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= Overview '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">OVERVIEW</span></span>''' =

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Converse College was founded on the radical idea that young women deserved a space, designed for them, to pursue higher education. Since that first year, Converse has continued to help those women find their voice, understand their true value, and refine their vision. &nbsp;As times change, however, so must we. How might we continue to adapt converse’s founding principles in order to serve a new generation of women?</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">We, as students, are entering a post-grad landscape far different than that of our predecessors. Steeped in technology, and connected on a massive, global scale, the tools we need to be successful in the world outside Converse’s campus are ever-changing. It is time for us to foster an innovative, creative ecosystem where failure is nothing but a starting and learning point, and problems are nothing but opportunities.&nbsp;</span></span>

= Priority One<span style="font-size: Spark Student Interest medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">PRIORITY ONE: SPARK STUDENT INTEREST& Create Concrete Value =nbsp;</span></span>

'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Converse has a longstanding tradition of self-governance. A large portion of her students hold leadership positions on campus, and Converse itself is student-regulated, adhering to a traditional honor code. The student body is an an​ active one, fully involved in the creation and ideation of Converse's future.&nbsp;In any given year, students plan fundraisers to help crisis centers and cancer research institutes, organize trips to serve all over the United States, perform institutional research, and design new and exciting clubs to promote student involvement. Converse students aren't uninterested; they simply need to be shown the value.</span></span>'''

However<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Despite their passionate involvement on campus and off campus, most Converse students simply aren't aware of entrepreneurship and innovation on any scale, especially not on Converse's campus. Engineering students spend only two years on campus, taking the basic courses before heading off to Clemson. Computer science majors Those who are aware of it are few intimidated; they equate entrepreneurship with Fortune 500 companies and far betweentheir firm belief in their inability to succeed. What Converse lacks in technical 's most popular majorsare education, however, it makes up for in its empassioned students. In any given year, students plan fundraisers to help crisis centers visual and cancer research institutesperforming arts, organize trips to serve all over the United States, perform institutional researchhumanities, and design new and exciting clubs to promote student involvementsocial sciences. All fields are integrated. Converse students aren't uninterestedTherefore, they simply there is an imminent need for students in ALL majors to be shown the valuewell acquainted with and experienced in entrepreneurial, innovative, and collaborative culture.</span></span>

Prirority <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Priority one speaks to that process. Entrepreneeurship Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in this case, are not about venture creation, maker spaces, or new engineering deapartmentsdepartments. They are about the tools and skills an entrepreneur learns that can be applied to every career path once out of Converse's walls. This process is about speaking to the interests of our student body, and introducing them to skills and themes that can help them in all disciplines. &nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style= PITCHConverse =="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">INDUCTING AN I&E ORGANIZATION WITHIN SGA</span></span>

Most pitch competitions revolve around business ideas. PITCHConverse is about community engagement. Students will be presented with a question, anything from <span style="font-size:medium;"how might we improve the lives of south carolinian children?><span style=" to font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"how might we use technology in new ways >SGA organizations have tremendous exposure and support on campus?" Solutions . Inducting a student led I&E organization through the SGA well enable the UIF Fellow and other leaders within the organization to host speakers, buy supplies, run advertising campaigns, pay for field trips to these problems will be presented regional accelerators, organize business pitch competitions etc. in a typical one minute format at an event sponsored by order to help students discover I&E. Once the UIF Fellow graduates, the Converse Honors Program organization will remain and Religious Lifecontinue to prosper with new leadership.Students need a cohesive outlet for their leadership in I&nbsp;E.</span></span>

PITCHConverse is designed to help students become acquainted with entrepreneurial keywords<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma, themesgeneva, and ideas. It also introduces them to facets of the entrepreneurial toolkit, including concise, clear communication skills, and innovative problem solving. Overall, it is designed to be the first major starting block for students to begin their participation in institutional Isans-serif;">PRIORITY TWO: ESTABLISH A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONVERSE UIF INITIATIVES AND CONVERSE CURRICULA&E.nbsp;</span></span>

PITCHConverse is scheduled for late spring 2015. In the next month, the engaged parties will need to<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: choose the high level question respondents will be engaging with, begin the advertisement campaigntahoma, decide on and reserve a locationgeneva, and accrue the funding for the prizes.sans-serif;">EXTRA CREDIT FOR ATTENDING I&E EVENTS ON/OFF CAMPUS</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style= Freshman Orientation =="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Securing faculty and staff members’ approval for extra credit opportunities will provide great incentive to students. They will take up extra credit opportunities, venture outside their comfort zone, and return to their campus culture with a conviction to learn more and do more.</span></span>

Orientation is a critical point for students to learn about the culture we uphold at Converse. It is also the point at which we have the opportunity to reach the most students at one time. Using the Network of University Innovation Fellows, including students from Furman<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma, Woffordgeneva, and Clemson, we have the ability to offer modules during the Orientation experience to onsans-ramp students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The skills learned in these workshops will be applicable to all majors and discplines, focusing on the themes of creative confidence, communication, and learning from failure.serif;">I&E COMPONENT TO CONVOCATION SERIES</span></span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style= Convocation Series =="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Students are required to attend a number of events in different categories every semester in order to develop all aspects of the human spirit. These events span everything from art installations to resume building workshops.</span></span>

Students are required to attend a number of events in different categories every semester in order to develop all aspects of the human spirit. these events <span style="font-size:medium;"><span everything from art installations to resume building workshops. The Convocation Series' leadership style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">This component seeks is related to strengthen the professional capabilities of students through participation extra credit proposal above, in student government and career development workshops. We believe that this requirement is an excellent way to introduce students both avenues provide ways to learn more about technology, communication, and creativity outside the world traditional spaces of Innovation and Entrepreneurshiplearning.</span></span>

Through partnerships with organizations like Venture for America'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma, we will bring in lecturers in the fields of I&E to share their stories. If students cannot envision a future in which they apply these skillsgeneva, they will never decide to pursue them. Females especially suffer from a lack of strong depictions of women in sans-serif;">PRIORITY THREE: CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS TO BE ENGAGED WITH I&E. Bringing in success stories to share everything from the details of education tracks, to what a personal life looks like when entering these fields will provide a basis against which students can begin to envision themselves.</span></span>'''

The Convocation series'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma, leadership events in particulargeneva, &nbspsans-serif;also includes professional skill development. These events would be great places to introduce skills in technology, communication and creativity. Introducing themes seen in ">Once students are aware of I&E will make on a grander scale, they can start building the transition skills necessary to explicit I&E a little easierbe successful. This priority section focuses primarily on building the skills of Innovation and Entrepreneurship applicable to all disciplines.</span></span>''' =

= Priority Two= '''<span style="font-size: Foster Entrepreneurial Toolkit medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Leadership Retreat Training</span></span>''' ==

Once students are aware '''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">A large portion of I&E Converse's student body holds a leadership position on campus. One a grander scaleyear, these students converge in a multiple day leadership retreat, where they can start building learn the basics of heading the skills necessary to coalitions and student boards they will be successfultaking part in the entire school year. This priority section focuses primarily on building the skills These students are go-getters- they have run for office, started organizations, or serve as extensions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship applicable to all disciplinesstudent life.</span></span>'''

'''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style= Leadership Retreat Training =="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">During this retreat, we proposition that the principles of design thinking are taught much like it was taught to members of the University Innovation Fellows community at the regional meetup in Greenville, South Carolina. Students will be given a high level task, that they can divide into How Might We's, and rapidly move from brainstormnig solutions to presenting their days work. this process, we believe will strengthen their ability to work in high stress situations, communicate with a group, quickly prototype and roll out potential solutions, and learn from failures. Use of this model rather than preaching the tenets of leadership would be an amazing, fast paced way to get these students immersed in I&E culture while also learning tangible skills that will aid them throughout the school year.</span></span>'''

A large portion of Converse= '''s student body holds a leadership position on campus. One a year, these students converge in a multiple day leadership retreat, where they learn the basics of heading the coalitions and student boards they will be taking part in the entire school year. These students are go<span style="font-getterssize:medium;"><span style="font- they have run for officefamily:tahoma, started organizationsgeneva, or serve as extensions of student life. During this retreat, we proposition that the principles of design thinking are taught much like it was taught to members of the University Innovation Fellows community at the regional meetup in Greenville, South Carolina. Students will be given a high level task, that they can divide into How Might We's, and rapidly move from brainstormnig solutions to presenting their days work. this process, we believe will strengthen their ability to work in high stress situations, communicate with a group, quickly prototype and roll out potential solutions, and learn from failures. Use of this model rather than preaching the tenets of leadership would be an amazing, fast paced way to get these students immersed in I&E culture while also learning tangible skills that will aid them throughout the school year. = sans-serif;">Priority Three: Increase Community-Converse Partnerships </span></span>''' =