To Reach this Level:

• Complete Level 2 and serve as an active DI Fellow for a minimum of two semesters.

Unlocked at this Level: 

• Level 3 Fellows are formally recognized and 'pinned' as a "DI Fellow Mentor."
• Level 3 Fellows serve as a “DI Fellow Peer Mentor” for Level 1 and 2 DI Fellows.
• Level 3 Fellows are granted free attendance to any of the DI HUB’s paid workshops.
• Level 3 Fellows can apply for funding of up to $1,000/project to support the development of collaborative challenge-based innovation projects.

To Level Up: 

• Attend  all bi-monthly mandatory DI Fellows Program meetings.
• Attend the mandatory start-of-year DI Fellows Launch Meeting (Fall semester).
• Attend the mandatory end-of-year DI Fellows Celebration (Spring semester). 
• Volunteer at least 15 hours per semester in support of DI projects, activities, or programs.
• Serve as a “DI Fellow Peer Mentor” for a minimum of one Level 1 or Level 2 DI Fellow.
• Read, review, respond to, and validate all posted DI Toolkit reflections for Level 1-3 Fellows.
• Complete DI experiences and post Canvas reflections on how you have addressed the following DI Toolkit Elements:
  • Reframing the Challenge
  • Implementing Powerful and Novel Solutions
  • Iterate! Evaluate!
• Lead the development, planning, and execution of at least one new challenge-based innovation (CBI) project or learning opportunity with other students in the DI Fellows Program that bring awareness to the program and help other students in the program gain experience with the DI Toolkit Elements.

Upon completion of this level, students will be able to:

• Tailor communication strategies to effectively express, listen, and adapt to others to establish relationships within a collaborative team environment. 
• Engage team members in ways that facilitate their contributions to team activities by both constructively building upon or synthesizing the contributions of others as well as noticing when someone is not participating and inviting them to engage.
• Independently create wholes out of multiple parts (synthesizes) and draw conclusions by combining examples, facts, or theories from more than one field of study or perspective.
• Integrate alternate, divergent, or contradictory perspectives or ideas fully.
• Develop a logical, consistent plan to solve a problem, recognize the consequences of that plan, and articulate their reason for choosing that plan.
• Implement solutions in a manner that addresses thoroughly and deeply multiple contextual factors of the problem.