The USDA national Institute of Food and Agriculture is hosting 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: Monday 9/9/24 12:00 PM CST
- 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
- Marshall Stewart (Moderator)