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== Fall 2018 ==

Prototype 1:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saluki Survival Guide

<li>Problem<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>We have numerous resources on campus but not a correlating amount of student involvement (specifically freshmen)<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>How do we know it’s a problem?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Each of the freshmen we interviewed had interests that coincide with an existing club. When asked why they were not yet a part of the club they all said it was because they hadn’t heard of it.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">--- How might we inform new students about existing opportunities? ---<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Saluki Survival Guide<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>What is it?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>After conducting additional interviews, we will create a conglomeration of everything that the interviewed freshmen wished they knew as well as everything that we wish we knew as freshmen.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>What will it cost?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>The beauty of this project is that it will require no funding. Building the bank of new student information will require a significant time commitment, but not a monetary one.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>Who will it help?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>While we cannot control what freshmen do and do not look through, we can certainly try our best to make it appealing. Rather than dropping it in a folder titled ‘New Student Information’ we will refer to it as the Saluki Survival Guide.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>What will it include?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>The general idea is that it includes a bit of everything freshmen have questions about. From providing simple ways to discover RSO’s that match their interests, to how to get involved with undergraduate research, to how to file a maintenance report if their shower is leaking.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>Will it work?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>We discussed this idea with three of the freshmen that we previously interviewed. All three of them said that they thought the idea was good, but only two of them said they would have taken the time to read through it. When we presented this idea to one of our stakeholders, she responded positively to the lack of cost involved.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

Prototype 2:

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation Course

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Problem: <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;">We noticed that there were not many opportunities for students to learn about design thinking outside of the College of Business.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Solution:<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;">We want to provide an innovation course to the students of campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Process:<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 innovation course would teach students for a few weeks about design thinking and the process of creating a project. For the rest of the semester, the students are tasked with creating their own project that interests them. For example, if the student studies biology, they could task themselves with creating a research project. If the student studies business, they could create a plan to start their company. If the student studies engineering, they could create their own engineering project. At the end of the semester, the students will be required to show a detailed plan for their project or an actual product.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Target and Prototyping:<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 innovation course would be offered to honors students first as a testing ground. The honors students are required to take honors classes so by placing the innovation course as an honors course, there is a good chance that students will take it. After being tested as an honors course, we would like to open up the innovation course to the entire campus.

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Long-term Plan: <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;">In the long run, the course could be utilized like Senior Design course but for targeted towards freshman. This would introduce freshman to design thinking as soon as they come to campus and teach students how to create their own projects. The course has the potential to mold SIU into a more innovative campus.

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Prototype 3:

Prototype 3: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Question Bank

<li>Problem<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Students have questions about opportunities and campus life, but don’t know where to go to get the answers.<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>How do we know it’s a problem?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>After speaking to freshmen during our interviews we realized that these students have questions, but don’t know who or where to turn to for answers. We have also noticed this same trend in older students we have met in classes and through extracurriculars.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">--- How might we give students the resources to get answers? ---<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Question Bank<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>What is it?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>We will work with one of our stakeholders that is in control of the D2L platform to put a question bar and FAQ bank on the homepage. Students will then have a way simplified way to find SIU related questions.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

<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;">                           - What will it cost?

<li>This project will cost nothing to make and put into action, but it will take a time commitment to create and manage after its launch.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>Who will it help?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>This tool will help students of every classification by providing them a place to turn to for any Southern Illinois University related question. This will streamline the process of students trying to find out who can answer their specific questions.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>What will it include?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>We would keep the concept simple with a bar to type in questions on the homepage of D2L. There would be a FAQ link under the bar with questions that have been answered and their corresponding answers. When a question is answered, an email will be sent to the student and also go into the FAQ bank for other students to access.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>Will it work?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>We discussed this idea with one of our stakeholders that is in charge of the Desire to Learn (D2L) platform, who reacted positively to the proposal. She offered to help us redesign the homepage of D2L to include a question bar with a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) resource link under it. Due to our SIU emails being linked to our D2L accounts, designated staff can respond through email and list the answer on the FAQ page.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

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~~Prototype 4:~~

Prototype 4: <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Major Specific Introductory Course ( UCOL )

<li>Problem<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Students from all different majors are placed into the same University introductory course, yet they all have different interests.<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>How do we know it’s a problem?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>We’ve gone through UCOL first hand and realized that it should not be as broadly structured as it was. We all agree that it should be tailored towards your specific field of study. --- How might we give students the resources to get answers? ---</li>

</ul></li>

<li><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Major Specific Introductory Course ( UCOL )<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>What is it?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>After reflecting heavily on our personal experiences with the current structure of UCOL, we will modify the curriculum that is taught to the students to be major specific. Through this modification of curriculum, we will guide teachers of the UCOL course to connect those students towards related RSO’s and other major related organizations and opportunities on campus.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>What does it need to be implemented?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>This project will require no funding. A slight shift in the way the class is taught, along with some work with the universities registrar office, we will be able to move students into their Major Specific Introductory course for nothing more than a little hard work.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>Who will it help?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>This will help students who are not wanting too broad of an overview of campus and the resources on it. The students who will come into the university with an understanding of what they want to do in their major will be able to accomplish that by being given knowledge about opportunities in their major.</li>

</ul></li>

<li>What will it include?<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>It will include a structured list of major related RSO’s and opportunities within the university and around the southern Illinois region. The course will be structured in a way that the students are required to go out and actually interact with peers and faculty in their major.</li>

</ul></li>

</ul>

= Project pitch video<br/~~> =~~ ~~= Project pitch video</span~~> =

Fall 2016

[https://youtu.be/dC_19n8EQpg https://youtu.be/dC_19n8EQpg]

Saluki Entrepreneur Corps Meetings - Wednesdays 6-8pm at the Dunn Richmond Center (1740 Innovation Dr.)

= STRATEGY #1 - CREATE A MARKET DEMAND FOR THE I&E RESOURCES ALREADY AVAILABLE TO SIU STUDENTS =

== Tactic #1 - Host Innovation and Entrepreneurship Collaboration Activities ==

Description:

TBD

= Strategy #2 - Work with University Administrators, Faculty, and Students to create a core curriculm fit for the Information Age. =

== Tactic #1 - Research, Design, and Implement classes and classrooms that foster Innovation, Creativity, and Engagement with real world problems. ==

Finished our learning class in the Fall of 2014

= Strategy #3 - Join the Small Innovation Spaces on Campus Into a Large Campus Makerspace. =

== Tactic #1 - Get people thinking about the idea. ==

= Strategy #2 - Tackle Social Justice in Carbondale =

Tactic #1: Meet with resource centers/housing about how to develop a strong training

Description: Reach out to multiple resource centers on campus as well as housing. Possibly reach out to people that have created the Consent and Respect training that aims to educate students on sexual assault.

Team Leader: Mary McGee

Milestones: N/A

Find and contact staff by December.

Tactic #2: Conduct interviews with students to see how they have been affected by discrimination, oppression, etc.

Description: Meet with students from all walks of life, majors, races, sexualities, etc and talk about their unique experiences.

Team Leader: Mary McGee

Milestones: N/A

Find and meet with students and faculty by January

Tactic #3: Partner with organizations on campus

Description: Develop a sense of where all the resources are and then contact each one of them to see if they are interested in working with me.

Team Leader: Mary McGee

Milestones: N/A

Develop a solid plan by February

Tactic #4: Develop the training and deliver

Description: Create a basis of what I want in the training, who should be a part of it, and how I will follow through with this training.

Team Leader: Mary McGee

Milestones: N/A

Develop a solid program by March or April so that I can start implementing for the summer.

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