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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Try not to schedule an event on campus close to finals or midterms, because not as many students will show up (even though they'd love to). It is also advisable to check well in advance of the event to see if your event clashes with any other high-profile and well-publicized event on campus. You don't want to lose any potential participants.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Introducing freshmen to I & E during Orientation week gives UIF great visibility, and gets conversation and action about innovation started on campus at the beginning of the school year.</span><To really keep the I&E mindset in motion, try not to teach all you can in one event, but rather many events over time. If students are interested in coming to a single meeting, chances are they will attend more than one meeting because they are passionate about their ideas. Having multiple sessions over a semester will allow continuous growth and networking among students. Select times that work for the attendees; do not schedule during the meeting times of other organizations/span></span>clubs that your target attendees are interested in (i.e. Society of Women Engineers, Hackathon, etc.). Something to keep in mind: freshmen tend to pick out clubs and organizations to participate in early in the semester, therefore it may be in your best interest to set up the first session in the beginning of the semester. You could contact freshmen orientation directors to possibly arrange the preliminary session during orientation to capture the attention of your target attendees early on.