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= Project Pitch Video<br/> Current Fellows 2023-2024=

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<span style="font-size:large">Many The majority of the student priorities at George Fox University students who are moving forward in their school careers after high school are centered around the Maker Hubvery underprepared and overwhelmed when they first go to university. We want this space High school does not do a good job at preparing these students on what it means to live up to its name as a "hub" of innovation be successful and entrepreneurship confident in college academics. This program will focus mainly on campusfreshman and the undeclared majors transfer students. S.H.E.E.P will focus on areas such as workshops about different majors, and to ensure that having mental health check-ins, classes on what it is being used to its fullest potential. We also want interdisciplenary takes for students to be able succeed in college, putting on fun activities to take advantage of this resoursedestress, so and producing a Youtube/Podcasts that students with different talents can pool their resources listen in and make something truely specialconnect with others to build a community.</span>

<br /> === Strategy #1: Enhancing Workshops for Majors ===''Description'' The week before school starts, on the George Fox campus there will be courses that do a quick over view of the potential fields students can go into. In these workshops students will learn the basics of each major through a lecture and then implement what they had just learned into hands on activities. This way not only do students get to experience a wide range of careers before they are required to choose one, but it will allow students to be involved and have fun. Having this be before school starts is so that freshman and undeclared transfers can have to opportunity to build community with students and faculty they might not meet otherwise.   ''Tactic #1'' Bring in faculty of different fields on a volunteer basis to teach the courses. Also have seniors of the various careers to help out similar to a TA, this would be something that those seniors could put on their resumes.  ''Tactic #2'' Promote these workshops through the George Fox social medias, the Bruin, and informing incoming students of this resource.  ''Tactic #3'' While this would be required for freshman and Facilitating Student Access undeclared transfer students the program would be open to Resourcesanyone joining. <br/>  ===Strategy #2: Mental Health Check-Ins===''Description'' Going to a new school environment can already be extremely overwhelming and confusing. That's why the current members of UIF propose the idea of Shepherding. Shepherding (going along with our Sheep theme) would be another resource that would be available to students focusing on the mental and emotional wellbeing. This would be required for those that were involved in the major workshops and it's just a way for students to get the help that they may need if they are struggling and don't know where to go for that help.  ''Tactic #1'' Grad Psych Students who come to the undergraduate campus as part of their internship requirements will help with this and it would count towards their credits.   ''Tactic #2'' Counselors that are already on campus would be on a volunteer basis as another set of hands to help out.   ''Tactic #3'' This would only be required a few times a semester, but once students know of this resource and how to find the main mental health resource on campus they can go as much as they want. <br /> ===Strategy #3: Required class that teaches different skills needed to be successful as a student academically, but to also introduce the various resources we have on campus and how to find them.===''Description'' When students first come onto the campus they don't know that the campus has certain resources or how to even search for these researches. Many students also are not previously taught the needed skills for college academically as university is so different from high school.  ''Tactic #1'' Course would teach skills needed for college such as, how to time manage, how to be organized/how to find an organizational pattern that works for that student, etc.  ''Tactic #2''  Course would teach students what resources are on campus and where to find them and how to contact the various groups.  ''Tactic #3'' This course would only be a couple times a semester and would encourage community building. <br /> ===Strategy #4: Youtube/Podcast===''Description'' As a way to encourage community, students can check in to prerecorded videos or podcasts and catch up on the latest events on campus. Students can also watch or listen in real time as another way to build community.  ''Tactic #1'' Work with media/film students. This would be something media and film students could put on their resumes and would also be a paid internship through the school.  ''Tactic #2'' This would give resources to students through the advancement of technology by giving updates about the resources George Fox has. <br /> ===Strategy #5: Herd Hurdles===''Description'' Continuing with the sheep theme. When sheep go through traumatic events they hurdle together for safety and comfort. Similar to this idea, UIF will put on a couple events throughout the year as a way reduce stress and anxiety of students, primarily those in the college success course, but it would be open to any students.  ''Tactic #1'' Work with student activities on campus to throw free events during the week. This would only be a couple times a semester primarily around midterms and finals.  ''Tactic #2'' Market through George Fox's social medias, the Bruin, posters around campus.  ''Tactic #3'' Students and faculty can volunteer to help out and it would be an activity students could put on their resumes.<br />-------- =Past Fellows Idea= ==Project pitch Idea=={{#Widget:Youtube|id=uazAakMplig}}<br />----<span style="font-size:large">Many of the student priorities at George Fox University are centered around the Maker Hub. We want this space to live up to its name as a "hub" of innovation and entrepreneurship on campus, and to ensure that it is being used to its fullest potential. We also want interdisciplenary students to be able to take advantage of this resourse, so that students with different talents can pool their resources and make something truely special.</span> =Strategy #1: Encourage I&E through emphasis on the problem solving process and employability=

<span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">The engineering staff envision the Maker Hub as a space for everyone in the University to use, not just engineers. Currently, all engineering students are exposed to resourses available to them in the Maker Hub through online and one evaluated on one trainings as part of their Freshman curriculumperformance with an A-F grading system. The staff current system encourages students to work until a certain level of performance is prepared attained rather than to offer these same opportunities learn and enjoy problem solving. We want students to students outside focus on the major, but those students lack both the knowledge problem solving process and critical thinking skills. These skills will create professionals that these resources exist see challenges as learning opportunities and a reason desire to learn about themexpand entrepreneurship and innovation.</span></span>

== Tactic #1<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:large">Hold a Maker Event open Bring in professional graders to all see how the work that students on campus, and have tables set up with the different tools and machines from the Maker Hub. At these tables there are doing would be sign hold up sheets to get access to the online FoxTale course for that specific machinein an industry setting. This would allow the will encourage students to aquire knowledge on think about improving skills that will be desirable in the tools and machines available workplace, while also networking students to them, professionals involved in entrepreneurship and a way to access theminnovation in industry.</span>

== Tactic #2<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Develop a student organization focused around making. Give Encouraging concept based grading to shift students a problem focus from numbers to solve learning material and critical thinking. This will foster a small amount mindset of time continuous improvement, and will encourage students to do it and turn them looselearn from mistakes. Placing As a result, critical thinking skills that students under pressure have developed will encourage experimentation entrepreneurship and promote creativityinnovation.</span></span>

== Tactic #3<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:large">Host monthly events in the Maker Hub Implement an employability grade that coicide with an upcoming holiday or season where reflects students can make ' effort and predicts their performance in a specific item with instructionprofessional environment. Any and all students would be allowed This grade is designed to display to come employers how well a student demonstrates an innovative and learn how to use entrepreneurial mindset while in classes, as well shows that the university is investing in the different areas employability of students. The grade shows students application of the Maker Hubknowledge, and thus creates an emphasis on practicality rather than on innovation.</span>

= Strategy #2: Increase Awareness Encourage I&E through expansion of Current and Potential Resources<br/> innovative spaces=

<span style="font-size: large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">There is a major gap between the departments at our school. There While there are many great resources available for students spaces on campus that encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, these spaces are either not being fully used well known or leveraged. We want to increase awareness across campus are not large enough for the growing number of students that will use the innovation-related classes, clubs, and events that are offered space as awareness is brought to studentsit.</span></span>

== <span style="font-size:x-large">Tactic #1</span><br/> ==

<span style="font-size: large;">Develop Increase the amount of students that use current innovation spaces through more awareness to already existing spaces. Having a "go-to" online resource to increase awareness greater number and offer information about innovation opportunities diversity of students in the same spaces will encourage different ideas and resources on campus.&nbsp; This would be a website that hosts links contribute to all entrepreneurship and innovation-related classes, clubs, and events across all disciplines and groups.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>

== <span style="font-size:x-large">Tactic #2</span><br/> ==

<span style="font-size:large">Host informational events across majors within classes.&nbsp; For example: ask a professor from Expanding innovation spaces to include fishbowls or other study spaces that give students the College of Engineering freedom to speak "Dream Big" in an Entrepreneurship class creating new ideas. These spaces would be smaller and around different locations on campus. This would make students more confident in the College of Businessapproaching innovation spaces.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>

== <span style="font-size:x-large">Tactic #3</span><br/> ==

<span style="font-size: large;">Develop an interdisciplinary club where students meet Reorganize current spaces to make them more efficient for guest speakers, socializingstudent success. Use spaces unfit for student use as storage spaces, or design challengesand transform old storage spaces into usable innovation spaces.</span>

= Strategy #3: Make I&E More Practical, Accessible, and Applicable<br/> Developing innovation connections between departments on campus=

<span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Many students on campus notice problems in the spaces the live and work, but don't know how to solve them or even that these problems are solvable. We believe that the key connecting students to developing innovative spaces would encourage an innovative and entrepreneurial mindset is hands-on experience. It's one of the core values of the engineering program, as evidenced by our Freshman engineering program. The Maker Hub containes all kinds of incredible equipment for making. All that is required is student engagement. At the moment many of the resources and foster a greater connection between different departments on campus are not available to the whole student body, something that we are dedicated to.</span></span>

== Tactic #1<br/> ==

<font face="Arial" size="4"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Bring in popular and exciting speakers Create a club that connects students with a desire to practice problem solving skills with problems that they could solve in other departments, as well as provide a TedTalk format platform where students can learn the necessary skills to generate movement in I&E at George Foxsolve these problems.</span></font>

== Tactic #2<br/> ==

<span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Bringing resources Bring students from the Maker Hub outside of the Maker Hub multiple departments together to the quad or common areas where all students can participate solve smaller problems in different crafts that teach them how to use the local community. Students could learn about resources as well as what is availableon campus and develop teamwork and communication skills with those in other majors. This would also help students focus on the need for their design, rather than jumping straight into the building process.</span></span>=Strategy #4: Develop a platform for students to launch new ideas=

<span style== Tactic #3"font-size:large">'''Description:'''<br/span>  <span style="font-size:large"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap">A major gap in our I&E ecosystem is that students lack the support necessary to launch new ideas. We may be able to develop those resources to demonstrate that an idea has merit beyond the walls of the University</span></span>

<span style="font-size:large"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Live, spontanious demonstrations of Maker Hub equipment for anyone interested, as well as group trainings for these equipments during these times.</span></span>Tactic #1==

<span style= Strategy #4"font-size: Develop large">Create a program where students from multiple majors work together to design a Proving Ground product and create a business model for New Ideasa competition. Winners of this competition receive support and funding to patent their ideas and launch their business. This will inspire students to dream big and create a realistic proposal, while working with professionals.<br/span> =

==Tactic #2== <span style="font-size:large">'''DescriptionCreate resources where students can go to receive support for launching new ideas.</span> ==Tactic #3== <span style="font-size:'''large">Generate incentive for students to try new ideas and put in the work to launch them. This would encourage students to engage in innovation by motivating them and removing their fear of failure.</span> =Related Links= [[George Fox University|George Fox University]]

<span style="font-size[[Fellow:large">Provide students with the resources necessary to fail quickly and often, to test and refine their idea.</span>Liz Wood|Liz Wood]]