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Asya is currently a freshman majoring in Chemical Engineering at the '''University:''' Colorado School of Mines. She was originally born in Armenia and moved to the [[File:Asya Sergoyan.JPG|thumb|Asya Sergoyan.JPG]]United States when she was just four years old. Seeing how far her family has come since then has made her the hardworking and driven person she is today. Her hobbies include spending time with friends and family, traveling, and playing tennis! She is extremely passionate about math and science and that is why she chose the engineering path. She loves solving problems and being innovative with technology.With that, she is equally passionate about business, humanities, and inspiring change. She loves engineering, but she doesn't want to be JUST an engineer for the rest of her life. She wants to do something more and make a difference. In high school she was a co-founder for a non-profit organization called "Grades 4 Change" focused around providing free tutoring to struggling elementary school students. Grades 4 Change paired high school students with elementary school students to study any subject that comes to mind. Even teachers requested tutors to come help out in classrooms for a more personal education experience. Grades 4 Change ensured that struggling students do not get behind in school. Any donations made to the organization were donated to charities. By the time she graduated, the organization was involved with over 10 high schools and 12 elementary school and passed down to the new senior class. This experience has shown her that people really can make a difference and that is what we intend to do as the University Innovation Fellows.(aka Mines)
In her freshman year at Mines, Asya was also involved in planning and conducting many events on campus. She helped run an innovation competition sponsored by Newmont Mining Corporation. Newmont generously donated $70,000 to the Colorado School of Mines to have a competition where teams design new, innovative solutions to current issues within the mining industry. She is also on the team that is organizing a Business Workshop focused around the Business Model Canvas to help the ten winning teams start up their businesses in preparation for the final competition, where one team will win $20,000 to make their idea truly come to life. '''Major: '''Chemical Engineering
= Related Links ='''UIF Since:''' Spring 2016
[[Colorado School of Mines|Colorado School of Mines]]'''Email:''' asergoyan@mymail.mines.edu
[[Colorado School of mines Student Priorites]]
University Innovation Fellows
Spring 2016==== Major Projects: ====
[[Daniel Dickason|Daniel Dickason]]'''Hobbies:'''
[[Trevor Clevenger|Trevor Clevenger]]*Traveling*Tennis*Cooking*Reading*Marvel Movies
[[Tara Maestas|Tara Maestas]]==== Why UIF?: ====
'''Asya Sergoyan'''The University Innovation Fellows Program is a life changing program that allows students to become true makers of change at their own universities, companies, organizations, and communities. It equips students with resources, skills, and the community to chase their dreams and change the world. UIF empowers students to go on and inspire the rest of the world. Ask me about how UIF has changed my life.
[[Nicholas Yuan|Nicholas Yuan]] Spring 2014http: [[Corey Brugh|Corey Brugh]] [[Category:Student Contributors|a]]//universityinnovation.org/images/b/b1/Asya_Sergoyan.JPG
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*Newmont Innovation Competition: Newmont Mining Co. donated $70,000 to Mines to host an innovation competition around the industry of mining. I got to take part in planning and facilitating the competition two years in a row. *Maker Spaces at Mines: Mines currently has three new maker spaces thanks to the Mines Fellows! I got to help design two of the spaces that get used by students every day. *#UIFresh: I was given a few hours during freshman orientation to conduct creative thinking, design thinking, and rapid prototyping workshops to introduce freshman to I&E in order to increase retention rates in STEM. I got support from major faculty on campus and the letter of support, along with many letters from other fellows at different universities, were published by t he white house. *I&E Workshops: I've conducted various design thinking and lean canvas workshops in classes, during clubs, and for faculty. *Mines Regional Meetup: The Mines Fellows are planning an incredible regional meetup for September 6th-9th, 2018! We are ready to show off our lovely State of Colorado and our new and improved university! We've planned things like hiking, rock climbing, walks along the creek, a design challenge around disabilities, numerous ignites from Fellows, inspirational speakers, and lots of community bonding. Learn more and register [[Mallory Britzminesmeetup.co|Mallory Britzhere!]] To help earn travel funding from your university, register to do an ignite (short education, information, or inspirational speech) or submit a poster! Also, please feel free to contact me with any questions!
