Common Theme 2012-13Creativity, Innovation, & Vision
What is the nature of creativity? How can we foster creativity and innovative thinking in our students? What are we doing to cultivate the next generation of "visionaries"?
Common Theme
The Common Theme is a yearlong program to engage the campus and community in the ideals of a liberal arts education and the UW-Green Bay interdisciplinary mission. It is designed to encourage faculty, staff, students, and community members to focus on a general theme from multiple perspectives and have a shared experience with open discussion and critical thinking.
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We will spend the 2012-2013 academic year examining creativity, innovation and vision through the lens of questions such as:
- What is the nature of creativity?
- How can we as an institution foster creativity and innovative thinking in our students?
- What are we doing to cultivate the next generation of "visionaries"?
- How can we better cultivate organizational cultures that support creativity, innovation, collaboration and interdisciplinary connections?
News stories in Inside
- Rosewall’s Free Little Library
February 1, 2013 - Capturing the Common Theme: Student artists prepare for Chang visit Thursday
November 7, 2012 - Seminar project invokes public-space artistry of Common Theme speaker
November 7, 2012 - Common Theme website (on ‘creativity’) is up and running
August 3, 2012 - Common Theme announces first two guest lectures
May 16, 2012