Grand Challenges UNM Committees
Grand Challenges Committee meetings are open to all UNM faculty, staff, and students, as well as Grand Challenges community partners. If you would like to join a committee, please email Tim Schroeder at grandchallenges@unm.edu.
Grand Challenges Education Committee
Committee Charge:
- Leverage UNM Grand Challenges to broaden student and faculty participation in interdisciplinary research and problem-solving (at undergraduate and graduate levels).
- Leverage UNM Grand Challenges to strengthen instruction.
- Leverage UNM Grand Challenges to enrich student learning through co-curricular programs.
- Leverage UNM Grand Challenges to build enrollments and increase retention/graduation rates.
- Work closely with GC Research Teams to keep them engaged in GC education efforts.
- Report regular progress to the GC Steering Council.
Committee Meetings:
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 1:00 pm. Scholes Hall 101.
Download Education Committee notes from this meetingThursday, September 26, 2019 at 2:00 pm. STEM Collaborative Center.
Download Education Committee notes from this meeting
Grand Challenges Community Connections Committee
Committee Charge:
- Engage community stakeholders in building wide-scale awareness of, and support for, the UNM Grand Challenge Conceptual Goals.
- Help the GC Research Teams engage external researchers and institutions in GC research.
- Help external stakeholders leverage UNM Grand Challenges to improve New Mexico education, workforce development, entrepreneurial innovation, cross-institutional collaboration, and civic engagement (among others).
- Work closely with GC Research Teams to keep them engaged in community outreach and connections.
- Report regular progress to the GC Steering Council.
Committee Meetings:
Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 10:00 am. Mirage/Thunderbird Room in the Student Union Building (SUB)
Download Community Connections Committee notes from this meetingWednesday, September 18, 2019 at 10:00 am in the STEM Collaborative Center Classroom.
Download the meeting notes and agenda here.