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'''<span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CONNECTING WITH ADMINISTRATION</span></span>'''
'''<span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span>'''<span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38;">Though administration is often viewed as unapproachable by students, almost like a CEO of a major corporation to the average worker; making purposeful connections with administration is critical to making positive change. Establishing connections with the chairs of departments, who may also be your professors, is one way to overcome the barrier between administration and students. Once these connections are established the chairs may be willing to assist students in bridging the gap between the students and the higher levels of administration. </span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-72b63453-610a-06cf-fe81-b91c17780cdd"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When considering which chairs to approach first look for individuals who have experience in the business world in conjunction or prior to their experience as faculty. Faculty or administration that have experience in the working world are often more open to innovation and entrepreneurship and may not be as afraid to rock the boat of the standard mode of university operations.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-72b63453-610a-06cf-fe81-b91c17780cdd"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A general rule to follow when determining the level of interest and engagement of prospective individuals in administration is to approach them no more than three times with your proposal. Keep in mind that Chairs and other individuals in administrative roles are often much busier than the average faculty member and may take more time to get back with you. Even though the beginning of the semester is often more relaxed for students this is typically not the case for most individuals in administrative roles. Asking to meet with Chairs between the first two weeks of the semester and the last two weeks of the semester may yield a more enthusiastic response.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-72b63453-6100-7738-121c-4140fb8e7bdd"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The initial step towards solving a problem is to create a solution proposal. A one-page document that lists the problem and the proposal in short will suffice. Thanks to Dr. Mary Foster of Morgan State University, the following template can be used towards your proposal. Here is an example:</span></span>
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Problem: Lack of communication between stakeholders/students and students/students</span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-72b63453-6101-846b-ecce-f548c65615d9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Possible Solution: Designing a board that can enhance the communication between both parties to enable creative collisions of new ideas.</span></span>
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<li>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-72b63453-6100-7738-121c-4140fb8e7bdd"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fellow connects with advisor</span></span>'''</li>