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, will travel to the University of Missouri-Kansas City on September 2-3 to deliver a keynote address to the faculty and administration titled, “General Education and Integrative Learning: Fulfilling the Promise of a 21st Century College Education.” On September 17, Schneider will give the plenary address at a campus symposium at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York. Schneider will participate in a panel discussion at the Washington and Lee University Teacher-Scholar Symposium on September 20-21 in Lexington, Virginia. The panel will discuss, “Career Stage Differences for Teacher-Scholars.” On September 30, Schneider will present the keynote address about assessment at the Provost’s Seminar on Teaching at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, AAC&U vice president for education and institutional renewal, will be a guest consultant for the Miami University Bicentennial Symposium on September 23 and 24. Clayton-Pedersen will observe Miami University’s progress toward engaged learning, as outlined in AAC&U’s Liberal Education article “It Takes a Curriculum: Preparing Students for Research and Creative Work” and offer suggestions for improvement.

Debra Humphreys, AAC&U vice president for communications and public affairs, presented on a plenary panel, “Enhancing Student Success—Strategies, Support, and Sustainability,” at the SHEEO Higher Education Policy Conference in Denver, Colorado, August 11-14. She moderated a dialogue session on the questions, What college learning outcomes are most needed by students, valued by employers, and central to the missions of institutions? and How can states and higher education systems promote and ensure these outcomes? On August 20-21, Humphreys presented a keynote address, “Engaging Their Spirits and Helping Students Connect: What the Core and Liberal Education Can and Must Do” at the Western Kentucky University fall colloquium, “Engaging the Spirit: Rethinking the Core Curriculum.” She also conducted a workshop with the WKU General Education Task Force on “General Education at Western Kentucky University: Framing Questions, Comparative Models, National Trends.”