Armen Award Final Fall 2011

>> OKAY.
MIC IS ON, IT'S ONE MINUTE AFTER 6:00,
AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
MY NAME IS LIZ McCORMICK.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION INITIATIVES
HERE AT GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
AND I WANNA WELCOME YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT.
IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE, AND EXCITED.
IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT NIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE AWAY OVER $5,000 IN CASH PRIZES,
AND WE'RE GONNA GET A GREAT IDEA THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT
HERE AT GRCC FOR A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM WE'VE HAD.
SO, WE'VE GOT TWO HOURS TOGETHER TONIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE PROGRAM PRETTY QUICKLY.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH SOME OPENING REMARKS
WITH THE COLLEGE PRESIDENT, DR. STEVE ENDER.
>> THANK YOU, LIZ, AND GOOD EVENING.
I WAS RUNNING A LITTLE LATE.
I COULDN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK...
(audience laughing) ON THIS CAMPUS.
(laughing) I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO, MAYBE NEXT YEAR BY THIS TIME, I WON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
WELCOME, EVERYONE.
THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR, THROUGH ARMEN OUMEDIAN SPONSORSHIP,
THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONDUCT, IMPLEMENT,
THIS COMPETITION IN THE AREA OF INNOVATION TIED TO SPECIFIC PROBLEMS
THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE CAMPUS.
LAST YEAR'S WINNERS, AS I RECALL, WERE...
SUBMITTED AND WON FOR A RIDESHARE PROGRAM
THAT WE ARE PILOTING NOW THROUGH OUR TRAVEL OFFICE
AND, IN EFFECT, TRYING TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO THE SAME PLACE
OUTSIDE OF GRAND RAPIDS AREA
ARE AWARE THAT OTHERS ARE GOING THERE, TOO,
AND PERHAPS RIDING TOGETHER,
RATHER THAN TAKING THREE TO FOUR VEHICLES TO THOSE CONFERENCES.
SO, TONIGHT'S CHALLENGE, QUITE FRANKLY, AS THE PRESIDENT,
I THOUGHT WAS RATHER DAUNTING, QUITE FRANKLY,
GIVEN THE TIME FRAME OF FIVE YEARS AND THE KIND OF...
ENORMITY OF THE PROBLEM.
WE JUST DID A CONSUMER SENTIMENT SURVEY.
AND WE REALLY ARE VIEWED QUITE, QUITE FAVORABLY
BY THIS KENT COUNTY COMMUNITY.
THE NUMBER ONE OVERRIDING, TOP-- OF MINE-- PROBLEM,
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GRCC IS PARKING.
NUMBER ONE, AND FAR, FAR AWAY.
SO, WE DO HAVE SOME REAL ISSUES IN THAT AREA
THAT I'M HOPEFUL SOME OF THE IDEAS
THAT COME OUT OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATIONS
WILL BEGIN TO HELP US SEE ANOTHER WAY TO SOLVE THOSE CONCERNS.
AND NOTHING WOULD PLEASE ME MORE
IF I WAS THE GUY ON THE OTHER END OF THE BUTTON
THAT GOT TO IMPLODE ONE OF OUR PARKING RAMPS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY COOL, FOR ALL KINDS OF REASONS.
SO, WE'LL SEE WHERE YOUR IDEAS TAKE US.
SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO LIZ
AND WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE PROGRAM.
LIZ?
>> THANK YOU, STEVE.
WELL, AS STEVE MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR
DOING THE INNOVATION AWARDS, HERE AT GRCC.
AND NONE OF THIS WORK WOULD BE POSSIBLE
WITHOUT A WONDERFUL FORMER ALUMNUS
OF GRCC,
LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST,
SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN A GREAT FAN OF OUR COLLEGE
AND A GREAT FAN OF INNOVATION.
AND WITHOUT HIM SORTA STEPPING UP AND SAYING,
"I WANNA SUPPORT GRCC'S VALUE ON THIS,"
SUPPORT OUR FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF,
HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLVE AND GET INVOLVED
IN SOLVING SOME OF OUR LARGEST PROBLEMS,
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO, I WANNA WELCOME ARMEN OUMEDIAN,
AND HE'S GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS.
(applause)
>> HERE I COME. >> (laughing).
>> GOOD EVENING.
IT'S SO NICE TO BE HERE, TALKING ABOUT INNOVATION.
INNOVATION IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING...
AND I SAY "THING" BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO DEFINE WHAT IT IS.
I'VE BEEN READING A BOOK AND IT SAYS, "INNOVATION IS THIS AND THIS"
AND PRETTY SOON, HE'S TALKING ABOUT INVENTION.
AND INVENTION AND INNOVATION ARE NOT THE SAME THING.
BUT HE WROTE THE BOOK AND HE'S GETTING A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT.
(audience laughing) BUT IT'S A TRICKY THING.
INNOVATION IS TAKING AN IDEA THAT--
THESE ARE MY DEFINITIONS.
IT'S TAKING AN IDEA, GETTING AN IDEA,
AND DOING SOMETHING WITH IT AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY.
IT ISN'T JUST COMING UP WITH AN INVENTION.
IT'S DOING SOMETHING WITH IT...
ER, THE FELLOW THAT WROTE THIS BOOK SAID
THAT YOU REALLY OUGHT TO BE TALKING ABOUT ENTREPRENEURS,
BECAUSE WITHOUT ENTREPRENEURS, INNOVATION DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING.
AND ENTREPRENEURS HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE MARKETPLACE TO GET JOBS.
BUT WITHOUT INNOVATION, THE ENTREPRENEUR WILL HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE.
BUT WE HAVE TO STRETCH OUR MIND.
WE HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN WE'VE BEEN DOING.
SOME OF THE SAME THINGS, WE HAVE TO DO 'EM DIFFERENTLY, SMARTER, BETTER.
AND WHEN I TALKED TO LIZ A COUPLE YEARS AGO
AND SAID, "LIZ, HOW DO WE GET THIS GOING?
"HOW DO WE HAVE THIS BECOME SOMETHING REAL IN THE SCHOOL?"
AND SHE SAID, "WELL, I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE FACULTY...
"AND IF WE CAN GET THE FACULTY TO BE INVOLVED, IT'LL WORK."
WELL, WE TOOK IT TO THE FACULTY AND THIS IS THE RESULT OF IT.
AND WE'RE JUST PROUD-- I'M VERY PROUD WITH THE EFFORT
THAT'S BEING MADE TO TAKE THIS KIND OF PROJECT ON
AND BRING IT TO FRUITION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT.
(applause)
>> THANK YOU, ARMEN.
OKAY, SO...
JUST SAYING A FEW WORDS ABOUT INNOVATION HERE AT GRCC,
BECAUSE I GET THAT QUESTION A LOT, TOO.
"EXACTLY WHAT IS INNOVATION?"
AND THE COLLEGE HAS "INNOVATION" AS A VALUE
THAT HELPS DEFINE OUR CULTURE AND WHO WE ARE,
AND WE ACTUALLY PUT A DEFINITION TO THAT.
BECAUSE INNOVATION DOES MEAN A LOT OF THINGS TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND I'M GONNA READ IT, SO I GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT.
"WE SEEK CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS
"THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION AND ADAPTATION."
THAT MEANS WE'RE WILLING TO TRY SOME NEW THINGS,
FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK,
LEARN FROM OUR MISTAKES, AND KEEP ITERATING AND TRYING AGAIN.
SO, THAT'S HOW WE DEFINE-- ER, GRCC DEFINES INNOVATION.
AND THERE'S SORTA FOUR TENANTS TO MAKING THIS WORK.
AND THEY'RE REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT
"HOW WOULD WE DESIGN A COMPETITION?"
AS ARMEN SAID, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE IDEA.
SO, WE DECIDED THAT WE'D PUT THE COMPETITION IN TWO ROUNDS.
THE FIRST ROUND REALLY WAS ABOUT THE IDEA...
TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE ENGAGED TO SUBMIT IDEAS ON PROBLEMS.
BUT THE IDEA DOESN'T TAKE IT FAR ENOUGH.
THEN, WE NEED PEOPLE TO TRY TO RESEARCH THOSE IDEAS,
PILOT AND TEST, EXPERIMENT WITH THOSE IDEAS,
AND BRING THEM FORWARD INTO IMPLEMENTATION,
SO THEY CAN REALLY HAVE A LASTING IMPACT.
IF IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WE IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT,
IT WILL ADD VALUE,
BOTH FOR THE PEOPLE WE SERVE AND FOR THIS INSTITUTION,
AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT INNOVATION IS ALL ABOUT.
SO, IN ORDER TO GET THAT GOING,
WE HAD TO HAVE A FEW TENANTS AROUND INNOVATION.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS ALWAYS TO WORK ON A REAL PROBLEM.
NOT SOMETHING THAT SEEMS INTERESTING,
BUT SOMETHING'S THAT ACTUALLY IMPORTANT AND REAL.
SO, THAT WAS OUR FIRST CRITERIA, AND AS DR. ENDER SAID,
THIS IS MORE THAN A 20 YEAR PROBLEM,
HERE AT THE INSTITUTION, IN A LOT OF VARIOUS FORMS.
SO, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD PROBLEM FOR US TO TACKLE.
THE SECOND THING IS TO FIND A CHAMPION,
BECAUSE NOTHING DOES HAPPEN WITHOUT PASSION
AND SOMEBODY HAS THAT IDEA.
BUT THEN, YOU NEED A TEAM.
SO, THAT'S THE THIRD CRITERIA-- YOU GOTTA HAVE A TEAM.
AND AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT BRINGS DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
AND DIFFERENT SKILL SETS IS REALLY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.
THAT'S WHY WE WANTED FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENTS
TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK EACH OTHER OUT,
BRING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES TO THE IDEA THEY WERE WORKING ON.
SO, THAT'S WHY WE'RE STRUCTURING THE TEAM COMPETITION THE WAY WE ARE.
AND THEN, THE FOURTH ONE REALLY IS "FOLLOW A PROCESS," RIGHT?
SO, THERE HAS TO BE A PROCESS.
THERE'S STAGES TO THIS.
FIRST, THERE'S DISCOVERY ABOUT WHAT THE GOOD IDEA WOULD BE,
THEN WE GOTTA RESEARCH IT, RIGHT?
THEN, YOU HAD TO DO SOME PILOTING AND TESTING.
THEN, YOU HAVE TO DO SOME VALIDATION, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET IT IMPLEMENTED.
AND SO, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS COMPETITION.
WE HAD 18 IDEAS SUBMITTED IN ROUND ONE.
TEN OF THOSE WERE AWARDED $100
AND EIGHT OF THOSE TEN PEOPLE ARE IN THIS ROOM WITH THEIR TEAMS,
WHO DECIDED, "WE HAVE ENOUGH MERIT TO OUR IDEA
"THAT WE WANT TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD,
"AND SEE IF WE CAN'T PROVE SOME FEASIBILITY WITH THIS."
SO, THOSE ARE THE TENANTS AROUND INNOVATION.
AN EVENT LIKE THIS-- YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET STARTED
ON OUR STUDENT PRESENTATIONS,
WE GOTTA THANK A FEW PEOPLE BESIDES DR. ENDER AND ARMEN.
WE NEED TO THANK THE COMMITTEE WHO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
AGAIN, THIS ISN'T MY WORK.
THIS IS A GRCC VALUE AND IT BELONGS TO THE INSTITUTION,
AND WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE A PHENOMENAL COMMITTEE
THESE LAST TWO YEARS THAT HELP MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
AND I KNOW SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ARE SITTING HERE WITH US TONIGHT.
BECKY YODER, IF YOU COULD STAND UP, PLEASE.
MOSS INGRAM.
KLAAS KWANT, WHO'S IN OUR VIDEO BOOTH,
WHO'S DONE ALL THE VIDEO WORK FOR US.
VICKI HUDSONS, FROM COMMUNICATIONS.
JULIE LANGER-- WHERE'S JULIE?
IF YOU COULD STAND A MINUTE.
JULIE IS WITH STAFF DEVELOPMENT, AND HELPED US--
UH, IS NEW THIS YEAR AND JUMPED ON THE COMMITTEE TO HELP.
ANN SANDBERG...
DON VanOEVEREN...
AND JEFF DANNER WHO DID ALL THE PRINTING OF THE CHECKS
THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDING FOR YOUR $100 PRIZES AND THE BIG PRIZES.
SO, WE WANT TO GIVE ALL THOSE FOLKS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE
AND THANK THEM VERY MUCH.
(applause)
OKAY, SO, HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK FOR TONIGHT, RIGHT?
ALL OF THE TEAMS KNOW THAT YOU PUT A LITTLE VIDEO CLIP TOGETHER.
AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS THAT WE'RE GONNA ROLL THE VIDEO CLIP,
AND THEN, I'M GONNA CALL DOWN THE TEAM CHAMPION,
AND THEY ARE GONNA COME DOWN
AND THEY'RE GONNA INTRODUCE THEIR TEAM TO THE JUDGES,
AND THEN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO ANSWER Q&A
WITH OUR JUDGES HERE TONIGHT.
SO, BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, I'M GONNA BRING UP MOSS INGRAM.
HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SCORING CRITERIA REAL QUICKLY,
AND INTRODUCE OUR JUDGES. >> GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS VERY, VERY EXCITING.
WE RECEIVED, AS LIZ MENTIONED, 18 SUBMISSIONS
AND, IN OCTOBER,
WE WENT THROUGH THE ROUND ONE CRITERIA.
AND THE CRITERIA FOR ROUND ONE WAS WEIGHTED,
AND WE PUT 20 PERCENT OF THE WEIGHTING TOWARD ORIGINALITY.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE IDEA WAS UNIQUE
AND THAT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF NOVELTY.
THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE APPROACH
TOWARDS SOLVING THE ISSUE.
THE SECOND PIECE OF CRITERIA HAD TO DO WITH ALIGNMENT,
AND THAT ALSO RECEIVED-- NO, EXCUSE ME, THAT DIDN'T--
UH, THE WEIGHTING THERE WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IT WAS INCREASED TO 30 PERCENT,
AND THAT WAS, "HOW DIRECTLY DOES THIS IDEA IMPACT THE TOPIC OF PARKING?"
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY WELL ALIGNED WITH GRCC,
OUR COMMUNITY, IN IMPROVING THE CONGESTION THAT WE CAUSE
AND THE PARKING ISSUES THAT WE CAUSE WITH OUR STUDENTS
AND OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.
AND THEN, THE THIRD ONE, WHICH WAS WEIGHTED THE HEAVIEST, AT 50 PERCENT,
WAS FEASIBILITY.
AND THAT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HOW LIKELY IS THIS
GOING TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM?
SO, THAT WAS THE CRITERIA THAT, THEN,
TOOK THE 18 DOWN TO, NOW, THE TRUE EIGHT.
AND THIS EVENING, THE CRITERIA'S GOING TO BE COLLABORATION.
WE WANNA SEE THAT THERE WAS A TEAM, THAT THERE WAS TEAMWORK,
THERE WAS INVOLVEMENT, MULTIPLE THOUGHTS, DIVERSE THOUGHTS,
TOWARDS SOLVING THE ISSUE.
THE SECOND IS PRESENTATION, SO 25 PERCENT WEIGHTING FOR THAT.
THE QUALITY OF THE PILOT PROJECT AND THE MATERIALS THAT WERE SUBMITTED.
AND THEN, 50 PERCENT WEIGHTING FOR IMPACT.
SO, THE EVIDENCE THAT THIS WILL, INDEED, SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
SO, FOR ROUND ONE,
WE HAD THREE JUDGES GO THROUGH THAT MATERIAL.
HORACE (indistinct),
WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES FROM THE CITY,
WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES, ALONG WITH TWO OF OUR CURRENT JUDGES.
HORACE, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
AND SO, THANKFULLY, VICKI JANOWIAK WAS KIND AND GRACIOUS ENOUGH
TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JUDGING.
AND VICKI, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, STAND UP.
VICKI IS THE DIRECTOR OF SUSTAINABILITY FOR GRCC.
TOM SMITH,
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES...
UM, IS OUR OTHER JUDGE.
AND TONJA LOFTON,
WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT CONGRESS,
IS OUR THIRD JUDGE.
SO, WE WANTED TO HAVE-- (applause)
THANK YOU.
WE WANTED TO HAVE DIVERSE JUDGING AND CRITERIA,
ALSO, FROM THIS TEAM.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO LIZ.
GOOD LUCK, EVERYONE.
>> OKAY, SO KLAAS IS GOING TO, AGAIN,
QUEUE UP THE VIDEO CLIP, WE'LL WATCH IT,
AND THEN, I WILL SAY THE NAME OF THE TEAM CHAMPION
AND ASK YOU TO BRING YOUR TEAM ON DOWN.
WE ARE STARTING TONIGHT WITH PAM SCOTT.
>> NOT AGAIN!
I HATE THIS.
ALL I WANT TO DO IS PARK MY CAR AND GO TO CLASS.
IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?
I'VE BEEN IN LINE FOR THE RAMP FOR 25 MINUTES ALREADY,
MY TEST IS ABOUT TO START, I STILL HAVE 18 CARS AHEAD OF ME,
AND THE RAMP IS STILL COMPLETELY FULL!
IF ONLY THERE WERE A WAY TO REDUCE GRCC'S NEED FOR ON-CAMPUS PARKING
BY 50 PERCENT BY 2015.
>> I THINK I CAN HELP. >> WHO ARE YOU?
>> I'M THE BUS FAIRY.
WHY DO YOU THINK I'M IN THIS RIDICULOUS OUTFIT?
>> OKAY, BUS FAIRY, WHAT'S YOUR GREAT IDEA?
>> I'VE GOT A PLAN.
I THINK GRCC AND THE RAPID CAN TEAM UP.
HERE'S HOW IT WOULD WORK-- THE RAPID WOULD PROVIDE GRCC PAPERBOARD CARDS
THAT INCLUDE MAGNETIC STRIPS.
THESE PASSES WOULD ALLOW FREE TRANSPORTATION
ON ANY OF THE RAPID'S ROUTES IN GRAND RAPIDS.
GRCC WOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE ITS OWN DESIGN FOR THE FRONT OF THESE CARDS,
PROVIDED THAT THE RAPID LOGO APPEAR SOMEWHERE ON THE FRONT.
>> THE RAPID RESERVES FINAL APPROVAL ON ANY CARD DESIGN.
>> THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE PASSES KENDALL COLLEGE CURRENTLY USES.
GRCC COULD HOLD A CONTEST TO DESIGN A NEW PASS,
PROMOTING THE NEW PROGRAM.
EVERY MAGNETIC STRIP IS ENCODED WITH A NUMBER UNIQUE TO THE CARD.
IF GRCC KEEPS TRACK OF WHICH CARD IS GIVEN TO WHICH STUDENT,
THE RAPID WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE GRCC RECORDS,
INCLUDING WHICH PASSES WERE USED, WHEN THEY WERE USED,
AND WHICH ROUTE WAS TAKEN.
THE RAPID COULD EVEN TURN OFF INDIVIDUAL CARDS
SHOULD THEY BE LOST, ABUSED, OR IF A STUDENT DROPS OUT OF GRCC.
EVERY PASS WOULD BE VALID FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE SEMESTER.
EACH PASS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY ACTIVATE WHEN IT WAS FIRST USED ON THE RAPID.
AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER, ANY ACTIVATED PASS
WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE SHUT OFF BY THE RAPID.
PARTICIPANTS WOULD NEED TO ACQUIRE A NEW PASS FOR EACH SEMESTER.
REGULAR FARE RIDES FOR THE RAPID IS $1.50 PER RIDE.
FOR EVERY RIDE TAKEN USING THE SUGGESTED PASSES,
GRCC WOULD BE CHARGED 80 CENTS.
WITH SUFFICIENT GRCC RIDERSHIP, A HIGH-VOLUME DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRICE
COULD BE NEGOTIATED IN THE FUTURE.
KENDALL HAS ALREADY BEEN USING A SIMILAR MODEL
TO HELP ALLEVIATE THEIR OWN PARKING PROBLEM.
WITH STUDENT POPULATION OF MERELY 1,500 PEOPLE,
KENDALL STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF TOOK OVER 24,000 RIDES LAST YEAR.
FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR,
KENDALL SPENT A LITTLE LESS THAN $20,000 ON THIS PROGRAM.
OUT OF KENDALL'S 1,500 MEMBER POPULATION,
300 CARDS WERE ISSUED, MAKING FOR 20 PERCENT PARTICIPATION RATE.
IF 20 PERCENT OF GRCC'S POPULATION WERE TO PARTICIPATE IN A SIMILAR PROGRAM,
APPROXIMATELY 3,000 CARDS WOULD BE ISSUED.
FUN FACT-- GRCC ONLY HAS ABOUT 3,500 PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE DOWNTOWN
BETWEEN THE FOUR MAJOR PARKING SITES,
TO ACCOMMODATE 15,000 STUDENTS AND 1,500 FACULTY AND STAFF.
LAST YEAR, GRCC HAD 782,000 INDIVIDUAL INSTANCES
OF STUDENTS PARKING ON CAMPUS BETWEEN THE BARCLAY RAMP,
BOSTWICK RAMP, LYON RAMP, AND THE DeVOS CAMPUS.
IF KENDALL'S RIDERSHIP RATES WERE APPLIED TO GRCC'S STUDENT POPULATION OF 15,000,
GRCC WOULD SEE A REDUCTION IN PARKING BY ALMOST 123,000 PARKS
OVER THE COURSE OF ITS FIRST YEAR.
>> THE NUMBERS YOU SEE ON THE GRAPH PROJECTED HERE INDICATE
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE TO APPLY KENDALL'S RATES TO GRCC'S POPULATION.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DIP IN THE SUMMER,
BUT THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE KENDALL SUSPENDED THEIR PROGRAM
FROM MAY TO AUGUST.
AUGUST OF 2011 SAW RIDERSHIP INCREASE,
DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM WAS ONLY ACTIVE FOR FIVE DAYS.
>> THIS REDUCTION WOULD BE LIKELY TO INCREASE EACH SEMESTER,
AS EXISTING STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY STUCK IN THEIR ON-CAMPUS PARKING ROUTINES
MOVE ON TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND A NEW BATCH OF STUDENTS
ENROLL IN GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
IN ADDITION, WE RECOMMEND
INCREASING THE DAILY ON-CAMPUS PARKING RATE TO $3.50,
A DOLLAR ABOVE THE CURRENT RATE.
THIS WOULD NOT ONLY HELP GRCC OBTAIN A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF INCOME
TO COVER THE COST OF THE BUS RIDES,
IT ALSO ENCOURAGES PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM
BY HITTING STUDENTS WHERE IT HURTS-- THEIR WALLETS.
IF GRCC MAINTAINED KENDALL'S RIDERSHIP RATES,
THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST FOR THE FIRST YEAR WOULD BE $200,000.
ASSUMING THE REMAINING 80 PERCENT OF STUDENTS
WHO WOULD NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM
WOULD CONTINUE TO PARK IN THE RAMPS,
INDIVIDUAL ON-CAMPUS PARKING INCIDENCES WOULD DROP TO 625,000 PER YEAR.
COLLECTING AN ADDITIONAL DOLLAR PER PARKING INSTANCE
WOULD RESULT IN $625,000 TO BE USED TO SUSTAIN THIS PARTNERSHIP.
AS RIDERSHIP INCREASES, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL AUTOMOBILES
TRAVELING TO GRCC DECREASES.
THIS RESULTS IN A DECREASE IN VEHICLE EMISSIONS
AND A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT.
WHILE RIDING THE RAPID,
TIME THAT WOULD OTHERWISE WOULD BE SPENT DURING A COMMUTE
PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD COULD NOW BE USED FOR STUDYING,
OR EVEN JUST A MUCH-NEEDED MENTAL BREAK BETWEEN GRCC AND HOME.
BUT THE QUESTION REMAINS-- WILL RIDERS RIDE THE RAPID?
LAST YEAR, GRCC STUDENTS WERE WILLING TO PAY $40 A MONTH
FOR A RAPID PASS OFFERING UNLIMITED RIDES FOR 31 DAYS.
BUT CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM,
A STUDENT WHO WOULD OTHERWISE PARK ON CAMPUS THREE DAYS A WEEK
WOULD SAVE $42 A MONTH BY PARTICIPATING, OVER $100 PER SEMESTER.
>> NOT TO MENTION, WHEN RAIDERS RIDE THE RAPID,
THEY DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE IN THE SNOW.
>> ALL RIGHT, GREAT JOB!
LET'S HEAR IT! (applause)
OKAY, SO PAM SCOTT IS A FACULTY CHAMPION.
AND PAM, IF YOU'LL COME DOWN WITH YOUR TEAM
AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM TO THE JUDGES.
>> HI, EVERYBODY.
OUR TEAM WAS "RAIDERS RIDE THE RAPID," AND I WAS THE FACULTY MEMBER.
LEAH vanHARTESVELDT IS THE STAFF MEMBER,
AND DOUG vanHARTESVELDT WAS OUR STUDENT MEMBER,
WHO IS CURRENTLY IN CLASS, SO HE WASN'T ABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT.
(laughing)
SO, WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS DO YOU GUYS HAVE?
>> WELL, I HAVE ONE TO START OFF WITH.
AND, UH, WHO PAY FOR THE INITIAL PASSES, MONITOR THEM,
AND MAINTAIN THEM HERE ON CAMPUS? >> THE PASSES WOULD BE PAID FOR--
THE PURCHASE OF THE PASSES ARE 30 CENTS A PIECE,
AND THE RAPID SAID THAT THEY WOULD COVER THAT COST.
UM, MY THINKING IS THAT THE PASSES WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED
TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF WHEN THEY PICK UP THEIR RAIDERCARDS.
AND THAT WAY, WE COULD HAVE A RECORD OF WHICH CARD
WAS GIVEN TO WHICH STUDENT. >> (indistinct speaking).
SO, APPARENTLY, THAT WOULD BE STUDENT LIFE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD BENCHMARKING AGAINST KENDALL AND NICE DATA THERE.
HOW ABOUT ANY OTHER HIGHER ED INSTITUTIONS IN THE GREATER GRAND RAPIDS AREA?
ARE ANY OF THE OTHER INSTITUTIONS USING A SIMILAR APPROACH?
>> UM, GRAND RAP-- ER, GRAND VALLEY IS USING FREE RIDERSHIP
FOR FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND STAFF,
BUT THEIR PROGRAM IS SPECIFIC TO THEIR UNIVERSITY BECAUSE, I BELIEVE,
THEY PURCHASED THEIR OWN BUSES AND PAY SIGNIFICANT FOR BUS ROUTES.
SO, THAT WAS NOT A GOOD MODEL FOR US.
WE WERE ALSO TOLD THAT SPECTRUM RECENTLY INSTITUTED A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO THIS.
AND I UNDERSTAND CALVIN AND, I BELIEVE, AQUINAS
OFFER REDUCED FARES.
>> UM, WHERE WOULD THE STUDENTS PARK AT TO CATCH THE RAPID?
>> THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CATCH THE BUS
AT ANY BUS STOP IN THE CITY.
>> THEY ALSO COULD PARK IN GRAND RAPID LOTS LOCATED ALL OVER THE CITY,
FOR THOSE THAT HAVE TO TRAVEL INTO THE CITY A LITTLE BIT.
>> SO, WE THOUGHT THAT THIS PROGRAM COULD POTENTIALLY REACH
A STUDENT POPULATION THAT, PERHAPS,
DOES NOT HAVE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION,
AND THEIR ONLY WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL
WOULD BE A PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
>> SO, IF I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE RAPID
OR PICK IT UP AT THE APPROPRIATE BUS STOP WHERE THE RAPID CURRENTLY STOPS?
THERE WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING ADDED?
>> NO. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.
I GUESS THAT DOES IT FOR US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANKS FOR HAVING US.
(applause) >> NICE JOB!
OKAY... GREAT JOB, TEAM ONE.
THANK YOU.
THE SECOND PRESENTATION WE'RE GONNA HAVE IS A STUDENT CHAMPION
AND HIS NAME IS JACOB STERLING.
SO KLAAS, IF YOU'LL ROLL THE VIDEO CLIP FOR US...
>> MY NAME IS JACOB STERLING AND I'M HERE FOR THE ARMEN INNOVATION COMPETITION.
MY TEAMMATES KELSEY AND JEFF WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE
BECAUSE KELSEY IS IN A CLASS AND JEFF IS TUTORING IN THE CALCULUS LAB.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN RUNNING A TAD LATE TO GET TO SCHOOL
AND SEEN THE PARKING RAMP FULL?
OR A TREMENDOUS LINE OF VEHICLES TO GET INTO THE PARKING RAMP?
YEAH, IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET IN.
AND CHANCES ARE, YOU CAN BE LATE FOR CLASS, TOO.
WELL, THERE'S A SOLUTION TO THAT.
ONE OF THEM IS TO RIDE THE RAPID BUS AND PARK SOME PLACE OFF OF CAMPUS,
SO YOU CAN GET TO CLASS AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR CAR...
AND NOT WORRY ABOUT PARKING IT.
AND OUR PLAN CONSISTED OF FOUR PARTS.
WE HAD TO TALK TO THE RAPID AND SEE IF THERE IS A CHANCE
THAT THEY COULD ALTER SOME OF THEIR EXISTING ROUTES
TO SWING CLOSER TO THE CAMPUS.
OUR SECOND PART WAS TO SEE IF THE FREQUENCY OF THE BUSES
ALREADY IN TRANSPORTATION MODE COULD BE INCREASED,
SO THERE COULD BE MORE BUSES FLOWING INTO CAMPUS OR CLOSE TO CAMPUS.
THE THIRD PART, WE WOULD CONDUCT A SURVEY OF AREA BUSINESSES
TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LET US USE THEIR PARKING LOT FOR STUDENTS--
A FEW STUDENTS, NOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUDENTS.
AND THEN, THE LAST PART OF THE PLAN
WOULD BE TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE RAPID
AND ITS ADVANTAGES OF USING IT.
THE FIRST PART OF THE PLAN-- IT CONSISTED OF ALTERING THE ROUTES.
AND UPON INVESTIGATION INTO THIS QUESTION,
I TOOK AN INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN WISSELINK FROM THE RAPID,
AND HE SAID THAT IT'S INCREDIBLY HARD TO ALTER THE ROUTES AT THE RAPID
BECAUSE THERE'S--
THE ONLY WAY TO ALTER THEM IS WITH MILLAGES,
AND MILLAGES DON'T COME ABOUT VERY OFTEN.
SO, THAT WAS A BLOCK-- OR A BRICK WALL THAT WE HIT,
SO WE COULDN'T GO VERY FAR WITH THAT.
BUT WE ALSO-- OR WE CAME UP WITH OTHER SOLUTIONS TO THAT PROBLEM.
THE SECOND PART OF THE PLAN
WAS TO SEE IF THE FREQUENCY OF THE BUSES
COULD BE INCREASED.
AND ACTUALLY...
THE RAPID HAS THAT PLAN ALREADY IN PLACE...
IN THEIR "TRANSIT MASTER PLAN, PHASE ONE."
AND SOME OF THE IDEAS FOR THIS PHASE INCLUDE THE--
TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY BY MAKING EVERY ROUTE AVAILABLE EVERY 30 MINUTES
FROM 5 O'CLOCK TO 7:15.
THE SECOND PART-- OR ANOTHER PART OF THE PLAN WAS TO EXTEND THE HOURS
OF ALL ROUTES TO 11:15 P.M. ON WEEKDAY EVENINGS.
AND ANOTHER PART OF THE ROUTE IS THE SEVEN BUSIEST ROUTES
WILL HAVE 30 MINUTE SERVICE UNTIL 12:15 A.M.
NOW, THESE ARE ONLY THREE OF PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT DIFFERENT PLANS,
AND THE FULL DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT RAPIDTMP.ORG.
THE INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN-- HE SHARED WITH ME
THAT THEY ARE ADDING A NEW BUS LINE CALLED "THE SILVER LINE BUS SYSTEM,"
AND THAT BUS SYSTEM WILL TRAVEL DOWN DIVISION STREET
AND AROUND TO MEDICAL MILE AND TO CENTRAL STATION.
NOW, THE REALLY COOL THINGS ABOUT THIS ROUTE
IS THAT THEY TRAVEL IN BUS LANES,
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT REGULAR TRAFFIC AND RED LIGHTS,
AND THE LANES ARE JUST EMPTY AND THEY'RE ONLY MADE FOR BUSES.
THE OTHER-- ANOTHER THING IS, IS THAT YOU CAN PAY FOR THE BUS ROUTE
ON ELECTRONIC MEANS.
SO, YOU CAN PAY FOR IT BEFORE YOU GET ON THE BUS,
THUS DECREASING THE BORDERING TIME.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT THEY WILL OFFER TEN MINUTE SERVICE
FROM MORNING TO AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
AND A TRIP FROM 60th AVENUE TO MEDICAL MILE
WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY 27 MINUTES WITHOUT ANY TRANSFERS.
AND ALSO, THEY HAVE STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY,
SO IT'LL GIVE YOU REAL-TIME INFORMATION
AND MUCH MORE.
LAST PART OF THE PLAN WAS TO CHECK WITH AREA BUSINESSES
TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE-- ER, IF THEY WOULD LET STUDENTS PARK IN THEIR LOTS
AND RIDE THE BUSES.
SO, I CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF SOME MAJOR BUSINESSES ON THE ALPINE HIGHWAY,
AND I ASKED HOME DEPOT, MEIJER,
KOHL'S, WALMART, AND SAM'S CLUB.
AND I ASKED THEM IF THEY WOULD LET STUDENTS PARK THERE FOR FREE
OR A DISCOUNTED RATE.
MOST OF THE ANSWERS CONSISTED OF TEN TO FIFTEEN CARS,
AND THERE COULDN'T BE ANY MORE THAN 20 OR 30
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE ROOM FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR PATRONS,
SO THEY COULDN'T EXTEND ALL THE LOTS.
SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO THIS TEN TO FIFTEEN CAR RATE
WERE KOHL'S AND WALMART.
I THINK THAT THIS PLAN SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE, FOR ONE,
IT USES IDEAS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE
AND ARE ALREADY WORKING VERY WELL.
AND IT IS JUST SO EASY TO RIDE THE BUS.
(applause) >> OKAY.
GOOD JOB.
JACOB, DO YOU WANT TO COME ON DOWN AND ANSWER SOME OF THE JUDGES' QUESTIONS?
>> THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS COMPETITION.
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
A LOT OF STUFF TO LEARN, SO... >> GOOD EVENING, JACOB.
I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU...
HOW MANY CARS DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD ELIMINATE
FROM PARKING ON CAMPUS HERE? >> IT'S NOT KNOWN RIGHT NOW.
I ONLY CONDUCTED A FEW SURVEYS FOR A FEW BUSINESSES,
BECAUSE I HAD LIMITED TIME.
BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT WE COULD ASK ON ALPINE,
ON 28th STREET, ON EVEN RIVERTOWN CROSSINGS MALL.
THEY HAVE LARGE PARKING LOTS THAT WE COULD ASK AND SEE WHAT THEY SAID.
IT'S HARD TO SAY... EXACTLY...
BUT I THINK IT SHOWS PROMISE.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> JACOB, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PARTICIPATING.
VERY NICE.
ARE YOU PROPOSING A SIMILAR APPROACH,
THAT THIS PLAN WOULD APPLY TO EMPLOYEES AND THEIR TRAFFIC PATTERNS,
AS WELL AS STUDENTS?
>> IF EMPLOYEES WANT TO USE IT AS WELL, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
I THINK IT COULD GO FOR ANYONE
WHO WANTS TO USE THE FACILITIES HERE AT 'CC.
>> YOU MENTIONED, IN YOUR VIDEO, THAT THE BUS WOULD PICK UP AS FAR--
ALONG 60th TO MEDICAL MILE, NONSTOP.
IS THAT JUST 60th, MEDICAL MILE?
AND WHAT IF STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM OTHER PLACES?
IS IT MORE THAN JUST THAT ROUTE?
>> FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ONLY PLANNING ON ADDING THAT ONE ROUTE FROM 60th,
DOWN DIVISION, UP TO MEDICAL MILE.
AND THEN, IT'LL CIRCLE AROUND, UM, GRAND RAPIDS A LITTLE BIT
BEFORE IT GOES TO CENTRAL STATION.
I THINK I HEARD FROM KEVIN,
WHEN I INTERVIEWED HIM DOWN AT THE RAPID,
THAT THEY MAY ADD MORE OF THE SILVER LINE-STYLE BUS ROUTES.
SO, THAT WOULD BE LATER ON, OF COURSE,
BUT I THINK THIS ONE COULD BE HERE
AS EARLY AS NEXT SUMMER.
>> YOU SAID THEY ONLY ALLOW 15 CARS TO PARK THERE AT A TIME?
>> ON AVERAGE, IT WAS TEN TO FIFTEEN CARS,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE ROOM FOR PATRONS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES.
MEIJER HAS A CARPOOL LOT OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR STORE,
BETWEEN THE CROSSROAD AND THE GAS STATION.
AND IT'S KIND OF A SMALL LOT, SO WHEN I TALKED TO THE MANAGER THERE,
SHE'S LIKE, "YEAH, WE CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN 20 OR 30 CARS,
"BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE ROOM FOR OUR EMPLOYEES."
AND THAT PRETTY MUCH HELD THE SAME FOR ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT I VISITED.
SO, WE'D HAVE TO SIGNIFICANTLY CANVAS
AND SEE HOW MANY BUSINESSES
WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. >> THANK YOU.
>> IN YOUR TEST RESEARCH AT ALL,
WERE YOU ABLE TO HYPOTHESIZE
THE VARIOUS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
THAT WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IDENTIFYING...
OFF-CAMPUS DISTANCE SITES
AROUND THE SERVICE AREA, BASED ON WHERE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM?
>> CAN YOU REPHRASE THAT?
>> WELL, WE'VE A VERY LARGE SERVICE AREA, SO ALPINE IS JUST ONE AREA OF THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA, BASED ON VOLUME OR WHERE STUDENTS WOULD COME FROM,
HOW MANY DIFFERENT KIND OF "PARK AND RIDE"-TYPE OF ARRANGEMENTS,
WITH EITHER AREA BUSINESSES OR SOMETHING,
AND IN WHAT AREAS WE'D HAVE TO FIRST THINK ABOUT PUTTING THEM,
TO BEST SERVE THE VARIOUS STUDENT POPULATION
AND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM?
>> WE WERE UNABLE TO GET STUDENTS' LOCATIONS,
SO WE COULDN'T SPECIFICALLY GET THAT DATA.
BUT VARIOUS--
WE COULD VISIT MANY PLACES, SO...
>> WELL, THANK YOU, AND I THINK WE'RE BEING TIMED OUT HERE.
>> (laughing, indistinct speaking)
(applause)
YES, WE'RE HOLDING THROUGH TO--
UH, THE VIDEOS WERE LIMITED TO AROUND A FIVE MINUTE TIMEFRAME,
AND THREE MINUTES OR SO FOR Q&A WITH THE JUDGES,
SO WE CAN GET THROUGH ALL THE TEAMS TONIGHT.
NICE JOB, JACOB.
OUR NEXT IDEA COMES FROM NATHANIEL SHAPIRO.
AND NATHANIEL IS A STUDENT CHAMPION AS WELL.
KLAAS, IF WE CAN ROLL THAT VIDEO?
>> WE'VE ALL SEEN WHAT THE RAMP IS LIKE WHEN IT GETS LIKE THIS... UP CLOSE.
BUT WOULDN'T THIS BE A MUCH BETTER SIGHT?
HI!
>> I'M NATHAN.
>> I'M DAVE. >> AND I'M ADDIE.
HAVE YOU EVER ARRIVE IN TIME FOR AN IMPORTANT CLASS,
ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THERE'S NO PARKING SPOT LEFT ON THE CAMPUS?
HAVE YOU EVER FELT THAT THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SPENT IN CLASS
COULD BE USED MORE EFFECTIVELY?
AND HAVE YOU EVER BEEN UNABLE TO TAKE A CLASS YOU NEEDED OR WANTED
BECAUSE IT SIMPLY WASN'T OFFERED AT THE RIGHT TIME OF THE DAY?
>> OUR TEAM'S IDEA FOR THIS YEAR'S ARMEN'S INNOVATION CHALLENGE
IS ABOUT JUST THOSE SORTS OF SITUATIONS.
THIS YEAR, THE INNOVATION CHALLENGE AT GRCC ASKED STUDENTS
TO SUGGEST WAYS TO REDUCE THE NEED FOR AND USE OF ON-CAMPUS PARKING
BY 50 PERCENT.
WE THOUGHT ABOUT WHY WE COME INTO SCHOOL-- TO GET AN EDUCATION, OF COURSE!
AND WE REALIZED THAT THE WAY WE SCHEDULE THINGS ABOUT HERE
ISN'T REALLY THE BEST USE
OF STUDENTS' TIME, MONEY, AND PATIENCE.
>> AT FIRST, WE THOUGHT ABOUT ONLINE CLASSES.
THAT WOULD BE AN EASY SOLUTION.
IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO COME IN TO CLASS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO PARK.
BUT GRCC ALREADY OFFERS ONLINE CLASS OPTIONS
AND MANY PEOPLE FIND THAT FORMAT TO BE A POOR FIT FOR THEM.
THERE ARE BENEFITS TO LIVE, IN-PERSON TEACHING THAT JUST CAN'T BE REPLICATED
OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
AT THE SAME TIME, ONLINE CLASSES CAN OFFER NEW WAYS
TO LEARN ON INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
THAT ARE DIFFICULT OR TOO AWKWARD TO USE IN A CLASSROOM SETTING.
SO, WHY NOT LOOK AT HYBRID CLASSES?
A HYBRID CLASS, WHICH HAS BOTH AN ONLINE COMPONENT AND TRADITIONAL LECTURES,
GIVES STUDENTS AND ALSO TEACHERS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
BUT IT TURNS OUT HYBRIDS DON'T GET MUCH ATTENTION AT GRCC.
THERE ARE VERY FEW HYBRID OPTIONS COMPARED TO ONLINE CLASSES.
WE SET OUT TO FIND OUT WHY,
AND TO SEE IF INCREASING THE NUMBER OF HYBRIDS AT GRCC
WOULD BE POSSIBLE AND WELL-RECEIVED BY BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
>> THE FIRST QUESTION WE ASKED STUDENTS WAS,
"ARE THERE ANY SUBJECTS OR PARTICULAR CLASSES
"THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LIKED TO TAKE IN A HYBRID FORMAT OR AN ONLINE FORMAT,
"BUT WERE UNAVAILABLE?"
NEXT, WE ASKED IF THERE WERE CLASSES THAT THEY WERE HESITANT
ABOUT TAKING ONLINE,
BUT WOULD STILL BE WILLING TO TAKE AS A HYBRID.
WE INTERVIEWED 124 STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES,
DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AROUND CAMPUS.
WE FOUND THAT OVER 40 PERCENT OF THEM DID HAVE CLASSES
THAT THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN TAKING AS A HYBRID.
SO, THERE DEFINITELY SEEMS TO BE UNMET DEMAND
FOR BOTH KINDS OF DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSES,
ESPECIALLY HYBRIDS.
>> WE ALSO ASKED TEACHERS HOW THEY FELT ABOUT HYBRIDS.
MOST OF THE STAFF HAS LITTLE EXPERIENCE TEACHING ONLINE,
AND ARE OPTIMISTIC BUT HESITANT.
THERE ARE TWO GENERAL WORRIES FOR TEACHERS--
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STUDENTS
AND THE DIFFICULTY THAT CAN COME WITH ADMINISTERING A CLASS ONLINE.
BUT THESE CONCERNS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LESSENED FOR HYBRID CLASSES,
WHERE THERE IS STILL REGULAR, PERSONAL CONTACT
BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.
TO OUR SURPRISE, EVEN AMONG THOSE WHO TEACH ONLINE CLASSES,
THERE ARE EVEN FEWER WHO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH HYBRIDS.
IT SEEMS THAT HYBRID FORMATS HAVE BEEN LARGELY OVERLOOKED.
IF GRCC WERE TO MAKE BETTER USE OF HYBRID CLASSES,
THE BEST TYPE OF HYBRID WOULD FIRST HAVE TO BE DETERMINED.
THE BEST WAY TO TEACH MATH MAY NOT BE THE BEST WAY TO TEACH CREATIVE WRITING.
>> TAKE A LECTURE THAT MEETS THREE DAYS A WEEK.
SUPPOSE THAT IT WILL NOW MEET ONLY TWICE A WEEK,
WITH SOME PARTS PUT ONLINE.
THAT CONVENIENCES STUDENTS AND FREES UP PARKING SPACES.
BUT WE'VE NOTICED ALREADY THAT THE PARKING RAMPS
ARE ONLY FULL DURING CERTAIN PEAK HOURS OF THE DAY.
HYBRID CLASSES ALLOW FOR AN ALTERNATING SCHEDULE
THAT ENABLES MORE CLASSES
AND MORE BUSY STUDENTS TO FIT IN THE MOST HIGHLY DEMANDED TIME SLOTS.
INSTEAD OF THREE CLASSES MEETING ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY,
WITH A LIMITED SPACE ON CAMPUS,
FOUR CLASSES COULD OCCUPY THAT SAME TIME AND SPACE
IF EACH OF THEM TAKES TURNS SKIPPING ONE DAY.
NO MORE MISSING OUT ON THE BEST TIMES AND DAYS.
THIS WAY, MORE PEOPLE CAN FIT THE SCHEDULE THEY NEED.
WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT HOW OTHER SCHOOLS MAY HAVE IMPLEMENTED
EXPANDED DISTANCE LEARNING AND ONLINE PROGRAMS,
SO THAT WE COULD GET SOME SENSE OF HOW WE COULD DO THE SAME
WITHOUT COMPROMISING,
AND INSTEAD IMPROVE ON THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS' EDUCATION.
IT TURNS OUT THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SCHOOL SYSTEM
HAS BEEN DOING JUST THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE, THEY DECIDED TO DO AN EXPERIMENT--
TO PUT COURSE MATERIALS AND SOME ELEMENTS,
WHICH IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR EACH SUBJECT, ONLINE.
NOT SO MUCH TO FREE UP PARKING SPACES,
BUT TO FREE UP CLASS TIME FOR MORE PRODUCTIVE TASKS
THAT CAN'T BE DONE ELSEWHERE.
THEY HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS,
EVEN GOING SO FAR AS TO MAKE NEW, INTERACTIVE DIGITAL TEXTBOOKS.
AND THEY ATTRIBUTE THAT, IN LARGE PART,
TO THE TEAMWORK OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
PUTTING MATERIALS ONLINE IN A WAY THAT FREES TEACHERS
FROM REPETITIVE JOBS AND MANAGING THEIR CLASSES,
JOBS THAT COULD BE AUTOMATED, TAKES TIME.
WITH A GROUP EFFORT OVER SEVERAL YEARS, THEY MANAGED TO DO IT RIGHT.
>> SO, HOW WOULD GRCC SEE THAT KIND OF SUCCESS
AND ALSO FREE SOME PARKING SPACES?
GRCC WOULD NEED TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT MODELS,
LIKE MAKING CLASS'S TIME TO BE ONLY FOR WORKSHOP WORK
AND ASKING QUESTIONS.
WHILE LECTURES ARE ONLINE, IN THE COMING SEMESTERS,
TO DETERMINE WHAT WORKS BEST IN EACH SUBJECT AREA.
IT WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE A GROUP EFFORT WITH THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT
TO CONDUCT THE EXPERIMENTS,
AND RIFFING THE TEACHING STYLE AND BUILDING ALL THE COURSE MATERIALS.
WE WANT TO GET A FEEL FOR HOW THE TEACHERS WOULD LEAD TO THE NEW FORMAT
AND SEE IF THERE WOULD BE ANY VOLUNTEERS TO TRY OUT THE DIFFERENT FORMATS.
WE COUNTED MORE THAN A DOZEN PROFESSORS
ACROSS THE MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS
AND WE THINK THE ANSWER IS THAT, "YES, THE STAFF IS READY AND WILLING."
>> THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONSIDER OUR PROPOSAL.
(applause)
>> OKAY, NATHANIEL, ARE YOU HERE?
THERE YOU ARE.
OKAY, YOU WANNA COME ON DOWN AND INTRODUCE WHOEVER'S ON YOUR TEAM
THAT'S WITH YOU HERE TONIGHT?
>> HI, I'M NATHAN. >> I'M ADDIE.
>> OUR THIRD MEMBER, DAVE FRIDAY, WHO'S A PROFESSOR HERE,
COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT.
HE HAS A CALC 2 EXAM HE HAS TO ADMINISTER.
UH, SO...
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID YOU DO ANY RESEARCH ON FINDING OUT
OR TRYING TO DEVELOP HOW MANY CARS
WOULD BE ELIMINATED FROM THE PARKING LOTS
WITH THE CLASSES THAT YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT WITH THE HYBRID?
>> WELL, TO DETERMINE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE, BASICALLY, PUT OFF CAMPUS,
IT WOULD DEPEND ON TWO THINGS--
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE TAKING THE NEW FORMAT
THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY NOT, AND THE TYPE OF HYBRID CLASSES BEING USED.
THE ONLY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT IS HOW MUCH OF IT IS PUT ONLINE.
SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T PUT IN THE VIDEO IS THAT, TECHNICALLY SPEAKING,
A HYBRID CLASS IS 50 PERCENT OR MORE ONLINE...
BUT WE AREN'T NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT THAT.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, MAYBE, ONLY PUTTING A SMALL FRACTION--
MAYBE ONE OF THE LECTURES PUT ONLINE.
ANY PROPORTION MIGHT BE POSSIBLE...
IT GETS PEOPLE OFF CAMPUS.
>> WERE THERE ANY OTHER SCHOOLS, OTHER THAN CAL. THAT HAS THIS--
>> UH, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW.
MOST OF THEM DO EVERYTHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM
WAS THE MOST EXTENSIVE EXAMPLE WE'VE EVER SEEN, SO WE FOCUSED ON THAT.
BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS,
THEY HAD ABOUT A QUARTER MILLION STUDENTS AND FACULTY
AND EVERYONE WHO IS, IN TOTAL, PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
AND THEY'VE SEEN-- IT WASN'T ON, SO MUCH, THE PARKING THERE.
IT WAS DONE MORE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION.
BUT THEY SAW, BECAUSE THEY MADE IT MANDATORY FOR INTRODUCTORY CLASSES,
ALMOST COMPLETE ADOPTION.
SOME OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DONE THAT
INCLUDE SEVERAL IVY LEAGUES LIKE STANFORD--
THEY PUT A LOT OF COURSE MATERIALS ONLINE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF HESITATION TO CREDIT THOSE,
BUT IT'S ON THE WAY UP.
>> (indistinct speaking).
FROM THE SURVEY THAT YOU DID WITH THE STUDENTS,
WERE THERE ANY RECURRING SUBJECTS OUT OF THAT SURVEY THAT CAME,
"YES, THIS WOULD BE REALLY GOOD IN A HYBRID FORMAT,"
OR "ABSOLUTELY NOT-- DON'T DO THIS IN A HYBRID.
"WE NEED THAT FACE-TO-FACE"?
>> YEAH, SO THE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT HERE,
ALL THEIR COURSES ALIGNED ITSELF VERY WELL TO ONLINE FORMATS, IN PARTICULAR.
THEY ALREADY OFFER A LOT OF ONLINE CLASSES.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF DEMAND ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
FOR HYBRIDS WHERE THERE WASN'T A NEED FOR ONLINE CLASSES.
A LITTLE BIT THERE.
MOST OF THE DEMAND THAT WE SAW WAS ABOUT ENGLISH AND MATH.
MOSTLY FOR THE INTRODUCTORY CLASSES, PEOPLE--
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCREPANCY.
THE PROFESSORS SEEM TO THINK IT WOULD WORK BETTER
FOR ONLY THE UPPER-LEVEL CLASSES.
YOU KNOW, THE MOST DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY ASSUME STUDENTS ARE...
>> RIGHT NOW, WE THINK THAT LOTS OF STUDENTS
WOULD TRADITIONALLY LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, COME TO CLASS
AND HAVE THE INTERACTION WITH THE TEACHERS,
BUT WE THINK, IN THE FUTURE, THAT,
AS THE INTERNETS GET MORE ADVANCED AND STUFF LIKE THAT
AND THE STUDENTS WHO GET MORE COMFORTABLE TO STAYING AT HOME
AND STILL GET ACCESS TO THE MATERIAL IN CLASS,
AND AS INSTRUCTORS GET MORE USED TO--
ACCUSTOMED TO, YOU KNOW, TEACHING THE ONLINE CLASSES--
PLUS, ABOUT 33.3 PERCENT, WHICH IS ONE-THIRD OF THE WEEK THAT WE WORK ONLINE,
WASN'T THAT BAD, SO RIGHT NOW,
WE JUST GONNA IMPLEMENT IT INTO 100 LEVEL MATH--
YOU KNOW, BASIC-LEVEL MATH OR ENGLISH-- COMPOSITIONS.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY IMPLEMENT IT INTO SCIENCE CLASSES.
OF COURSE, WITH CHEMISTRY OR, YOU KNOW, PHYSICS,
THOSE CLASSES DON'T HAVE THE LAB, THEN THERE'S NO OTHER WAY--
STUDENT HAVE TO GO TO, UM, TO THE CAMPUS.
BUT LECTURES, IF WE MEET LIKE TWO TIMES OR THREE TIMES A WEEK,
PROBABLY ONE TIME OUT OF THREE TIME, WE CAN, YOU KNOW,
CONDUCT THE ONLINE MATERIALS.
>> ABOUT THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, LAB IS ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING
THAT CAN'T BE REPLICATED ONLINE-- IT HAS TO BE DONE IN PERSON.
BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU'RE IN CLASS MOST-- THE MOST--
I DON'T WANNA SAY "WASTED," BUT THINGS THAT CAN BE REPLICATED COMPLETELY ONLINE
IS JUST THE LECTURE.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S DIFFERENT IS THE INABILITY TO GET QUESTIONS
AND FEEDBACK IN REAL-TIME.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF TOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY AVAILABLE,
ALTHOUGH IT'S MORE OR LESS A STAFF DECISION NOT TO USE THEM.
SOME TEACHERS DO USE THEM VERY WELL,
BUT WE THINK IT JUST REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT OF ENCOURAGEMENT.
REALLY, AS WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER SCHOOLS,
ONLINE CLASSES THAT ARE ACCOMPANIED
WITH IN-PERSON COMPONENTS WORK VERY WELL,
AND THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY KIND OF "DROP"
THAT'S NORMALLY SEEN WITH PURE ONLINE CLASSES
IN STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
AND A LOT OF TEACHERS WERE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT
AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING AND SEEING WHERE THAT GOES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
(applause)
OKAY, AWESOME.
SO, WE ARE AT TEAM FOUR, SO WE ARE GONNA BE AT OUR HALFWAY POINT HERE.
THIS IS A STAFF CHAMPION, BRUCE MORRISON.
SO, KLAAS, IF YOU'LL ROLL THAT CLIP,
AND THEN, BRUCE, YOU'LL COME ON DOWN WITH YOUR TEAM.
>> OKAY, THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO FIRST.
FIRST THING WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO GET A SURVEY POSTED TO BLACKBOARD
TO FIND OUT WHAT THE STUDENT OPINIONS ARE OF CARPOOLING WITH INCENTIVES.
THE SECOND THING WE NEED TO DO IS WE NEED TO HAND OUT THE INCENTIVES
AND SEE WHAT THE REACTIONS ARE.
>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
LET'S START OFF WITH THE $100 THAT WE HAVE.
>> CARPOOLING-- YOU GUYS ARE CARPOOLING TODAY, SHARING YOUR RIDE.
BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE CARPOOLING, WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR YOUR PARKING TODAY.
$2.50, OKAY?
>> THANKS FOR CARPOOLING! >> CERTAINLY!
>> WE'RE DOING A STUDY AND WE'RE PAYING FOR YOUR PARKING TODAY
FOR CARPOOLING. >> YEAH!
>> MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR MESSAGE.
>> IT'S OKAY, LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> WE'RE DOING A STUDY ON CARPOOLING...
TO SEE IF PEOPLE WILL CARPOOL IF WE GIVE AN INCENTIVE TO PARK.
SO, WE'RE PAYING YOU FOR YOUR PARKING TODAY.
>> REALLY? >> YEAH, $2.50.
>> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE DOING A STUDY ON CARPOOLING. >> OKAY!
>> AND WE'RE SEEING IF PEOPLE WILL CARPOOL IF WE GIVE THEM AN INCENTIVE.
>> YEAH!
>> SO, WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR YOUR PARKING TODAY.
>> WHAT?! >> YEAH!
>> YOU STILL GOTTA SWYPE, BUT YOU GET THE MONEY RIGHT AWAY!
>> YAAAAAAAY, THANK YOU! (screaming)
(all laughing)
>> HEY, HAS ANYBODY SEEN BRUCE? >> I HAVEN'T SEEN BRUCE FOR WEEKS.
>> HELLO, AREN'T THERE MORE CARPOOLERS?
>> BRUCE? (knocking on door)
BRUCE!
BRUCE!
>> MAN, IT'S GETTING COLD.
>> I KNOW, LET'S GO ASK HIS WIFE.
HAVE YOU SEEN BRUCE, BY ANY CHANCE?
>> YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN WONDERING WHERE HE IS, MYSELF.
HMM...
>> I'M SO COLD!
>> HI, MOM.
I'M AT SCHOOL.
WHERE'S DAD?
HE'S SUPPOSED TO PICK ME UP. >> HEEEYYY!
>> I THINK iPADS KILLED HIM.
>> (laughing) HE'S PROBABLY IN TROUBLE.
>> I JUST CAME BACK FROM BUTTERWORTH AND BRUCE WAS IN THERE WITH FROSTBITE.
>> MAYBE THIS WASN'T SUCH A GOOD IDEA.
>> WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THE BLACKBOARD RESPONSES.
OVER 3,700 RESPONSES AND 55 PERCENT SAID "YES" TO CARPOOLING.
SO, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
>> MAYBE WE SHOULD COME UP WITH ANOTHER PLAN FOR THE INCENTIVES.
>> WELL, MAYBE THE CARPOOLERS CAN SWYPE USING A SEPARATE RAIDERCARD?
>> LET'S GIVE THAT A TRY.
>> BUT FIRST, LET'S SPRING BRUCE OUT OF JAIL--
OR OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
>> GOOD IDEA.
>> AFTER TALKING WITH THE RAIDERCARD GURU, PAULO, HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
>> A SEPARATE READER WILL KEEP TRACK OF EACH STUDENT'S SCAN
AND REWARD THE DRIVER OF THE CARPOOLERS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
FOR CARPOOLERS WITH TWO RIDERS,
THEY WILL SCAN THE CARPOOLER READER TWICE.
ONE DOLLAR OFF...
ANOTHER DOLLAR OFF.
SCAN TO GET INTO THE PARKING LOT.
FOR CARS WITH THREE CARPOOLERS OR MORE,
THEY'LL SCAN THREE TIMES.
ONE DOLLAR OFF,
TWO DOLLARS OFF,
FREE PARKING FOR EVERYBODY...
AND SCAN TO GET IN.
>> YOU KNOW, THE PLAN ACTUALLY SOUNDS PRETTY EASY,
'CAUSE THE STUDENTS DON'T HAVE TO SIGN UP ANYWHERE.
ALL THEY DO IS SHOW UP, SCAN THEIR CARD,
AND GO INTO THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
>> BUT HOW ARE STUDENTS GOING TO PAY FOR IT?
>> THAT'S PART OF THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, "WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR IT?"
>> MAYBE WE START WITH ONE PARKING LOT ON A TRIAL BASIS.
IF THAT WORKS, WE MAY HAVE TO RAISE FEES TO MAKE IT ALL BALANCE OUT.
>> THAT MIGHT BE AN INCENTIVE TO HAVE STUDENTS PARTICIPATE.
AND YOU THINK OF ALL THE BENEFITS OF THIS PROGRAM NOW.
>> CARS NO LONGER BACKED UP ON THE STREETS,
FEEDING INTO PARKING RAMPS.
FEWER PEDESTRIAN-VEHICLE INTERACTIONS AND FEWER ACCIDENTS,
LESS POLLUTION, LESS CARBON, MORE AVAILABLE SPOTS FOR PARKING,
MORE SPOTS THAT WE COULD SELL TO NEARBY ORGANIZATIONS,
FEWER POLICE OFFICERS NEEDED TO GUIDE TRAFFIC INTO PARKING RAMPS.
HERE'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT--
FIGURING A HYPOTHETICAL COUNT OF 6,000 CARS,
USING ALL THE SPACES ON THE BUSIEST DAY,
THE TOTAL REVENUE IS APPROXIMATELY $15,000.
IF WE RAISE THE FEE TO $3 AND GIVE A DOLLAR PER RIDER
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CARPOOLING, WE'LL STILL END UP WITH AROUND $15,000.
IF WE RAISE IT TO $3.50, 40 PERCENT OF VEHICLES WILL HAVE CARPOOLING STUDENTS.
IF WE RAISE IT TO $4, WE WILL REACH OUR TARGET OF 50 PERCENT OF THE VEHICLES
HAVING CARPOOLING STUDENTS,
AND THE TOTAL REVENUE WILL BE $16,000.
SO, IN SUMMARY, I THINK OUR IDEA IS THE BEST IDEA,
OFFERING INCENTIVES TO CARPOOLERS.
>> AND THROUGH THE BLACKBOARD SURVEY,
55 PERCENT OF STUDENTS SAID "YES" TO CARPOOLING.
>> IN OUR PLAN, WE START OUT WITH INCENTIVES,
REDUCING THE COST TO PARK.
IF TWO PEOPLE COME IN, WE REDUCE IT BY A DOLLAR PER PERSON.
IF THREE OR MORE PEOPLE COME IN, THEY PARK FOR FREE!
USING THAT METHOD, IN THREE YEARS, BY 2015,
WE WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARS COMING TO PARK BY 50 PERCENT.
>> EVERYONE WINS.
(applause)
>> OKAY, BRUCE AND TEAM, COME ON DOWN!
NICE JOB. >> THANKS.
I'M BRUCE MORRISON.
FOLLOWING RIGHT BEHIND ME IS CHANI TAN.
AND GREG FORBES IS OUR FACULTY MEMBER.
>> (indistinct speaking).
>> GOOD EVENING.
GOOD PRESENTATION THERE, BUT I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
HOW DO I VALIDATE THE NUMBER OF RIDERS IN THE CAR?
SO, IF I COME IN AND I'M BY MYSELF AND I SWYPE IT THREE OR FOUR TIMES,
I GET FREE PARKING. >> UM, DURING THE VIDEO SHOOT,
WE ONLY HAD ONE CARD, SO I COULDN'T--
BUT, BASICALLY, YOU'D HAVE TO GET EVERYBODY'S CARD WHO'S RIDING IN THE CAR.
SO, EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON WOULD SCAN THROUGH THE CARPOOL READER.
>> OKAY, GOT IT-- THANK YOU.
>> THAT TAKES CARE OF THE DISHONEST PEOPLE, TOM.
(audience laughing) >> NOBODY'S HONEST.
>> I'M ENVISIONING A BACKUP DOWN RANSOM AS THE RIDERS
ARE TRYING TO FIND THEIR RAIDERCARDS IN THE BOTTOM OF THEIR BAGS.
SO, FROM A TIME PERSPECTIVE, DID YOU CALCULATE, AGAIN--
WE'RE DRIVING IN, WE'RE CHATTING.
ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE GET THERE AND-- TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BENEFIT.
YOU DO NEED TO SWYPE EACH INDIVIDUAL'S CARD?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THEY'LL HAVE TO PASS 'EM TO THE DRIVER AND SWYPE IT THROUGH.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE LOWERING THE NUMBER OF CARS COMING IN,
IT ACTUALLY WOULD BALANCE OUT OR ACTUALLY BE IN THE FAVOR
OF MOVING CARS MORE QUICKLY INTO THE LOT.
>> AND ALSO, THE PROBABILITY OF A CAR OF THREE PEOPLE
NOT KNOWING WHERE THEIR CARDS ARE
WOULD BE EQUAL TO THE PROBABILITY OF THREE INDEPENDENT CARS
NOT KNOWING WHERE IT IS. (audience laughing)
IT'S A WASH. >> UNLESS, OF COURSE,
YOU'RE RIDING WITH ME.
>> AND IF I MAY, AND THE STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVE,
I WOULD TAKE THE TIME,
IF I KNEW I WAS ABLE TO SAVE ON PAYING FOR PARKING.
SO...
>> MY QUESTION WOULD BE,
UM, HAVE YOU GUYS RESEARCHED ABOUT HAVING,
LIKE, STUDENT LIFE KEEP TRACK OF, LIKE, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A CARPOOL OF PEOPLE,
IS THERE, LIKE, A SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN SOMEHOW JUST SWYPE IN
AND GO TO STUDENT LIFE AND GET, LIKE, A TICKET OR SOMETHING
THAT THEY CAN USE TO GET BACK OUT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
BECAUSE I-- I WAS ENVISIONING, LIKE, ALL THE CARS LINING UP VERSUS,
LIKE, EVERYBODY TAKING THEIR TIME,
SWYPING FOUR CARDS OR THREE CARDS AT A TIME.
(indistinct speaking).
>> WE TRIED TO AUTOMATE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE MANY PLANS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO SIGN UP AHEAD OF TIME.
THIS KIND OF CIRCUMVENTS THAT,
AND BASICALLY, YOU COULD JUST DECIDE ON THE DAY,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PICKING PEOPLE UP--
YOU COME IN, YOU GET REWARDED RIGHT AWAY, IT'S ALL ELECTRONIC.
SO, AT LEAST IF YOU HAVE THE RAIDERCARD--
IF YOU'RE COMING AND YOU PULL A TICKET,
IF YOU STILL HAVE CARPOOLERS IN YOUR CAR ON THE WAY OUT,
YOU WOULD GET THE DOLLAR OFF PER PERSON ON THE WAY OUT.
SO...
>> HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OTHER CAMPUSES OR ANY OTHER COLLEGES,
UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES TRY THIS?
>> UH, WE DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE WEB.
THERE'S ONE COLLEGE THAT ACTUALLY CREDITS
THE RAIDERCARD A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
BASICALLY, WE TRIED TO FOLLOW THE PATTERN THAT THEY OFFERED, AND THAT WAS--
IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN THE CAR, YOU PAY HALF PRICE.
IF YOU HAVE THREE OR MORE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY AT ALL.
SO, WHEN WE GOT TO 2015 AND THE RATE WAS $4,
IF YOU GIVE EACH OF THE TWO DRIVERS A DOLLAR,
THEN THAT WOULD BE A $2 FEE OFF OF, YOU KNOW,
THE DRIVER'S RAIDERCARD, AND THEN FREE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE,
IF YOU HAVE THREE OR MORE. >> THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
(applause) WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT!
>> AWESOME!
WOW.
WHAT GREAT STAFF, STUDENTS, AND FACULTY WE HAVE HERE ON THIS CAMPUS.
INNOVATORS, ALL OVER THE PLACE!
IT'S AMAZING-- I LOVE IT!
OKAY, OUR NEXT TEAM IS LED BY A FACULTY CHAMPION, MARK DODD.
KLAAS, ROLL THE TAPE, AND THEN, MARK, WE'LL HAVE YOU COME DOWN WITH YOUR TEAM.
>> HELLO, MY NAME IS MARK DODD. >> AND I'M KEN HYDE.
>> AND TOGETHER, OUR IDEA IS TO USE CARPOOLING HERE AT THE COLLEGE
TO TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES NEEDED BY 2015.
NOT JUST CARPOOLING, THOUGH.
WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN INCENTIVE TO THE STUDENTS
TO TRY TO HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE PARKING SPACES NEEDED.
I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU, FIRST OF ALL, SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF CARPOOLING.
I'VE PULLED UP A WEBSITE HERE CALLED RIDESHARE.COM.
KEN'S GONNA BE HELPING ME HERE, AS WE READ SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.
BUT JUST TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF CARPOOLING.
SOME OF THE LINES THAT STICK OUT TO ME HERE
IS THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD USES 1,143 GALLONS OF GAS PER YEAR,
AND IT'S EXPECTED THAT THE NUMBERS OF CARS AND TRUCKS
ON AN ALREADY CROWDED HIGHWAY WILL DOUBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 YEARS.
CLEARLY, RIDESHARING OR CARPOOLING CAN BE A BENEFIT,
AS FAR AS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF GALLONS OF GAS THAT ARE USED EACH YEAR.
SOME MORE LINES THAT STAND OUT TO ME.
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN SPENDS 434 HOURS
IN HIS OR HER CAR EACH YEAR.
IN DRIVING YOUR CAR 20,800 MILES A YEAR,
EMITS 23,600 POUNDS OF CO2.
CERTAINLY, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REDUCE BY IMPLEMENTING A RIDESHARE
OR A CARPOOLING PROGRAM.
SO, IN OUR ATTEMPTS TO SET UP SOME TYPE OF A CARPOOLING SYSTEM
OR RIDESHARING SYSTEM,
I WENT OUT TO ANOTHER WEBSITE.
THIS ONE IS eRIDESHARE.COM.
JUST TO SHOW WHAT IS AVAILABLE,
OR MAYBE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USED HERE AT THE COLLEGE...
CERTAINLY TO PUT INFORMATION OUT THERE CONCERNING WHO NEEDS A RIDE,
WHAT TIME, WHAT TIME THEY MIGHT ARRIVE, WHAT TIME THEY MIGHT GET BACK.
I THINK THIS WEBSITE IS A GOOD TOOL TO MAYBE MIMIC
OR TO, AT LEAST, GIVE US SOME IDEA OF WHAT WE CAN DO HERE AT THE COLLEGE,
MAYBE SETTING UP A WEBPAGE ON GRCC.EDU
THAT CAN ACT IN A SIMILAR FASHION AS THIS...
SO THAT STUDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND WHO NEEDS A RIDE,
MAYBE WHO'S IN THE AREA,
MAYBE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT WERE IN THE AREA.
>> SO, HERE, I'LL TALK ABOUT THE WAYS
THAT WE CAN TRACK WHICH STUDENTS CARPOOL AND WHO THEY CARPOOL WITH.
I'VE CREATED A SIMPLE DATABASE MODEL
THAT COULD BE EASILY INTEGRATED INTO THE COLLEGE'S CURRENT SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEARCH BY NAME TO GET THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING
THAT THAT DRIVER OR RIDER DID.
YOU CAN SEARCH BY DATE, YOU CAN SEARCH FOR A SPECIFIC DATE OR DATE RANGE,
YOU COULD SEARCH FOR SINGLE PERSON, BY MONTH,
OR EVERYBODY, BY MONTH.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE,
THE POSSIBILITIES OF BEING ABLE TO FIND PEOPLE AND SEE--
NOT JUST ON AN HONOR SYSTEM--
BUT WITH REAL DATA HOW THIS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED
AND TRACKED TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF INCENTIVE FOR STUDENTS.
AFTER TALKING TO THE I.T. DEPARTMENT, WE DECIDED THAT,
IN ORDER TO PREVENT ANYBODY FROM MISUSING THIS SYSTEM,
WE WOULD HAVE TO INSTALL A SECOND CARD READER
ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE
FOR PASSENGERS TO SWYPE THEIR CARDS AS THEY WERE CARPOOLING.
WE WOULD HAVE TO ALSO, THEN, NETWORK TO THE SERVER ROOM.
SO, WE DO REALIZE THAT IN ORDER FOR ALL THIS TO BE IMPLEMENTED,
IT WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL COST TO THE COLLEGE.
>> WE THINK THAT THERE CAN BE SOME GOOD BENEFITS TO THE COLLEGE.
GOOD BENEFITS, SUCH AS IMPROVING MORALE OF THE STUDENTS.
TRYING TO GET A PARKING SPOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
IS CLEARLY ONE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES HERE AT THE COLLEGE.
AND SO, WE THINK THAT MAYBE ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE REASONS
WHY STUDENTS MIGHT NOT HAVE SHOWN UP TO CLASS,
THIS COULD BE A GOOD WAY TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO THE COLLEGE.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO CONSIDER THE USE OF INCENTIVES,
TRYING TO GIVE A REASON TO THE STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY CARPOOL HERE.
MAYBE AN INCENTIVE SUCH AS GIVING MONEY BACK TO THE STUDENTS,
MAYBE PER INSTANCE OR PER WEEK, BASED UPON HOW MANY TIMES THEY CARPOOL.
CERTAINLY, IF THE STUDENTS SEE THAT THE COLLEGE IS TRYING TO GIVE BACK
TO THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR GOOD CHOICES,
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD INCREASE THE MORALE HERE
AT THE COLLEGE AS WELL.
SOME OF THE OTHER INCENTIVES THAT HAVE COME TO OUR MINDS ARE, MAYBE,
ALLOWING CERTAIN PARKING SPOTS TO BE USED FOR CARPOOLING,
MAYBE PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE MAIN BUILDING
OR THE A.T.C. BUILDING.
OR EVEN USING PARKING PERMITS--
GIVING SPECIAL PERMITS TO STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THIS RIDESHARE
OR CARPOOLING PROGRAM.
>> SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE FEEL SET US APART
FROM THE REST OF THE CONTESTANTS ARE THAT WE SPOKE TO I.T.
AND WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA
TO INSTALL THE SECOND CARD READER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE,
AND THAT WE'VE ALSO DISPLAYED HERE HOW EASY IT WILL BE
TO CREATE A SIMPLE DATABASE TO BUILD OFF ALREADY WHAT EXISTS,
TO CREATE AND GENERATE REPORTS TO SEE WHO'S CARPOOLING.
(applause)
>> BRUCE, WE LIKE YOUR IDEA.
(audience laughing) CAN WE SPLIT?
CAN WE SPLIT, IF WE WIN?
>> GOOD EVENING.
I GUESS YOU SORT OF MARRY EACH OTHER, THERE.
BUT WHAT CAMPUSES-- OR HAVE YOU LOOKED AT ANY OF THE CAMPUSES
THAT TRIED SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
>> I'M GONNA PASS THIS ON TO KEN.
YOU DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE OTHER CAMPUSES.
>> UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY
DO A SIMILAR PROGRAM,
AND THE STRUGGLE IS ALWAYS TO PREVENT THE ABUSE,
TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HONEST.
AND THE WAY THAT WE CAME UP WITH THAT IS WE SPOKE TO PAULO TELES,
WITH THE STUDENT LIFE ASSOCIATE CENTER.
AND HIS KIND OF IDEA WAS TO DO THE SECOND CARD READER,
BUT PUT IT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.
AND IN ORDER TO COVER THE COST--
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $5,000 FOR THE READER,
THE INSTALLATION OF THE ALL THE INTERFACES,
YOU KNOW, TO NETWORK IT TO THE SERVER.
AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY WE THINK IT WOULD WORK THE BEST.
>> SOME OF THE OTHER COLLEGES THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT, UM...
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING PERMIT FOR STUDENTS, IF THEY SIGNED UP.
ALSO, THE CARPOOLING SPACES CLOSER TO BUILDINGS.
THAT WAS SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT HAD COME ON OUR RESEARCH TO OTHER COLLEGES.
>> THANK YOU. >> SURE.
LET ME MENTION A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM...
THE ORIGINAL IDEA ALSO CONSIDERED BOOKS--
GIVING BACK TO STUDENTS FOR THE COST OF BOOKS.
AND MAYBE THAT COULD BE USED AS A MARKETING TOOL
TO JUST KIND OF INCREASE MORE STUDENTS TO GET THEM INTO THE CARPOOLING,
SAYING, "HEY, IF WE CAN GIVE YOU BACK $1 OR $2
"TOWARDS THE PURCHASE OF YOUR BOOKS, WOULD YOU BE MORE APT TO CARPOOL?"
AND CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW,
WITH THE BOOKSTORE DOING THE BOOK BUY-BACK--
I MEAN, IF WE MARKET THAT TOGETHER,
WE THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD REALLY BE SOMETHING
THAT THE STUDENTS PICK UP ON AND SAY, "YEAH," AND TELL OTHER FRIENDS--
AND IF WE MARKET IT REALLY WELL.
>> THANK YOU. >> SURE, THANK YOU.
(applause)
>> OKAY, WE'RE ON TO OUR FINAL THREE TEAMS OF THE NIGHT.
THE NEXT TEAM IS CHRISTINE.
SO, KLAAS, IF YOU'LL ROLL THAT VIDEO?
>> HI, I'M CHRISTINE DAVIS AND I WORK IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT,
HERE AT GRCC.
>> I'M MICHELLE DAVIS, AND I'M A STUDENT HERE AT GRCC.
>> AND I'M MIKE LIGHT, AND I'M A FACULTY MEMBER HERE AT GRCC.
I TEACH HISTORY IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT.
TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR IDEA FOR THE ARMEN AWARD CONTEST,
WHICH IS USING ooVoo HERE AT GRCC.
CHRISTINE, COULD YOU TELL THE FOLKS WHY WE DECIDED TO USE ooVoo AS OUR PROJECT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
OUR IDEA IS THAT WE WOULD USE VIDEO CONFERENCING SOFTWARE
FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
AS MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
THIS WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DRIVING TO CAMPUS
TO MEET WITH THEIR INSTRUCTORS,
ADJUNCTS MEETING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS,
AND STUDENTS MEETING TO WORK ON GROUP PROJECTS.
SPECIFICALLY, WE WOULD START THIS PROJECT BY IMPLEMENTING FACULTY
USING ooVoo FOR OFFICE HOURS.
ONCE SUCCESSFUL, THE SOFTWARE COULD BE USED IN OTHER WAYS AROUND CAMPUS.
WITH THE BUSY LIVES OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY,
THIS SOFTWARE WILL HELP ENABLE PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER
AND CREATE RELATIONSHIPS,
WHILE ELIMINATING THE RELIANCE ON PARKING,
AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS HERE AT GRCC.
>> MICHELLE, WHAT DO YOU THINK SOME OF THE BENEFITS WILL BE
TO STUDENTS AT GRCC IF WE ADOPT ooVoo?
>> WELL, AS YOU KNOW, MOST COLLEGE STUDENTS HAVE QUITE A TIGHT BUDGET,
AND SO, THIS WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR US TO DRIVE TO CAMPUS AND PARK,
AND SPEND MONEY ON GAS AND PARKING RAMPS.
IT WILL ALSO SAVE TIME WITH OUR BUSY SCHEDULES WITH WORKING AND SCHOOL,
IN ORDER TO CONTACT OUR PROFESSORS ON OUR OWN TIME.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE QUICK RESPONSES
'CAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, SOME PROFESSORS DON'T EMAIL US BACK
AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO.
IT ALLOWS US THE ABILITY TO SHOW OUR INSTRUCTOR AN ASSIGNMENT IN QUESTION
WITH DESKTOP SHARING, WHILE WE'RE VIDEO-CHATTING WITH THEM,
AND VIDEO-MESSAGE WITH IMPORTANT CLASS INFORMATION
CAN BE SAVED AND VIEWED WHILE STUDYING.
IT MAKES IT EASY FOR STUDENTS TO MEET WITH OTHER STUDENTS DURING GROUP PROJECTS,
AND SHARE DOCUMENTS AND UPDATE PROJECTS, ALL WHILE WORKING FROM HOME.
AND I WILL ALSO BE MORE LIKELY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF MY INSTRUCTOR
IN THIS SEEMINGLY LESS-FORMAL SETTING.
THIS ALSO ENHANCES THE ABILITY TO OFFER ONLINE CLASSES AT GRCC,
WHILE STILL PROVIDING A FULL-SERVICE CLASS,
BY RECORDING LECTURES AND DISTRIBUTING THEM TO STUDENTS
VIA ooVoo OR BLACKBOARD.
THIS WOULD GIVE STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO MEET WITH THEIR GROUPS WEEKLY
ON ooVoo FOR DISCUSSIONS, PROJECTS, OR OTHER ASSIGNMENTS.
AND NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS WOULD BE MORE LIKELY TO CONTINUE
THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS
AND COULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS TYPE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
MIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BENEFITS ARE FOR FACULTY?
>> I SEE A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR FACULTY.
MANY OF THEM ARE ENHANCEMENTS TO THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING HERE AT GRCC.
SOME OF THEM WOULD INCLUDE THE ABILITY TO OFFER EXTENDED TIMES FOR OFFICE HOURS,
THAT WOULD WORK BEST FOR STUDENTS WITH BUSY SCHEDULES AND FACULTY SCHEDULES.
IT COULD SERVE MORE STUDENTS IN A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME,
USING THE CHAT ROOM VERSION OF ooVoo.
AND STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF INSTRUCTORS
IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME IN TO MEET WITH THEM FACE-TO-FACE.
SO, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
THE ABILITY TO ALLOW STUDENTS TO LEARN A NEW TECHNOLOGY
THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED IN THE FIELD,
IN TERMS OF INTERVIEWING AND H.R. PROCESSES IS A GOOD THING AS WELL,
PREPARING THEM FOR THE NEXT STEP IN THEIR LIVES.
ANOTHER ADDED BENEFIT OF ooVoo WOULD BE ALLOWING FACULTY MEMBERS
TO PARTICIPATE IN DEPARTMENTAL INITIATIVES AND MEETINGS,
IF THEY'RE AWAY AT CONFERENCES,
OR PROVIDING THE ABILITY FOR US TO CONNECT WITH FACULTY MEMBERS
THAT ARE OFFSITE LOCATIONS.
CHRISTINE, YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE STUDYING THE SUCCESS STORIES ooVoo
AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
COULD YOU SHARE WITH US SOME OF THOSE STORIES?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
I TOOK A CLASS THAT WAS A 16 WEEK CLASS AT GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY,
AND IT WAS "LABOR EMPLOYMENT LAW" WITH PROFESSOR SWIFT.
THE CLASS REQUIRED ALL ASSIGNMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED VIA ooVoo.
WE HAD TO RECORD VIDEO MESSAGES
AND SEND THEM TO OUR INSTRUCTOR TO EXPLAIN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONCEPTS
THAT WE HAD STUDIED IN CLASS.
NOBODY IN CLASS HAD USED THE SOFTWARE PRIOR...
AND EVERYBODY WAS COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY WITH THE ONLINE INTEGRATION.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE NOTICED DURING THE CLASS,
AS STUDENTS, WAS DURING A SICK DAY OR DURING A TIME THAT WE WERE SICK,
WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND CLASS WITHOUT ACTUALLY HAVING TO BE THERE.
WE COULD STILL LISTEN AND PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSIONS... FROM HOME.
AND THEN, ALSO, WHEN THERE WERE POOR DRIVING CONDITIONS,
WHICH THERE WERE MANY LAST SEMESTER,
SOME PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN MUSKEGON AND OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS
THAT HAD MORE SNOWFALL, THEY WERE ABLE TO ALSO ATTEND VIA ooVoo.
THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE SEE TO IMPLEMENT THIS IDEA ON CAMPUS.
FIRST, COMMUNICATE THE NEW INITIATIVE AND PROVIDE TRAINING
AND DOWNLOAD INFORMATION TO THOSE PEOPLE USING THE SOFTWARE.
THEN, NOTIFY I.T. OF THE CHANGE,
SO THEY CAN ALSO SUPPORT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY AND NEW SOFTWARE.
>> PART OF THIS PROCESS WILL REQUIRE US TO PURCHASE WEBCAM
AND MICROPHONE PIECES FOR EACH FULL-TIME FACULTY MEMBER TO USE HERE AT GRCC.
AND THEN, WE'LL HAVE TO IMPLEMENT ooVoo FOR OFF-CAMPUS STAFF
AND FACULTY MEETINGS AS WELL.
>> THEN, LONG-TERM, WE CAN START OFFERING CLASSES ONLINE,
WHERE STUDENTS CAN ATTEND FROM HOME AND WATCH REAL-TIME LECTURES.
THEN, WE'LL WATCH THE PARKING PROBLEM HERE,
DISAPPEAR.
(applause) >> GREAT JOB, CHRISTINE.
CHRISTINE DAVIS, STAFF CHAMPION, COME ON DOWN AND...
FIELD THESE JUDGES' QUESTIONS.
>> HI! >> HI, GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING. >> QUICK QUESTION FOR YA--
HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE WHOLE ooVoo PROCESS WOULD COST FOR THE COLLEGE,
AND IS THERE ANY FINANCIAL IMPLICATION TO THE STUDENTS?
>> UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE ROUTE THAT WE GO WITH ooVoo.
I DID ESTIMATE--
WELL, ACTUALLY, THE ooVoo LICENSES, BY THEMSELVES,
LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PURCHASE A BUSINESS LICENSE.
IT'S A FREE SOFTWARE THAT YOU CAN USE AND DOWNLOAD,
AND THAT WOULD GIVE YOU SIX SCREENS, LIKE IT WAS SHOWING THOSE PEOPLE WAVING.
IT WOULD GIVE YOU THOSE SIX SCREENS.
IF YOU WANTED TO UPGRADE AND GO TO A BUSINESS VERSION TO GET 12 SCREENS,
THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL COSTS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THAT.
UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW THOSE COSTS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED,
BUT I'D ASSUME PART OF THAT MIGHT GO TO THE STUDENTS.
I WOULD HOPE NOT, BUT IF WENT TO THAT ROUTE, IT MIGHT.
>> SO, THEREFORE, A STUDENT WOULD NOT NEED TO PURCHASE ANYTHING.
JUST DOWNLOAD IT.
>> OH, UM, THEY WOULD NEED A WEBCAM AND A MICROPHONE,
AND THOSE ARE ABOUT $20 TO ADD TO A COMPUTER.
AND MOST COMPUTERS THAT STUDENTS ARE PURCHASING NOW,
IF THEY ARE PURCHASING A COMPUTER FOR HOME,
ARE ALREADY RIGHT IN THE COMPUTER ITSELF.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> MMM-HMM.
>> HI, LADIES, HOW ARE YA?
DID YOU DO ANY COMPARISON, FROM FUNCTIONALITY PERSPECTIVE,
AS TO HOW ooVoo INTEGRATES WITH OUR EXISTING BLACKBOARD SYSTEM?
OR WHERE THERE WOULD BE DUPLICATION,
OR HOW THIS WOULD PROVIDE FUNCTIONALITY THAT CURRENTLY ISN'T AVAILABLE?
>> UM... WE DO HAVE WIMBA PRONTO, AND I'VE USED THAT AS WELL.
AND WE HAVE-- ER, WE DID LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
WIMBA IS A LITTLE, WHAT I BELIEVE, IS LESS USER-FRIENDLY,
AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CLICK A BUTTON TO TALK...
AND ONLY ONE PERSON CAN BE TALKING AT A TIME.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FACE-TO-FACE INTERACTION--
YOU CAN SEE THE PROFESSOR SPEAKING,
BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THE OTHER STUDENTS IN THE ROOM,
SO IT DOESN'T CREATE THAT CONNECTION.
YOU ARE ABLE TO SAVE VIDEO MESSAGES THAT YOU WANT TO SEND TO A CLASS,
AND THEN, YOU COULD UPLOAD THOSE TO BLACKBOARD
AND SEND THEM THAT WAY.
>> HI. (clearing throat)
YOU'VE ANSWERED TWO OF MY QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY.
(laughing) UM...
>> (indistinct speaking). >> (laughing)
I WAS ACTUALLY ALSO WONDERING--
FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMPUTER-- NOT EVERYBODY'S COMPUTER LITERATE--
IS THERE, LIKE, A PROCESS IF--
HAVE YOU GUYS RESEARCHED, LIKE,
WITH THE TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE, IF STUDENTS CALLED
WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT TO GET STARTED WITH THE VOODOO,
OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK?
>> WE, ACTUALLY, AS OUR FIRST STEP, WOULD BE TRAINING AND WORKING WITH I.T.
IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR BOTH FACULTY AND STUDENTS.
YUP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANKS. (applause)
>> OKAY, UM...
TEAM SEVEN IS LED BY A STUDENT CHAMPION, CADENCE...
AND KLAAS, IF YOU WILL ROLL THAT CLIP.
(music)
>> HI, I'M CADENCE MERCER-CURTIS, STUDENT AT GRCC.
>> LAURA BYERS, ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER.
>> AND I'M MARY BETH BEIGHLEY, STAFF DEVELOPMENT,
AND THIS IS OUR INNOVATIONS 2011 PRESENTATION.
>> OUR INITIATIVE COMBINES THREE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO IT.
THE FIRST IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RAPID AND MEIJER'S GROCERY STORES.
SECOND, WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AFFILIATIONS,
SUCH AS LOCAL CHURCHES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESSES.
AND THE THIRD PIECE INVOLVES A SEMESTER CITY PASS ON THE BUS.
OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GRAND RAPIDS BUS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM,
ALSO KNOWN AS "THE RAPID," INCLUDES THREE NEW BUS ROUTES
WITH FREE PARKING FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF.
THESE WOULD BE DIRECT LINES THAT WOULD BRING STUDENTS
TO AND FROM MEIJER GROCERY STORE TO GRCC.
THESE BUS ROUTES WOULD BE LOCATED IN CENTRAL LOCATIONS
THAT ARE DICTATED BY OUR STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS.
AND THE THIRD PIECE IS GOING TO BE SEMESTER BUS PASSES
ON OTHER GRAND RAPIDS TRANSPORTATION LINES,
WHERE STUDENTS CAN GET A SEMESTER-LONG PASS
AT A REDUCED PRICE.
THE RAPID WILL CHARGE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE 80 CENTS PER RIDE,
PER USER, FOR THE SEMESTER PASSES.
THE THREE NEW BUS LINES COST WILL DEPEND ON THE HOURS THAT WE'RE USING THEM,
THE FREQUENCY OF SERVICE,
AND THE NUMBER OF DAYS THROUGHOUT EACH SEMESTER.
WE'VE ESTIMATED THE ANNUAL COST FOR THIS TO BE ROUGHLY $349,000.
NOW, SOME OF THIS COST WILL BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATED
WHEN WE FIGURE IN THE STUDENT PRICING THAT GRCC WILL CHARGE STUDENTS
TO USE THESE SERVICES.
>> AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, WE HAVE CHOSEN THE BUS LOCATIONS
BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC DATA THAT WE HAVE GATHERED
THROUGH THE STUDENT REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 17,569 STUDENTS HERE AT GRCC
AND, OF THOSE STUDENTS, 40 PERCENT LIVE IN THE CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS
AND COULD USE NEARBY PARKING, PERHAPS WALK TO GRCC,
OR EVEN USE INNER CITY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
THE 42 PERCENT LIVE IN OUTLYING AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST, SOUTHEAST, AND WEST
OF GRAND RAPIDS.
BASED OFF THIS DATA, WE HAVE CHOSEN CENTRALIZED LOCATIONS FOR SHUTTLE PICKUPS.
TO SUPPORT OUR IDEA WITH THE SHUTTLES,
WE DECIDED TO DISTRIBUTE A SURVEY TO STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY
VIA ONLINE NEWSLETTERS, "THE GRCC TODAY."
WE ALSO CONDUCTED IN-PERSON SURVEYS ON CAMPUS AND IN OUR CLASSES.
FROM THOSE SURVEYS,
62.5 INDICATED THAT THEY WERE HIGHLY LIKELY TO USE THE SURVEY--
ER, TO USE THE BUS SHUTTLE SYSTEM,
AND 23.1 PERCENT INDICATED THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY USE THE SYSTEM,
BUT WOULD NEED MORE INFORMATION.
THESE ARE JUST SOME GRAPHS THAT ILLUSTRATE BOTH THE STUDENTS' LOCATIONS
AROUND WEST MICHIGAN AND A GRAPH THAT ILLUSTRATES OUR SURVEY RESULTS,
IF THESE STUDENTS WOULD UTILIZE THE BUS SYSTEM.
>> BASED ON A COST OF APPROXIMATELY 80 CENTS PER RIDE FOR THE CITY BUS PASSES
PROVIDED BY THE RAPID, GRAND RAPIDS CITY SYSTEM,
GRCC COULD CHARGE ABOUT $100 FOR A SEMESTER PASS, PER STUDENT,
AND THOSE STUDENTS OR FACULTY OR STAFF WHO DECIDED TO USE THAT PASS SYSTEM
WOULD REALIZE A MINIMUM SAVINGS
OF APPROXIMATELY $60 PER SEMESTER ON PARKING.
THIS IS BASED ON PARKING ONCE A DAY.
SO, STUDENTS WHO PARK TWICE A DAY WOULD REALIZE EVEN MORE SAVINGS,
DEPENDING UPON THEIR SCHEDULES.
THE THIRD PRONG OF OUR PLAN IS THE COMMUNITY PARKING INVOLVEMENT.
AND THIS IS A GREAT PIECE--
REALLY INVOLVING THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY WITH OUR GRCC COMMUNITY.
THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND FACULTY
TO UTILIZE LOCAL PARKING SPACE THAT GOES UNUSED MOST OF THE TIME.
THIS PARKING WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT A LOWER COST
TO STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF THAN ON-CAMPUS PARKING.
WE'VE SPOKEN WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THIS AREA,
AROUND GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEASING SPACES TO US.
HERE WE HAVE A LIST OF SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALREADY SAID,
"WE WOULD DEFINITELY COMMIT SPACES," SUCH AS ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE NOT LISTED WERE VERY, VERY INTERESTED,
BUT FELT THEY WOULD NEED A DEFINITE COMMITMENT TO BRING IT TO COMMITTEES
OR MAKE IT A FINAL DECISION.
SOME OF THIS PARKING WAS AS LOW AS $1.75 A DAY,
AND THOSE PARKING SPACES COULD BE USED BY MORE THAN ONE STUDENT.
SO, WE'RE THINKING, PERHAPS, A LOTTERY FOR DAY-TIME STUDENTS
AND EVENING STUDENTS TO UTILIZE THAT PARKING SPACE.
THIS WOULD MAKE BEST USE OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
THE THREE OF US SINCERELY BELIEVE THAT USING OUR THREE-PRONG PROGRAM--
NEW SHUTTLE BUSES, AREA CITY BUSES,
AND COMMUNITY PARKING--
WILL ALLOW GRCC TO REDUCE PARKING NEEDS BY 50 PERCENT
IN THE COMING THREE YEARS.
>> (all) HOP ON THE BUS, GUS!
>> (singing) HOP ON THE BUS GUS DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS MUCH
JUST DROP OFF THE KEY AND GET YOURSELF FREE
>> (laughing) OKAY, OUR THREE DYNAMIC LADIES...
COME ON DOWN AND FACE THE JUDGES' QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU.
OKAY, HELLO, MY NAME IS CADENCE MERCER-CURTIS.
THIS IS MARY BETH AND THIS IS LAURA.
>> I GET THE FIRST QUESTION THIS TIME. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> MY FIRST QUESTION IS...
WHERE WOULD THE STUDENTS PURCHASE THESE SERVICES?
STUDENT LIFE, OR...?
>> WE DID THINK THEY WOULD PURCHASE THEM AT STUDENT LIFE.
WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE A LOT OF STUDENTS--
I KNOW WHERE STUDENT LIFE IS.
IT'S AN EASY-ACCESS PLACE, AND IT'S THE PLACE WHERE YOU GET RAIDERCARDS.
SO, TO GET THE SEMESTER PASSES THERE, ESPECIALLY,
WOULD BE VERY CONVENIENT, I FEEL, FOR THEM.
>> SO, THE DISCOUNTS WOULD ALREADY BE INCLUDED?
ONCE YOU GO TO PURCHASE, THEY ALREADY HAVE THE DISCOUNT?
>> MMM-HMM.
>> I WILL HAVE THAT SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
(audience laughing) I'LL GET YA TOMORROW.
>> (indistinct speaking). (all laughing)
>> UM, DID YOU TALK WITH THE RAPID?
THEY WERE OPEN TO THREE NEW BUS ROUTES?
AND WHAT ROUTES ARE YOU PROPOSING?
>> UM, OKAY-- >> WE DID TALK TO THE RAPID, ACTUALLY.
WE TALKED WITH BRIAN POGUE.
AND THE THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR THE DIRECT ROUTES WOULD BE AT--
LET ME LOOK AT MY NOTES-- THE MEIJER'S IN RIVERTOWN--
ER, BY RIVERTOWN CROSSING.
THE MEIJER ON 28th STREET AND KALAMAZOO,
AND THEN, THE MEIJER OVER BY KNAPP STREET CORNER.
>> AND HE WAS VERY INTERESTED WHEN I SPOKE TO HIM.
HE-- ACTUALLY, HE'S THE ONE THAT PUT TOGETHER THE COST--
THE ESTIMATED COST-- FOR GRCC.
WE SPOKE PLENTY OF TIMES.
>> AND MEIJER AND THE RAPID ALREADY HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PARTNERSHIP.
>> YOU IDENTIFIED SOME ORGANIZATIONS UP THERE FOR $1.75, APPROXIMATELY,
WHERE YOU CAN PARK AND SO ON.
ARE THOSE NUMBERS VALID?
WHEN I SAY "VALID," ARE THEY SIMILAR FOR EVERY ORGANIZATION-- $1.75?
>> THEY'RE ACTUALLY-- THEY'RE DIFFERENT.
THE $1.75 IS WITH...
OH, JEEZ, I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER-- IT WAS THE LOW END.
THERE ARE SOME THAT WERE MORE EXPENSIVE,
BUT THE GOOD PART IS, IS WITH A GOOD COORDINATOR,
YOU COULD PUT, YOU KNOW, TWO STUDENTS A DAY IN THOSE PARKING SPACES--
THOSE FOR MORNING AND THOSE FOR NIGHT--
AND THAT WOULD MAKE IT CHEAPER.
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
ACTUALLY HAD 15 FREE SPACES AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.
THEY WERE $6 A DAY, BUT HAD THE AVAILABILITY TO HAVE AS MANY CARS
AS YOU WANTED IN THAT SPOT.
IT WOULD BE-- SO, $6 A DAY IS QUITE EXPENSIVE,
BUT SPLIT BETWEEN TWO OR THREE STUDENTS,
WITH HOW CLOSE IT IS, IS ACTUALLY-- IT'S NOT BAD.
LaGRAVE CHURCH HAD A $35 A MONTH,
AND EMMANUEL LUTHERAN GIVES MONTHLY PASSES FOR $80...
AND I SPOKE WITH HIM BRIEFLY AND HE SAID THAT MULTIPLE CARS IN THAT SPACE
WILL BE NEGOTIABLE AS WELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME.
DO YOU WANT MORE?
(applause)
>> OKAY.
SO, THERE'S SOME THEMES GOING ON HERE TONIGHT,
BUT SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN HOW PEOPLE WOULD GO ABOUT GETTING THESE IMPLEMENTED.
SO, OUR FINAL TEAM IS LED BY A STUDENT CHAMPION, KIM LADEWIG.
KLAAS, ROLL THE TAPE!
>> HI, I'M DEB BRYDE.
I WORK IN THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE AS LABOR RELATION GENERALIST.
>> AND I'M LISA GLOEGE.
I'M AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT.
>> AND I'M KIMBERLY LADEWIG, FULL-TIME STUDENT.
OUR PROPOSAL TO REDUCE PARKING BY 50 PERCENT ON CAMPUS
IS TO OFFER FREE PARKING FOR STUDENTS WILLING TO CARPOOL.
>> HEY DEB. >> KIM, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> I HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND THE PARKING RAMP LOOKING FOR A GOOD SPOT.
IT IS CRAZY PARKING OUT THERE, AND WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT!
LIKE, IT'S SO EXPENSIVE! >> I KNOW!
I PICKED UP A COUPLE EXTRA SHIFTS TO COVER THE COST.
>> OH, THAT'S AWFUL!
AND THEN, AFTER MY NIGHT CLASSES, I HAVE TO WALK BACK TO THE CAR ALONE,
AND THAT MAKES ME SUPER NERVOUS.
WHAT DID YOU GET? >> OH, MY GOSH!
I GOT A MESSAGE FROM SOME STARFISH
SAYING THAT IF I MISS MY 9 O'CLOCK CLASS ONE MORE TIME,
I'M GONNA GET KICKED OUT.
>> OH, NO!
I KNOW-- LIKE, THOSE 9:00 A.M. CLASSES ARE SO HARD TO GET TO.
I'VE EVEN MISSED A FEW.
>> WELL, I JUST CAN'T GET UP IN THE MORNING!
>> THAT'S AWFUL. >> I JUST WISH I KNEW PEOPLE AT GRCC.
I'M REALLY SHY AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO MEET PEOPLE IN MY CLASSES.
>> YOU KNOW, I JUST SAW THAT POLL ON BLACKBOARD LAST WEEK--
55 PERCENT OF STUDENTS WOULD ACTUALLY CARPOOL IF THEY GOT FREE PARKING.
>> I WONDER... YOU KNOW WHAT?
WE DID SOMETHING WITH STUDENT CONGRESS AS WELL,
AND THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDED IDEA WAS FREE PARKING.
I WONDER IF WE COULD GET GRCC TO GIVE FREE PARKING TO PEOPLE THAT CARPOOL.
>> THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT IF WE GOT FREE PARKING IF WE CARPOOLED TOGETHER.
THAT WOULD SAVE ME SO MUCH-- >> THAT'D BE AWESOME!
>> FREE PARKING WOULD BE GREAT. >> HMM.
I STILL DON'T SEE HOW IT'D GET ME OUT OF THE BED IN THE MORNING, THOUGH.
(laughing) >> YOU KNOW WHAT?
I BET IF I WAS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING BLARING MY HORN AT YOU,
YOU WOULD GET OUT OF BED. >> YEAH, I GUESS I'D HAVE TO.
>> BUT HOW WOULD I MEET PEOPLE THAT I COULD CARPOOL WITH?
>> OH, I JUST SAW A GREAT WEBSITE.
IT'S CALLED "WEST MICHIGAN RIDESHARE,"
AND GRCC HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE RAPID
TO HELP STUDENTS FIND OTHER STUDENTS
TO RIDE TO SCHOOL WITH.
IT'S SUPER EASY.
YOU JUST PUT YOUR NAME IN, CONTACT INFORMATION,
AND WHERE YOU LIVE, AND IT SETS IT ALL UP FOR YOU.
>> OH, SO YOU JUST FILL IN YOUR INFORMATION THERE?
>> YEAH!
AND IT TOOK, LIKE, LESS THAN TEN MINUTES TO DO.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
WOULDN'T IT BE EVEN BETTER IF THEY HAD A SPECIAL LOT JUST FOR CARPOOLERS,
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT IN THOSE LINES?
>> OH, I WOULD LOVE THAT. >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> I LOVE THAT I'M NOT NERVOUS WALKING BACK FROM MY NIGHT CLASS ALONE.
>> AND WITH HER IN MY DRIVEWAY, HONKING HER HORN,
I HAVEN'T MISSED ONE CLASS.
>> AND I'VE MADE FRIENDS AT GRCC NOW.
I THINK I'M GONNA COME BACK NEXT SEMESTER.
>> PLUS, WITH ALL THE MONEY WE SAVED, WE STOPPED FOR...
>> (all) COFFEE!
>> WE CAN REDUCE ON-CAMPUS BY 50 PERCENT, REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION,
MOTIVATE STUDENTS TO GET TO CLASS, MEET NEW FRIENDS,
AND NOT BE BROKE AFTER PAYING FOR PARKING.
FREE PARKING IS GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS AND GOOD FOR THE SCHOOL.
(applause) >> OKAY, COME ON DOWN, LADIES!
WE GOT A LOT OF, UH...
FUN PEOPLE HERE ON CAMPUS.
I LOVE IT!
KIM WILL TAKE THE MIC. >> THANKS.
WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A GREAT IDEA.
WE HAD A LOT OF FUN DOING IT, AND WE GOT CLOSER AS, YOU KNOW,
I GOT TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY OR FROM THE SCHOOL.
SO, YEAH, WE HAD A GREAT TIME AND, UM, OBVIOUSLY,
I THINK THE FACT THAT GETTING TO KNOW MORE PEOPLE--
IT'S SOMETHING THAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAS A PROBLEM WITH
THAT MAYBE A FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY--
WHERE PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY STAYING ON CAMPUS--
DOESN'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY PROBLEMS.
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING, AND ENJOYED THE PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE COFFEE. (all chuckling)
DEB WAS UP AT 9 O'CLOCK--
>> YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW YOU CAN GET IN ON TIME, DEB.
>> A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU-- HAVE YOU PURSUED OR THOUGHT ABOUT--
ONE OF THE IDEAS YOU MENTIONED--
JUST A SEPARATE LOT, OR A COUPLE SEPARATE LEVELS,
FOR CARPOOLERS.
HAVE YOU DONE ANY RESEARCH INTO THAT?
>> YEAH, MY ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TO HAVE--
TO OFFER IT TO THREE OR MORE PEOPLE TO, LIKE, INCREASE THE INCENTIVE,
TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTO ONE CAR.
SO, IT WOULD TAKE MORE CARS OUT OF THE LOT.
BUT YEAH, PREFERENTIAL PARKING IS KEY HERE.
I THINK, UM...
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, WE HAVE OUR FAVORITE LOTS.
AND THERE ARE BETTER LOTS THAN OTHER TIMES, SO YEAH,
HAVING PREFERENTIAL LOTS IS A DEFINITE PLUS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I VERY MUCH LIKE THAT IDEA.
AND I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR-- OUR-- WHAT'S OUR HIGHER PRICE VERSION
ALREADY THAT GUARANTEES A SPOT?
THAT WE DO THROUGH STUDENT CONGRESS?
>> UM... >> TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT.
SO...
IT'S KIND OF A GENERAL QUESTION, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A THEME, BUT...
I UNDERSTAND WE DID THE BLACKBOARD SURVEY
AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE RESULTS.
BUT EVEN, AT LEAST FROM FACULTY PERSPECTIVE OR (indistinct) EMPLOYEES,
DO WE HAVE A CULTURAL ISSUE AROUND WILLINGNESS TO CARPOOL
THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE OVERCOME?
AND IN ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS OR THOUGHTS OR RESEARCH,
DID YOU ENCOUNTER A RESISTANCE
TO CARPOOLING AT ALL?
>> I'M SORRY.
WELL, THE ONE THING I FOUND INTERESTING IS WE ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE RAPID, AND WE ALREADY HAVE THIS RIDESHARE ON OUR WEBSITE,
BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.
SO, I THINK THERE'S A LACK OF COMMUNICATION OUT THERE,
IN THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PRESENT THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PROMOTING
AND A CHANGE IN CULTURE.
AND THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO USE IT.
I THINK IT'S A BIG DEAL.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY AN OPPOSITION,
OR IF MAYBE WE JUST HAVEN'T SPREAD THE WORD ENOUGH.
>> (indistinct speaking).
>> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, VICKI,
IT'S THROUGH STUDENT LIFE AND IT'S THE COLLEGE "PARK AND RIDE,"
UM, IN THE COLLEGE AVENUE PARK.
UM...
MY QUESTION WAS HOW WOULD YOU GUYS GET THE PARKAGE--
ER, RIDE AND SHARE--
HOW WOULD YOU GUYS MARKET THAT, GET THE NAME OUT THERE TO THE STUDENTS,
SO THAT THEY KNOW ABOUT PARK AND RIDE?
>> THERE'S ALREADY ESTABLISHED, IN PLACE, DIFFERENT MARKETING TOOLS.
"STALL STREET JOURNAL" IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE THAT GETS THE WORD OUT.
NOTICE SOME OF THOSE STUDENT ACTIVITIES
THAT GET ADVERTISED THROUGH THERE, GET USED.
YOU GO TO THOSE ACTIVITIES AND THEY'RE CROWDED.
SO, OBVIOUSLY, THE "STALL STREET JOURNAL" IS A GOOD IDEA.
IT GETS THE WORD ACROSS, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN ONES.
(chuckling) OTHERWISE, THE PAPER.
BUT JUST THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED,
SO WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS FOR THE SCHOOL.
>> WE WERE ALSO THINKING ABOUT INVOLVING THAT IN THE NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION,
SINCE THAT'S EVOLVING ALL THE TIME.
AND ALSO, I THINK IF YOU LET FACULTY KNOW AND YOU LET STAFF KNOW,
THEY CAN HELP SPREAD THE WORD TO THE STUDENTS.
>> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, THANKS.
>> NICE JOB, LADIES! (applause)
>> THANK YOU! >> OKAY.
OKAY, ONE LAST ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR EIGHT TEAMS.
(applause)
OKAY, SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NOW--
NOW, THE TOUGH WORK, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THEMES,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF NUANCES BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS.
SO, THE JUDGES, I THINK-- (laughing)
HAVE A TOUGH DECISION IN FRONT OF THEM.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A 20 MINUTE BREAK.
THE JUDGES ARE GONNA DELIBERATE.
FOR ANYBODY WHO WASN'T DIRECTLY PART OF THE CONTEST-- OR COMPETITION--
THIS YEAR, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT ALL OF THE TEAMS
HAD TO SUBMIT WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION AND REPORTS IN ADVANCE,
SO THEY HAD THAT TIME TO REVIEW THAT WRITTEN INFORMATION
AND THE PLANS BEFORE THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
SO, THEY'RE GOING TO ADD IN WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DOCUMENTED
ON YOUR WRITTEN REPORTS,
IN ADDITION TO THE VIDEO AND THE Q&A THAT THEY LEARNED TONIGHT.
WE'VE GOT 20 MINUTES FOR THEM TO DELIBERATE.
THERE ARE REFRESHMENTS UP HERE.
PLEASE, COME DOWN AND HELP YOURSELF TO SOME OF THOSE.
THEY'LL BE BACK, AND WE WILL, UM...
PASS OUT SOME CASH.
OKAY?
THANKS SO MUCH.
THIS ON?
YES?
OKAY.
SO, IT'S 8 O'CLOCK, THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
TIME FOR AWARDS AND CASH AND ALL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPY.
MOSS INGRAM IS GONNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE JUDGES' DELIBERATIONS.
AND THEN, WE'RE GONNA INVITE OUR FOLKS UP TO PRESENT THE AWARDS.
>> SO, THE JUDGES HAVE COMPLETED THEIR DELIBERATIONS...
AND THIS WAS VERY...
VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE SOME KEY-- (applause)
THANK YOU AGAIN TO OUR JUDGES.
THERE WERE SOME KEY THEMES, SOME OVERLAPPING THEMES,
THERE ARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES, CERTAINLY SOME KEY DIFFERENCES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE JUDGES WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY IMPARTED WAS THAT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO,
AS A COLLEGE, REGARDLESS OF WHO WINS TONIGHT,
THAT THE BEST COMPONENTS OF ALL OF THE IDEAS WILL BE USED TOGETHER
TO CREATE THE BEST SOLUTION.
AND CLEARLY, THAT IS WHAT THE JUDGES WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN,
IS THAT PIECES OF ALL THE IDEAS-- YES--
(applause)
BECAUSE THERE WERE AMAZING COMPONENTS OF ALL OF THE IDEAS.
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO...
WE WILL BEGIN THE AWARDS.
SO, DR. ENDER AND ARMEN...
PLEASE, COME ON DOWN.
ARMEN, IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO DISPERSE THE CHECKS.
>> HANG TIGHT.
(scattered chuckling)
>> THIS IS NUMBER THREE.
SO, THIRD PLACE GOES TO CADENCE MERCER-CURTIS AND TEAM.
CADENCE AND TEAM, COME ON DOWN.
(applause) CONGRATULATIONS.
THIRD PLACE, $750.
(applause)
>> OH! (audience laughing)
(indistinct speaking)
>> WONDERFUL. (applause)
>> (indistinct speaking). (audience laughing)
>> THIS IS EXCITING.
>> SECOND PLACE, NATHANIEL SHAPIRO AND TEAM.
CONGRATULATIONS.
(applause) COME ON DOWN.
(applause)
>> (indistinct speaking). (audience laughing)
(applause)
>> AND THE BIG AWARD, $3,000...
GOES TO PAM SCOTT AND TEAM.
CONGRATULATIONS.
(applause)
(audience laughing)
(scatted laughing)
(applause)
>> (indistinct speaking). (audience laughing)
>> (indistinct chatter).
>> OKAY, WELL, AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR COMPETING,
FOR GIVING OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENT AND YOUR INSIGHT
TO HELP MAKE GRCC A MORE INNOVATIVE CULTURE.
I KNOW THAT A COMBINATION OF A LOT OF THESE IDEAS
ARE GOING TO MAKE A GREAT IMPACT HERE ON CAMPUS,
NOT ONLY FOR OUR COLLEGE, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, OUR FACULTY,
BUT FOR OUR GREATER COMMUNITY.
SO, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED,
AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT NEXT YEAR'S COMPETITION!
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. (applause)