Changes

== Establish regular designDesign, innovationInnovation, creativity Creativity and entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship (DICE) events ==

By collaborating with organizations and faculty across campus, we will hold events that expose students to proven concepts and principles that lead to truly innovative solutions. Having regular events will help foster a community of innovation and entrepreneurship that doesn't often occur in a traditional lecture setting. 

There are numerous campus organizations (SWE, AIChE, SPE, EWB, Tau Beta Pi, Blue Key) that have the resources to organize successful DICE events to increase opportunities for student opportunities to innovateinnovation. These events would could include makeathons, hackathons, design challenges, business model competitions, and many more.

To change the student mindset on campus, we will start holding pop-up meetings in high -traffic areas to discuss a "Problem of the Week." We can will increase exposure to , and engagement with , problem-focused design by allowing students the ability to stop by and participate without any major commitment. The pop-up meeting meetings can be expanded to allow for low -resolution prototyping , using arts & and crafts or video. Images from the pop-up event events will be posted online. The pop-up meeting meetings will also serve as advertisement for other DICE events.

Currently , there is no coordination between EPICS and other design courses across campus to exhibit student projects and ; that needs to change. A campus-wide exhibition , open to the community , will provide students from all disciplines with the opportunity to showcase their projects , and also strengthen the culture of design, innovation, creativity and entrepreneurshipon campus.

Previously, University Innovation Fellows have seen success in improving the innovation and entrepreneurial landscape on their campuses by putting on hosting a TEDx event. A lot of student interest in TED already exists , and this interest can be leveraged to make a successful event to serve as inspiration for the university. A TEDx event can be focused on innovation and entrepreneurship , to inspire a campus community , by showcasing examples of innovative faculty research, successful entrepreneurial alumni and current students who have commercialized technology and achieved positive economic, societal and environmental impact.

[http://3daystartup.org/springboard/ 3DS Springboard] is an interactive workshop focused on the beginning steps of launching a company or a project through on-campus innovation. During four 90-minute sessions over one week, students will learn-by-doing with the 3DS team, Epicenter University Innovation Fellow Fellows leaders on campus, and other students in the community who are passionate about starting something!