{"id":5241,"date":"2018-10-30T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/ideafund\/?p=5241"},"modified":"2018-10-30T11:07:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:07:17","slug":"8th-annual-idea-fund-dessert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/ideafund\/2018\/10\/30\/8th-annual-idea-fund-dessert\/","title":{"rendered":"8th Annual Idea Fund Dessert"},"content":{"rendered":"

The yearly event we look forward to the most at Idea Fund is our annual Dessert\u2014a time to talk with the Dickinson community about campus developments in sustainability and innovation, all over delicious sweets. This year, we switched the Dessert up from years past, dropping \u201cformal\u201d from the name and loosening the expectation of professional dress. The result: an event on October 9<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> that we felt was open and welcome to all
\n\u00a0 <\/span>We gathered to mingle in the Stern Great Room, enjoying cupcakes, cookies, and coffee from the Peddler\u2014one of the most well-known student projects that got its start from Idea Fund. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>While eating our desserts, we had the chance to hear from Myles Parker \u201919, co-director of Idea Fund, about the current state of the organization. Myles spoke on past projects, like The Hive, The Handlebar, and The Peddler, and what\u2019s ahead this academic year. One featured initiative: the Kitchen Colloquium, which aims to stock the kitchens of living spaces with common sets of cooking supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 <\/span>We also heard from two first-year participants in Idea Fund\u2019s 2018 Kickstarter Pre-Orientation, Jooeun Song and Ian Greenawalt. This program for incoming students focuses on innovation and entrepreneurship at Dickinson, culminating in a \u201cShark Tank\u201d-style idea pitch. The two explained their creative concept of an app that would display opportunities for engagement in the Carlisle community. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The highlight of the night was an engaging activity led by organizers of IC@D, the annual Innovation Competition at Dickinson. Each spring, teams of interdisciplinary students pitch their ideas for innovations through IC@D to a panel of alumni, faculty, and staff judges, with the winners receiving a $1,500 prize. This semester, IC@D is hosting Idea Creation Workshops\u2014gatherings of students who are paired into teams which tackle problems on campus, with the winners receiving a prize.
\n\u00a0 <\/span>IC@D hosted their own Idea Creation Workshop at our dessert, centered around the question\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWhat can the Idea Fund do to more effectively encourage innovations by Dickinson Students that will benefit the College community?\u201d. With gift cards to Helena\u2019s Creperie on the line, dessert attendees got to work, organizing themselves into three teams and quickly brainstorming ideas. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Each team then presented their solutions to the whole room and a panel of judges. The finished concepts featured whiteboards of student suggestions in the dining hall, a March Madness-style tournament between student ideas, and the ultimate winner\u2014a workshop space in the library, with tutorials led by professors and students.<\/span><\/p>\n

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All of us at Idea Fund would like to thank everyone who took the time to come out to share desserts and ideas this year. We\u2019re looking forward to seeing you at our future events, including our December Art Fair! And if you couldn\u2019t get enough of the innovative challenge of IC@D\u2019s workshop, be sure look out for their upcoming gatherings as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Claire Jeantheau ’21, Marketing Team Member<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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