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Community, religious, financial and business leaders will support Santa Clara 3 Americans or “unsung hero” organizations that will receive $1. 2 million in prizes.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., December 06, 2023–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Opus Prize Foundation has selected Santa Clara University to host the 2024 Opus Prize, a $1 million annual award recognizing individuals or organizations devoted to addressing critical social issues in their communities.
The Prix Opus is one of the world’s largest religious awards for social entrepreneurship. The annual prize consists of a $1 million prize awarded to the winner of the Opus Prize and a $100,000 prize for each of the finalists. Discovery, engagement, and learning that involve the entire campus, the award also seeks to motivate the next generation to dedicate their professional lives to the service of others.
“Santa Clara University is revered and thrilled to host the 2024 Opus Prize, which celebrates and supports social marketers working from a religious position to work for the good of humanity,” said Julie Sullivan, president of Santa Clara University. A Jesuit and Catholic institution, Santa Clara University emphasizes the adaptation of men and women to others, as well as an “entrepreneurial mindset” to adapt and create meaningful innovation.
The theme of next year’s Opus Prize will be “Faith Works Wonders,” a nod to the spirit of innovation that can be sustained when marketers are guided through their religion to achieve transformative work. The theme emphasizes religion as a driving force and artistic replacement. in the world.
“For nearly 20 years, the Prix Opus Foundation has witnessed ‘wonders’ as our Catholic university partners contribute their creativity and fandom to the good fortune of the Prize,” said Daniel McGinty, executive director of the Prix Opus Foundation. We are delighted that Santa Clara University brings its shared mission, commitment, and spirit of innovation to the search for the next Opus Prize winners for 2024, and we look forward to celebrating their achievements together.
The Opus Prize Process
Each year, the Opus Prize Foundation selects a Catholic university to accompany and lead the process of choosing the finalists for the Opus Prize.
As host, Santa Clara University has formed an oversight committee comprised of students, faculty, staff, and a member of the CSU Board of Trustees. The committee invited leaders from regional, domestic and foreign communities to nominate “unsung heroes” from around the world. The committee co-chairs are Molly McDonald, Chief of Staff to President Sullivan, and Alison Benders, Vice President of Mission and Ministry at Santa Clara.
Early next year, the committee will convene an Opus Prize jury, comprised of prominent networking leaders, bringing together companies, venture capital, industry and devoted leaders. The jury will review a number of entries and 3 finalists.
In the spring, Santa Clara University students, college students, and staff will have the exclusive opportunity to sign up as members of the Fondation Opus Award on visits to each of the 3 finalist organizations. These multi-day due diligence trips will offer an up-close and realistic look at the work of these “changemakers” in real-time.
“Bringing the Opus Prize to Santa Clara will be a glorious opportunity for scholars to engage with strong, faith-driven marketers who are driving positive, lasting change,” said Sarah El Qadah ’25, dual major in aptitude. public and communication. who is a member of the Opus Prize Oversight Committee. “I look forward to seeing firsthand the ordinary paintings of our nominees and finalists and welcoming them to campus next year.
From November 11-15, 2024, Santa Clara University will welcome the 3 finalists to its campus for a week of tours, speaker panels, and engagement with the wider network. The week will conclude with a birthday party where the winner of the $1 prize will be announced.
For more information about Santa Clara’s Opus Prize events and committee, see the Opus Prize 2024 website. Visit the Opus Prize website for more about the Prize, past laureates, and past host universities.
About the Prix Opus Foundation
The Prix Opus Foundation, created in 1994, was originally connected to Opus Corporation and is now a private, independent, non-profit foundation. The Opus Prize, awarded annually, includes one $1 million prize and two $100,000 prizes awarded to Americans or organizations around the world. global organization whose faith-based business leadership contributes to resolving persistent social unrest in their communities. Each year, the Foundation partners with another Catholic university to use a confidential nomination procedure to identify and select finalists for this year’s Opus Awards. The Opus Award is given not only for the humanitarian efforts of the recipients, but also for motivating others to pursue a life of service to others and their community.
About Santa Clara University
Founded in 1851, Santa Clara University sits in the heart of Silicon Valley—the world’s most innovative and entrepreneurial region. The University’s stunningly landscaped 106-acre campus is home to the historic Mission Santa Clara de Asís. Ranked among the top 15 percent of national universities by U.S. News & World Report, SCU has among the best four-year graduation rates in the nation and is rated by PayScale in the top 1 percent of universities with the highest-paid graduates. SCU has produced elite levels of Fulbright Scholars as well as four Rhodes Scholars. With undergraduate programs in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, and graduate programs in six disciplines, the curriculum blends high-tech innovation with social consciousness grounded in the tradition of Jesuit, Catholic education. For more information see www.scu.edu.
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