Students Take Action for a Better Fiscal and Economic Future
Congratulations to the University of Virginia team for winning 1st prize in the 2013 Up to Us competition! Learn more about the U.Va. team's campaign, and other schools' efforts, here.
Up to Us, a nationwide campus competition sponsored and managed by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, the Clinton Global Initiative University and Net Impact, provides an opportunity for students to build a movement to raise awareness and engagement on America's long-term fiscal and economic challenges. Student teams selected from across the country compete to design and run thought-provoking, fun and impactful campaigns around the effects of rising debt on economic opportunity and investment in the future. Learn more about Up to Us here.
The 2013 Up to Us competition, running from January through March, generated a number of inventive efforts that engaged thousands of students digitally and on the ground. Below are some highlights: