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Scholarship in Action

The iSchool is actively engage in the bold vision that propels Syracuse University — a vision for education that's not static or for its own sake, but breaks out of the traditional "ivory tower."  It drives us to forge innovative and sustained partnerships across our local and global communities.  And that makes SU a place where students become leaders, scholars become collaborators, and the community is continually energized by new ideas.

Syracuse University is driven by its vision, Scholarship in Action—a commitment to forging bold, imaginative, reciprocal, and sustained engagements with our many constituent communities, local as well as global. SU is a public good, an anchor institution positioned to play an integral role in today’s knowledge-based, global society by leveraging a precious commodity—intellectual capital—with partners from all sectors of the economy: public, private, and non-profit. Each partner brings its strengths to the table, where collectively we address the most pressing problems facing our community. In doing so, we invariably find that the challenges we face locally resonate globally.
Recent Information Management graduate Shay Colson delivers his commencement speech at the iSchool convocation. Colson, who currently serves as the iSchool Director of West Coast Relations and is a founding member of Capesquared with two other information management graduate students, dispensed the following advice to the graduates: "So, as you walk across the stage, pause to remember those connections you’ve made – new friends, new colleagues, and new opportunities. Carry these connections with you as you move forward in your careers. And, as you make new connections, bring together those who seem well-suited for each other. These connections are more than just Facebook or Twitter, LinkedIn or Foursquare. These connections are the very foundation of our society, and in making them, you can make the world a better, more connected – and more human – place.."
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