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Our IU Indianapolis: Campus Visioning Project

Help shape the values that will guide the next phase of IU Indianapolis’s work.

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Defining our future together

IU Indianapolis is developing a set of shared core values to guide how we work, make decisions, serve students and collaborate with our community partners.

Over the past year, faculty, staff and students have helped shape this work through listening sessions and surveys. Participants shared their perspectives on what distinguishes IU Indianapolis and how our values should be reflected in the ways we serve students, work together and partner with the Indianapolis community.

That input helped identify four core values:

  • Community
  • Impact
  • Integrity and Excellence
  • Collaboration

The Visioning Task Force is now defining each value in clear, concise language that reflects what it means for IU Indianapolis.

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What we have done

The first phase of the Visioning Project focused on listening to the IU Indianapolis community and identifying common themes.

As a part of this work, the Visioning Task Force:

  • Held listening sessions with faculty, staff and students.
  • Invited faculty, staff and students to provide input through campus-wide surveys.
  • Reviewed feedback to identify shared themes and priorities.
  • Consulted internal and external stakeholders as the emerging values were developed.
  • Identified four core values based on the feedback received.

Defining the values is an important milestone, but it is not the end of the project.

Where we are now

Through the third quarter and into the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2026, the Visioning Task Force will share the core values with internal and external audiences. This phase will provide opportunities for faculty, staff, students and external partners to consider the values, ask questions and offer feedback. The task force will use that input to refine the language describing each value and ensure it reflects IU Indianapolis and its relationships with the communities it serves.

Collaboration is not only one of the core values; it is also fundamental to how this work will move forward. The process will continue to rely on perspectives from across IU Indianapolis and beyond.

Share your feedback

Your perspective remains important as the values are refined.

Updates will be shared through IU Indianapolis Today, JagNews and this website. A feedback survey and additional opportunities to participate will be added as they become available.

What comes next

After the values and their descriptions are finalized, the project will move from defining the values to putting them into practice.

Faculty, staff, students and external partners will help identify the behaviors and strategies connected to each value. This work will consider how the values should shape:

  • The way we work together.
  • Decision-making across the university.
  • Service and support for students.
  • Collaboration with community partners across Indianapolis.

The goal is to create a shared set of values that can guide actions and decisions, not simply a list of words. There is still important work ahead, and broad participation will remain essential as members of the IU Indianapolis community take shared responsibility for putting the values into practice.

Timeline and next steps

  • Listening and input — Completed: Faculty, staff and students participated in listening sessions and surveys focused on the identity, mission and values of IU Indianapolis.
  • Review and synthesis — Completed: The Visioning Task Force reviewed the feedback, identified common themes and developed four core values.
  • Sharing and refinement — Q3 through early Q4 2026: The emerging values will be shared with internal and external audiences. Feedback gathered during this period will help refine the description of each value.
  • Behaviors and strategies — Q3 through Q4 2026: The Visioning Task Force will work with internal and external stakeholders to identify the behaviors and strategies that put each value into practice.
  • Assessment and accountability — January through March 2027: The Visioning Task Force will establish ways to assess how well the values are being put into practice, recognize progress, and identify areas for continued improvement.
  • Communicate and reinforce — April through May 2027: The Visioning Task Force will continue sharing and reinforcing the values through appropriate communications, engagement opportunities, and university practices. Finalize Year 2 report.
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FAQs

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 students, faculty, staff, and administrators across IU Indianapolis, IU Fort Wayne, and IU Columbus. External stakeholders also are being consulted so the values reflect the campus community and resonate with the communities IU Indianapolis serves.

No. The project is focused on identifying and reaffirming shared values and determining how to embody them in the university's work. It is not a reorganization or budget exercise, and it does not replace IU Indianapolis strategic planning.

Faculty and staff contributed during the first year through surveys, listening sessions, and engagement with schools, committees, councils, and other campus groups. During the 2026-27 academic year, they will have additional opportunities to review the emerging values, provide feedback, and help identify the behaviors and actions that should put those values into practice.

No. Participation is voluntary, and individuals are encouraged to engage through the opportunities that work best for them.

The first-year listening sessions focused on what makes the campus unique, the values that guide its work, and which aspects of the mission resonate most strongly across the community. That input, together with survey feedback, informed the emerging core values.

Feedback from the first-year surveys and listening sessions was reviewed in aggregate to identify shared themes and emerging values; individual comments were not attributed. Feedback gathered during the next phase will be used to refine the values and help identify related behaviors, strategies, and approaches to assessment and accountability. Updates and summaries will be shared to make the project's progress visible.

The work will produce a refined set of shared core values and a clearer understanding of the behaviors, strategies, and accountability measures that will help put those values into practice across IU Indianapolis.

The first-year listening and survey phase concluded in spring 2026. During the 2026-27 academic year, the Visioning Committee will refine the emerging values with internal and external feedback, identify ways to embody them in the university's work, and develop approaches for assessment and accountability. Updates will be shared on the Visioning Project webpage as the work progresses.

Questions?

Email Thomas Stucky at tstucky@iu.edu