I believe fervently in the importance of educating and preparing students—leaders of the future—to embrace discomfort and challenge to their beliefs, to accept and engage with the ‘other,’ and to embrace an educational trajectory that prepares them for the world beyond campus by supporting them in engaging in respectful conflict and dialogue across difference.
- Hilary Link
Activation Plan
Below is an overview of some campus activities:
- Drew’s Center for Religion, Culture & Conflict (CRCC) is a long-standing University initiative that “focuses critical attention on the complex ways in which people from different cultural, ethnic, and religion traditions interact, and how both difference and similarity can serve as a resource for building peace.” The Center has taken a lead role on campus since October 7 in building community across difference.
- Drew’s Civic Engagement Center includes a robust Civic Actions Scholars program that works with a large cohort of students who are committed to identifying complex issues facing our world, identifying creative solutions, and engaging in bridge-building work to implement those solutions.
- Since October 7, President Link has been engaging in extensive both formal and informal discussions with Drew University faculty interested in creating ongoing programming and hosting open discussions related to creating dialogue across difference, free inquiry, and bridging across conflict. The goal is for Drew faculty to model this challenging but essential approach for their students, to better prepare them for the complex, divided, and fast-changing world beyond our campus.
Hilary Link
President, Drew University
Below is an overview of some campus activities:
- Drew’s Center for Religion, Culture & Conflict (CRCC) is a long-standing University initiative that “focuses critical attention on the complex ways in which people from different cultural, ethnic, and religion traditions interact, and how both difference and similarity can serve as a resource for building peace.” The Center has taken a lead role on campus since October 7 in building community across difference.
- Drew’s Civic Engagement Center includes a robust Civic Actions Scholars program that works with a large cohort of students who are committed to identifying complex issues facing our world, identifying creative solutions, and engaging in bridge-building work to implement those solutions.
- Since October 7, President Link has been engaging in extensive both formal and informal discussions with Drew University faculty interested in creating ongoing programming and hosting open discussions related to creating dialogue across difference, free inquiry, and bridging across conflict. The goal is for Drew faculty to model this challenging but essential approach for their students, to better prepare them for the complex, divided, and fast-changing world beyond our campus.
I believe fervently in the importance of educating and preparing students—leaders of the future—to embrace discomfort and challenge to their beliefs, to accept and engage with the ‘other,’ and to embrace an educational trajectory that prepares them for the world beyond campus by supporting them in engaging in respectful conflict and dialogue across difference.
- Hilary Link