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At UNC, a new character education initiative is helping students master the virtue of attention

Students look at art in a museum.

At UNC, a new initiative called Educating for the Virtues of Attention (EVA) intervenes in the “attention economy” for students. Unlike typical digital detoxes, EVA is less about eliminating the distraction than it is centering what’s truly worthy of our attention. The goal is to help students reflect on their habits of attention and build more intentional ones through opportunities for deep in-person engagement across campus.

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Four grantees, one shared vision: Character, vocation, and mission in action

four faculty members speak on a panel

At the 2026 NetVUE Conference, teams from four ECI-supported campuses — University of Dubuque, Bellarmine University, King University, and Belmont University — shared how character, vocation, and mission are woven into daily campus life. Their approaches range from faculty learning cohorts and holistic advising to campus-wide character festivals and communities built on accountability.

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Solving Wicked Problems Starts with Who You Are: Character Education and the ‘Wicked Festival’ at Radford University

students and faculty gather at the Wicked Festival at Radford University

Each semester at Institutional Impact Grantee Radford University, students from across the university gather at the Wicked Festival, presenting original solutions to some of the world’s hardest problems. “Students, community partners, alumni judges, and faculty circulate, ask hard questions, and push back. The students are the authorities.”

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