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.

Carol Geary Schneider, AAC&U president, participated in a panel discussion at the January 9 Roundtable on Increasing the Success of Newly Emerging Majority College Students convened by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Schneider traveled to the University of Hawai’i at Manoa January 26-28, 2009, to meet with their administration and faculty. She presented with Presidents Judith Ramaley (Winona State University) and Tori Haring-Smith (Washington and Jefferson University) on the aims and outcomes of Greater Expectations and LEAP and how it connects to Manoa’s work as a large research university. On February 8, she will participate in a panel discussion at the American Council on Education’s 91st annual meeting. The panel, titled “Seizing the Moment: Windows of Opportunity in a Time of Transition,” will focus on priorities and perceived opportunities in the context of the recent political transition. Schneider will give the keynote address at Baker University’s Founders Day on February 12 on the topic of liberal arts education and its role in the twenty-first century. On February 20-21, Schneider will meet with the Willamette University Board of Trustees to present on the role liberal education and high-impact practices play on employer priorities.

Alma Clayton-Pedersen, AAC&U vice president for education and institutional renewal, gave a keynote address entitled “Curricula Designed to Meet 21st Century Expectations” at University of Kentucky in Frankfort, Kentucky, on January 5. She also consulted on efforts to make excellence inclusive at the institution. On January 12, Clayton-Pedersen facilitated a plenary session about institutional change and inclusive excellence at the sixth annual Achieving Diversity at Virginia Tech conference held at the university in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Caryn McTighe Musil, AAC&U senior vice president, attended an invitational meeting at Emory University January 4-6, 2009, funded through the National Science Foundation, to discuss how to mobilize STEM education for a sustainable future. The group addressed the issue of what theories of institutional change have been most successful in fostering a deeper understanding of the scientific and social dimensions of the pressing global challenges. The group will meet again in June.

Terrel Rhodes, AAC&U vice president for quality, curriculum, and assessment, traveled to the University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on January 13-14 to present a keynote address at the thirteenth annual UWSP Teaching Conference, Teaching in the New General Education Environment: Target 2010.