New U.N. Global Initiative Opportunity for Universities |
Would you like your university to be part of a United Nations initiative to address global problems? U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is asking universities and their presidents to commit to a worldwide collaborative that uses education as an engine for addressing global problems. Through Academic Impact, universities support and advance basic principles toward achievement of UN goals that respond to the world’s basic developmental challenges. These eight Millennium Development Goals are to be met by 2015. Education has long been the means to change—socially, financially, personally, and more recently, globally. Educators choose this profession because they want to make a difference, and Kappa Delta Pi represents a legacy of educators who make a difference, and have since 1911. With this history of dedication and the Society’s new relationship with the United Nations, you, as well as other professors, have a unique opportunity to engage your university in Academic Impact. Given the shrinking distance between any two countries in this interconnected and interdependent worldwide community, the need for us to be globally responsive is evident and necessary. Academic Impact is a far-reaching initiative, but only one step is necessary to become a part of it—and it starts with becoming informed, and then sharing the initiative with your university. Learn more about Academic Impact and its goals by visiting the following links. Be sure to let us know about your steps and your university’s involvement, so we can celebrate with you. Together we make a big difference. Thank you for considering this call to action among the ways you make a difference in education. |
| Never underestimate that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has. — Margaret Mead, KDP Laureate and world-renowned anthropologist |
