Canisius University Engaged Academics Recognition Initiative
One of the most basic Jesuit values is “finding God in all people and things.” This value is present in the Jesuits’ commitment to “a faith that does justice” and the priorities of the Universal Apostolic Preferences (UAP). The UAPs are 1) discernment, 2) walking with the poor and marginalized, 3) accompanying young people toward a hope-filled future, and 4) caring for our Common Home. As a Jesuit university, Canisius embraces this vision and regularly incorporates it in our academic life.
Academic efforts at Canisius are often engaged in meaningful ways with our community and our mission. The Offices of Academic Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion, and Mission & Ministry want to raise up and recognize this engagement as well as encourage our community to think about the ways in which our work may now or in the future be connected to the UAPs and specific engagement priorities. One of the ways we do this is through the Engaged Academic Recognition Initiative.
Students involved in Canisius Earning Excellence Program (CEEP) projects, Ignatian Scholarship Day presentations, and All-College Honors theses, as well as Faculty Summer Fellows, self-identify the ways in which their scholarship reflects the UAPs and targeted engagement priorities. Students and faculty alike can nominate and identify the ways that specific coursework reflects these preferences and priorities. The pages here show us that a single project, course, or individual may be engaged in multiple ways!