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BIG IDEA WINNER: Live Together, Inc.

BIG IDEA WINNER: Live Together, Inc.

When the interim president of Frostburg State University in Western Maryland asked Jane Rohde to tour an empty residence hall in 2023, he posed a question facing many rural campuses across the country: “What do I do? Do I tear it down? Refurbish it?”  Rohde – founder...
BIG IDEA WINNER: Hope Chicago

BIG IDEA WINNER: Hope Chicago

Aaron Kuecker thinks the economics of higher education are broken. As CEO of Hope Chicago, he’s on a mission to fix that. Founded in 2022, the nonprofit sends two generations — a student and a parent, guardian or grandparent — to college at the same time,...
BIG IDEA WINNER: Art Speaks at Penn State

BIG IDEA WINNER: Art Speaks at Penn State

Adult education programs and near-campus retirement communities often bring older adults to campuses full of 18- to 22-year-old students, but the two groups rarely get the chance to talk, share opinions, or learn from one another. An intergenerational duo is out to...