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.

Susan Elrod, executive director of Project Kaleidoscope, gave the introductory address at the Science Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Conference in Berkeley, California, June 18-19. She also facilitated a session at the American Society of Human Genetics Faculty Development Workshop June 28-29 on effective teaching, learning, and assessment for faculty members teaching genetics. On June 30, she attended a steering committee meeting for the Mobilizing STEM for a Sustainable Future project, funded by the National Science Foundation. Elrod also attended an NSF-sponsored meeting in Arlington, Virginia, on July 1 and 2 about how campus centers for teaching and learning can better serve engineering faculty members. On July 29-30, she participated in a proposal review panel for the National Science Foundation's Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES) program.

Kevin Hovland, AAC&U director of global initiatives and curricular change, served as a panelist at the Symposium on Evaluation of International Education Programming, sponsored by the Department of Education, June 10-11 in Washington, DC. The panel was titled, “Evaluation of Curriculum and Measuring Student Learning Outcomes.” Additionally, Hovland will participate in Southern Connecticut State University’s Global Education Planning Council on August 19. The council’s charge is to develop a long-range plan for global education on SCSU’s campus.

Debra Humphreys, AAC&U vice president for communications and public affairs, spoke during a plenary panel presentation at the State Higher Education Executive Officers annual meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 14. Sponsored by AAC&U’s LEAP initiative, the panel, “Raising the Bar: Employers Views on College Learning,” also included presentations from LEAP National Leadership Council member Lois Quam and Abigail Davenport, senior vice president of Hart Research Associates and lead researcher for LEAP public opinion research.

Caryn McTighe Musil, AAC&U senior vice president, participated as a board member in the National Writing Project’s June 18-19 meeting in Washington, DC, and will co-lead, with Kevin Hovland, a statewide global workshop sponsored by the Institute for Global Enterprise titled, “It Takes a Curriculum: Global Learning and Essential Learning Outcomes,” at the University of Evansville on August 5.

Terrel Rhodes, AAC&U vice president for quality, curriculum, and assessment, served on the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) General Exams Advisory Panel on June 18-19 in New York City. On July 19-22, Rhodes led a session on VALUE and delivered a speech titled, “Show Me the Learning” at the AAEEBL Annual World Conference, E-Portfolios and the Emergent Learning Ecology in Boston, Massachusetts.  He also attended the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Institute on Quality and Accreditation in Tampa, Florida, on July 28, and led a session titled, “Transforming Undergraduate Education through LEAP.”