1-4 p.m. ET | Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | Virtual
The U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network is proud to host the 2026 Summit: From Limerick to Your Campus. Join us on Earth Day and during U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Week for this free, one-day virtual summit. Open to all higher education professionals, the Summit is designed for those who want to learn how to operationalize the 2025 Limerick Framework for Action on their campus. Participants will leave with new insights, strategies, and tools to engage your campus.
Schedule at a Glance
1-1:10 p.m. ET – Welcome and Announcements
1:10-1:50 p.m. ET – Opening Plenary speaker: Dr. Catherine Norton, University of Limerick
1:50-2 p.m. ET – Break
2-3:15 p.m. ET – Implementing the Limerick Framework’s Quick Start Roadmap Panel
3:15-3:25 p.m. ET – Break
3:25-4 p.m. ET – Closing Plenary speaker: Simran Bhatia, Emory University
Presentation Descriptions
Opening Plenary
Presented by Dr. Catherine Norton, University of Limerick
Learn more about the Limerick Framework for Action and how it brings the Okanagan Charter to life on campus. Participants will gain a clear, high‑level understanding of the Framework’s purpose, evolution, and guiding principles, and explore how it supports whole‑campus approaches to health, well‑being, and sustainability. The session also helps attendees identify practical steps to assess their institution’s readiness to become a health‑promoting campus and embed these commitments across policies, practices, and campus culture.
Implementing the Limerick Framework Quick Start Roadmap Panel
Presented by Alexis Travis, Michigan State University; Alic Czachowski, Columbia University; Anne Laurita, Princeton University; Ashley Netanel, Swarthmore College; Emily Tuschhoff, University of Idaho; Jane Bogart, Columbia University Medical Center; & Joe Zichi, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor; Kristin Traske, Michigan State University, Marie Cascarano, Montclair State University; Melissa Zarin, Montclair State University; and Sheena Burgreen, University of North Alabama
This panel highlights how campuses are advancing steps 2–5 of the Quick Start Roadmap Checklist within the Limerick Framework for Action. Speakers will share practical strategies they have used to build partnerships, localize the Framework to their context, embed health and well‑being into policy, and activate culture and leadership to drive momentum. Participants will gain clear examples of how these approaches have worked on campuses across the U.S., as well as insight into how the same steps can be adapted to strengthen their own efforts at their own institutions.
Closing Plenary – Measuring What Matters: Well-being Indicators for Health-Promoting Campuses
Presented by Simran Bhatia, Emory University
How do we know if our work is making a difference and how do we sustain momentum? This session will help participants define meaningful indicators of well-being across people, places, and the planet. Attendees will explore practical strategies for reporting progress and celebrating achievements, while identifying ways to maintain energy and engagement to advance health-promoting campus efforts on their own campuses.
Summit Planning Committee
A special thanks to our Summit Planning Committee:
- Andrea L. Kimura, Health Educator, University of Missouri-Columbia
- Katie Bean, Director of Health Promotion, Ursinus College
- Simran Bhatia, Associate Director of Collective Impact, Emory University
- Brian Vanderheyden, Coordinator of Employee Engagement and Retention, Des Moines Area Community College
- Alic Czachowski, Sr. Executive Director Alice! Health Promotion, Columbia University