Design Brief

...explore and establish a connection between UTC

students and the Chattanooga community
HMW Brainstorm Process

First Process -
information from
interviews

Second Process -
brainstorm ideas
How Might We...

create shared experiences

between students and the
homeless to cultivate
community?
Initial Questions
How many people are
homeless in
Chattanooga?
How do they survive?
What are their family
relationships like?
Perceptions?
How did they become
homeless?
Interviews and
Observations
Two rounds of
Interviews
Themes: Values,
Responsibility,
Stereotypes, Stranger,
Anecdotes, Walls, and
Opportunities
Observations on MLK
Campus Ministries
Brainstorming
HMW...

How might we foster a service-oriented

environment between UTC students and
Chattanooga to promote community
engagement?
The Idea:

Create a community service elective that allows

students to volunteer at various organizations
and have experiences that connect them to
Chattanooga.
Prototyping
Community Service Elective:
3 credit course

Service weekly: 3 hours (suggestion)

Total Service: 50 hours per semester

Request
Register Organization Volunteer Reflect Turn in Log
and Time
 Why?

Creating the community service course:

help the Chattanooga community
promote community between Chattanooga
and UTC
Connecting to Last Semester
Place
People and location

Community determined by the people

Community
Establish an opportunity for community growth
through services
The Future:
Recap - Human centered design

Empathy
The Future:
DEVELOP - Community structure

CREATE - Time efficiency

REFLECT - Character building

Test:
UTC Community Leader

Engage Community and UTC

Gauge: Student Interest

No Similar Models
Implementation?
1. Create class syllabus
2. Contact organizations
3. Pitch the idea
4. Finalize class
5. Inform students about service class
option
Questions?
Email Us:
DVF381@mocs.utc.edu ( Chloe Cross )
HXT837@mocs.utc.edu ( Allie Dearing )
GHT164@mocs.utc.edu ( Jose-Luis Gonzalez )
FLJ111@mocs.utc.edu ( Jordan Madrigal )
HLZ321@mocs.utc.edu ( Barbara Sevilla )
Thank you!

Ann Yoachim

Honors College Staff

Community of Chattanooga

Fellow Students