the moment still restricted to Business students. The possibility to open it up to other student is being reviewed. Since the minor is new, administration wants to wait to see ho it goes in the College of Business before opening it up.

== Future Direction ==

Entrepreneurial and innovative thinking are not unique to a business education and as such resources to develop these skills should not be limited to business students. Currently on campus, we have a deficiency of non-business entrepreneurial courses/activities in combination with little to no availability for non-business students to take a business course. This results in students being pushed away or shut out of developing skills important to many career paths. Further, for those students that wish to pursue these entrepreneurial activities, it would have to be on an extracurricular basis. As busy as students are with their own course load and often College-specific extracurricular activities, it is hard to find time and effort to participate in entrepreneurial activities. Allowing students to earn a minor will provide greater incentive to put in the extra time to develop the skills. Opening this minor to all interested students will allow the innovation culture at Notre Dame to reach its full potential, with input from all disciplines.

== ~~Tactic #1:~~ Implementation ==

In order to implement this idea, we must overcome the barriers of revenue and communication. First, revenue is tied to each business student in a business class while there is none tied to a non-business student. And second, there are high walls standing between each College, preventing communication and collaboration. In order to solve both of these issues, we propose housing the Entrepreneurship Minor under the umbrella of the Provost's Office. The current Dean of the College of Science, Dr. Gregory Crawford, is in a transition to becoming an Associate Provost with an interest in Entrepreneurship tied to Silicon Valley. Using this connection, we hope to work with Dean Crawford to prevent the minor from being housed under one specific College. By doing this, revenue will not be tied down and there will be a central form of communication. To further ensure continued conversation, we also hope to enact a formalized leadership structure that encompasses students and faculty among each College. This idea is addressed above. In terms of creating the body of the Entrepreneurship Minor, we hope to utilize what has already been established and if needed, add other courses or workshops that have a greater focus on non-business subjects. This will allow the minor to truly be open to all disciplines.

== ~~Tactic #1~~Status == The Entrepreneurship Minor is at the moment still restricted to Business students. The possibility to open it up to other student is being reviewed. Since the minor is new, administration wants to wait to see ho it goes in the College of Business before opening it up.  == Future Direction ==

Before implementing this big idea, we need to make sure that the supporting structures are already in place. To do this, we will work closely with Dean Crawford and the deans of the other Colleges in order to develop a leadership framework. With this framework in place, we can work with the current Entrepreneurship Minor's administration to expand it to cover all four colleges. Then, we will work with our peers and faculty to integrate this minor into other Colleges by shaping current courses or programs to fit into entrepreneurial/innovative thinking. Finally and if needed, we will develop new courses and programs that may address entrepreneurship or innovation from a different lens that may appeal more to the students and faculty of each College.

<li>Inspire new ideas and conversations between students about real-world problems</li>

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== Status ==

The project was succesfully implemented in the 2014/2015 year. The innovation boards were found in many different places around campus. Students commented and gave their input on important topics. this helped stimulate interest in I7E on campus.

== Future Direction ==

Over the next several years, we hope to see this project contribute to the emergence of an innovation culture at Notre Dame, with more ''progressive creative thinking'' expected from students in all fields. Within three years, we hope that the student body will embrace the miNDspace board postings and grow to appreciate the challenge of design thinking and problem solving that these posts present. Finally, we hope that common use of several innovation spaces will be integrated into the daily lives and work of students here.

= Strategy #5:Increase awareness of I&E resources = Notre Dame offers many resources but they are often siloes and college-specific. Many resources are known only to graduate students and undegrad often don't know or don't have access.  == Tactic #1: Create a unified on-line website exploring I&E and showcasing the resources at Notre Dame == '''Description''' '''A single website would be very useful in showcasing in one place all the various resources that the University can offer. it would be easy to access by the whole ND community and it would create interest and at the same time direct students towards resources. it could also feature succesfull stories of ND sstudent entrepreneurs. ''' '''Milestones''' #Meet with campus stakeholders/OIT to discuss the project (Fall 15)#Reorganize materials and sources from UIF assignments (Fall 15)#Create website (Spring 16)#Launch (Spring 16) == Tactic #2: Providing workshops and events to increase awareness and showcase positive exmples == '''Description'''in addition to the website, another way to launch the project would be to have a workshop/event where students can be formally introsduced to all the resources. '''Milestones''' #Meet with campus stakeholders/OIT to discuss the project (Fall 15)#Reorganize materials and sources from UIF assignments (Fall 15)#Create website (Spring 16)#Launch (Spring 16) = Strategy #6: Increase Student Digital Awareness = Notre Dame students are highly skilled int heir own fields, but many (especially if not in the College of Engineering) do not know much about the digital world. Since we are in the digital revolution, this is a major set-back for our student capacities.  == Tactic #1: Organize Workshops that teach coding and digital skills == '''Description''' Digital workshops have been attempted in the past. This would launch a series on a full scale and invite students to learn and develop their coding skills.  It would not be for credit, since a major weight on students is that their schedules are full and they cannot add any more classes. '''Milestones''' #Meet with digital librarian and OIT to discuss the project#Organize workshops#Have weekly/monthly workshops == Tactic #2: Organize digital competitions == '''Description''' As a follow-up to the workshops/classes, we would have competitions in order to push students to test what they have learnt.  '''Milestones''' After workshops are up and running, meet to discuss competitions#Organize competitions == Tactic #3: Provide easy to access tools for students that want to explore new technologies ==

~~== Tactic #1:~~'''Description'''As a side to competitions and classes, we could alos provide online and in-library resources for students who want to learn on their own or are interested in a one-time digital experience.  =='''Milestones'''

~~== Tactic~~ #~~2:  ==~~Meet with OIT#Meet with CDS

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