Imagining America Host Campus Search
IMAGINING AMERICA LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR A NEW HOST CAMPUS
We are excited to announce the opportunity to become the next host of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA). Following founding years at the University of Michigan, a ten-year term at Syracuse University, and what will soon be ten years at the University of California, Davis, IA has begun a two-year search for a new campus home.
This transition is part of an intentional cycle for higher education institutions to host IA for five-year once renewable terms. An ideal host will be in a strong position to strengthen and leverage IA’s existing values, history, collaborations, and programs, while infusing new energy, creativity, and mission-aligned interests to the national network.
Led by a distinguished National Advisory Board and UC Davis staff, IA approaches its 25th anniversary as a vibrant and growing national consortium of over 70 higher education institutional members and longstanding cultural partners. Hosting IA is an exciting opportunity to become a national hub in connecting and convening higher education institutions committed to public and engaged scholarship, and to activating the mission, vision, and values of IA.
Here are step-by-step instructions about the transition process:
· Step 1: Visit the IA Transition Webpage to learn more.
· Step 2: Register your interest to stay updated:
· Step 3: Submit your Letter of Interest by January 15, 2025.
ASSETS FOR SHARING THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH YOUR NETWORKS
We hope you can share this opportunity through your networks via your website, email newsletter, and social media. We are including copy and image assets below to facilitate this process.
· Blurbs for Website and Newsletter
· Informational Flier (PDF)
· Instructions for LOI Submission
· Social Media Assets:
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IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS
· Attend an information session on Oct 1, 2024, at 1pm PST (via zoom: register here) to ask questions directly of the IA Leadership,
· Send an email to connect@imaginingamerica.org, or
· Send an email to IA Board President Paul Schadewald at pschadew@gmail.com
· For questions re: assets, please contact Anuj Vaidya at anuva@ucdavis.edu