Hi all,

Several of us were just in Chicago for Compact26 and a few of us got to go visit the National Public Housing Museum. 

If folks are interested, they will give a private tour--which we got and it was really well done! 

Any interest i know the time is tight but perhaps friday afternoon?  

Neeraja 

On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM Kathleen Lodl <klodl1@unl.edu> wrote:

Hello all - 

Thanks for the great conversation during our last meeting.  As always, we learn so much from each other!

For those of you who couldn’t be on, our first order of business was CONGRATULATIONS to all who were awarded the Carnegie Designation!!  The hours you put in on making it happen are impressive, and important to the future of higher ed!

We also gave updates from each of our institutions as well as discussed the June F2F agenda.  The latest version is below.

Big Ten Engagement Agenda June 2026.docx

We agreed that group discussion and learning from each other is one of the major benefits of the convening.  With that in mind, the agenda is designed to have discussion topics and some questions around each.   Next steps:

• If there are additional topics you’d like to see addressed, please add, we can work them into the agenda.
• If there are specific questions you’d like to see covered under the topics identified, please add.
• If you would like to take the lead on one of these topics, feel free to add your name.  It doesn’t mean you need to be an expert; it means you’ll be willing to guide the conversation.

Sound doable?  Let me know if there are questions.  We can finalize during our April meeting.

Thanks for being great partners!

Kathleen 

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