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= Strategies Second Cohort: 2019-2020 =
== '''Strategy One: Passion Project (Mae White)''' <br/> == After a thorough investigation in the student ecosystem of IE University, our team found a disconnect between what the university offered its students, and how much students took advantage of these events. The question here is, "How might we inspire students to engage with the university's resources?" A possible answer may be creating a semester long program for first year students to learn more about their passions and interests through the web of IE events. At the end of the program, students will embark on an "innovation challenge" that will encourage students to make traction in their field of interest. The student will first provide our website with their top 5 interests, and the algorithm will present a list of future IE events matching these keywords. The events will appear on the student's calendar, of which they must attend a minimum of 5 before the innovation challenge. During this time, the student will be prompted to network with other students and find a group of minimum 4, maximum 8 people whom they work well with and share similar interests. This group will then begin the innovation challenge in which they will spend a week following a design thinking curriculum (possibly modeled by IDEO) where they will finally present their final idea to a member of staff of the team's chosing. Upon presenting, each student must submit a record of the events they visited as well as a small reflection on each which the jury members will validate. Students must hand this paper into their academic advisor to recognise participation. The key is to remind the student that this is a non-graded and non-academic program where the process is more important than the final result. The incorperation of the innovation challenge is to introduce design thinking to the student body in a digestible way, while giving tangible significance to their involvement at the end of the semester. The necesary steps to implement this idea are: 1. Create and finalise a design thinking curriculum that will be used during the innovation challenge. All UIF memebers will partake in this. 2. Meet with IE's tech team to include a website that is part of the student's personal online campus. This will be where students can see all the events that meet their interest. A fellow in the Madrid campus will handle this. 3. Create the welcome email that explains the program to the first year student. All UIF members will partake. 4. Meet with the head of Student Life to make sure the students recieve the email. This can be done by a Segovian fellow. 5. Update all staff members, employees, professors and administration that they may be selected for the innovation challenge jury at the end of the semester. This should include a brief of their responsibilities in relation to jury duty. All UIF members will partake. 6. Confirm with academic advisors of all majors that this program must be validated by the jury as "completed" in order for student's participation to be recognised. This can be taken care of by a Madrid fellow.
== '''Strategy Two: The Green Movement Workshop (Sole Artom)''' ==