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=== Overview Background ===

=== Changemaker Hub  Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship ===

The <span style="font-size:small;">Changemaker Hub is a resource for students on campus to actively learn and engage with social justice and social innovation on a global scale and local scale. This is an Ashoka U certified organization on our campus that allows us to actively network with other universities around the globe passionate about social innovation. This resource provides education and experience human-centered design, user testing, community engagement, and much more.&nbsp;</span>

<span style=== Initiatives "font-size:small;">Because the Changemaker Hub is so central to campus, there are a myriad of events that take place within it. Not only this, but the Hub is working to collaborate with other clubs on Campuscampus to reach the student body even more. Pancake Peeps just recently merged with the Changemaker Hub in 2019. Pancake Peeps is a club that was started by a dedicated student who was involved with the Changemaker Hub, and is now an extremely popular program. Every Saturday, students carpool to Downtown, San Diego, to cook pancakes for the local homeless population.&nbsp; ===</span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arialFurthermore,helvetica,sansOutdoor Adventures is a wide-serif;">Current initiatives reaching program on our campus include a variety of events across multiple departments.&nbsp; Our Changemaker Hub promotes social innovation and entrepreneurship through Social Change Corps, Changemaker Student Committee, hosting a social innovation lab and promoting social innovation to incoming Many studentsresonate with the love of being outdoors.&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our Career Development Center encourages students to go Outdoor Adventures goes on frequent trips, as well as a “Torero Trek” which is an opportunity for students to travel across retreat before the country to learn about career opportunities from innovative and diverse businessesschool year even starts. In addition A lot of students begin to departmental initiatives, students who have created their own organizations on campus also promote and take part in social innovation and entrepreneurship. Some Student run organizations include: Net Impact Club, TEDx, and pancake peeps. These Organization along feel really at home with many others go above and beyond to take action and hold events throughout the year.</span></span></span><div><br/></div><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arialOutdoor Adventures community,helvetica,sans-serif;">In addition, USD is currently implementing a strategic plan "Envisioning 2024". This strategic&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap;">plan has been put in place and are able to capitalizes on the university’s recent progress and aligns bond with new strategic goals with current strengths to help shape a vision for the future as the university looks ahead to its 75th anniversary friends in the year 2024. Through this process we are analyzing how we can enhance student success, strengthen diversity, inclusion, and social justice, and improve other aspects of our campus. </span>&nbsp;</span>outdoors!</span>

<span style=== Areas We Can Improve"font-size: small;">Other organizations such as the Math Learning Center are really crucial to campus. The peer-to-peer tutoring is especially helpful as students can more effectively help others when they have literally had the same professors and sat in the same desks!<br/span> ===

<span style="font-size: small;">USD offers a wide range of events and provides many opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds but we can still improve some aspects of our campus. We feel that we can re-imagine parts of Entreprenuership through the Freshmen Orientation experience so Entrepreneurship Club and their events, as well as to accommodate all "Torero Treks" where students better and ensure we are offering the most engaging visit real, large companies and innovative opportunities our campus has to offerlearn about what goes on there. &nbsp;</span>

=== <br/> Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ===

<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size== Areas We Can Improve&nbsp; ==="2">Due to the nature of small class sizes, faculty and students are very closely connected. Most teachers know all or at least a majority of their students names. The smaller environment makes many students feel more comfortable and feel like they can approach their professors. In comparison, professors also feel closer to their students becuase they have such small class sizes. Professors make sure to offer their time in office hours regularly.</font>

<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Furthermore, because students and teachers are so close, many faculty on campus are passionate about helping students with their endeavours, whether these endeavours are academic or not. For example, work study students are given the opportunity to work closely with faculty members and learn what it is like to be in a business. For instance, students may participate in staff meetings.&nbsp;</font> === Actively Supporting The University Technology Transfer Function&nbsp; === Events  Students at USD could be more closely integrated during Freshman Year. Due to the spread out locations of on-campus dorms, many poeple struggle to meet others outside of their living area on Campus campus. The freshman orientation includes many activities and field trips where students are randomly paired together, no matter where they live. We would love to facilitate more of these trips to bring opportunities for students all over campus to meet each other.&nbsp; === Facilitating University Innovation Industry Collaborations&nbsp; === Events on Campus

 -What I Be Project  

-Ashoka U Exchange Conference === Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts&nbsp; === Feedback from Students  When we interviewed some students on campus we found that there were a few common concerns among the students. Many voiced concerns about the lack of transportation from and around campus. When interviewing students it was also made apparent that we can do a better job publicizing some opportunities better to students such as grants offered and opportunities for students to use what they learned in the classroom in real life. Students also shared that they enjoyed our events that were linked to the community such as My Story and Dinner with Strangers and they would appreciate working more with the local USD community. Analyzing our Landscape Canvas Active students who hold leadership positions and who take initiative are more aware of various opportunities for innovation, but the general student body and alumni often lack a way of connecting to our Changemaker identity. We consider this a big problem that we want to explore and further research. In addition, in the "spin out" section USD lacked a long-term support system of students interested in innovation and entrepreneurship after graduation. While USD offers a variety of ways to get involved while attending the college, it lacks a connect to alumni and supporting students after they graduate. === Related Links === <u>University of San Diego Strategic Priorities</u> 2019 Cohort: Strategic priorities described in: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_San_Diego_Student_Priorities Session 4 Strategic Priorities] 2018 Cohort: Strategic priorities video:&nbsp;[https://youtu.be/6y2aofmyf-M https://youtu.be/6y2aofmyf-M]   <u>Members of UIF team:</u> ''2019 Cohort'' [[Erica buyalos|Erica Buyalos]] [[Sophia_Austin|Sophia Austin]] [[Tanya_Keval|Tanya Keval]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Linnea_Leidy Linnea Leidy]   ''2018 Cohort'' [[User:Isabelle Ashraf|Isabelle Ashraf]] [[User:Jheaton|Julia Heaton]] [[User:Reijer Den Dulk|Reijer Den Dulk]]