What is considered necessary needs to be updated
"Wait that seems silly, what do students at other schools do then?"
There's no straight path to success, or to graduation
Important to have skills that can be applicable to any field
from high school to now
The adjustment period: from "Why are we doing this?" to "How can we do this?"
Switching from text to multimodal composition
HOW ARE STUDENTS BREAKING THE STATUS Quo?
Students have multiple interests, many which develop after their first year of college.
be boring to be creative
Avoiding the traditional
GAIN CONFIDENCE
Small assignments in class pave the way for impactful projects outside of class
two roads diverged
“Stories that sing, infographics that awe, and content that's smartly packaged; socially shared and sparks conversations. - We don't do trending stories. We make stories trend - We don't do pyramid style. We do eye-popping visuals - We don't do status quo. We dream up inspired initiatives.”
the learning process
Learning from reflection
Personal access to the applications allows students to delve deeper into what interests them
Maya Patel
Health Policy Management
STUDENTS ARE COMMUNICATORS
"The new public health curriculum is emphasizing different ways to share data and information with the public. We had to think of ways to inform a community of the most prominent health issues they encounter, so I made an infographic as an easy way to visualize my findings."
Luke Buxton
Media and Journalism
STUDENTS ARE ACTIVISTS
“I was in a communications class with 6 other athletes, and our final presentation was to give a speech on a social issue we cared about. I noticed all the athletes spoke about an issue in athletics- gender equality, mental health, stereotypes. UNCUT started because I realized there was no platform that existed for student-athletes to share the stories of their passions, their struggles, their goals.”
Maria Furtado
Public Policy
STUDENTS ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
"I wanted to find a way to bring together the community where my grandma lives in Brazil. In one of my English classes, we had to write poems about where we were from. That's when I got the idea for this summer to assemble a poetry and art book with pieces created by members of the community."
Technology is not a disruption, it's an opportunity.