Below is a list of the current opportunities within each Pathway. New experiences will be added over time.
Year 1: Introductory Experiences
Experiment, individually or collaboratively, with developing a novel or unique idea, creative work, or product. Reflect on how diversity can contribute to creativity.
- Complete the Gettysburg Startup Academy online course https://www.startupexperience.com/gettysburg
- Participate in introductory sessions at the Innovation and Creativity Lab
- Join and actively participate in a creativity or performance-based organization
- Publish an opinion or article in The Gettysburgian
- Publish in EI’s Ike’s Anvil student blog
- Participate in an entrepreneurial related workshop
- Participate and reflect on a field trip to a museum, live performance, or other creative venue
- Participate in the Community Gigs Program as a first time participant
Year 2 and 3: Exploratory Experiences
Contribute to the development of a novel or unique idea, creative work, or product. Assess and articulate how the development can find an audience, fulfill a need, or positively impact communities.
- Participate in a production or performance
- Display artwork at the Schmucker Art Gallery or at a local community organization
- Participate in an organized showcase of creative work
- Regularly contribute to The Gettysburgian, WZBT, or another student media organization
- Publish a piece in The Mercury
- Collaborate with a team of peers and a community employer partner through the Community GIGs program as a repeat participant
Year 4: Consequential Experiences
Experiences within this Pathway include access to the Innovation and Creativity Lab, the Community GIGs (Give Ideas to Gettysburg) program, and arts programs, among many others.
- Serve as a music ensemble leader
- Direct, choreograph, or otherwise coordinate a student organization’s public production, performance, or showcase.
- Serve as a student curator at the Schmucker Art Gallery
- Serve as an editor for The Gettysburgian, The Mercury, or another student publication
- Develop and operate an independent business
- Create and sustain the success of a new recognized student club or organization
- Lead a team of peers and engage with a community employer partner through the Community GIGs program
- Complete a Digital Humanities Fellowship through Musselman Library
- Complete an X-SIG research experience
- Complete an Innovation Lab Digital Technology Summer Fellowship