By Lauren Perone Contributing writer
The expansion for innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities have only just begun for interested students at Susquehanna. Susquehanna University Innovation Fellows, seniors Hana Feiner and Avi Stein, are pleased to announce a new organization called Design, Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship.
DICE empowers students of diverse majors to become advocates for change on their college campus. This organization aims to create an innovative and creative environment for students inside and outside the classroom.
Exploring opportunities for the creation of a physical center for collaboration and innovation is one of the many goals DICE plans for Susquehanna. Developing this space would allow students the opportunity to utilize a DIY studio to gather, create, invent and learn. Members work to achieve these goals by utilizing their entrepreneurial mindset and creative confidence.
Feiner, co-founder of DICE, spoke on behalf of the innovation fellows about the benefits DICE offers to its potential new members.
“Everything we do on campus is to benefit both the college and surrounding community. We make this vision a reality through driving innovative momentum on campus,” Feiner said.
DICE is seeking agents of change—those who wish to improve our campus, community, and the world in a variety of ways. This organization is open to all campus members. They can join project management teams to bring TEDx to Susquehanna, implement innovative health initiatives on campus, create an innovation space on campus and more. DICE serves as a creative organization where students can contribute ideas and launch their own project management teams. Meetings are every Thursday in Apfelbaum 318 at 9:30 p.m.
“DICE is a huge attraction for current and prospective Susquehanna students because employers want prospective personnel to be entrepreneurial and have an innovative mindset,” Feiner said.
University Innovation Fellows, the international program that fueled the inspiration for forming DICE, inspires students to engage in positive and educational change on and off our college campus.
The program includes a six-week online experiential training through Stanford University’s School of Design and opportunities to attend regional meetings and an annual meeting in Silicon Valley, networking with innovative individuals from across the globe. Each fellow acquires skills through the program to aid the development of collaboration and facing global challenges.
Susquehanna is accepting applications for the next cohort of students as part of a Leadership Circle for UIF.
Leadership Circles work together to study their university ecosystem and formulate action plans, and begin to implement their ideas. These circles require commitment, investment and the drive for innovation.
Fellows attend regional meet-ups and an annual meet-up in Silicon Valley to discuss lasting change and future innovation in high education and beyond. The Silicon Valley meet-up, hosted at Stanford, includes visits to Google’s Headquarters to gain hands-on and personal experiences with company innovation and entrepreneurship.
Feiner encourages all students who are juniors and younger, to apply to be a University Innovation Fellow for the Fall of 2017. The deadline for this application will be Friday, March 10 at 11:59 p.m.
Applications can be found the Susquehanna DICE Facebook page. Students will need to submit their application by email as a Microsoft Word document to UIF faculty advisors, Dr. Karen Mura and Dr. Emma Fleck.
For more information, contact DICE at DICEsusquehanna@gmail.com or for updates and additional content, please “like” DICE Facebook page.
