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= Priority 1: Redesigning Curry Hall Exposing Jewell's Student Body to Kansas City's Thriving Startup Space =
== What We Found<br/> ==
Like many small, regional institutions in recent years, William Jewell recently hired a new president and her new focus is rebranding William JewellCollege has struggled with dwindling enrollment. RecentlyHowever, she approached our University Innovation Fellows group the student body of the college has maintained its collective penchant for innovation and asked us to rethink a massive space careers in our administration building&nbsp;entrepreneurship.&nbsp;&nbsp;
== Goal<br/> ==
We want theorize that connecting students at the college to make this area an extension of Kansas City's nationally recognized startup space will both benefit the Pryor Learning Center (a study building on campus). Refitting it with newer technologies, what the incoming current student body and signficantly boost future enrollment by attracting students what to have, interested in opportunies in innovation and what old students feel it needs. We also plan to propose using the vacant area above the floor to extend on the project even moreentrepreneurship.&nbsp;
== Next Steps<br/> ==
<div>''Week''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Ask students, if they would be interested if the campus hosted an "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Career Day"If you could have once a 4th floor of the PLC, what would you want in it?"semester.&nbsp;<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Gain ideas for designing from If students do indeed seem interested, we intend to move forward with approaching the administration about creating an event like the internet and elaborate on them to fill William Jewells campus and communityone mentioned above.<br/>&nbsp;</div><div>''Month''<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Present to the Board administraion of the college (President, Provost, Trustees/Administration Team)<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Seek out approval, support, and fundingfor the idea.&nbsp;<br/></div><div style="margin-left: 40px">Receive approval from administrationfaculty.&nbsp;<br/></div><div>''Year''<br/></div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Have Establish an "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Career Day" held on William Jewell's campus once a semester. At this career day, held preferably on a newly renovated Monday, Wednesday, or Friday during Jewell time when students are out of class, we intend to showcase student involvement opportunuties in the KC startup community, rising startups in the local startup space, an alumni entrepreneurship council, and furnished extension other related career information. This event would last the whole day with the intention of exposing William Jewell's students to career opportunities, information about both local and national entrepreneurship, and building an important connection between innovation and the students at the Pryor Learning Center in Curry Hall<br/></div><div><br/>college.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div> 
= Priority 2: Incorporating Design Teams in the Science/Engineering Departments&nbsp;<br/> =
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