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.

AAC&U President Carol Geary Schneiderserved on a panel at the 2007 Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) annual conference in Washington, DC, where she discussed the implications of AAC&U initiatives on general education for accreditation and quality assurance. President Schneider is also serving on CHEA’s Tenth Anniversary Commission, which is convening key leaders in higher education, accreditation, business, government, and the public to focus on the future of accreditation.

Caryn McTighe Musil, AAC&U senior vice president for diversity, equity, and global initiatives, conducted a two-day women’s leadership workshop alongside AAC&U senior fellow Patricia Lowrie at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, January 29–30. The workshop was part of the Campus Women Lead initiative. Musil was also an invited plenary speaker and workshop presenter at "Transforming Student Learning for a Global Society," a conference of the Collaboration for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning that was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 15–16. On February 20, she presented at a conference of the Association for International Education Administrators, "The Global University: Challenges and Opportunities," in Washington, DC.

Debra Humphreys, AAC&U vice president for communications and public affairs, will deliver the keynote address at an academic advising conference, “Liberal Education for a Lifetime: What You and Your Students Need to Know,” at the University of Wisconsin–Madison on March 15. This event is sponsored as part of the Wisconsin LEAP initiative. Humphreys will also deliver the keynote address at the SunGard Higher Education Executive Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, on March 18. This address will focus on issues of accountability, assessment, and essential learning outcomes for the new global century.

Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, AAC&U vice president for education and institutional renewal, led two workshop sessions on “Using Multimedia to Build Intercultural Communication Skills” at the United States Air Force Academy’s fourteenth annual National Character and Leadership Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 22–24. While at the academy, she also met with the faculty council and facilitated a roundtable faculty discussion.