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<span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f532e36-76c1-7468-12b3-38aeed1dc5a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What they found was that many students lacked and wished for the opportunity to be creative in their courses and wanted to gain credit for influential projects outside of class, especially those outside majors that were </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">deemed innovative</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. When asked about what the most surprising element was in regards to this entire process, Meenu stated that “when I asked a peer named Maya, ‘If you had an idea what would you do with it?’ she stated that she would, ‘lament the future nonexistence of that idea’ and I couldn’t believe it. It was the saddest thing to hear such a successful student feel unempowered. To hear from students that didn’t know if I&E was for them was eye opening.” Clearly the problem had been identified; the need for an element that promoted and supported creative thought needed to be formed.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-4f532e36-76c1-7468-12b3-38aeed1dc5a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meenu and her peers attended to her campus, making sure to interview students of all backgrounds, majors and perspectives, questioned what needed to be answered most: </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What do you feel is missing from campus? What do you think the new innovation center should provide?</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-4f532e36-76c1-7468-12b3-38aeed1dc5a0"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The team immediately took their findings back to the center’s administrative board to implement the second phase: </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">generation of the idea/solution</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Here’s their </span>[http://innovation.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PIC-Role-Description-and-Application-1.pdf <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">PIC application</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">!)</span>
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== Section 4 ==
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