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= <span style="font-size:x-large">SPRING 2017 PRIORITIES</span><br/> =

= '''<span style="font-size:large">STUDENT PRIORITY #1: Alicen Long</span>'''<br/> =

One way I will help bridge this gap will be by exposing psychology students to virtual reality and explaining the new presence it has taken in the field of psychology. After talking with several students, I found that not one was aware of this new method of therapy using virtual reality for patients of all kinds. Students did find it very interesting and I feel this is a great way to get psychology student's foot in the door of I&E. Virtual reality has been used for exposure therapy to help patients conquer fears of flying, test-taking anxiety, panic attacks,&nbsp;arachnophobia, anxiety disorders, and even ADHD, but is not limited to this list. A lot of students, including myself, didn't know or only knew about a few I&E resources our campus offers at a surface level. I believe opening up this opportunity to psychology students to learn about this subfield and virtual reality will spark the flame of I&E awareness and involvement for my target population, psychology students who currently have little to no involvement with the I&E community.&nbsp;

= '''<span style="font-size:large">STUDENT PRIORITY #3: Justin Medley</span>'''<br/> =

While much attention is given to the concept of an ‘Academic Silo’, there exists a similar effect between Industry and the Academic world as a whole. Tennessee Technological University has a Career Services department that facilitates Co-operative Education (Co-op), and internship experiences. I believe these are excellent avenues for students to gain real experience and learning. However, great benefit could be provided with shorter term opportunities.

= <span style="font-size: large">STUDENT PRIORITY #2A: JACQUELINE SCHULZ (REPLACED, SEE #2B)</span><br/> =

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= <span style="font-size:large">STUDENT PRIORITY #2B: JACQUELINE SCHULZ</span><br/> =

<span style="font-size:small">RUSH UIF is a four part event series which seeks to expose students to Innovation & Entrepreneurship in fun and exciting ways and increase student awareness of the underlying prevalence of Innovation & Entrepreneurship in our culture today. Each event is very different from the last, targeting a different reason or avenue for I&E involvement. This year's series took place August 29th, 2016 - September 1st, 2016.</span>

= <span style="font-size:large">STUDENT PRIORITY #3: NICK RUSSELL</span><br/> =

<span style="font-size:small">Through our investigation of the I&E ecosystem on our campus, a dichotomy began to emerge in which I saw a divergence between those who viewed the design thinking process as valuable in itself and those who viewed&nbsp;it as a means to developing technology. Tennessee Tech has done an admirable job &nbsp;building out the infrastructure which could support creating technology or a company, but has room to grow in terms of developing an I&E culture.</span>

<span style="font-size:small">I will run a pilot “Design Thinking College” course. The class will meet in the maker space and feature key I&E faculty and leadership as guest speakers and lecturers. The class will involve a hands on I&E project from day one and will conclude with an idea pitch competition. This class aims to introduce students to the I&E framework so early in their college careers it becomes their default, and they can engage in the community and culture we are trying to build at Tennessee Tech.&nbsp;</span>

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