Provost Jim Bean Announces First Phase of Big Ideas
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The following message is forwarded on behalf of Senior Vice President and Provost Jim Bean:
Colleagues:
The Big Ideas evaluation committee has been working diligently. They did a thorough analysis of each proposal submitted and have recommended selections to us. We agree with their recommendations and have been meeting with these groups to inform them of the next steps. The five Big Ideas in the first phase of phased focus are:
Sustainable Cities: How do you plan, build and retrofit cities in sustainable ways targeting the intersection of green buildings, communities, business and policies.
The Americas in a Globalized World: Diversity and internationalization as keys to rethinking the past, present, and future of the hemisphere's populations, cultures, and economies.
Global Oregon: How do we rework liberal education to form not just good citizens, but good citizens of the world?
Human Health & Performance: How do we maintain health and enhance performance in the modern world.
Green Product Design: Integrating materials, product design and business models to supply the world with sustainable products.
Each of these groups will work with us during the summer to develop their organization.
We thank all the Big Idea authors for the time and thought that went into their proposals. There were many worthy proposals. We will continue to work with these groups to gain funding and prepare for further promotions to Big Ideas. We will be sending all authors comments from the Evaluation Committee.
