Thriving Communities — ֱ's Grand Challenge Initiative
The University has announced an exciting step for ֱ’s IMPACT 2025 working group on. For the past year the group has been engaged in a deliberative process to identify a theme for theֱ Grand Challenges initiative.After hearing from more than 300 faculty to learn about community involvement in their research, teaching, creative work and service, the working group asked students, faculty, staff and community members to share their ideas for issues that ֱ Grand Challenges should address.
Thanks to all of the input and efforts, the group has identified the theme for ֱ Grand Challenges asThriving Communities.is scheduled for October 2.
“The goal of ֱ Grand Challenges is to make measurable progress in addressing complex, urgent and persistent problems in our communities,” said Anne DePrince, Co-Leader of the Collaboration for the Public Good Working Group. “This theme presents a variety of opportunities to work together in our communities.”
Thriving Communitieswill address three issues: Living, Working, and Participating. Each of these issues will be addressed in 3-year cycles that allow us to co-create Aspirations, Actions, and measurements of Achievement with community partners.
The Living, Working, and Participating issues were selected because they are directly related to ongoing faculty research, creative work and teaching from all units across campus.
Undergraduate Student Body President Morgan Smith says he’s excited to get students involved.
