Changes

= Fall 2017 Change Story '''<span style=<div><br/></div><div>{{"font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#Widget000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:Youtube|id=[httpsbaseline; white-space://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTFV5pre; white-Upo vRXTFV5space:pre-Upo]}}wrap">As a Cohort, Continue to Seek Out Diverse Perspectives</divspan>'''=

= '''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color: transparent; colorfont-weight: rgb(0, 0, 0)400; font-familystyle: Arialnormal; font-sizevariant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align: 11ptbaseline; fontwhite-weightspace: 700pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Opinion In order to build a truly integrative project around innovation and entrepreneurship at the university, it is fundamental to obtain the opinions and perspectives from diverse groups, including students faculty and staff from several fields and also administration alumni and companies.</span> ='''

'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Strategies</span>'''<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">In order to build a truly integrative project around innovation and entrepreneurship at Set up booths on the universityDrillfield (center of campus), it is fundamental to obtain get the opinions and perspectives community opinion about important topics.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Promote small town hall sessions in different areas of campus aiming to get input from diverse groups.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Stimulate discussion through VT official social media channels.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Create fun events to get faculty, including students faculty student, and administration together in collaborative challenges.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Set up online polls asking all segments about their desired future paths for the university.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Add a comments box to be displayed every time a person logs in on the university computing system so that feedback can be readily received.</span>'''</li></ul> ='''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">2022-2023 Establish UIF's Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span>'''=<span style="color:#000000">As a cohort, we aim to build long-term relationships between upperclassmen and staff from several fields underclassmen on the Virginia Tech Campus to grow and also administration alumni develop our students professionally, emotionally, and companiessocially.</span> <span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">'''Strategies'''</span></span> *Build an app that creates student-mentor pairings guided by a unique algorithm that matches eachother's interests and focuses. *Bring awareness to the app through social media and Virginia Tech news sources.*Work with Virginia Tech Professors to improve as well as promote the app via Innovate methods. *Partner with VT Engage to make the app as directed as possible and add a roadmap for goals similar to their system.

<br />='''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">2020-2021 Establish UIF's Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span>'''=<span style="color:#000000">StrategiesAs a cohort, we aim to create more awareness of innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities within the University amidst the increased emphasis on virtual and remote interaction.</span>

*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Set up booths on the Drillfield (center of campus), to get the community opinion about important topics</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Promote small town hall sessions in different areas of campus aiming to get input from diverse groups</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Stimulate discussion through VT official social media channels</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Create fun events to get faculty, student and administration together in collaborative challenges</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Set up online polls asking all segments about their desired future paths for the university'''Strategies'''</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Add a comments box to be displayed every time a person logs in on the university computing system.</span>

*<span style= "color:#000000">Host or organize an "I&E Week" to highlight programs and opportunities at Virginia Tech.</span>*<span style="background-color: transparent; #000000">Create an application that has comprehensive lists of all courses offered at the university with filters to promote I&E based classes.</span>*<span style="color: rgb#000000">Work with departments not typically associated with I&E to encourage new connections and provide partnering opportunities (0, 0, 0ex. ICAT); font-family.</span>*<span style="color: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;#000000">Consult Create a mentorship program to pair students when elaborating policy and programswith I&E experts.</span> =

<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">It would be beneficial for Virginia Tech to adopt a student-centered approach when planning its policies and programs. Although the input of students in specific fields is consulted, it seems the number and the diversity of students actually participating in those processes is low. &nbsp;Students of other groups or fields often feel distant from those programs and events, as if they were not a part of the innovation mindset/ momentum at the university.</span>

='''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; fontvariant-stylenumeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; text vertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; vertical white-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap">Strategies2019-2020 Establish UIF’s Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span>'''=

*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Develop a quick survey for students to be distributed by faculty on One of the classrooms</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Distribute the survey in main goals of the dining halls</span>*<span style="font2019-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Promote small focus groups involving 2020 UIF cohort is to pair holistic development of the student organizations in campus</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Assembly a student consulting body with representatives of all clubs and innovations hubs in campus</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Work with InclusiveVT the university's technical approach to ensure participation and input from underrepresented students</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Add a weekly online poll on VT social media about specific ongoing projectseducation.</span>

= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; #000000"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700;small">More effective communication strategies regarding ideas and plans that impact students'''Strategies'''</span></span> =

*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background">Create an app that provides a more user-friendly approach to accessing information related to clubs and organizations. This could be similar to Virginia Tech's webpage for clubs, GobblerConnect.</span>*<span style="color:transparent; font#000000">Create an interdisciplinary course that focuses on project-weight:400; fontbased learning. These projects will be evaluated in a Shark Tank-like manner</span>*<span style="color:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline#000000">Being Create a large size universitystudy abroad program that focuses on collaboration with students, parents, local universities, it is understandable that communication strategies at VT are not always well-integrated and confined to specific majors or colleges. For the effective development of service projects</span>*<span style="color:#000000">Create a thriving student-centered innovation environment at the university, It would be important to invest in integrated communication strategies research and I&E showcase that include students can attend to learn about resources and innovation outside of all their majors and levels,informing and engaging while connecting them on the university’s ideas to faculty and plans that impact directly their academic and personal lives.other students</span>

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*<span style="font-size[https:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Develop a student-led online magazine</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Work with the student organizations to get new communication channels using their existing structures</span>*youtu.be/3xvJ1IHR4Qo <span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Develop a student-centered section of VT News<Virginia Tech/span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Embed this section of VT News on CanvasUIF, (Learning Management System)</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Use channels as Slack and SnapChat to communicate with students</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Use the large screens at Newman Library to communicate about future and ongoing plans</span>*<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Use the table cards and screens at the dining halls Journey to communicate about new initiatives in placeCollaborative Collisions Video</span>]

= '''<span style="backgroundfont-size: 11pt; font-colorfamily: transparentArial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-familyvariant-numeric: Arialnormal; font-sizevariant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: 11ptbaseline; fontwhite-weightspace: 700pre-wrap;">Knowledge about available resources2018-2019 Establish UIF’s Long-Term Projection/Goals for Virginia Tech</span> '''=

'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">The landscape canvas showed that VT offers One of the main goals we as the 2018-2019 UIF Cohort are trying to accomplish is making sure whatever we do as our change projects resonate for years to come. &nbsp;We hope to instill a set new type of diverse resources in culture at Virginia Tech, one that involves truly understanding and appreciating innovation and entrepreneurship that are high-quality and fully available for students. However, the knowledge about these resources What this will do is limited and create an atmosphere for students from majors outside business to go and engineering still feel disconnectedmake their ideas into reality.</span>'''

'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Strategies</span>'''<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Create a type of Netflix “Max” Host events that suggests resources from goals that people input.can help students realize what innovation and entrepreneurship is</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">“100 resources you have as a VT student”, partner with local press Ask around campus to create this article.figure out how the university is currently defining innovation and entrepreneurship</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Rely on student Work to connect different I&E programs to work together and share by word of mouth.ideas</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Start a “Did you know” series</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; fontwhite-weightspace:400pre; fontwhite-stylespace:normal; fontpre-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baselinewrap">Have Inform students stories include resources they used to succeed.through email or social media platform of opportunities on campus of ways their ideas can be fostered</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Video content Cause a movement on campus to walk students through resources.make I&E a lifestyle focus around campus</span>'''</li>

= '''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color: transparent; colorfont-weight: rgb(0, 0, 0)700; font-familystyle: Arialnormal; font-sizevariant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align: 11ptbaseline; fontwhite-weightspace: 700pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Partnerships with industry/sponsorsEnhance Communication Effectiveness Involving Collaborative Opportunities</span> ''' =

<span style="font-sizefamily:11ptarial,helvetica,sans-serif; ">'''<span style="font-familysize:Arial11pt; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-stylevariant-numeric:normal; font-variant-east-asian:normal; textvertical-decorationalign:nonebaseline; verticalwhite-alignspace:baselinepre-wrap;">Establishing more partnerships with industry and external sponsors A prevalent issue across the Virginia Tech campus is that offer direct students aren’t aware of the many opportunities that are offered for them. Because Virginia Tech’s campus is so large, it is challenging for all students to learn and practice in real-world settings is be included or even informed about certain opportunities offered; which can be simply because of a key component on specified major. However, it would be beneficial to have a strategy aiming platform to expand the impact ensure all students are aware of innovation for students at the universityvarious opportunities.</span>'''</span>

<br/span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategies</span>'''</span><ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; fontarial,helvetica,sans-variant:normalserif; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Create multidisciplinary groups</span></li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ask Develop a quick survey for moneystudents to inform them about organizations and opportunities</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-sizefamily:11ptarial,helvetica,sans-serif; ">'''<span style="font-familysize:Arial11pt; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brag about company sponsors, include Create a poll of students interested in innovation and connect them in newsletters.</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-sizefamily:11ptarial,helvetica,sans-serif; ">'''<span style="font-familysize:Arial11pt; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Allow companies to sponsor more events on campus.Distribute information cards in the dining halls</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-sizefamily:11ptarial,helvetica,sans-serif; ">'''<span style="font-familysize:Arial11pt; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create more job fairs across all majors.platform with student network inputs</span>'''</span></li><li><span style="font-sizefamily:11ptarial,helvetica,sans-serif; ">'''<span style="font-familysize:Arial11pt; color:#000000rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build close relationships with companies by keeping alumni involved.Create an online weekly reminder for collaboration openings</span>'''</span></li>

= '''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Becoming a student-centered universityEfficient Use of Existing I&E Spaces</span> '''=

&nbsp;'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Increasing importance A lot of getting students “on-board” for the realization spaces amongst campuses are used in very different ways. One emerging issue that we have seen is that people are not aware of many spaces around campus. If there was a way to spread awareness amongst these spaces throughout campus this will cause people to actually use these spaces more often. In addition to the university’s projects &nbsp;- &nbsp;engaging students on planning and making their own learning environment and system is previous thought, we want to create a key feature space specifically for universities’ aiming to build a new I&E where multiple different backgrounds can come and improved experiential college for the futureshare ideas.</span>'''

<br/>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Strategies</span>'''<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Use surveys, focus groups and other strategies to capture students’ perspectiveAnalyze existing spaces that can be improved upon</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Promote Town Hall meetings (with free food)Get feedback from students and faculty to see what and where improvements can be made</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Delegate more student representatives such as the board of visitors student rep.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; fontwhite-variantspace:normalpre; textwhite-decorationspace:none; verticalpre-align:baselinewrap">Share Look into new spaces available for development for student success storiesuse on campus</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Start a student podcast</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; backgroundwhite-colorspace:transparentpre; fontwhite-weightspace:400; fontpre-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baselinewrap">Bring back TedX talks.Account for all spaces on campus that students use for studying, group work, I+E, etc</span>'''</li>

<br />'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">'''Note: '''After talking The ultimate goal of UIF is to get students to understand the thinking processes that are associated with diverse stakeholders innovation and co-creating in several change mode canvases addressing our prioritiesentrepreneurship. There is a lot of groundwork to be done beforehand; convincing the university to commit to this vision, we were able communicating to uncover underlying issues students that these are important skills, laying out what an I&E thinking process is; and potential gaps. We discover converging aspects and an opportunity thus we want to position ourselves include this priority as mediators between those audiences needs a multi-year goal. When students ultimately begin the learning process of innovation and offerings - entrepreneurship in particularthe classroom, it is imperative that they have a strong understanding of &nbsp;the campus ecosystem, so that they can act on new experiential learning initiative at Virginia Tech emerged as a potential setting for our work ideas, feel comfortable collaborating, and use their skills to catalyze change and facilitate shared endeavours between students and admininstrationbe </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:italic; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">productive</span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">.</span>'''

'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Establishing more partnerships with industry and external sponsors that offer direct opportunities for students to learn and practice in real-world settings is a key component on a strategy aiming to expand the impact of innovation for students at the university.</span>''' '''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:700; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Strategies</span>'''<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Create multidisciplinary groups</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Ask for money</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Brag about company sponsors, include them in newsletters.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Allow companies to sponsor more events on campus.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Create more job fairs across all majors.</span>'''</li><li>'''<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre; white-space:pre-wrap">Build close relationships with companies by keeping alumni involved. Get students access to them.</span>'''</li></ul> = <span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Related Links</span></span><br/> ==

Supporting Experiential Learning at Virginia Tech:&nbsp;[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXTFV5-Upo https '''Fall 2019''' [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alisha_Bajaj Alisha Bajaj] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Will_Makowski Will Makowski] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Isabela_Nunez_Nova Isa Núñez Nova] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Michael_Rauco Michael Rauco]   '''Fall 2018''' [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Connor_Mulligan Connor Mulligan] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Shafe_Ahmed Shafe Ahmed] [http://wwwuniversityinnovation.youtubeorg/wiki/TJ_Cosby TJ Cosby] [http://universityinnovation.comorg/wiki/watch?v=vRXTFV5-UpoSydney_Miller Sydney Miller]  

<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jarrodd_Davis Jarrodd Davis]</span></span></span></span>

<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Danielle_jeffers Danielle Jeffers]</span></span></span></span>

<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Najla_Mouchrek Najla Mouchrek]</span></span></span></span>

<span><span style="font-size: 12ptsmall; "><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'arial,helvetica,sans-serif; "><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sunny_Murthy Sunny Murthy]</span></span></span></span>

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