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= Overview =<div>Iona College University is a private, four-year Catholic college university in New Rochelle, NY. In 1940, it was founded by the Congregation of Christian Brothers and today offers more than 60 bachelor's programs and 40 minors. Iona is comprised of the School of Arts & Science and , the LaPenta School of Business, & The Kelly School of Health Sciences. The institution has approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in it.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation was established in 2017 due to a generous $15 million gift to Iona from James Hynes, '69, '01H, and Anne Marie Hynes. The Hynes Institute is an emerging force that strives to prepare the future generation of entrepreneurs, innovators, and leaders to move the world. It also ensures that students develop the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to create, lead, and innovate in an ever-changing global economy.</div><div><br/></div><div>At the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, their mission is “to create and foster an interdisciplinary community of Iona students who engage in entrepreneurial learning opportunities to develop an entrepreneurial mindset."</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>=== Strategic Priorities 2018 ===

Team LeaderStrategy 1: CEO at Iona - The Entrepreneurship ClubEnrich Student Event Ecosystem

Reach out to the Office Objective: Boost number of Student Development and collaborate with the Hynes Institute to create competition guidelinesstudent events on campus by at least 15% from 2024.

Reach out * Identify Existing Planning Resources: Create a compiled list of all event planning resources (Microsoft Forms for event submission, Student Government Association event guidelines, etc.)* Consolidate Resources: Design a mockup of a web-based UI which contains all existing event planning resources in an itemized, step-by-step ordering.* Demystify Event Planning Process: Coordinate with Center for Student Engagement and Student Government Association to club presidents pilot and have them organize teams within their clubexplain the consolidated event planning process to student leaders.

Strategy #2Objective: Introduce a "Flip It to Win It" ChallengeIncrease student leaders on campus by at least 10% from 2024.

Team LeaderActions: TBD

Incorporate this challenge into the Columba Cornerstone class, a class all freshmen or first* Engage Students with Leadership: Host panels and other interactive events connecting current student leaders with students interested in leadership.* Amplify Student Perspectives: Collect testimonials from current student leaders and share on social media and other communication channels.* Provide Institutional Support: Have university umbrella organizations conduct regular check-year students takeins with student leaders.

In one class session, have the professor guide students Objective: Increase study room reservations on campus through an ideation session, teach them how to analyze an environment, and have them identify a problem(s). In another class, have the professor teach students about how to pitch and sell an idea, product, or service25 Live by at least 15 from 2024.

Strategy #3* Expand Reservable Space Options: Community Sales Initiative for Ensure all study rooms on campus can be reserved in 25 Live.* Clarify 25 Live Interface: Release recorded demos explaining how students can navigate 25 Live and reserve a Sustainable Futurestudy room.* Connect Like-Minded Students: Identify students with common academic interests and bring them together in study spaces.

Team Strategy 4: Reimagine Student Leader: TBDTraining for Hands-On Skills

Residential Hall Directors will be contacted in order to implement this plan on campus; They will then relay the message to their students for Objective: Incorporate at least a week5 hard skills into the university's student leadership training curriculum, and then the project will beginLeadership Wednesdays.

Strategy #4Objective: Giant “Marshmallow Challenge”Increase student participation in campus events by 20% by the end of 2024.

Team LeaderActions: CEO at Iona - The Entrepreneurship Club

Students participate in this activity through campus *Schedule Events on Weekends: Plan events already in place. Examples include homecomingduring weekends to maximize attendance, spring weekend, and involvement fairsas students prefer socializing without academic pressures.

Students participate through *Create a specifically organized event for this exercise on campus. This event can take place in during the grand opening ceremony for the new location of the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship “FOMO” Factor: Incorporate unique performances and interactive experiences that generate excitement and Innovationanticipation.&nbsp;

This could be part *Targeted Marketing: Use strategic marketing campaigns to reach a broader student audience, ensuring they are aware of and excited about upcoming events. Example, Instagram is a popular platform, and with reels it would a larger exercise which also connects other students on campus such as Greek Lifequick and effective strategy to advertise the event. This activity can serve as a unification process during events typically known as “Greek WeekFlyers hanging around to gain attention.”<div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>=== <span style="font-size: medium;">Strategic Priorities 2019</span> ===

<span style="font-size: medium;">Strategy #12: Academic Social Media</span>Promote Cultural Awareness and Inclusivity

<span style="font-sizeObjective: medium;">Develop a platform for Iona students to build relationships with each other and gain mentors through faculty and successful alumni.&nbsp; It will be promoted through acceptance letters/emails, orientation, promotional events and fliers.&nbsp; Students will then sign up to our schools platform to stay connected and receive support on their track towards their diploma.&nbsp; This platform will be using an existing websige implemented by Ensure representation from at least 10 different cultural groups at the Hynes Institute called startup treeInternational Festival.</span>

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<span style="font-size*Collaborate with Student Clubs: medium;"></span>Strategy #2Work with student clubs and cultural organizations to ensure diverse participation. <div><br/></div><div>&nbsp;Introduce “Design Thinking Tasks” *Invite Ambassadors and Cultural Groups: Bring in ambassadors and cultural groups to showcase their traditions and customs. *Diverse Activities: Include a variety of cultural performances, food stalls, and interactive booths to reflect the multicultural nature of the student body. Strategy 3: Strengthen Community Partnerships  Objective: Establish at Freshmen Orientations</div><div>Orientation leaders would be trained least 5 partnerships with local organizations and businesses.  Actions:  *Engage Community Organizations: Partner with premade lesson plans facilitated by uslocal organizations to provide resources and cultural expertise, exposure to different cuisines that our school may not offer.&nbsp; Our lesson plans will be concise  *Seek Sponsorships: Obtain support from local businesses to enhance the event. Example, showcasing music, dancing, and consist of design thinking tasks/challengesother traditions from around the world.&nbsp; Ideally, the freshmen would work together in groups  *Foster Long-Term Relationships: Build lasting relationships with community partners to figure out creative ways to solve problems through multiple design thinking methods and challengessupport future events. Strategy 4: Improve Institutional Reputation  Objective: Enhance Iona’s ranking in cultural inclusivity metrics by 10%.&nbsp; This will be used to introduce entrepreneurship  Actions:  *Highlight the Festival: Promote the International Festival in university marketing and promotional materials. *Showcase Success: Use social media and help motivate them university platforms to get more involved with entrepreneurship on campus in highlight the futureevent’s success and impact. *Publish Testimonials: Gather and share testimonials from participants and partners to demonstrate the festival’s value.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div>Initially, we would train our orientation leaders with what  Strategy 5: Ensure Sustainable Growth  Objective: Develop a scalable model for the lesson plans we made consist of along with actually teaching them about entrepreneurship to ensure an authentic reciprocation from International Festival that can grow annually.  Actions:  *Start Small: Utilize the orientation leaders first event as feedback and gradually expand each year. *Continuous Improvement: Implement a process to refine the incoming freshmenevent each year based on participant feedback.&nbsp; We would collaborate with the orientation leaders  *Data Analysis: Collect and faculty analyze data on student engagement and explain satisfaction to them the lesson plan and how it could be incorporated with their activitiesinform future planning. Example, send out surveys through email post event.&nbsp; Through prior training of  By focusing on these strategic priorities and implementing the orientation leaders before the actual orientation this would outlined actions, Iona University can effectively enhance student engagement, promote cultural awareness, strengthen community ties, improve its institutional reputation, promote international cooperation between companies and ensure the feasibility sustainable growth of it continuing annuallythe International Festival.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div>'''Strategic Priorities 2023''' Strategy #31: Mix it Up…</div><div><br/></div><div>The syllabus is arguably Classes offered with Innovation & Experience, the introduction into more entrepreneurial mindset and innovative classes that set students up for success.  Work with Iona University and the Hynes institute on creating class options for students who want a more catered experience into entrepreneurship and innovation mixed with real world class options to give students the most important part of any course or lecture at any college or university setting. If it is hands on experience they need. We would need to reach out and work with the first thing that is reviewed provost and/or looked at IT offices to get a general idea of create an option on Peoplesoft. This will also give students the lecture/course structure, why not incorporate entrepreneurship and innovation option to request class options that might no be available at Iona.  Strategy 2: Gaels on the Go; an app that connects all activities on campus in some way and tie it into the task at handone centralized location. Keeping in contact with faculty as well as  Create an app that consists of campus news/events, student news/events, academic calendar, student life calendar, athletics, blackboard, and office 365. This will be done through the administration would allow collaboration of the students to produce IT department, provost office and think outside the box despite the majorCenter for Student Engagement.&nbsp; Working along the side of professors Students would also have access to a feedback channel that allows departments to ensure clarity know what's missing. This will be promoted across all of how we could collaboratively integrate entrepreneurship within their preset topics on their syllabus or how we can incorporate campus screens as well as a design thinking method part of the orientation package given to fit their lessonincoming students.&nbsp; This is mixing up the traditional ways of lecturing to creates a more fun, interactive simple and creative way central place for students to learnremain informed.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div> Strategy #43: Introducing Innovative Games</div><div><br/></div><div>After overviewing Gael Report, a survey that collects feedback on new campus policies and lets students voice their opinions Seeing what ideas the campus has in store that will directly impact students, giving the students the orientation schedule, we are able appropriate information as to how President and those in charge came to see that innovative games aren’t being introduced conclusion and allowing them to either choose from options and or giving them the chance to incoming studentswrite an idea that might be used in place of the existing one. Playing innovative games are a&nbsp; fun way to build confidence, This will be creative, collaborate implemented through the CSE and&nbsp; find your passionsthose in charge. Some games that can be played include giving&nbsp; students legos or jenga pieces in to spark creative  '''Strategic Priorities 2022''' *Strategy number 1: Create internal connections: On Campus Network building. Giving students “The Big Creativity Can”, or&nbsp; Play-Doh that can help them&nbsp; prototype ideas they may have alreadyCollaborate with the center for student engagement and Gael Activity Board: Plan and execute networking event: Part 1: Informational session regarding the importance of community in developing networks and careers. Students will be given tips on how to optimize their linked in/indeed profiles. A Marshmallow Challenge where students work in teams Part 2: Student networks will be formed by a facilitator or event host. Interactive games and activities will give students an idea of who they wish to create the tallest tower connect with only string, tape, spaghetti and marshmallowsform their networking teams. The Wallet Challenge were students team up to design a wallet suitable  *''Strategy number 2:Create external connections:'' Connect networks to the partners needsGaels Go further Mentoring Program Once student networks have been formed, each student will create a Gaels Go further profile. These innovative games&nbsp; allow&nbsp; students teams will have access to Iona's Alumni and industry leaders. Instead of each student being assigned one mentor, the network teams will be introduced&nbsp; to creative thinking&nbsp; through simple objectsable tot talk with multiple mentors from different sectors.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div> *''Strategy Number 3:'' Application: The main objective of each network is to control and execute a site visitation. With the assistance of department chairs, professional alumni, and networks, students will engage with one organization that they will visit at the end of the semester. Engage external partners to provide insights. Part 1) Cite visitation by the network Part 2) Present to stakeholders their visitation learnings. *''Strategy #5Number 4:'' All the networks will have a closing dinner in which they will discuss each network's experience and findings. Students will also share their personal experiences in the program and how they benefited from their communities. </div><divspan class="JsGRdQ white-space-prewrap"><br/span></div>  <divspan style="font-size: medium">We can ideate with our stakeholders the mapping of executing a design challenge program at orientation. We can pitch this program glimpse into entrepreneurship during freshman orientation'''Strategic Priorities 2021'''</span> <span style="font-size: medium">''Strategy #1:'' Creating Event Portal to increase accessibility to students about student activities. So that new students on campus are more comfortable by being exposed </span>  <span style="font-size: medium">Reaching out to entrepreneurship in a fun, creative the VP of Marketing and challenging wayCommunications. Also incorporating an activity like this will provide variety to </span> *<big>After stakeholder meeting with Mary Clare Reilley, has already gone out live on the current schedule on student portal.</big> *<big>Graduate students will now be added to the Listserv for campus where incoming freshmen are simply consuming information. This program will be a hands-on activity that will be effective towards community building and communicationactivities.</div><divbig> <br/></div><div><br/></div><divspan style="font-size: medium">''Strategy #6 - Live Questionnaire with ..2:'' Bridging the gap between cohorts of undergraduate and graduate students.</divspan> <divspan style="font-size: medium"><br/></div><div>Orientation at Iona There is a 2-day event allowing lack of communication regarding campus wide collaboration. We would like to help students have a sense of belonging to get situated and comfortable with the environment around themtheir campus. There are 6 sessions that tackle different events on the first and&nbsp; on the second day</span>  <span style="font-size: medium">''Strategy #3:'' Fully utilize campus resources (campus screens throughout campus) to instantly communicate events and increase awareness. This strategic priority would be great as it </span> <span style="font-size: medium">Overall, IONA is very inexpensive known for its sports and connecting students through campus screens and only requires fitting in with the schedule already provided for orientation social media. There is under-utilized dead space on campus and sitting in a designated area to engage the freshmanlack of awareness. These activities will be taken out strategically and in a way that would engage the freshman’s recollection of their favorite changemakers or entrepreneurs what they liked about the entrepreneurs’ innovative solution to their problem</span>  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ho9CIbuEzI&feature=youtu.be&nbsp;ab_channel=LeahFigueroa  </divspan style="font-size: medium">'''Strategic Priorities 2020'''</span></div>This in turn, would create <span style="font-size: medium">''Strategy #1:'' Creating community by increasing interdisciplinary programs and events that incorporate a sense wider range of possibility at the campus with the students constantly being reminded that they have knowledge.</span>  <span style="font-size: medium">Reaching out to OSD and propose a career ahead of them and should decide virtual or in-person event when all disciplines are welcome to use it wiselyshowcase their field. With these questions and activities and activities at the orientation they would be asked what they would have done if they were in the shoes of the entrepreneur being described at hand. Thus, creating more senses of self-empowerment, opportunity </span>   <span style="font-size: medium">''Strategy #2:'' Increase communication between professors and students regarding research opportunities and the ability to envision.events </divspan>  <div><br/></divspan style="font-size: medium">There is a lack of communication regarding professor's outside endeavors and research that could be more beneficial for students and connecting them to other professionals in their field.<div><br/span>   </div><divspan style="font-size: medium">[https''Strategy #3:'' Facilitate all of the information regarding campus organizations and club events into one, simple, easy access hub or app.<//www.youtube.com/watch?vspan>  <span style=1Ygsz43cXpk https"font-size://www.youtube.com/watch?vmedium">Reach out to key stakeholders on campus (James Mustich, Provost Wheeler) and propose the idea for an all-inclusive app that allows clubs to post their events for that week and allow for interaction of students and convenience in seeing all events happening on campus </span>  ===<span style=1Ygsz43cXpk]"font-size: medium">Strategic Priorities 2019</divspan>=== {{#Widget:Youtube|id=1Ygsz43cXpk}}  <span style="font-size: medium">''Strategy #1:'' Academic Social Media</span> <span style="font-size: medium">Develop a platform for Iona students to build relationships with each other and gain mentors through faculty and successful alumni.&nbsp; It will be promoted through acceptance letters/emails, orientation, promotional events and fliers.&nbsp; Students will then sign up to our schools platform to stay connected and receive support on their track towards their diploma.&nbsp; This platform will be using an existing website implemented by the Hynes Institute called startup tree.</span>  <big>Strategy #2: Introduce “Design Thinking Tasks” at Freshmen Orientations</big><div><big>Orientation leaders would be trained with premade lesson plans facilitated by us.&nbsp; Our lesson plans will be concise and consist of design thinking tasks/challenges.&nbsp; Ideally, the freshmen would work together in groups to figure out creative ways to solve problems through multiple design thinking methods and challenges.&nbsp; This will be used to introduce entrepreneurship and help motivate them to get more involved with entrepreneurship on campus in the future.&nbsp; &nbsp;</big></div><div><big>Initially, we would train our orientation leaders with what the lesson plans we made consist of along with actually teaching them about entrepreneurship to ensure an authentic reciprocation from the orientation leaders to the incoming freshmen.&nbsp; We would collaborate with the orientation leaders and faculty and explain to them the lesson plan and how it could be incorporated with their activities.&nbsp; Through prior training of the orientation leaders before the actual orientation this would ensure the feasibility of it continuing annually.&nbsp;&nbsp;</big></div><div><big>''Strategy #3: Mix it Up…''</big><big>The syllabus is arguably the most important part of any course or lecture at any college or university setting. If it is the first thing that is reviewed and/or looked at to get a general idea of the lecture/course structure, why not incorporate entrepreneurship and innovation in some way and tie it into the task at hand. Keeping in contact with faculty as well as the administration would allow the students to produce and think outside the box despite the major.&nbsp; Working along the side of professors to ensure clarity of how we could collaboratively integrate entrepreneurship within their preset topics on their syllabus or how we can incorporate a design thinking method to fit their lesson.&nbsp; This is mixing up the traditional ways of lecturing to a more fun, interactive and creative way to learn.&nbsp;</big></div><div><big>''Strategy #4: Introducing Innovative Games''</big><big>After overviewing the orientation schedule, we are able to see that innovative games aren’t being introduced to incoming students. Playing innovative games are a&nbsp; fun way to build confidence, be creative, collaborate and&nbsp; find your passions. Some games that can be played include giving&nbsp; students legos or jenga pieces in to spark creative building. Giving students “The Big Creativity Can”, or&nbsp; Play-Doh that can help them&nbsp; prototype ideas they may have already. A Marshmallow Challenge where students work in teams to create the tallest tower with only string, tape, spaghetti and marshmallows. The Wallet Challenge were students team up to design a wallet suitable to the partners needs, These innovative games&nbsp; allow&nbsp; students to be introduced&nbsp; to creative thinking&nbsp; through simple objects.&nbsp;</big></div><div><big>''Strategy #5''</big><big>We can ideate with our stakeholders the mapping of executing a design challenge program at orientation. We can pitch this program glimpse into entrepreneurship during freshman orientation. So that new students on campus are more comfortable by being exposed to entrepreneurship in a fun, creative and challenging way. Also incorporating an activity like this will provide variety to the current schedule on campus where incoming freshmen are simply consuming information. This program will be a hands-on activity that will be effective towards community building and communication.</big></div><div><big>''Strategy #6: Live Questionnaire with...''</big></div><div><big>Orientation at Iona is a 2-day event allowing students to get situated and comfortable with the environment around them. There are 6 sessions that tackle different events on the first and&nbsp; on the second day. This strategic priority would be great as it is very inexpensive and only requires fitting in with the schedule already provided for orientation and sitting in a designated area to engage the freshman. These activities will be taken out strategically and in a way that would engage the freshman’s recollection of their favorite changemakers or entrepreneurs what they liked about the entrepreneurs’ innovative solution to their problem.&nbsp;</big></div><div><big>This in turn, would create a sense of possibility at the campus with the students constantly being reminded that they have a career ahead of them and should decide to use it wisely. With these questions and activities and activities at the orientation they would be asked what they would have done if they were in the shoes of the entrepreneur being described at hand. Thus, creating more senses of self-empowerment, opportunity and the ability to envision.</big></div><div>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ygsz43cXpk</div>  ===Strategic Priorities 2018=== ''<big>Strategy #1: Introduce a campus wide Club Competition</big>'' <big>Team Leader: CEO at Iona - The Entrepreneurship Club</big> <big>Reach out to the Office of Student Development and collaborate with the Hynes Institute to create competition guidelines</big> <big>Submit a funding proposal to the Office of Student Development and the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation to secure funding for the prize(s)</big> <big>Reach out to club presidents and have them organize teams within their club</big> <big>&nbsp;</big> ''<big>Strategy #2: Introduce a "Flip It to Win It" Challenge</big>'' <big>Team Leader: TBD</big> <big>Incorporate this challenge into the Columba Cornerstone class, a class all freshmen or first-year students take</big> <big>Have professors include this challenge into the course in a way that relates to the theme of the Columba Cornerstone class</big> <big>In one class session, have the professor guide students through an ideation session, teach them how to analyze an environment, and have them identify a problem(s). In another class, have the professor teach students about how to pitch and sell an idea, product, or service.</big> <big>&nbsp;</big> ''<big>Strategy #3: Community Sales Initiative for a Sustainable Future</big>'' <big>Team Leader: TBD</big> <big>Residential Hall Directors will be contacted in order to implement this plan on campus; They will then relay the message to their students for at least a week, and then the project will begin.</big> <big>Post Flyers in all residence halls and buildings, making everyone aware of the campus-wide competition</big> <big>Residential Hall Directors let tell RA’s to spread awareness at floor meetings</big> <big>Get list of all competing floors throughout campus</big> <big>RA’s must bring recyclables from each day to a pickup location in their building</big> <big>&nbsp;</big> ''<big>Strategy #4: Giant “Marshmallow Challenge”</big>'' <big>Team Leader: CEO at Iona - The Entrepreneurship Club</big> <big>Students participate in this activity through campus events already in place. Examples include homecoming, spring weekend, and involvement fairs.</big> <big>Students participate through a specifically organized event for this exercise on campus. This event can take place in during the grand opening ceremony for the new location of the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.&nbsp;</big> <big>This could be part of a larger exercise which also connects other students on campus such as Greek Life. This activity can serve as a unification process during events typically known as “Greek Week.”</big><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div> <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->[[Category:Iona_University]][[Category:Student Priorities]] {{CatTree|Iona_University}}