Affiliate Journey

Required Activities: 

Individuals that are interested in becoming an SCD Affiliate must do the following:

• Complete the “Affiliate Interest” form
• Meet with Dawn 1 on 1 to discuss how the individual can serve as an SCD collaborator, ambassador/advocate, or advisor
• Attend the Fall or Spring Affiliate Information Session
• Attend an Affiliate event

Additional Potential Activities:

• Attend a “HCD Workshop”
• Attend a “Maker Workshop”
• Tour SCD
• Bring a class or an RSO to SCD for a tour
• Attend an SCD “Event”
• Attend an SCD co-hosted event (e.g., GenAI Dialogues, etc.)
• Listen to the “Disruption in Real Time” podcast

Required Activity

(Time Frame #1)

• Complete Affiliate Application
  • Fields include
    • Project summary
    • Project goals
    • Benefits/supports requested
    • Preferred interdisciplinary collaboration theme group

Required Activities

(Time Frame #2)

• Meet with Dawn to discuss requested benefits/supports requested
  • Academic Programs
  • Assessment and Research
  • Programming 

• Continue efforts towards project goals
• Complete annual “SCD Affiliate Check-in” form showcasing progress towards an SCD collaborator, ambassador/advocate, or advisor goals
  • Due every June 30^th

Recommended activities

• Engage with Interdisciplinary Collaboration Theme group to:
  • Plan speaking event(s) that highlight collaboration theme members 
    • Aim to highlight at least one collaboration theme group member each semester 
• Identify guest speakers (internal or external to campus) 
  • Aim to invite one guest speaker per collaboration theme each academic year
• Initiate discussions about collaborative interdisciplinary projects 
  • Consider possible external funding opportunities, instructional approaches, or community programming
• Share knowledge and activities (your own and others) that may benefit the collaboration theme group (e.g., publications, presentations, etc.) 
  • If you have personal accolades or activities that you would like to share being this collaboration group, please tag me in the post if you would like me to include your share in the SCD Affiliate Accolades and Activities newsletter
• Build and foster a network that supports the SCD mission
• Contribute to the SCD Affiliate Accolades and Activities monthly newsletter
• Contribute to SCD Social Media platforms that showcase SCD Affiliate events, research, publications, creative works, etc.
• Serve as an ambassador and/or advocate within the campus community as well as with external communities and partners

Suggested activities for advancement 

• Accept invited presentations or lectures that highlight your SCD works
• Advise an Illinois Design Consulting project
• Advise an SCD Research Scholar project
• Apply for external monies that support your or your Interdisciplinary Collaboration Theme’s SCD work
• Arrange an HCD focused retreat for your academic unit, center, or institute
• Collaborate with SCD Team Members to host an event (course, unit, community, industry, etc.)
• Create HCD instructional (course or workshop) materials
• Engage in workshops, SHIFT, etc. to learn more about HCD theory and practice
• Help plan and/or participate in an SCD Event (e.g., UX Days, etc.).
• Instruct an SCD module, course, workshop, etc. at SCD or online
• Mentor new affiliates on campus events, research projects, course/curriculum integrations, community events, industry collaborations
• Mentor student projects (in or out of courses)
• Present at conferences that showcase your SCD project outcomes (theoretical or practical)
• Publish peer-reviewed manuscripts or creative works that showcase your SCD project outcomes (theoretical or practical)
• Serve as a panelist or presenter for an SCD hosted event
• Serve on an Advisory Committee (e.g., External Advisory Committee, Academic Programs advisory activities, etc.)
• Serve as “experts” for SCD initiatives