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.

Andrea Leskes, vice president of the Office of Education and Quality Initiatives, will attend a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Bulgaria in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, May 6-9. On May 13 and 14, Leskes will travel to London for the Fourth Annual International Conference on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, where she will speak on “Going Public with Greater Expectations for Learning.” She will direct the AAC&U Institute on General Education in Newport, Rhode Island, May 21-26.

Carol Geary Schneider, AAC&U president, and Debra Humphreys, AAC&U vice president for communications and public affairs, will represent the Association at the first meeting of the National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education, an event which is sponsored by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO). President Schneider will provide expert testimony at the meeting, including recommendations from AAC&U's forthcoming official statement on educational accountability and assessment.