It´s Wednesday and we only have 2 days left before our final project presentation at STVP. We look forward to getting the feedback from other teams and listening to how their projects have evolved. Today the team decided to stay and work on the presentation in the garden at our house. To share a house is one of the best ideas we have had so far. To have a common space brings us as team members closer together.
Jeanette had an afternoon meeting with Nikkie H. Salgado, Program Coordinator at STVP. Nikkie spent 10 years working with student affairs at Stanford before transferring to STVP where she now plans and executes innovative student events. This upcoming semester they focus on two main events, Leadership lunches and Coaches on Call where student can sign up and meet with experts within different areas of expertise. Both concepts that could work very well at Malmö University.
Nikkie and Jeanette shared a common challenge in getting students engaged. How do we handle the fact that students also need to prioritize among all activities that are offered to them? STVP recently surveyed students and found out that a quite low percentage is aware of their existence. We decided to have monthly Skype-meetings where we can continue our discussion about how to create meaningful events that add value to students and how to reach out with information.
The workday ended with a coaching session with Jack Fuchs, a teacher, an entrepreneur, and an angel investor. This session was a really great hands on experience that inspired us all. To find and celebrate what we already have at the university when it comes to entrepreneurial blocks in our education and build on them is one thing that we will bring with us home. Also working with mentors as a way to get students to gain insight in real problems and identifying possible new solutions. Jack is a valuable resource that we surely will get back to for more inspiration once we start implementing our new ideas back home.