SXSW EDU 2024
“Pivot with Purpose” Programs Impact Well-being Campus-wide
Description:
Postsecondary schools are addressing the loneliness epidemic by offering midlife transition programs with cohort-based and intergenerational learning components. Providing a framework for discerning one's purpose and fostering connections among peers & across generations positively impacts the well-being of all participants. Welcoming mature adults as students into the classroom benefits instructors by providing mentors, life coaches, and discussion leaders with experience in work-life balance. Serving a longer lifespan also leads to greater diversity, more representative of our communities.
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Takeaways
- Seeking purpose at midlife reinvigorates a sense of belonging, positively impacting society. Colleges already facilitate transitions: why not at 50+?
- Boomers and Gen Z need to work together in the real world. Fostering intergenerational engagement on campus is a huge opportunity for collaboration
- Learn how dozens of universities are sharing best practices & designing rich midlife transition programs to better serve their mission and community
Speakers
- Bonnie Zavon, Project Manager, The Nexel Collaborative / Stanford University
- Judene Pretti, Director of the Strategic Enablement team for Co-operative and Experiential Education, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Gaylen Paulsen, Associate Dean and Director of Executive Education, University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
- Jeff Mihm, Executive in Residence and Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin
Organizer
Bonnie Zavon, Project Manager, The Nexel Collaborative
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