The Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation & Design Thinking at @tulane. An interdisciplinary higher ed community working towards positive social change
New Orleans, LA
Joined August 2015
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"Come join Don Fraser, Jr. and Miriam Swords Kalk of Education Design Lab for their Design Thinking (DT) Breakfast on Zoom from 9:30-11 AM on Friday, 1/20!
Follow the link here to find more information and sign up: eventbrite.com/e/design-thin…
How To Design Your College Experience
Tuesday, January 24th
Elliot Felix, author of How to Get the Most Out of College and consultant to more than 100 colleges and universities, will lead an interactive workshop on designing your college experience.
tulane.campuslabs.com/engage…
Are you a nonprofit leader making change in the field of equity? The Taylor Center is here for you. taylor.tulane.edu/community/
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Faculty, seeking to advance your career? The Taylor Center can help you design your success.
taylor.tulane.edu/faculty-st…
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Come join Dr. Fuster and Chef Pierre for their Design Thinking (DT) Breakfast at Fritai Haitian Street Food from 9:30-11 AM on Thursday, 11/17!
Follow the link here to find more information and sign up: eventbrite.com/e/design-thin…
Don't forget to take the EDI Climate Survey!
The EDI Climate Survey is a part of the Strategy for Tomorrow, and the findings will help identify areas where additional focus and improvement are needed, generate ideas, and measure our progress over time.
edi.tulane.edu/survey
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The Taylor Center is hiring two GAs in Design Thinking for Social Impact for the Spring ’23 Semester.
GAs will research, write about, co-create and co-facilitate Design Thinking experiences!
Contact Marguerite Sheffer at [email protected] with any inquiries.
Taylor Center awards, coursework, and events are open to undergraduate and graduate students in any field or concentration. You are welcome here!
taylor.tulane.edu/
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Tulane University, Center for Engaged Learning & Teaching (CELT) invites faculty of all ranks to attend the 5th Annual Sparking Success: Faculty Development Conference.
Learn more: airtable.com/shrdMZZQWactcK3…
Want to gain experience in public interest design? Ready to put your graphic design and writing skills to use?
Join the Small Center as a Americorps Vista Member!!
Learn more: small.tulane.edu/news/vista/
In 2021, William Bai ('24), an Alvarez Spark Innovation Award recipient, founded the nonprofit startup RoboRecovery to create low-cost and adaptable robotics programs for students across New Orleans. (#thread 1/3)
ALT A spring 2022 Tulane intern, helps two students build their robot.
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RoboRecovery is a STEM-focused after-school program that teaches students about the engineering design process—a cycle of ideation, testing, and iteration that helps engineers make better solutions. (2/3)
ALT The LEGO Mindstorms robotics system. With interchangeable and reusable parts, students can build their own robots and experiment. Credit: Robots IEEE
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How will YOU make the most of Your Tulane experience?
#TaylorYourTulane is a life design lab that applies design thinking to support first-year students in designing a fulfilling college experience.
Course Code: TYLR 1000 | Tues 3-4:15 PM
To learn more: bit.ly/TYL2022
We are thrilled to highlight our Professors in Social Entrepreneurship!
Faculty are granted the Professorship for research, teaching, creative pursuits, or community activities linking to social entrepreneurship, social innovation, or changemaking.
🔗 bit.ly/seprof
Join us tomorrow, as we discuss 'What trauma-informed design thinking might look like?'- with Marguerite Sheffer, the new Associate Director of Design Thinking for Social Impact at the Taylor Center.
To RSVP to this free event, visit: bit.ly/3otWJdZ
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Our next Design Thinking Breakfast is Friday, June 3rd at 9:30am!
This program will be hosted by Dr. Tyra Gross, Associate Professor of Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana. The theme will be, 'Design Thinking for Black Maternal Health'.
bit.ly/3Nxh2l8
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Today is #GiveNOLADay! This 24-hour event hosted by the Greater New Orleans Foundation is designed to inspire people to support nonprofits that are making our region stronger, creating a thriving community for all. Find a great organization or issue and lend your support today!
Students and faculty have been partnering with the Ecuadorian based non-profit FCAT to restore vanishing forests for over 10 years! Help them win $38k for conservation by clicking here bit.ly/3kw2iGG and voting for the Long-wattled Umbrellabird! Voting closes on May 4th!
Please join us for the Changemaker Institute Student Showcase on April 28th from 2-4 PM taking place virtually on Zoom. You will have the opportunity to hear quick pitches from students building businesses with social impact!
Learn more and register here! bit.ly/3K2aadk
As we wrap up our discussion on Provocation #3, we invite you to place yourself in this landscape: Do you fit somewhere now? Perhaps in multiple places at the same time, or different places over time, or depending on your specific position/job? Is it a helpful navigational (1/2)
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tool? Please let us know! Also, this provocation is #3 in a series of monographs authored by our Research & Scholarship team; review the full publications linked below to learn more! taylor.tulane.edu/research/p…
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