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''<span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">[[File:Abrazosgratis3.png|frame|Abrazosgratis3.png]]</span></span>''''<span><span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:small">In hugging, as in life, there will be</span></span></span>'<span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap"><span style="font-size:small">rejection. Don’t worry about it, keep doing good!”</span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38; margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:6pt; text-align: center"></p>
= <span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Introduction</span></span> =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">One of the major advantages of this initiative was the simplicity of the idea and its execution. A Free Hugs event can create a big impact on individual students. This big impact was seen as especially true for new students who did not yet feel included in their university community.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Possible outcomes</span></span><br/><br/><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent; text-align: center">Possible outcomes of this event include:</span>
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Learning about opportunities for improvement at your university, for example course signup, information services, workload, etc.</span></span></li>
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Key elements of success</span></span><br/> =
<span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Mahmoud leveraged existing welcome events on campus to ensure that many students would be in the vicinity when they held the event. This ensured that the event was properly framed in the students’ minds as a welcome event, and it increased the number of students that Mahmoud was able to reach. Other options include stressful times like examination periods or the ends of the semester.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Mentality</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Some people don’t want a hug, Mahmoud cautioned his team that this might be the case, and stressed that it’s not the team’s job to force anyone to hug them. Their purpose there was to share some love with the people that passed.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">''“Some people just don’t like touching people, or it's a cultural thing, or whatever. Don’t force hugs on people! You can just smile at them and try and spread love through some other way instead!,”'' Mahmoud said.</span></span>
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-b05fa652-68b0-4c12-721c-fd2fc9b4dd2b"><span style="font-size: 13.999999999999998pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Organization</span></span> =
<div>[[File:Abrazosgratis5.png|frame|Abrazosgratis5.png]][[File:Abrazosgratis6.png|frame|Abrazosgratis6.png]]<br/></div><div><br/></div><div>'''''<span style="font-size:smaller">Written by:<br/>[[Ale Contreras Westermeyer|Ale Contreras Westermeyer]], Nadia Fereydooni, [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Wmkamerman Wim <sub></sub>Kamerman],[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Ralamber Robert Lambert], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Cmccormi Connor McCormick], Eray Tufan, [[Ariel Obando|Ariel_Obando]].</span>'''''</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; display: inline; list-style: none none; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.399999618530273px;">
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