wow! it’s our very first
YEARBOOK 2019-2020
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DO EPIC
sh*t
empathy matters
YES AND!
be the movement
start with LOVE
CONTENTS letter from the UIF team . . . . . . . .
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your photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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year in review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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training reflections . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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uiguide insights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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launch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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pinning ceremonies. . . . . . . . . . . .
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projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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community updates . . . . . . . . . . . .
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regional meetups . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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faculty champions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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teaching workshop . . . . . . . . . . . .
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activity resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . .
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hello! welcome to our yearbook! here’s what’s inside
OH, HEY, THIS IS A
YEARBOOK Dear Fellows and Faculty Champions, This year, you’re part of an experiment to publish stories, photos, reflections and more from your cohort. Creating this yearbook not only made us smile — it helped us synthesize data and understand your perspectives as we continue to make the University Innovation Fellows program the best it can be. We hope that reading this will help you feel more connected to the amazing humans who make up our community, and that the stories inside will inspire you to continue doing epic sh*t at your schools. This year brought many changes to the way we do our work as well as changes to the program. On the program side, we’ve started to use new contact management and communication tools to better organize ourselves and the ways we connect with you. We shared with you three toolkits to help you make an impact at your schools: The Innovator’s Toolkit: Design Thinking, Collaborate to Escape, and Prototyping with 4
Algorithms. You can find the links to these on page 50 of this yearbook. We worked with our d.school colleagues to create the Escape and Algorithms toolkits, and we look forward to more collaborations that will benefit the UIF community. Of course, we have to mention our biggest experiment of the year, and one that was out of our control. The coronavirus pandemic forced us to cancel our March Silicon Valley Meetup. To help you continue to enhance your change agent skills, we held our first online meetup in March and first virtual accelerator in April. We plan to hold more online experiences that bring this global movement to you at your homes, where we hope you’re staying safe and healthy. Being part of this community of change agents constantly inspires us. It’s for you that we come to work every day and put our full selves into the what we do. We can’t wait to see the impact you make in the world! Hugs, The UIF team Leticia, Humera, Laurie, Lupe and Ghanashyam
Aditya College of Engineering
S.K.M.N.V. SUBHASH VAYUGUNDALA
MOHIT PADAMATA
CHANDRAMOULI PYLA
Aditya College of Engineering and Technology
PRANAVI JAMPANA
LA SELENE DOMMU
MAYUKHI CHOUDARY KOTHA
ADITYA SHASANK P.S.K.P.V.S.
H.V.V.N.S. SANDEEP ADDALA
Aditya Engineering College
VINISHA GARIKINA
GAUTAMI MANTRI
IT’S YOU! Aditya Engineering College
Aditya Institute of Technology and Management, Tekkali
MEGHANA JONNALAGADDA
PATHIVADA RAJESH
MEGHANA SAKALABHAKTULA
SAI KRISHNA SASTRY KUMARA
ELANUR GAYIP
FATIH GOZUKARA
KYLE MACDONALD
EMILY GOLDMAN
JULIA KNOX
TEJ PRAVEEN AYYAJI PATAMSETTI
Boğaziçi University
VYSHNAVI BHAMIDI
BERKAY KANI
Brigham Young University
EMMA STRATTON
BROOKE SPENCER
ALEX BYBEE
Bucknell University
Bucknell University
MATEO CONDE
Clemson University Colorado School of Mines
RYAN BAILIS
NATHAN BINKLEY
CONNOR SMITH
SARENA NGUYEN
TRENTON BEEH
JHAZMIN GOMEZ-REYES
Colorado State University
TRACEY TRICKEY
DYLAN FROST
Converse College
MARISA DAQUIL KAWABE
RK HANCOCK
Creighton University
ALIYAH HANCOCK
MITCHELL LEON
Elon University
SAM FAY
JULIA PERLINE
FH Salzburg
ALAA SULEIMAN
SAMUEL GANS
EVA-MARIA KREMSER
CHRISTIANE KOCH
ALIA BENABDELJALIL
LILLY ROTHSCHILD
ALEXANDER BENDL
JULIA BRUNHUBER
COSIMA DECHO
DAVID POLLHAMMER
MAXIMILIAN LUGMAIR
BRITTANY GESELL
GIANA BARTKO
EMILY ERICKSON
Fordham University
GERALD DE LA CRUZ
George Fox University
BRET HENKEL
DYLAN HUGHES
Georgia Institute of Technology
EMILY HOLDER
SIERRA MULRINE
JEREMY LEVIN
Georgia Institute of Technology
CASSANDRA MCILTROT
HUNTER SCHAUFEL
STEFANOS CHARALAMBOUS
JORDAN LYM
MARGARET LU
CHITVAN KAUR SAHNI
KATHRYN WAGNER
Godavari Institute of Engineering & Technology
TIRUMANI RADHA RAVI SANKAR
ROHIT VARMA ADDEPALLI
VENKATA SRIVASU GOWRISETTI
Grand Valley State University
MICHELLE JOSLYN
AIDAN CLAWSON
Hamburg University of Technology
KAYLA LETT
SVENJA SEISS
MERLE DOLIWA
LAUREN MCMILLAN
RACHEL CUMMINGS
LARA VON DÄNIKEN
JASON YEAGER
SOPHIIA DEHE
SOLE ARTOM
GAURI NAGARAJ
AVERY BURGOS
Hochschule Luzern
AMIRPEDRAM BOZORG SOLTANI
LUCAS FUNK
IE University
GIAN R. GROB
MAE WHITE
Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
TRAVIS KENING
LINCOLN ANDERSON
Iona College
RIANA KHAN
NEVIN ANDERSON
James Madison University
LISBETH BAEZ
CORINNE BRADY
ANDREA MACGREGOR
CHRISTOPHER JONES
James Madison University
ROMAN COOK
SANAREA ALI
ETHAN KECK
BAN MANSOOR
ARIANA COLON-SIFRE
RYAN MOTTA
BERNARD BAIRD
NOLAN HARRINGTON
BENSON CHIEN
KRISZTEN SZAKAL
Johnson C. Smith University
K L University
MITCH DONOHOE
GERMANY BELL
AHNAZAH MUHAMMAD
FEBIN KOSHY PHILIP
SATYA NARAYAN PADHY
DURGA SAI SHASHANK ADARI
BHANU KOWSHIK PAPINENI
JAI SURYA SANDEEP THOTA
HEMA SAI ARI
GEETHIKA YALAMANCHILI
KKR & KSR Institute of Technology & Sciences
DEVIKA RANI TAMMA
BHARGAV PHANI CHAVALI
DHEERAJ KRISHNA MEKALA
KLS Gogte Institute of Technology
ANIRUDDHA CHHATRE
NEHA PATIL
BERKAY BARLAS
IREM TARKIN
DENIZ CEREN CANLI
WEI XIANG LOKE
TSANG HO
KWAN TING FUNG
Koรง University
SANJANA MAMDAPUR
REETH MOHTA
Lingnan University
NISAN BICER
QIAO HUI THUM
Louisiana Tech
Lipscomb University
LYDIA BAKER
MATT STUART
JEREMY BEEMAN
JOSH HAYSLETT
NOAH BORDEN
CAMERON GALLEY
MEGHAN MCNULTY
NAGA BHARAT KUMAR KOTRIKE
SIDHARTH KARTHEEK SARASA
SAI SUCHARITHA NEMMANI
Loyola University Maryland
BENJAMIN HUNT
SIENA PIZZANO
Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science
SHARON JERUSHA DAYADI
MOHAMED JAFEER SARAFI AHAMED
NAGA BHAVANA MANNEM
Marshall University
HIMABINDU PERAMALA
JAYANTH SARMA KVNS
ANNIKA BEHNKE
KELLY LEONARD
MCKENNA SUNDERLAND
RUFUS PAPPY
GEORGE HOFSTETTER
BIANCA BARROS
LINDSAY SANDELL
Menlo College
CHRISTOPHER OVERKÄMPING
Michigan Technological University
ABIGAIL KUEHNE
SAM RABER
Milwaukee School of Engineering
GARY TROPP
KIRAT MOKHA
MUSKAN KANUNGO
Morgan State University
don’t see a photo? we couldn’t find your pic on the UIF wiki, but we love you just the same SHAHBAZ MOGAL
JESSICA FAULKNER
STANLEY NWAKAMMA
TYLER WAUGH
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Munich Technical University
SRDJAN DRAGOVIC
JOSE PABON
TUSHAAR BHATT
DENNIS PÖTTER
VINCENT JELTSCH
National Institute of Development Administration North Carolina A&T State University
PAKORN THONGJEEN
SUTHEE PROMSENA
DORIAN HOLMES
Ohio Northern University
ANDREW BERGMANN
CASSANDRA STUBER
JAELYN PHILLIPS
Ohio University
MATTHEW OPARA
CLAIRE MCGEE
Peking University
ZHENYU GAO
DILLON MAHR
Pennsylvania State University
YONGKANG LI
NICOLE WANG
MENGZE LI
HAYDEN LONG
BREYANA BURKE
MYRON BROWN
BLAKE FONTENOT
JUSTIN HUBBARD
RONAK PATEL
ALISON PRICE
Prairie View A&M University
MICHAEL MILLER
KATELYN KECKLER
JUANITA YOUNG
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MARK MUSCARA
EMMANUEL SYLVESTOR
Rowan University
ERIN DEBIASSE
Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College
GILLIAN CASTALDO
MICHAEL WEINBERG
KOTHAMASU NAGA VENKATA SAI HARSHA
MOHAMMAD SABIHA
Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College Saint Joseph University of Beirut
SASUMANA VINAY KUMAR
YERRAMSETTI SAITEJASRI
ELIO GERGES
CHARBEL ABOU YOUNES
TATIANA WAKIM
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
South Plains College
JOSEPHINA BALAA
KOLTON EVERETT
JOSH DAVIS
ABIMBOLA IYUN
GRANT DEPOY
NELSON FERNANDES
PREM RANA
JOSHUA CANNON
BENJAMIN BRADLEY
JACOB BOLTON
VYSHNAVI AGARWAL
BHAVAJ MADEV VARRI
CHARAN REDDY GOPALA
Sri Vasavi Engineering College
ARAVIND VANKADARU
TULASI GANGULA
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
NIHARI REDDY BHEEMIREDDY
VELAYUTHAN JOTHIROOPAN
Susquehanna University
VAMSI KRISHNA BUSHAN GUDURI
ELIZABETH LUDWIG
SAMANTHA BRUMAGIN
EMMA PARKER MILLER
NANCY YUAN
Swarthmore College
DONOVAN GAYLES
ANDREA REPETZ
CHRIS GAETA
Tennessee Technological University
RAY SIDENER
RACHEL SMITH
COURTNEY SAVAGE
The Ohio State University
MADISON DAVIS
LAUREN SAGGAR
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The Ohio State University
ANDREW BENISEK
KAI MCKINNEY
Union College
MADISON HOLLEY
Union College
JENNIFER SCHLEGEL
BLAKE NEWCOMER
SAI LYON HO
Universidad Catรณlica del Uruguay
AIKATERINI PETRIDOU
JUAN MANUEL AVE
JULIETA MOSSIAN
VERONICA SABELLA
Universidad de los Andes
GIANNI MARTINELLI
CAMILA MASSA
SEBASTIAN WILSON
MARIA JOSE HERNANDEZ
JUAN DIEGO OLIVELLA
Universidad de Montevideo
PABLO BUENAHORA
JULIANA RAMIREZ
SERRANA AGUIRREGARAY
University of Canberra
MARIA MAGDALENA ROBA
BELINDA HARRIS
QIAOCHU YANG
JOSEFINA GOMEZ
RODRIGO LOPEZ
University of Georgia
ARIEL SCHOLL
AVITAL ABRAHAM
University of Nebraska at Omaha
JEDAWN GAITHER
CHELSEA JOHNSON
LAVANYA UPPALA
CADE WOLCOTT
NATE JOHNSON
COURTNEY ARDIZZONI
THATCHER HART
University of North Florida
ELIZABETH HAAG
ANASTASIA DANIELS
EVAN MASLIN
University of Pittsburgh
CLAUDIA JESTER
SARA KRON
University of Richmond
LIZ PETLEY
KATELYN MORRISON
KARTIKEY SHARMA
SANDEEP KUMAR
XIAODI HU
TANYA KEVAL
University of Richmond
BINGJIIE LIU
WILLIAM WALKER
University of San Diego
ERICA BUYALOS
SOPHIA AUSTIN
University of St. Thomas
LINNEA LEIDY
ERIK ANDERSON
AVA CAREFOOT
JASMINA DANG
SIENA REYNOLDS
EPHRAIM SPEHRER-PATRICK
University of Technology Sydney
SATYAPRANAVI GANGAPURI
JOSHUA KEEGAN
University of Twente
JESSICA MACARTHUR
MELANIE LEWIS
ANNA SHELMERDINE
LENA ASSINK
JESSICA HAAK
THYNE SCHOLTE
MY NGUYEN
LISA VELDMAN
SIMON DE SCHAETZEN
SATWIK KRISHNA
RICK AKKERMAN
ALEJANDRO GARCIA NAVARRETE
CAN EREL
EDO DE WOLF
GLEB PODOROZHNYY
University of Utah
TAMARA HADDAD
UW-Milwaukee
COLLIN ROBERTS
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
INGRID GRIFFEE
ELIZABETH GALLAGHER
GRACE ROGERS
GWEN SCHAD
NZINGA ACOSTA
University of Wisconsin–Madison
JOEL FOSTER
Utah State University
RACHEL MICKELSON
CALEB MARKS
NICOLE NIELSEN
NADIA TAHIR
Utah Valley University
ANDREW JENSEN
Vanderbilt University
CRYSTAL SEDANO
MICHELLE GIBBONS
Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology
ESTHER YOON
ZAHRAA YOUSIF DAGHER
BERKELEY KENDRICK
JUHI YETURU
SAI KIRAN CHALLA
ANIRUDH MAZUMDAR
VIDHYAMINI ROUTHU
MOUNICA LANKA
DHANEESHA ORUGANTI
UMESH ARUNACHALAM
Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering
PRATHEEK RAGHAVENDRA BHAT
NIMESH MOHANAKRISHNAN
Virginia Tech
BRUNDA SATHISH
MICHAEL RAUCO
WILLIAM MAKOWSKI
Western Michigan University
ISABELA NUNEZ NOVA
ALISHA BAJAJ
CAYLEE PRATER
AISHA THAJ
CATE TROOST
Wichita State University
SAVANNAH REDFERN
MOLLY CARLSON
William Jewell College
JACOB BURNS
JACK STILL
JULIA ALMEIDA
NITYA KANURI
SARAH GRAF
AYUSHI SHRIVASTAVA
RACHAEL HUEBLER
ERIN HIRTZEL
William Jewell College Yale University
TAVARUS PENNINGTON
KIRA SZE
York College of Pennsylvania
MADDIE DAVIS
MAX VARGO
Throughout this yearbook, we’ll share entries from our 2019 UIF design contest that were created by Fellows. We had to pick only one winner, but we loved all of these!
The winner! Design by Shashank Athreya, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering
2019-2020 in
REVIEW Between January and the end of March 2019, you applied to the program. Hooray!
Somewhere in here, you took part in team interviews with uiguides and UIF staff. It was great to finally meet you (digitally).
In April, the UIF team held a Meetup in Dubai, UAE, for 75 Fellows and faculty. In May, Fellows held a Regional Meetup in Wisconsin.
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In July and August, Fellows held Regional Meetups in Uruguay and the Netherlands.
In September, Fellows held a Regional Meetup in Kansas.
In June and July, in the midst of interviews, we held two workshops at the d.school for about 100 international faculty total, no biggie.
In September and October, you took part in 6 weeks of online training and learned lots of new skills and mindsets to make changes at your schools.
In November, the UIF team spent 2 days in a cabin with no internet to dream up new resources and publications (such as this yearbook), plan out the coming year, and figure out the meaning of life.
In November, Fellows held a Regional Meetup in Virginia.
Congratulations! You completed training! You were publicly launched as Fellows on October 29.
We’re off the page now! The pandemic has impacted all of our lives. While we don’t know what the future holds, we take heart in your future as change agents at your school and beyond. The world needs you now more than ever. It’s time to do epic sh*t!
In January, Fellows held a Regional Meetup in India. In February, Fellows held a Regional Meetup in Austria.
In January 2020, the UIF team held another TLS faculty workshop with 50 faculty.
We had to cancel our March Silicon Valley Meetup 2020 due to the global pandemic (who’d have thought we’d ever have to write that?). We rallied and held virtual events in March and April.
Illustration of University of Technology, Sydney UIF team by Melanie Lewis
you speak so many languages! here are just a few
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Greek, Arabic, English, Spanish, Hindi, Mandarin, Thai, Turkish, Portuguese, German, Malay, Tahitian, Bemba, Indonesian, Igbo, Bangla, Polish, French, Malayalam, Japanese, Telugu, Korean, Kannada, Tamil, Punjabi, Dutch, Vietnamese, Russian, Gujarati, Italian, Marathi, Serbian, Yoruba, Bangla, Hebrew, American Sign Language, Persian, Urdu
YOUR COHORT BY THE NUMBERS
of course, you’re so much more than data, but this is pretty interesting
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89 schools
Fellows
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countries a sample of your majors
electrical engineering fashion design business administration finance accounting marketing nursing political science communications law information technology philosophy
history elementary education neuroscience medicine architecture biology creative writing mathematics civil engineering chemistry public health computer science
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TRAINING REFLECTIONS we asked several of your fellow Fellows what they thought of the UIF training Belinda Harris University of Canberra, Australia
What was your first impression of training? I was excited by the opportunities in the training, but at the same time felt very intimidated by the content. My background is in architecture and I wasn’t sure I had the skills to undertake such a challenging program in a completely new subject area. The design-thinking topics caught my attention straight away. I was curious to see if I could abstract the intellectual and conceptual frameworks developed through architecture and then use these concepts as a scaffold to support the innovative content in the UIF program. I felt I was able to achieve this, and I’m hungry for further training and challenges.
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What surprised you? Completing the landscape canvas opened my eyes to the potential available at the University of Canberra (UC). UC is a smaller university and I was not aware of all the incredible research, innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities available. There is a lot happening on campus or in the pipeline but much of it is hidden unless you go looking for it. Senior management was also open to developing student ideas and experimenting, which is positive for student enrichment and the future growth of the university.
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The KLS Gogte Institute of Technology UIF team
One of the best things that happened during training was that the assignments helped our cohort to bond better and led to us interacting more and understanding each other in a better way. The training paved the way for all our future activities. - Sanjana Mamdapur, KLS GIT, India
We all came from different backgrounds and academic disciplines. Teamwork was the one thing that helped us to come together and achieve our common goals. Today, we are closer than we ever imagined. This journey helped me make great friends and memories for life. - Neha Patil, KLS GIT, India 21
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The Hochschule Luzern UIF team
For the first time, I worked together on a project with students from other departments who were pursuing different degrees. And it was incredibly valuable to exchange expertise and work together towards a common goal. - Lara von Däniken, Hochschule Luzern, Switzerland
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What surprised you?
Rodrigo López Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay
What was the most valuable thing you learned in training? I always believed that the most important thing before starting any group work is knowing and caring about your team. At the end of the day, we are all people, with interests, feelings, and if you invest a few minutes before moving on to the work itself, it will not only boost your productivity and make you happier around your group, but you might also make some new friends! I think that reassuring that feeling during the training was very important for me.
The most surprising thing I experienced was how the best ideas can come when you are not thinking about the problem, or maybe working on them in the background. The definition of serendipity. For us, gathering on weekends to have dinner, going to a park to talk about life, or even studying together although we don’t study the same majors almost always ended up in having moments of sudden inspiration for the challenges to be solved.
Any other thoughts? Overall, this journey has been amazing, the UIF community is still growing at our university, and every day more students believe in what we do. We got a lot of tools we use for life, but most importantly, we formed an amazing human group. I really recommend getting to meet your team very well, definitely, it can make the process more fun, entertaining, and better ideas will come out for sure. Start by asking about the interests of your peers, you may discover something you have in common or even take up a new hobby! If you don’t know what things you have in common, here’s one: UIFamily!
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Can you share a time when your team overcame an obstacle?
Sole Artom IE University, Spain
What was the journey of your team? The work with my team had its ups and downs, but we managed to overcome the challenges we faced and learned to work together with a really good dynamic. As we were not a premade group, we had to get to know each other and understand the best way to work together. After a few initial disagreements, we started sharing the same motivation and goals for this project, making us a stronger group and also simply a group of friends.
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Once we established our four strategic priorities and presented them to our stakeholders, we realized none of them had the full potential of becoming our main project. This was really harsh and demotivating, as we believed we were doing the training wrong, and never really understood our main goal. However, we later met for an entire afternoon at Sophiia’s house, and between cake, tea and open discussions, we finally came up with our last and final idea on how might we inspire students more and started working straight away on the development of our project, finding again all that motivation that always drove us before.
YOUR UIGUIDES
we asked some of these experienced Fellows what it was like to work with you My team this fall had very similar experiences — not having the knowledge or experience on where to go or how to do it well. I turned my frustration from many years of trial and failures as a Fellow into a teaching aspect for my cohort.
Jonathan Puhl University of North Dakota, USA
What was a learning moment for you? I experienced a lot of complicated and difficult to understand roadblocks for anything I tried to do on my campus when I was a Fellow in training.
After lots of talks and planning, they were able to better understand their environment and build a substantially more robust plan going forward for benefit of all the programs they wanted to impact. Not only was it rewarding to see their growth and new knowledge, but the experience helped me translate my years of frustration into an asset for others. It felt like they taught me more than I taught them!
we just had to include Jon’s other headshot
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We built an authentic relationship where they weren’t afraid to ask silly questions or dig into the hard stuff when we needed to.
Jessica Aldrich Wichita State University ‘19, USA University of Florida, USA
What is your favorite part about being a uiguide? One of my favorite parts was when my team added me to their group chat, so I got to experience their whole team dynamic and work alongside them as they went through training. Some days the conversations were about their projects and others we talked about perfume and cookie butter.
Watching a group of strangers become a team who can empathize with one another was more than I could have expected as a uiguide. After challenging them to share their own limitations, they let their guards down and formed a bond beyond just a group project. Three years ago in their shoes, I don’t know if I would have been willing to do that. But, when I was authentic and vulnerable with my team, they knew that they were in a space where they could do the same. And I recall that experience often in settings where I am building community in a new city. As these Fellows continued making progress I’ve gotten to watch them get excited about their successes and problem solve around the roadblocks.
I’ve always found that I learn so much better when I have someone who cares about what I’m doing checking in on me. It holds me accountable and just makes me more likely to follow through. I wanted to give others the opportunity to do that as well. - Alastair Bate, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia 26
LAUNCH PRESS
after training, you became Fellows! your schools and communities were thrilled and shared the news
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PINNING CEREMONIES
we mailed pinning kits to each of your Faculty Champions so they could shower you with attention (and pins and t-shirts)
your pins look like this
Technical University of Munich pinning ceremony
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Iona College pinning ceremony Colorado State University pinning ceremony
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More design contest entries!
Design by Abhishek P., Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science
Design by Sierra Marie Bonn, Wichita State University
Design by the UIF team at Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology
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YOUR IMPACT (SO FAR!)
here are just a few of your projects, learnings and accomplishments as of February 2020. we realize that the coronavirus pandemic may have put some of these on hold until the next academic year, but we’re so proud of all of you for getting started!
Brigham Young University We will be redesigning a massive study area in our business school and creating an innovation space. This space will be designed to provide more vibrance at our school and encourage collaboration and creativity within student groups. We are also working on Cougars Blue Crew. This is a program we are developing in which faculty mentorship on campus is celebrated. Faculty members will join the Blue Crew and will learn and encourage more faculty mentorship on campus. This program will encourage professors to bond and empower each other to be good mentors/ aides to their students.
- Kyle MacDonald
Bucknell University Bucknell TV will be a club on campus that releases biweekly news reports on campus activities,
clubs, and student opportunities. At Bucknell, there is not enough participation from the student body despite having many options for them to choose from. This program will be shown on campus TVs, on Instagram TV for Bucknell’s social media page, and on Bucknell’s YouTube page. It will function as a way for students to find opportunities they are interested in, an advertisement for prospective students, a recap for athletics, recognition for clubs on campus, and a reward for featured students.
- Emily Goldman
Milwaukee School of Engineering We’re working on the Zen Zone, an area where students can go to de-stress. We met with the Wellness Center to get their perspectives on our project and obtain information about what type of mood meter(s) we need to 31
understand the success of our project. We were able to better understand the actions the Wellness Center was taking to help students relax on campus (and past ventures into such projects). We learned that we may need to intertwine the Zen Zone into the various study spaces across campus; that we had the opportunity to have a person from Wellness Center monitor our area; and that due to the introverted nature of our student body, we may need to simply put materials out with no one hovering in the area.
- Muskan Kanungo
University of Technology Sydney We’re creating a Summer Studio Subject called Innovation in Sustainability; a project-based learning approach in collaboration with Engineers Without Borders; a student society at UTS. Students have the opportunity to solve real-world Humanitarian Engineering problems for six weeks in the summer. Here, they will be exposed to industry professionals running workshops on their experiences as well as understanding innovative practices of finding appropriate solutions. This subject is set to be implemented in Jan-Feb 2021. - Jasmina Dang
Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering We are implementing a Research Assistant project which focuses on 32
providing opportunities for college students to work as a research assistant with a professor. The students can benefit from gaining experience and knowledge by working with a professor.
- Nimesh Mohankrishnan
Yale University Our Class-to-Creation pilot has been secured for Spring 2020 with a Yale College professor and a Yale School of Management professor. In this program, students in one of two classes can apply for a short “fellowship� with the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) and access space and resources to create something inspired by their coursework. We chose one humanities class and one entrepreneurship class in Spring 2020, and we have received buy-in from the professors of these courses to proceed. We are currently developing the application form and developing our resource toolkit that students will receive as part of this program, and we have support from Tsai CITY to offer the level of mentorship to participating students that we believe will be necessary. The goal of this program is to give students who would normally not self-select as entrepreneurs a low-stakes but meaningful opportunity to problem-solve and innovate.
- Kira Sze, Nitya Kanuri, Sarah Graf and Ayushi Shrivastava
Design by Christian Ammerman, Wichita State University
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UPDATES AND KUDOS
we asked past cohorts of Fellows to share “class notes” about themselves and others — submit yours at bit.ly/UIF-updates Amadin Agho of IUPUI celebrated his first year at Apple and the second successful year of his consulting startup, Argona Partners. Arjun Chakravarthi Pogaku from Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science was admitted into grad school at Asia University, Taiwan with a full tuition scholarship, to work on Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain Tech & Internet of Things. Camila Buenaventura Marquez of Universidad de los Andes took part in a coding bootcamp in London and developed a first prototype of a hiring app for women in tech. Carly Kasiki and Jake Coddington from Southern Illinois University created and co-taught an honors course last semester called “Innovations in Sustainability,” which was fully accredited and had 13 students enrolled. Ceren Kocaoğullar and Mine Hazal Şenol of Koc University held a Mental Wellbeing Week during 34
finals as well as a panel for first-year students called UIFTalks: Inspiring Women Students. Charan Sai Pala of Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science started grad school at the University of Maryland College Park. Ethan Ellert of George Mason University graduated with his Masters from University of Michigan (P.S. Ethan, Jade says you’re awesome). Ethan Moengchaisong is working on the startup Idium (shout-out by Sachal Jogi). Felipe Gárate of Universidad del Desarrollo attended the Hesselbein Global Academy for Leadership and Civic Engagement (shout-out by Lisa Dinh). Harsha Teja of Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology held several design thinking workshops for a total of 500 people. Jade Garrett, a graduate of George Mason University, won a
HeroX Prize with her partner for Robotic Oil Tank Inspections. KC Christopher of Grand Valley University led the first Future of Design Thinking at Great Lakes Institutes of Higher Education Convening (shout-out by Magann Dykema). Kamal Nimmagadda was named a “Student Icon” at his school for outstanding impact in change making, and started graduate school at the University of Southern California (shout-out by Srikar Naredla). Kenneth Brewer was named to La Salle University’s Board of Trustees (shout-out by Laurie Moore). Khyati Agarwal finished her first year as a software engineer at Paytm.
Past and present Wichita State Fellows
Krishna Chaitanya Velaga of Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology is pursuing a Master of Design in Social Design from Ambedkar University Delhi. Lisa Dinh of Columbia University prototyped a “design your life + neuroscience” course with a focus on students with disabilities. Luke Kennard and Tim Smith of Utah Valley University presented at an Engaged Learning and Leadership Conference for their senior projects. Maria Fernanda Sagastume of Florida Institute of Technology was selected to attend the KEEN conference in January with a group of faculty members at Florida Tech.
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Menlo College Fellows hosted the school’s first TEDx event on September 21 with the theme “This is America,” including a talk by CCNY Fellow Mahmoud Khedr.
into action. He was also selected as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper — young thinkers and doers committed to making the world a better place to work and live.
Mo Adesanmi of Texas A&M University was selected as a Delegate and Presenter at the One Young World Summit 2019 to speak on how modern energy companies are working to be part of the solution to the growing climate problem.
Sierra Bonn of Wichita State University was named Miss Southwest 2020, where she was able to share her UIF project “Let’s Go Full STEAM Ahead!” with the entire state of Kansas.
P. Bhanu and the UIF team at K L University held a Week of Welcome (WOW) in which they engaged with first-year students over 3 days. Pavan Kumar Gandi and Boddepalli Jeevan Kumar of Aditya Institute of Technology and Management organized a design thinking workshop, leading induction programs for first-year students to work on their goals and working with the administration for a better learning experience. Pragnya Vemulapalli of RVR & JC College of Engineering started an MBA at IIM and was been selected as Junior coordinator of Entrepreneurial Passion and Innovation Club. Richard Anderson of IUPUI lead a team in Indianapolis to acquire funding to start an artist/musician makerspace, Soundspace (shoutout by Amadin Agho). Shalin Jyotishi, a graduate of University of Georgia, hosted a design thinking workshop for the International Monetary Fund this summer focused on turning ideas 36
Sindhu Bhonsle of Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science received the best engineering student award in the State of Andhra Pradesh by ISTE (shout-out by Charan Sai Pala). Srikar Naredla of R.V.R. & J.C. College of Engineering hosted “The Innovator’s Toolkit” workshop for freshmen, and was appointed as a part-time design thinking faculty at his school. Suswetha Kolluru has been hired as Project Coordinator at Centre for Internet & Society (shout-out by Krishna Chaitanya Velaga). Tara Rahmani of Milwaukee School of Engineering hosted a design thinking workshop in St. Petersburg, Russia (shout-out by Kurt Dawiec). Zheng Dai (George) and his team at Peking University organized the first student leading design thinking bootcamp both in Peking University and in China in 2018 with 100+ applicants and 20 participants. They were awarded “team of excellence” by China-US Youth I&E Center of the Ministry of Education in China (only 7 teams were awarded in the country).
Design by Christian Ammerman, Wichita State University
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REGIONAL MEETUPS
Fellows around the world have designed and hosted Regional Meetups for the UIF community UIF Regional Meetups are designed and hosted by Fellows at their schools. We highly recommend them — they’re so much fun! They offer a unique opportunity to gather and learn in person with other Fellows and faculty, form new collaborations, and explore the I&E ecosystem at a different campus. You can also meet new people! Many Regional Meetups are open to non-Fellows and other stakeholders. Plus, they give you an excuse to travel to places you’ve never been before.
Below are the Regional Meetups our Fellows have held from July 2019 to March 2020 (when this book was printed). Want to host your own Regional Meetup? Download our proposal and read more about these events at universityinnovation fellows.org/regional-meetups.
Regional Meetups have given me so many opportunities to step out of my comfort zone while also creating lasting friendships with other Fellows! Whether it was a conversation while riding in a chair lift up a mountain or a dance party in a van, these are memories that I will never forget. - Magann Dykema, Michigan Tech ‘19, USA University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA 38
Milwaukee School of Engineering - Wisconsin, USA, May 2019 Universidad de Montevideo, CLAEH, UTEC, Universidad Catรณlica del Uruguay - Uruguay, July 2019
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University of Twente - The Netherlands, August 2019 Wichita State University - Kansas, USA, September 2019
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James Madison University, Virginia Tech - Virginia, USA, November 2019 Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology - India, January 2020
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FH Salzburg - Austria, February 2020
Design by Meghan McNulty, Loyola University Maryland
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Design by Melanie Lewis, University of Technology, Sydney
Design by Ashlee Hunt, Menlo College
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Faculty Champions at the 2019 Silicon Valley Meetup
YOUR CHAMPIONS
your Faculty Champions and fellow campus change agents work hard to make sure you have what you need to learn and succeed
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Faculty Champions Ilya Avdeev and Paulami Ghosh with their Fellows
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Nick Swayne James Madison University, USA My favorite part about being a Faculty Champion is helping students imagine what’s possible, and then working with them to make it a reality. I think students can accomplish far more than is expected. Remove the artificial barriers and they accomplish amazing things. I love hearing from “my” alumni about how their experiences here had a direct impact on helping them solve some challenging real-life problem.
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Romina Dominzaín de León Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay My favorite part about being a Faculty Champion is being close to students who are dreamers and doers. I think students should believe in themselves as protagonists of their own education. To me, education means focusing on people to create a better future together. 45
Faculty Champions’ Community Norms tips developed by Faculty Champions who have mentored many Fellows
BE INVISIBLE, BUT DISCOVERABLE This is the ability to be known as a resource and a support for student initiatives, but not be the face of those initiatives.
BE THE THREAD CONNECTING COHORTS Cohorts of Fellows will have a natural tendency to develop boundaries and work in isolation. be a connecting thread and remove the boundaries.
PROVIDE HEARTBEAT (RHYTHM) FOR FELLOWS If Fellows are the blood of the student movement on campus, then champions should be the heart that pumps it with a rhythm that creates the flow.
BE OPEN TO BUILDING UP THE UIF LOCAL ECOSYSTEM You are the starting point of an ecosystem that could include multiple leadership circles and a community of champions.
ADVOCATE AND ENABLE Sometimes students just need a formal introduction to a key individual, and maybe those key individuals need a little explanation about the UIF program – just enough to get the door open. GET STUDENTS CLOSE TO THE CLIFF, BUT KEEP THEM FROM FALLING We want students to see the cliff, know it’s real, and feel the adrenaline when peering over the chasm. We don’t want to let them fall in (unless they really want to).
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BE OPEN TO CONTRIBUTING AND SHARING Be an active contributor to the community of champions around the country and learn from others. don’t isolate yourself. INFORM THE EVOLUTION OF THE UIF PROGRAM The University Innovation Fellows program’s future will depend on your feedback to the UIF team (directly or through Fellows). Make your voice heard by sharing your thoughts with your Fellows and with the UIF team.
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Mary Raber Michigan Technological University, USA My favorite part about being a Faculty Champion is the opportunity to watch students become leaders of change in their communities. I love traveling the world and meeting new people, and baking for my students. To me, education means helping to arm students with the tools needed to navigate life’s adventures.
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Ramesh Krishnan South Plains College, USA My UIF team is simply awesome - Go Texans! To me, education means transferring not only the book knowledge but also teaching students how to handle the various facets of the journey of life with the goal of producing model citizens! One of my goals as an educator is to love on my students as I love my kids and be the best role model for them to follow. 47
TEACHING AND LEARNING the UIF team holds workshops that train faculty to teach in way you want to learn Three times each year, we host the Teaching and Learning Studio (TLS) workshop for higher education teachers and administrators. At this five-day event, participants use design thinking to create student-centric learning experiences, inside and outside of the classroom. So essentially, they’re learning to think like Fellows. These faculty get to learn from Fellows too! Half of the TLS
teaching team is comprised of Fellows who have gained significant facilitation and teaching experience in the years since they graduated. Do you wish your professors and colleagues taught using methods we use at the UIF Silicon Valley Meetup? Send them to bit.ly/uiftls to apply. As a bonus, faculty who have Fellows at their schools receive a discount.
You’ll experience “sneaky little experiments” at the Meetup. These are quick, easy ways you can test your new project ideas before investing a ton of time and resources.
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- Felipe Wilson, Faculty Champion and TLS alumnus, July 2018 Universidad de los Andes, Chile
Tip from TLS
Topic: Problem Defining What is a good“how might we� question? > It does not have a solution embedded > It leverages insights from your empathy work > It frames opportunities in a new or unexpected way
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RESOURCES TO DO EPIC SH*T UIF Store
Download our signature designs and print your own stickers, shirts, hoodies and more universityinnovationfellows.org/uif-store
UIF Handbook
Tips and downloads to use the UIF brand in your work universityinnovationfellows.org/uif-style-handbook
Bookshelf
Books recommended by the UIF team, Fellows and Faculty Champions universityinnovationfellows.org/bookshelf
Innovator’s Toolkit
A full suite of materials, complete with the facilitator’s guide, to help you deliver a short design thinking workshop (you’ll experience this at the Meetup!) bit.ly/innovator-resources
Escape Room Toolkit
Builds on the international craze of escape rooms to create a new way to teach a 90-minute workshop and measure important design thinking abilities such as collaboration and critical thinking bit.ly/escape-resources
Prototyping with Algorithms to Address Education Challenges Toolkit The basics of machine learning to hack design challenges in your community bit.ly/algorithms-resources
Regional Meetups
Recaps from past events and a call for proposals to host your own universityinnovationfellows.org/regional-meetups
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THANK YOU To the Fellows and faculty who shared their stories and photos for this yearbook. To Fellow Magann Dykema who gathered all of the Fellows’ photos from the UIF wiki (seriously, this was huge).
To the Fellows who entered our design contest in Fall 2019 (their amazing work is featured throughout this yearbook). To the amazing UIF community who makes our work fun and meaningful. We love you!
Of course, G is saving us while the rest of us are napping!
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