Join us for a webinar looking at how Land-grant University administration can support faculty and staff in adopting transdisciplinary approaches and leverage the power of engagement. We’ll hear from top University administrators about the challenges of such work and the opportunities to overcome them, and discuss how to navigate multifaceted projects that support inclusivity and diverse perspectives to address the complex challenges facing food and agricultural systems today. Register here.

This webinar is part of the Transdisciplinary Approaches Webinar series, which examines strategies for implementing transdisciplinary approaches, team-building and overcoming challenges to encourage the adoption of and training in transdisciplinary systems. You can watch recordings from past webinars in the series here.

When: Mon, September 9, 2024 - 1:00pm EDT

Registration: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/events/leveraging-extension-university-engagement-developing-implementing-novel-projects-using

Speakers:

Marshall Stewart (Moderator), Kansas State University

Executive Vice President for External Engagement and Chief of Staff

Chancellor Robert Jones, University of Illinois

Chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Wendy Powers, Washington State University

Dean, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences

Jay Akridge, Purdue University

Trustee Chair in Teaching and Learning Excellence and Professor of Agricultural Economics