Concerns over Crowded Study Areas

A major educational problem on campus is the lack of study space available to students. Without having a place to study, it can be difficult to perform well in school. At edUMize, we recognize this and are working on ways to correct the issue.

Study spaces are mostly used during midterms and finals and have little to no use during the remainder of the year. Instead of creating new study areas, we propose to make the current spaces more efficient. Opening classrooms and lecture halls when they are not in use allows students to utilize this empty space to study. Another proposal is to have an online website that lists study locations on campus and the open spaces still available at each location.

Comments about more solutions to this problem or thoughts about this issue and the proposed solutions are greatly appreciated.

We strive to see the day where every student can easily find available locations to immerse themselves in their school work.

Solving the Problem of a Lack of Cafes near U of M Buildings

We at edUMize have realized a problem present in the U of M Campus Area. U of M students have expressed a desire for additional cafe options located closer to their respected classrooms. We recognize this as a problem because cafes offer a healthy opportunity for busy college students to receive the needed nutrition and study essential beverage. Nourished and energized students are more awake and successful. With the help of our current edUMize Executive Board, we have proposed possible solutions for this problem that include: working with U of M officials to incorporate more cafes in University Buildings, additional ways to pay for healthier vending machine options that would be located in University Buildings, and coordinate the inclusion of local cafes on campus through mobile vending options. edUmize is excited to move forward and solve this problem that plagues U of M students.

New Educational Problems to be Solved in Ann Arbor

We at edUMize strive to be a transparent start-up, allowing our followers to share in our invention processes that will ultimately shape the proposals for new products and services that we will be bringing to you in the coming months.

As a window into this process, edUMize staff members herein share some anecdotal “problems” that they’ve identified in education today:

Welcome to edUMize

Welcome to edUMize. We’re a small start-up based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. What started as a haphazard dream in 2010 has blossomed into a 23 person working staff who collectively went public in January 2011.

As the months roll on, we invite you to share in our invention process as we work to imagine new products and services and that enhance education in the early 21st century. edUMize is designed to be quick and versatile, and to cater to many different needs at once. We look to identify the needs of students, faculty, and staff, and then propose solutions that will assuage concerns and lead to greater optimization of educational potential.

In short: We solve educational problems.

And we invited you to solve them with us. Please feel free to follow our blog and/or follow us on Twitter @edUMize.