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Our IU Indianapolis: Campus Visioning Project

Help shape the shared values that will guide IU Indianapolis into its next chapter.

View our vision, mission and values

Defining our future together

Building on a half-century of accomplishments, as we enter a new phase of our campus life, we have an opportunity to collectively identify/re-affirm our core values. Through open dialogue and shared visioning among students, staff, faculty, and administrators, we will further enhance the connections among our core values, our campus mission, and our strategic actions, grounded in IU 2030, to enhance our impact on students, innovation in research, and the communities we serve.

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Campus Identity, Values, and Mission Feedback Survey for Faculty and Staff

Campus Identity, Values, and Mission Feedback Survey for Students

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Timeline and next steps

  • In January/February 2026, conduct extensive listening sessions among a wide variety of campus stakeholders (students, staff, faculty, administrators). Extensive listening sessions will be conducted at the Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Columbus campuses.
  • We’ll host opt-in sessions for those who are unable to attend the set listening sessions.
  • In March/April 2026, synthesize the results of these listening sessions into 4-6 core values which will guide our strategic actions in the coming years. As part of this process, external stakeholders will be consulted to ensure these values resonate across constituencies.
  • Once synthesized, we will share the resulting core values in a concise format, which can be easily remembered/implemented.
  • In 2026-27 academic year, we reconvene to identify how to embody these values in all phases of our work. This work will identify specific actions that reinforce our values and enhance our accomplishment of the campus mission.
  • In 2026–27, we will create clear ways to assess how well we are living our shared values, recognize progress, and identify areas for improvement. These accountability tools will help ensure our values consistently guide actions in achieving our campus mission.
  • Each year, we will review alignment of our mission, values, and actions within and across units to ensure maximum impact for the communities we serve.
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FAQ section

The Visioning Committee is a campus-wide group led by Chancellor Faculty Fellow Tom Stucky that is guiding a collaborative process to better understand our campus identity, shared values, and mission following our transition to IU Indianapolis.

Now that we have officially become IU Indianapolis, this is an important moment to reflect, listen, and learn. This work helps us honor our campus’s rich history while clarifying the values and identity that will guide us moving forward.

This work includes faculty and staff from all schools on the Indianapolis campus, as well as IU Fort Wayne and IU Columbus. Broad participation helps ensure the outcomes reflect the full campus community.

No. The focus is on listening and learning, not on making operational or structural decisions.

Faculty and staff can participate through campus-wide surveys, listening sessions, and engagement through schools, committees, councils, and other campus groups. There are multiple ways to participate based on individual preference and availability.

No. Participation is completely voluntary, and individuals are encouraged to engage in ways that feel comfortable to them.

Listening sessions focus on what makes our campus unique, the values that guide our work, and which aspects of our mission resonate most strongly across our community. These sessions are intended to support open, respectful dialogue.

Feedback from surveys and listening sessions will be reviewed in aggregate to identify shared themes and values. Individual comments will not be attributed, and summaries will be shared to promote transparency.

The primary outcome will be a draft set of shared core values and identity themes that reflect broad campus input and help guide future conversations, decisions, and communications.

Listening sessions will take place in February and are expected to conclude by Spring Break. A preliminary set of values is anticipated by early March, with refinement through March and April. Updates will be shared on this page as the work progresses.

Questions?

Email Thomas Stucky at tstucky@iu.edu