To the more than 1,000 students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members in attendance at the Sept. 28 Eyes High launch, we posed two questions:

Question 1: We want to know what EYES HIGH means to you?

• . Eyes High means treating colleagues, students, staff and faculty with a high amount of respect and integrity
• It means healthy social support for all, a pillar of attainment.
• Setting the new precedent for the "top 5" institutes.
• The belief that the UofC lives beyond the city of calgary
• look and imagine beyond what I can see in front of me
• Never settle
• is all about reaching the stars
• I want to be enthused again - great start!!!
• I'm inspired.. Yes we can!
• it means being a place where everyone wants to be
• eyes high is an inspiring concept for the entire university community!
• Collaboration with Institutes and more importantly my degree is from a proud university
• Great job UoC! I'm excited!
• Eyes High see the top of the Mountain
• passion, possibility and purpose!
• looking foward to President Cannon's vision to bring this University to be the best in Canada and keeping all eyes high
• Trying new things to improve life on campus.
• Project Next Rocks
• eyes high to me means taking a momentous step forward and working towards taking our place in the top 5!
• Eyes high means being inspired to be the best we can be and not being scared to try new things
• eyes high means everyone is to make a beautiful goal for themselves.
• Follow your dreams! Decide, Commit, Succeed!
• Reaching higher, looking beyond, seeking innovation.
• Everything that DR. PATRICK FINN is doing right now!
• reaching further then you ever thought you could
• dream-believe-achieve
• looking forward to the future and expanding internationally
• Resolute with pride and forward looking
• eyes high means to me.... Graduating from a university that is worth attending!
• eyes high means continually striving to solve global problems.
• looking forward not back
• - reach for the moon and you will land amongst the stars. Aim high!
• moving forward from the present to the future
• working together to make a great university with small steps and large projects
• it means we start again remembering the past but going forward as one!!!!
• better course quality better reputatable degree
• BEAT U of A !!
• eyes high means creating energy in the community.
• each person needs to go beyond their every day jobs and really excel at what they do
• I look high to not looking down!
• - it's not the mountain we conquer but ourselves
• Will this intellectual hub include or exclude the arts ie humanities and social sciences?
• the best enery management business school in the world
• this is an amazing opportunity. We are ready.
• Eyes High means looking not just to the future but to our personal and collective improvement.
• it means looking over the obstacles and to the goals
• eyes high means working hard to achieve your best. To succeed.
• relentless commitment to excellence
• strive for & achieve goals that you you once thought only possible
• Striving for excellence
• challenge status quo!
• looking for the future
• Always looking to improve and be the best that I can to serve the UofC
• eyes high means reaching for the stars
• Eyes High means to me to look to the horizon and not my feet.
• not just the sky is the limit but the outerspace is the limit Ppl should be inspired by how we create n innovate
• Eyes High means moving into the future with goals of progressing without boundaries!!
• #eyeshigh - looking and thinking of the future and doing things differently than anyone else!
• Improvement in the learning experience of students.
• Everyone at UofC has a role to play in Project Next with Eyes High
• I'm keeping my eyes high for academic freedom, speech, and liberty on campus.
• Eyes high means go beyond what we think we can do in research. Our goal is to break boundaries and make new frontiers.
• ''I WILL lift my eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help.''
• Eyes High means high quality teaching learning and research
• eyes high to the world, excited to increase our international rep as a university
• I think it means to be able to keep a clear focus on what "we" all need
• It means a renewed commitment from staff! I'm proud to work here, supporting our students and great research!
• no limit to our potential...the sky's the limit
• Look up, look forward. Always.
• A great vision
• Eyes high means that we will strive to be a leading institution not only in Canada, but in the world.
• Eyes high to me is looking beyond and being inspired to reach forward toward new horizons.
• . Going beyond our expectations
• Looking to the future with joy and anticipation!
• A collective vision to achieve the University's potential
• No one is too young to make a change in the world
• Set ambitious goals and achieve them
• I'll keep my eyes high! Looks like an awesome plan for the University of Calgary!
• eyes high = top of the mountain
• it means that i will be competitive within the employment field and graduate school!
• Focusing on larger goals
• Eye's High means "keeping our hopes up for the future, looking ahead positively into the future MEOW
• means aiming to be superlative, not average!
• Shooting to the stars to make things happen, to build the future out of the impossible
• hope for improvement that is long time
• Finally getting some research funding!
• go above and beyond
• Dream big
• great grad students!
• Exceeding expectations and creating an atmosphere of new and exciting ideas.
• thinking out of the box and doing everything we can to foster an environment of creativity, collaboration and innovation
• a desire to accomplish and ascertain a vision of excellence and commitment to a cause
• When your eyes are high, you reach for the stars.
• . Keeping my eyes high
• Fearless
• It means more students feel pride at being at this institution! - Faculty of Science Rep
• success on and off the soccer field, representing the uofc with pride!
• Building a great univwrsity with a strong reputation worldwide.
• More money for reseach.
• commitment towards innovation!
• eyes high means to me..... Graduating with my good friends from the best University EVER!!!!!!!!!!
• working together towards a common goal
• student focused vision and inspiring leadership
• eyes high means that we will be there... Sooner than we think we can
• A truly inspiring opportunity to show what Calgarians are really made of.
• eyes high means dreaming big and setting ambitious goals for myself and this school
• Engaged people who are connected to their campus and their role on it.
• making the impossible a reality
• set higher standards of ourselves & grow together
• beat U of A!!!
• setting goals, aiming high and achieving them.
• High eyes, Bright Skies.
• Set your goals high and in focus.
• the sky is the limit!
• Wonderful to be at such an amazing institution!
• Higher tuition brah
• shows how legit our school really is. pretty cool to be a part of this epic movement
• brilliance beyond our wildest dreams
• eyes wide high means that we will become an innovative, respected and internationally known educational institution.
• The future!!!1
• Eyes High represents the vision to open your eyes to new dreams,
• Look forward to the future, strive for the highest possible goal n
• teamwork in achieving excellence
• eyes high means keeping your vision and setting your eyes on the prize
• Eyes High means success and increased drive for involvement from alumni. Go Haskayne! Go UofC! Go Dinos!
• means getting out of the weeds and looking for opportunities to improve
• exciting!
• . Eyes high means a better enviro, both physical and virtual, for students to thrive. Congrats.
• high expectations
• Looking forward to bright future
• Eye high means one university, one community moving to be one of Canada's top five by 2016
• looking forward and looking above ourselves to better our school.
• looking forward to the possibilities of the future
• It means over coming all obstacles with a positive attitude.
• keep your head up! We can only raise ourselves
• eyes high means to me no one is above other than God!
• Eyes High - go big or go home! Dream big people!
• great plan! Let's go uofc.
• A great future for the generations to come
• Pride in who we are and who we will be
• opportunity abounds!!!! Go U o C
• striving for excellence
• EYES HIGH MEANS CHEERING ON OUR DINOS!!!
• Aspiration.
• success in learning
• Looking above and beyond to achieve greatness.
• looking up, looking out, inquisitively moving forward, aware and excited.
• eyes high means not settling for what we have but striving or what we can achieve!
• limitless possibilities
• reach for the stars, anything is possible!
• it's awesome.
• becoming the best university in North America :)
• striving for success
• Eyes on the Prize!! We can DO it!!
• Unity! Campus and abroad!
• I'm keeping my eyes high! -- Keith Dobson, Chair, Project Next Strategy Steering Committee

Question 2: How will your life at the university be enriched by EYES HIGH?

• I can believe traveling to go to school here is worth it!
• As an alumni I am from a great, outstanding, world-class university
• more awesome opportunities.
• my life will be enriched by everyone having a common goal
• equality opportunity for all reflecting the diversity of our community
• Eyes high to me means setting goals high and working
• Gives us more opportunities
• trained by the best to become a leader among leaders
• broaden my involvement with the u of c, putting calgary on the map and bringing the community together.
• I have studied and worked on campus for 22 years ... Never been so PROUD and EXCITED to be here. Thank you #eyeshigh
• A commitment from each student, faculty and staff to be a leader and lead the UofC to top 5!
• eyes high is honestly reaching to a meaning that has never characterized the Univetsity of Calgary.
• eyeshigh# will give us a commonality that we may not have had before
• #eyeshigh broaden knowledge to improve my creativity
• becoming an integral part of our community, locally and globally
• It is going to open more opportunities for personal development and to give to the community
• nothing wrong with being the best, eh?
• Eyes high will improve the quality of what we receive as students and what we contribute to our city and beyond!
• Better quality of education in UofC will prepare me for competition anywhere in the world.
• Students will be able to access state of the art technology and research early in their undergraduate lives.
• A brighter future for my younger sibbling.
• more funding which ultimately lead to a better workplace, room for innovation and more research
• More research opportunities!
• true collaboration, community, communication and team
• this will affect me through clarity of purpose
• Two degrees that I can be incredibly proud of in Canada and internationally!
• we will attract more money and industry partners
• better innovative research that can contribute to the welfare of not just Calgary n Canada but the whole world
• be even more proud to say I am a #uofc alumni!
• Greater opportunity in a phenomenal environment.
• I will be enriched at U of C because it is striving to be the best which pushes me to want the same!
• with the eyes high project... I will always see ppl look up to me
• A residence experience that transcends traditional classroom learning
• Eyes High to me means work smarter faster better
• With innovative courses like those taught by Dr. Patrick Finn.
• increased funding for graduate students!
• a united front!!!!
• MORE FUNDING!
• I can brag about my university to friends across Canada!!
• It means our degrees will be worth more than ever before.
• better focus on why we're all here in the first place. No more apathy!
• More research opportunities!
• Free tuitions
• It means to always look to achieve the highest goal
• free tuitions!!
• never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna turn around and desert you
• help to better myself and experience new things.
• Beat U of A
• We need great universities--our city's future success depends on it! -- Mayor Nenshi

We received hundreds of responses—thank you for sharing your thoughts with us! Continue the conversation at #EYESHIGH.