AAC&U officers and staff regularly travel throughout the country, and occasionally the world, to speak and consult at AAC&U member schools through seminars, institutes, and workshops as well as in more informal gatherings. AAC&U staff also regularly speak on the value of liberal education at various media and public affairs events. These meetings are an opportunity for the membership to influence the direction of AAC&U's initiatives. We look forward to seeing you the next time we are on your campus.

Caryn McTighe Musil, vice president for Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives and director of AAC&U's Program on the Status and Education of Women; and Amanda Lepof, program assistant in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives, attended a meeting of the National Initiative for Women in Higher Education (NIWHE) Steering Committee at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA from June 28-29. The National Initiative for Women in Higher Education promotes a multicultural women-led agenda for the sustained transformation of higher education for the twenty-first century. Dr. Musil serves on the executive committee for the National Initiative and AAC&U is the project's administrative home. Other co-sponsoring organizations include the sponsoring university, Washington University, and Duke University. For more information on NIWHE, visit www.campuswomenleading.org/.

On July 2nd, Carol Schneider, AAC&U president, traveled to Bryn Mawr College to present at the annual Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration. On July 10th, she traveled to Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, to meet with a presidential-appointed faculty committee that is reviewing all aspects of the educational experience at the college.

David Burns, senior policy director for Science Education for New Civic Engagements & Responsibilities (SENCER) and Program for Health and Higher Education (PHHE), and Karen Oates, AAC&U senior science fellow, attended the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) meeting in Connecticut and presented information on assessing innovative science programs on June 20. Dr. Oates also attended the American Council on Education conference, June 25-26, entitled "Fostering Innovation in Undergraduate Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Technology for all Students" and presented on AAC&U's SENCER initiative.