Meetup Reflections: Creating Change Together
350 University Innovation Fellows and faculty traveled to the Bay Area for the 2019 Silicon Valley Meetup.
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Resources from the 2019 Silicon Valley Meetup
2019 Silicon Valley Meetup Resources Check out the photos, videos, worksheets, playlists and more from the Meetup! Photos View the Flickr album Spotify Playlists Here are the playlists with all of your favorite tunes! These were selected by you and your fellow Fellows in the Meetup survey we sent you prior to the event. Dance […]
UIF Community Roles
Just like University Innovation Fellows help design elements of their higher education experience, they also are highly influential in the evolution of our program. Did you know, for example, that it was a group of Fellows who helped come up with the name “University Innovation Fellows” back in 2013? We also redesigned the core mission […]
How to Turn an Idea into a Reality
/0 Comments/in Bucknell University, Inspiration, LeadershipBucknell Fellow William Wall created a brand new design thinking pre-orientation program in just 10 months. by William Wall, University Innovation Fellow, Bucknell University In November 2017, Bucknell’s newest UIF cohort took on the Silicon Valley Meetup. With so many amazing minds and inspirational speeches, I left charged with excitement to make big changes on […]
Colorful Creations at Michigan Tech
/0 Comments/in Regional Meetup, UncategorizedFellows from around the U.S. took part in Michigan Tech’s Regional Meetup in October 2018. The Michigan Tech “Colorful Creations” Regional Meetup set out to combine the dramatic landscape of fall foliage with two days immersed in the community innovation culture. The Tech Fellows and faculty hosted 20 participants from seven schools for the Meetup, […]
358 students named University Innovation Fellows for Fall 2018
/0 Comments/in Announcement358 students from 96 higher education institutions in 16 countries have been named University Innovation Fellows. The University Innovation Fellows program empowers students to become agents of change at their schools. Fellows work to ensure that their peers gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to compete in the economy of the future and make […]
Indian Fellows in the Global Spotlight
/0 Comments/in Event, IndiaFellows from India have conducted design thinking workshops at several large global conferences. JSSATE Fellow Shivanika Shah shares reflections from several of those events. By Shivanika Shah, Fellow, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida The UIF program welcomed its first Fellows from India in Fall 2016, thanks to an international initiative supported by Google. Since […]
Materials from the 2018 Eastern Hemisphere Meetup
Check out the photos, videos, worksheets and other materials from the University Innovation Fellows Eastern Hemisphere Meetup in May 2018. Agenda Detailed Meetup agenda Photos View album on Flickr Event video Article Design Constraint Yields New Global Event 1 – Reimagining Learning At CoWrks, we explored different ways of learning, engaging our whole selves, and shaping […]
#UVUIFamily (Utah Valley University Innovation Family)
/0 Comments/in Regional Meetup, University Innovation Fellows, Utah Valley Universityby Magann Dykema Spoilers: Pens are designed for right handed people. Chairlifts are magical in team building. I love my #UIFamily. It never ceases to amaze me how much the community of University Innovation Fellows is like a family. Whenever I am in a room full of UIFs, I instantly feel at home. With over […]
A Year in the Life of a University Innovation Fellow
/0 Comments/in Inspiration, Menlo CollegeUniversity Innovation Fellow Jessica Carlson walks us through a year in the life of a Fellow from application to impact. by Jessica Carlson In late October 2016, I was nominated to the first University Innovation Fellows (UIF) Leadership Circle at Menlo College with three other students: Yasmin Gomez, Maxwell Barnes and Russell Perkins. From interviews […]
A Family of Changemakers
/0 Comments/in Event, Stanford UniversityThe March 2018 Silicon Valley Meetup brought together 280 University Innovation Fellows and faculty for four days of learning and bonding over the shared mission of change in higher education. Intense, shared experiences have a way of connecting people to one another in a special and long-lasting way. The University Innovation Fellows Silicon Valley […]
Resources from the Spring 2018 Silicon Valley Meetup
Check out the photos, worksheets and other materials from the University Innovation Fellows Silicon Valley Meetup in March 2018. Agenda Detailed Meetup agenda Photos View on Flickr: UIF Silicon Valley Meetup, March 2018 Spotify Playlists Here are the playlists with all of your favorite tunes! Dance playlist Songs to Sing in the Shower playlist Chill […]
258 students named University Innovation Fellows for Spring 2018
/0 Comments/in Announcement258 students from 64 higher education institutions in 9 countries have been named University Innovation Fellows. The University Innovation Fellows program empowers students to become agents of change at their schools. Fellows work to ensure that their peers gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to compete in the economy of the future and make […]
A Celebration to Remember
/0 Comments/in Event, Silicon Valley Meetup330 students and faculty from 80 schools joined us for our program’s fifth birthday during the Silicon Valley Meetup on November 16-20, 2017. by Laurie Moore It was a weekend of firsts, perfect for a birthday celebration. When the University Innovation Fellows program turned five years old in Fall 2017, our program team decided […]
We Believe Music Can Change the World
/0 Comments/in Event, Stanford University, Uncategorized450 University Innovation Fellows and faculty took part in a star-studded event to design ways for music to solve problems and bring awareness to social causes. by Laurie Moore The scene was wonderfully chaotic. Throughout the many spaces of the d.school at Stanford University, music blared from cell phones, speakers, and out of headphones. One […]
229 students named University Innovation Fellows for Fall 2017
/0 Comments/in Announcement, Press Release229 students from 62 higher education institutions in 10 countries have been named University Innovation Fellows. The University Innovation Fellows program empowers students to become agents of change at their schools. Fellows work to ensure that their peers gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to compete in the economy of the future and make […]
UIF Workshop Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education
/0 Comments/in Announcement, Teaching and Learning StudioThe Chronicle of Higher Education published an in-depth article about our program’s Teaching and Learning Studio faculty workshop. What does it look like to learn and apply design thinking in higher education? This was the focus of a Chronicle of Higher Education article about our program’s Teaching and Learning Studio faculty workshop. The feature article, […]
Creating an Innovation Revolution in India
/0 Comments/in Event, Google, India, UncategorizedChangemakers from schools across India came together in Bangalore to reimagine public higher education. When our program partnered with Google’s India developer training initiative, we knew that this collaboration would mean multiple trips abroad to understand the higher education system there. We never could have imagined that this would lead to our team standing in […]
Learning to Lead Change Together
/0 Comments/in Event, Silicon Valley MeetupUniversity Innovation Fellows and faculty explored new ways to reimagine higher education during the Silicon Valley Meetup in March 2017. by Laurie Moore On a sunny afternoon in March at Stanford University, several hundred students designed experiments to test out new learning opportunities at their schools. An hour later, they listened, rapt, as Stephanie Santoso […]
Teaching and Learning Studio Dubai
Teaching and Learning Studio Dubai April 24-27, 2017 University of Dubai, United Arab Emirates This workshop for higher education faculty in the United Arab Emirates helped participants take their teaching of innovation and entrepreneurship to the next level. During the four-day immersive workshop, 28 faculty members applied design thinking and levers for designing and facilitating […]
The Transformative Power of Empathy
/0 Comments/in Utah Valley UniversityTanner Wheadon — a University Innovation Fellow from Utah Valley University and now at Purple, Inc. — shares his very personal story about love, loss and empathy. by Tanner Wheadon Originally published on LinkedIn I truly have the greatest job in the world. As an innovation consultant, I get to spend each day learning about […]
Press Release: 224 Students Named University Innovation Fellows
/1 Comment/in Announcement224 students from 58 higher education institutions in 7 countries have been named University Innovation Fellows. The University Innovation Fellows program empowers students to become agents of change at their schools. Fellows work to ensure that their peers gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to compete in the economy of the future and make […]
Start with Empathy
/0 Comments/in Note from the program teamBy the UIF program team (Leticia, Humera, Katie and Laurie) The University Innovation Fellows program reflects the voices of students and faculty around the U.S. and the world. We felt it was important to reinforce this program’s core values in light of the Trump administration’s executive order on January 27 that impacts the immigration system of […]
2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities
University Innovation Fellows Events at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities On January 26, 2017, the University Innovation Fellows (UIF) program hosted two events as part of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U). The four members of the UIF program team were joined by eleven […]
Brewing Innovation Spaces
/0 Comments/in Regional Meetup, University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeFellows from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and their faculty sponsor share lessons they learned from hosting a regional meetup on November 3-5, 2016. by UWM University Innovation Fellows and Dr. Ilya Avdeev Are you thinking about hosting a regional University Innovation Fellows meetup at your fine academic institution? Do you want to learn more about […]
Press Release: 169 Students Named University Innovation Fellows
/1 Comment/in Training, University Innovation Fellows169 students from 49 higher education institutions in four countries have been named University Innovation Fellows. The University Innovation Fellows program empowers students to become agents of change at their schools. Fellows work to ensure that their peers gain the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to compete in the economy of the future and […]
Summer Updates and Fall News
/0 Comments/in Event, Stanford University, University Innovation FellowTo our student and faculty community, welcome back to school! The new academic year is an exciting opportunity to explore new opportunities for learning and to continue making change on campus. It’s also a brand new year for the University Innovation Fellows program. We are quickly settling into our new home at Stanford University’s d.school, […]
