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How can the NEXT Innovation Scholars grow while keeping our identity?

The NEXT New Deal

Overview
The NEXT Innovation Scholars Program (NIS) started with a cohort of just 10 students back in 2021. Now, the program is on track to have a 100 students. This growth is a significant mark of the program's success, but it also presents a challenge. How does NIS preserve its culture and continue to deliver excellence in the face of such change? As their project for Stanford's University Innovation Fellow Program, students Caroline Berger , Max Kemats, and Yale Miller developed and implement a new strategic plan for NIS. The plan's name? The NEXT New Deal.
Type
Strategy
Team Credit
Caroline Berger
Max Kemats
Date
2023 - 2024
The NEXT Innovation Scholars Annual Report was designed by Yale Miller with content written by NIS Program Manager Sydney Myers. Originally created to give to University of Cincinnati President Neville Pinto, the report has now become the first touch point for potential clients, donors, and even students interested in the program.  

Who are the NEXT Innovation Scholars?

NIS is the University of Cincinnati's premiere design thinking and innovation scholarship program. Each year the program accepts a cohort of 10 to 15 new students from any college or major. Multidisciplinary teams are at the core of everything NIS does.

Students in the program participant in at least one project each semester. Many of these projects are with outside commercial partners such as P&G, KAO Brands, King Records, and more. Others are social innovation projects or strategic foresight reports that exist solely within the University ecosystem.