Service Activity that Made a Contribution to the Community
Student involvment within the Middle Tennessee State University community is highly regarded within our discipline. Many of my college courses have required group projects where my classmates and I are challenged to enhance our campus for the better, and present our ideas to the appropriate audiences in order for the new changes to take place. For our Innovation and Communication Class, our group presented the need for new campus directories at Middle Tennessee State University. The following information are a few exerpts of what was in the notebook we handed out to our guests who came to listen to our proposal for the new campus maps. Our research and design has implemented a proposed new addition to our univeristy in order to serve new students and guests with the most resourceful tools to explore our beautiful campus here at Middle Tennessee State University. Currently, the university budget is being reviewed in order to establish these new directories on campus.
At the end of our report, we had to submit our process of organizing our innovative idea to our professor, and moreso, how we planned to ensure that our innovative service project proposal would follow through at our university.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Need for Change
Why MTSU Needs This Change
Survey Give to University 1010 Students
Data Graphs
Pictures of Current Directory Problems
Other Southeast Campus Directories
Renovation
Process of Renovation
Costs of Renovation
People Willing to Help
Pictures
New Directories
Process of Building New Directories
Costs of New Directories
Locations of New Directories
Color Coding of the Map
Conclusion
Thank You
The students of Mrs. Moore’s Spring 2008 Innovation and Communication class presenting on MTSU campus directories would like to welcome all guest attendees joining us today.
Many hours of research, dedication, and creative thought have gone into this project. Our goal is to successfully implement new campus directories in order to beautify our campus, as well as decrease confusion among visitors and new students. We are proud to see so much growth and development in our MTSU community and feel that updating our directories will aid in catering to the needs of those who are new to Murfreesboro area.
We hope to answer any questions you may have and we truly appreciate you taking the time to hear our proposal.
Thank you and we hope you enjoy our presentation.
Need For Change
Why MTSU Needs This Change
Update beauty of campus
Keep up with all construction and updates happening on campus
Ease confusion with guests, visitors, and new student
With growing attendance, we need to keep up to date with other Southeast college campuses, including Georgia and Alabama
NEW DIRECTORIES
COSTS OF NEW DIRECTORIES
Company Profiles and Contact Information
NASHVILLE SIGN & LIGHTING, INC.920 WEST COLLEGE ST.
MURFREESBORO TN 37129
PHONE: 615-896-1886 FAX: 615-896-3335
Nashville@aol.com
www.nashvillesign.com
Nashville Sign & Lighting Inc. estimated that the materials, labor, and tax cost of the University of Georgia student directory came to a total cost of $2,451. They cost estimated it would be about the same amount to install a new directory at Middle Tennessee State University.
CHARLESTON INDUSTRIES INC.
CHARLESTON, MISSISSIPPI
PHONE: (800) 647 – 2384
www.cisigns.com
MTSU Charleston Industries Inc. estimated that the materials, labor, and tax cost of the University of Alabama student directory came to a rough total cost of $6,000.
MTSU Charleston Industries Inc. estimated that the materials, labor, and tax cost of our vision of a new student directory will come to a rough total cost of $1776.
CONCLUSION
We are extremely grateful that you took the time to come hear our proposal today. After evaluating the need for new student directories, understanding the process of renovating the current directories, and researching the costs of new directories, we hope you have received enough information to help us succeed in changing the MTSU directories here on campus.
Again, we truly appreciate your time. We hope that you will join us in implementing new directories for the purpose of serving our MTSU community!
Outline the process your group will use/used to:
Identify the need for change
Fully analyze the proposed change impact
and new students. Not only that, it will drastically beautify our campus. For example, we will provide visuals of various southeast university campus directories that are extremely new and up to date. We will place these pictures next to our current directories, and it is obvious we pale in comparison. Another important tactic is to identify all costs involved in this process, and explain to our indicated audience why it will be worth the money to invest in new structured directories, and why it is essential to place them in new locations.
Identify stakeholders
Our current stakeholders are as follows:
Patti Miller Assistant VP for Campus Planning
Concrete Management Department Director
Wallace James Edwards Director of Construction Administration
Gretchen Jenkins VP of SGA
Dr. Bob Glenn
Brian Dell
Convince the stakeholders to listen to your proposal and accept the need and viability of the change.
We plan to do this in a very organized, persuasive manner with our data, visual aids, and outstanding confidence.
The impact of creating new directories truly will decrease confusion among visitors
To properly identify the need for change, we will present data graphs from surveys taken by University 1010 freshman. This research concretely confirms that there is confusion among those who are new to the campus. Therefore, more maps need to be placed in high traffic areas on campus. We are a growing collegiate community; therefore we have a responsibility to accommodate more people with the resources they need to help them navigate their way around campus.
