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In order to ensure that the movement is sustainable and inclusive, a three-tiered network will be created to equip all members of the university community with the tools for introducing creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation at all levels of campus activity.
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'''1) Fire Circle:''' This group stewards the vision for innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship on campus by creating the Strategic Project plan and keeping track of activity in each focus area. The Fire Circle is comprised of student leaders, faculty sponsors, academic deans, alumni and trustees that are interested in fostering innovation activity on campus. Each member of the Fire Circle is responsible for championing a particular focus area and recruiting Fire Starters to generate interest through established networks on campus. This group functions as the "brain trust" for the movement.
'''How might we infuse innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship into the engaged learning experience at Furman?'''
This strategic project will be created and shepherded by a coalition of partners from across the university (Fire Circle). Below, seven dimensions are outlined to serve as benchmarks for embedding creativity, entrepreneurship, design and innovation into the existing institutional infrastructure through a series of programs, projects and experiences.
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=== Vision: ===
In alignment with Furman’s commitment to the liberal arts, The Engage*d Institute of Design Thinking and Social Innovation creates an environment where knowledge, passion and creativity intersect in a collaborative setting.<br/><br/>Engage*d is a living classroom where real world problems are defined and sustainable solutions are developed with partners, stakeholders, users and experts. Through classes and extracurricular projects, students, professors and communtiy partners engage in design thinking, a creative problem solving methodology that combines creative and analytical approaches.<br/><br/>Students learn by defining problems that are based off of fieldwork, uncovering the real human needs that they want to address. In cycling through the process multiple times on every project, students benefit from applying their knowledge outside the classroom in a collaborative setting and partners benefit by gaining new perspectives, new insights and new solutions.<br/><br/>In partnership with the Hasso Plattner Institue of Design at Stanford and a network of d.schools around the world, the Engage*d Institute brings design thinking to the undergraduate education in a meaningful way.
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=== '''Focus Areas:''' ===
'''V) Collaboration Lab'''<br/>Meeting space for 10-12 people with flexible furniture in a glass-enclosed room
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