An Innovators Mindset
Boise State University serves students in Idaho at our Boise campus and worldwide with online programming. As Broncos, we embrace Blue Turf Thinking, a mindset that helps us lead the way, go beyond and make history.
Video Transcript: Blue Turf Thinking in Action
[Radio Announcer]: Scott Matlock, underrated recruit, has built himself into one of the best defensive players in the Mountain West.
(inspiring music)
[Narrator]: What would you do if you couldn’t fail? Would you see every setback as a catalyst to keep going? This is the innovator’s mindset, because innovation demands daring.
(motivational music)
It’s finding thousands of ways that don’t work, and the one that changes everything. It’s when your unrelenting spirit sees the world’s needs and says, I will create something better. So what will you do? Will you let your genius run wild? Give yourself the space to be great? Set your sights on something even bigger? Because we know changing the world doesn’t happen by chance.
[Crowd]: Boise! State!
[Narrator]: It comes out of the blue.
[Crowd]: Boise! State!
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Within seven academic colleges, the Honors College and Graduate College, Boise State offers a wide variety of degree programs, lifelong learning, community engagement, innovation and creativity.
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