| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 65.20 |
| Liaison | Eric Boles |
| Submission Date | March 8, 2017 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Arkansas
IN-3: Innovation 3
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.00 / 1.00 |
Eric
Boles Director Office for Sustainability |
Title or keywords related to the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
The Social Innovation Hub is a multidisciplinary physical and online space where University of Arkansas students have the opportunity to learn about pressing social and environmental problems, and offer a solution inspired by their own interests, skills and imagination. The Hub creates the conditions for student initiatives to flourish and for students to feel empowered as active change makers, under the leadership of a peer support structure and a network of experts, activists and community leaders.
The Social Innovation Hub is an attempt to expand experiential learning and pedagogical innovation initiatives. It creates new opportunities to engage students, particularly students new to the UA, and it provides new mechanisms for high school student engagement through complementary efforts such as the Fleischer Scholars initiative. The Hub is an opportunity for students to guide and shape their own learning experience, as opposed to just being shaped by it.
The plan is to engage students by facilitating the process through which our students can increase their awareness, enhance their empathy, channel their solidarity and move into action.
A brief description of any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation (if not reported above):
The Hub has already partnered with over a dozen local businesses and over 200 students, but the Hub will gain more momentum throughout 2017.
A letter of affirmation from an individual with relevant expertise:
Which of the following STARS subcategories does the innovation most closely relate to? (Select all that apply up to a maximum of five):
| Yes or No | |
| Curriculum | Yes |
| Research | Yes |
| Campus Engagement | Yes |
| Public Engagement | Yes |
| Air & Climate | No |
| Buildings | No |
| Dining Services | No |
| Energy | No |
| Grounds | No |
| Purchasing | No |
| Transportation | No |
| Waste | No |
| Water | No |
| Coordination, Planning & Governance | Yes |
| Diversity & Affordability | No |
| Health, Wellbeing & Work | No |
| Investment | No |
Other topic(s) that the innovation relates to that are not listed above:
The website URL where information about the innovation is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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