Bryant IDEA (Innovation and Design Experience for All): a fast-paced, intensive three-day experiential learning program for all first-year students, taking place on January 25-27, 2016. IDEA represents a key component in Bryant's unique integrated Gateway curriculum. The 13 credit Gateway consists of five courses all focused on a set of common learning outcomes.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Solving Problems for Real World, Using Design Thinking
Here is a great article from this week's New York Times about how students at Stanford are making the world a better place, using design thinking. We are excited to bring this design thinking process to life at Bryant in a few weeks!
Getting Excited for IDEA 2014!
We are in the final stages of preparations for IDEA 2014. We are very excited about all the new and improved elements to the program. Among other things, we will be hosting Providence Improv at the IDEA program this year. They will be presenting on the techniques of improv and how they relate to creativity and innovation. Then they will be performing an improv musical for us on Monday night, January 20th. We also have a great design challenge set up for Monday morning (replacing last year's marshmallow challenge), and we have a whole new approach to helping students understand their cognitive style. Finally, we have partnered with Rhode Island Food Bank to help local families in need. We ask each first-year student to bring five canned goods to the program on Monday, January 20th. January is an especially important time to help the food bank, as donations tend to drop after the holidays (while the need continues).
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