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<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">First, and most interestingly, companies in the area will be granted access to the information of students studying Innovation and Entrepreneurship. They will be encouraged to hire students to tackle major challenges that the companies may have. Companies will be incentivized to provide guidance as they will have access to some of the most intelligent and capable pupils.</span>
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= <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Fall 2020<br/> = == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority One: Better Teaching Resources - Better Professors</span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This priority focuses on creating and implementing a module that can be used for future online classes. Many of the professors have received no instruction in how to teach an online class. Curriculum and permission will come from the deans of each college and Interim President Levit.</span></span> == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority Two: TU Houses</span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This priority focuses on creating new ways to encourage student interactions in a new more virtually world. The idea for "TU Houses" is to create TU's own spin off of the Hogwart's houses to encourage friendly competition, group cooperation, and group experience. Contacts for this project include Interim President Levit, the head RA's for each dorm, and student success coaches.</span></span> == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority Three: TU Pipeline</span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This priority is meant to aid the weak education system of Oklahoma by offering a direct pathway to admittance to TU for students across Oklahoma. Classes such as Chemistry I, Physics I, etc. will be offered as one semester courses to high schoolers at a to be found price. Contacts will be the deans of each college and Interim President Levit.</span></span> == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority Four: Green TU</span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a "green campus" by continuing our low level consumptions of paper, plastic, and other materials that have occurred with the switch to online classes. Contacts include David Ellsworth of the University Sustainability Committee.</span></span> = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span>Fall 2018<br/> = == <span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority One: Growing institutional I&E from the top-down</span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institutional I&E does not happen by solely educating the student body. In order to achieve a culture of I&E, a campus must be submerged in design thinking. It is just as important to educate administration, faculty, and staff about the benefits and practices of a creative mindset. Here at the University of Tulsa, we desire to approach the growth of the I&E mindset in the following manner in order to bridge the gap between administration, faculty, staff and students:</span></span> === <span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Administration, Faculty, and Staff Design Thinking Workshops:</span></span> ===<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Short-term Goal: Begin collaborating and brainstorming with influential stakeholders about better way to engage administration, faculty, and staff.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mid-term Goal: Develop 15 min design thinking exercises to introduce to faculty meetings.</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will test these exercises in pop-up meetings and receive feedback so that we can improve.</span></span></li></ul></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long-term Goal: Create a curriculum that can educate new employees and current employees in a concentrated yearly meeting.</span></span></li></ul> <br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Overall Goal:</u> The desire is that one day the University of Tulsa will brim with students pursuing new solutions to existing problems in their academic, social, and professional lives due to the impact of administration, faculty, and staff demonstrating design thinking.</span></span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority Two: Growing institutional I&E from the bottom-up</span></span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The goal of this priority is to grow I&E among students. We specifically want to target students from academic backgrounds that are not exposed to I&E very much. How can we incorporate this for students who do not necessarily have the time to take whole courses that are unrelated to their major? Our project to approach this is pop-up classes.</span></span> === <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Pop-up classes: These classes will allow students to learn about something they find interesting in an interactive and creative way. Furthermore, these classes will incorporate design thinking through prototype projects linked to the subject being taught.</span></span> ===<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Short-term goal: Trial run in one class period by collaborating with a professor and finding a common interest. Get feedback and find what topics students would take a pop-up class on.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mid-term goal: Start to incorporate pop-upu classes into curriculum starting with one class.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long-term goal: Several pop-up classes are offered and students can receive 1 credit for each class they take. Furthermore, these classes would be available for various different majors so that the design mentality is spread throughout campus and not too specific disciplines.</span></span></li></ul> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority Three: Spreading Awareness of I&E resources</span></span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Without the awareness of resources, how do we expect students to be able to start or even finish projects? In order to allow students to tap into their full innovative and entrepreneurial potential, they must be aware of resources that could help them start and further their projects. In order to increase the awareness on campus, we plan on the following:</span></span><br/><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Short-term goal: Begin drafting a map or brochure with all the I&E resources available and their respective locations.</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mid-term goal: Start passing these out to the freshman during orientation to expose them to innovation and all the resources.</span></span></li></ul> <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><u>Overall goal:</u> The goal is that the impact of spreading awareness of innovation resources will, in turn, allow students to accomplish their goals and see their projects through to the end, along with increasing the amount of students creating/being involved in projects.</span></span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategic Priority Four: Increasing I&E through extracurricular activities</span></span> == <span id="docs-internal-guid-35fc6fb5-7fff-f0a6-2323-e02c6ae80053"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Extracurriculars are a fantastic way to make innovation and entrepreneurship interdisciplinary. Student organizations contribute to submerging a campus in design thinking. Students who have ever wanted to pursue an idea without knowing how or who to work with can look at I&E clubs for the answers to their questions.</span></span> '''<span style="font-size:large;">Spring 2018</span>''' === '''Project One: Reconstructing areas in each building into innovation hubs''' ===
Currently, the University of Tulsa has each school split up into different buildings organized together and spread across campus. This is a convient setup for walking between classes, but unfortunetly has limited cross-disciplinary interaction between different majors. Each building also has its own lounge area that is currently being under-utilized.
<span style="font-size: small;">The University of Tulsa has a number of marvelous number of resources for students to take advantage of. There are a handful of highly educated and extremely motivated faculty who are available to help students in any venture they may engage in. However so, these resources may be limited and some student organizations may need additional guidance to succeed. </span>
==== <span style="font-size: large;">Goals and Desired Outcomes</span> ====
<span style="font-size: small;">One strategic priority that we hold dear to our hearts is establishing a program to connect Investors and local businesses to students to enable the flow of resources and mentorship. We strongly believe that connecting students to large companies will be highly beneficial for several reasons.</span>
<span style="font-size: small;">Secondly, we would like to connect students with ideas to these companies so they may have connections and such when preparing to launch or grow their companies. Initial funding in exchange for equity would be a major key to leading student companies to success. The hope is that companies as such will encourage staff to assist students with any issues they may have. For example, say a student needs legal guidance, a company lawyer can provide basic guidance and resources to help that student. </span>
<span style="font-size: small;">As the University of Tulsa is located in Tulsa Oklahoma, many of the largest companies in the area tend to be oil and gas companies. Companies we aim to partner with include QuikTrip, BOK, OneOK, ONE Gas, Phillips 66 and the Ross Group. </span>
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=== '''Project Four: Space and resources sponsorships'''<br/> ===
== '''<span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Related Links:</span></span>''' ==
'''''<span style="font-size: large;">Fall 2018</span>'''''
[[Brenna Robertson|<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Brenna Robertson</span></span>]]
[[Chloe Flores|<span style="font-size: medium;">Chloe Flores</span>]]
[[Jade Johnson|<span style="font-size: medium;">Jade Johnson</span>]]
[[Titilope_Osisanlu|<span style="font-size: medium;">Titi Osisanlu</span>]]
<span style="color:#000000;">'''<span style="font-size:large;">Spring 2018</span>'''</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/Cheyanne%20Wheat wiki/Cheyanne_Wheat Cheyanne Wheat]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/Nebeyou%20J.%20Esayas Nebeyou J. Esayas]</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/Rachel%20Deeds Rachel Deeds]</span>
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