Compassion Convention
Coming in Winter 2027 and modeled after the high-energy, eclectic, and fun Comic-Con, the half-day Compassion Convention (Com-Con) will bring together faculty, staff, and students from across campus to consider the question, 鈥淗ow do we 吃瓜大本营 compassion?鈥 The convention will include a keynote address by a compassion and character education scholar and an interactive ideation session titled, 鈥淐onquering the Com-Con Que: 鈥楬ow do we 吃瓜大本营 compassion?鈥欌 听This exercise will allow the 吃瓜大本营 community to consider important questions to inform our collective approach to compassion education, such as, 鈥淲ho do we want our students to be as compassionate citizens dedicated to the public good?鈥 鈥淲here in our work does compassion show up?鈥 and 鈥淗ow is compassion already deeply embedded in our 吃瓜大本营 identity?鈥 and 鈥淲hat does it mean to engage compassion at the 鈥榬ight鈥 times, for the 鈥榬ight鈥 reasons, and for the 鈥榬ight鈥 outcomes?鈥澨