"When Students meet Nouns University" by Ryan Adi, mint for free on Zora

TL;DR

The Bali Nouns Week 2024 served as an important event in introducing Nouns to students, sparking their interest in crypto, block chain, and Nouns-related topics. This proposal presents a comprehensive recap of the week-long event and subsequent initiatives aimed at further engaging students with Nouns. The learnings from Nouns Week emphasize the high level of curiosity among students and their eagerness for continued involvement in the Nouns ecosystem. Building upon this success, the Nouns University project is introduced, focusing on providing education, scholarships, and practical project opportunities to students. Through targeted outreach, educational sessions, scholarships, community activities, and collaborative projects, Nouns University aims to cultivate a new generation of leaders and builders within the Nouns ecosystem. This proposal outlines the planned activities and the expected impact of Nouns University in driving innovation and progress within the Nouns community and beyond. We are seeking a budget of $109,670 USDC for 8 month to make this proposal success. Read more here ↓

Bali Nouns Week Recap

In the beginning of the year 2024, the Bali Nouns Week 2024 was successfully held. During the pre-event activities, Nouns were introduced to over 600 students from four visited universities. Detailed explanations were provided regarding what Nouns is and initial steps to contribute to the Nouns community. The feedback received from this activity was highly positive. The question and answer sessions were enthusiastically utilized by participants to delve deeper into topics such as cryptocurrency, blockchain, and Nouns.

The peak event of the Bali Nouns Week 2024 took place at the Superlative Gallery from the 1st to the 3rd of March, with a vibrant atmosphere. In the grand final session of the prop house contest, three students out of ten participants advanced to the grand-final. They were students who became acquainted with Nouns through socialization activities at universities. Additionally, a costume contest was held in collaboration with students from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Denpasar, resulting in four masterpieces exhibited at the Superlative Gallery for three days.

The last day concluded with the Nouns Conference, featuring nine speakers divided into three sessions. Each session received attention and positive responses from participants. Over 50 students attended to listen to speakers who provided explanations in line with the theme. The students appeared eager to attend and listen to the presentations until the end. Here is one of the interviews with students regarding the Bali Nouns Week 2024 event!

Check out all the recaps from Bali Nouns Week, Day One, Day Two and Day Three!

What We Can Learn from Bali Nouns Week

After conducting the pre-event and main event, we performed a targeted analysis focusing on university students. The results are as follows:

1. Students exhibit a high level of curiosity about new knowledge, particularly in crypto, block chain, and NFTs.
2. Students expressed a desire for follow-up activities from Nouns Week, indicating an interest in further exploring the Nouns ecosystem in Indonesia.
3. Due to the attractive prize pool of the Nouns contest, students were highly enthusiastic about participating in the competition.
4. Several students revealed that their goal in participating in the contests/events was to seek additional income to pay their educational expenses.
5. The Nouns Week event increased students' interest in Nouns, as evidenced by the highly engaging Q&A sessions where students asked numerous questions about Nouns.

Nouns University

The Nouns University Project is a pilot project aimed at bringing Nouns into the university realm with a primary focus on students. The main objective of this project is to introduce and involve many students in the Nouns ecosystem. Within this framework, students will be provided with education and knowledge about Nouns. The project also provides scholarships to support university education expenses. Each scholarship recipient will be granted funding to develop their own Nounish project. Furthermore, scholarship recipients at each university will organize community social activities. Finally, there will be an offline bootcamp to present the final results of their projects and collaborate on a Final Nounish Project. The entire project will span over 8 months.

This pilot project will offer opportunities to 20 nounswardees at two universities. In this initial stage, we have selected two target universities: Hasanuddin University and State University of Makassar. We chose these two universities because they are located close to our team. In addition, they are two of the best universities on the island of Sulawesi. Finally, we will focus on targeting nounswardee students from faculties that have a direct influence on Nouns, namely: Faculty of Art and Design and Faculty of Engineering

The selection process will be divided into two stages: document selection, which includes participants' experiences, followed by online interview selection. The selection committee will have three people, two from the Nouns University Team and one from Nouns Builder Indonesia. This selection stage will prioritize students who have demonstrated academic/non-academic achievements and active involvement in organizational leadership activities. The expected output of this Nouns University project is to position Nounswardees as "Campus Ambassadors" within their respective educational backgrounds. In supporting the nounswardees as campus ambassadors, we will provide exclusive merchandise to 20 selected nounswardees and 10 other merchandise packages will be sold as limited edition.

University Tour

As an initial step to introduce a project, it is necessary to conduct outreach to the target market. In this case, the target market for the Nouns University project is university students. Therefore, the first activity to be undertaken is a University Tour. This activity is planned to be held at two universities: Hasanuddin University and State University of Makassar. The event will feature a talk show that discusses a general introduction to Nouns and the benefits of joining Nouns University. Additionally, to attract participants, various mini-games with door prizes will also be organized. The next goal to be achieved from the University Tour is the establishment of an MOU for cooperation with the universities. Furthermore, the MOU will serve as a foundation to strengthen the outreach to students, as it provides a mutually agreed-upon set of regulations to support Nouns University.

Education for Nounswardee

After completing the selection process and choosing 20 nounswardees who are eligible to join Nouns University, educational activities related to crypto, blockchain, NFTs, and Nouns will be conducted. These activities will take place every two weeks over a continuous six-month period. Each session will feature guest speakers who are experts in their respective fields. The sessions will be conducted online for 10 meetings and offline for 2 meetings. Offline sessions are chosen to facilitate better material delivery and to provide face-to-face learning opportunities with all awardees. This educational initiative is crucial as it serves as a platform to introduce the awardees to Nouns. It will also provide an introduction and overview of the knowledge that can be used to explore the Nouns ecosystem. Here we provide an overview of the materials and lecturers that we will provide to the nounswardees for 6 months. Here is the curriculum plan that we will implement at Nouns University 2024!

Nouns Scholarship

Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics in 2023 indicates that the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) for higher education in Indonesia reaches 31.45 percent. This shows that only approximately 31.45 percent of the population aged 18-22 years pursue higher education. Many students feel that the cost of education is very high, leading them to decide to discontinue their studies. This situation underpins the desire to provide educational assistance through the Nouns Scholarship program. In awarding this scholarship, we will form an official foundation chaired by 0xishal and then register legal entity legality as a bridge between Nouns DAO and scholarship recipients. The assistance to be provided will be in the form of Single Tuition Fee payments amounting to $600 USDC for one semester. Disbursement of this funding will be provided twice, in the first month of receipt and the following three months. The goal of the assistance provided by Nouns is to alleviate tuition costs so that students do not have to worry about the expenses related to university education for at least one semester. Additionally, this form of assistance can also serve as motivation for the nounswardees to be more enthusiastic in pursuing their studies.

Build with Nouns

Parallel with the educational activities for the awardees, the "Build with Nouns" program will also be implemented. In this program, the 20 selected nounswardees will receive funding of $1,000 USDC. Disbursement of this funding will be provided twice, in the first month of receipt and the following three months. All awardees will develop a project aimed at promoting Nouns in accordance with their field of study. As a requirement, awardees must submit a project proposal when registering. In the first month, there will be a screening of innovations and suggestions will be provided for the project plans. Subsequently, the awardees will implement their projects over the next five months. Monthly control in the form of advice and corrections on the project progress will be conducted. The output of this program is to provide a platform for the awardees to integrate the knowledge they have acquired during their studies with the creative freedom of CC0 NFT Nouns.

University Social Activity

To support one of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education, which is community service, we will be organizing a program aimed at serving the community through Nouns. The implementation of this program will take place at each university, so that awardees from the same university will collaborate. To support the implementation of these activities, each university will be provided with funding amounting to $1,200 USDC. This funding will be provided for two disbursements and will be used entirely to create programs that have a direct impact on the community, such as activities in orphanages, environmental clean-ups, teaching in community learning centers, or other social activities. This program is crucial for shaping the character of Nouns awardees into individuals who are compassionate towards others, and to instill a spirit of dedication to serving the community.

Nounswardee Final Project & Offline Boot-camp

After the awardees have received education, completed individual projects, and collaborated with other awardees for social activities, the final program is the implementation of the Offline Bootcamp held for 2 days in Makassar, Indonesia. This activity marks the culmination of the Nouns University program. After undergoing education for 6 months, all 20 nounswardees will gather at a predetermined location. The series of activities in this program includes a final lecture session by the Founder of Nouns University and sessions with other competent panelists. Subsequently, there will be presentation sessions by all nounswardees regarding their individual projects, presentations from universities, and presentations of the final project designs previously prepared. On the last day, there will be outbound activities to strengthen the bonding among all Nounswardees.

Final project in Nouns University is to collaboratively create a project and submit it to Nouns DAO. Therefore, upon graduation from this program, the awardees are required to develop a design, starting from selecting the type of project to be created, conducting an analysis of the project's impact on Nouns, to budgeting and implementing it. Subsequently, the awardees will promote their project designs in candidate proposals. During the closing session, the top 3 Nounswardees who will receive a total coaching fund of $2500 USDC will be announced. The assessment of the best awardees will be conducted throughout the learning period, covering activity, innovation, discipline, teamwork, leadership, and the benefits of the individual projects undertaken.

Roadmap, Timeline & Deliverable

We created this Roadmap, Timeline and Delivery by considering all the possibilities and capabilities that our Team is capable of. The details are as follows!

Roadmap & Timeline

Deliverable

• 2 University Tour activities on 2 campuses
• 20 Students selected as Nounswardee
• 10 times of Online learning to Nounswardee
• 2 times Offline learning to Nounswardee
• 20 Nounish individual projects
• 2 Nounish social projects in 2 universities
• 1 Nounswardee offline bootcamp activity
• 1 candidate proposal from Nounswardee
• Production of 50+ social media content on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube
• Reached 1k++ followers on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube and Farcaster
• Organized 2 contests on rounds.wtf

Fund Breakdown

We are requesting $109,670 USDC to cover the Nouns University for 8 months of work.

Transactions

• 20% ($21,934 USDC) of the total funding will be released upfront, to nounsuniversity.eth
• The next 50% ($54,835 USDC) will be paid after we successfully selected 20 nounswardee, to multisig wallet.
• The last 30% ($32,901 USDC) will be paid 2 months before the Offline Boot-camp is held, to multisig wallet.

Multisig address : 0x4E4C8f19937CA46cA5a66ff648bB2AfC6644c1Ea

Multisig signers 2/3 : 0xishal; Hiro Crypto; Karl

Our Team

This project will be chaired by 0xishal who has been contributing builders to the Nouns DAO since 2021. Starting from small proposals like Nouns Holidays, Nouns Education and Entertainment and Lil Nouns Trans Bag. Then successfully became Co-Director of Three Bronouns until finally ventured to become a Director of Prop 483: Bali Nouns Week 2024.

In the implementation of Bali Nouns Week we worked with 3 freelancers who greatly contributed to the success of the event. Now we will also bring those 3 freelancers into our team. Armed with this experience, we are committed to continuing the success of Bali Nouns Week into Nouns University. Ups and downs, unyielding spirit, hard work, everything we will devote entirely to build this Nouns University into a place of scholarship, education and helping students to contribute to Nouns DAO.

Respecfully

[Nouns University Team]