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, president of AAC&U, met in Washington, DC, with representatives from Lumina Foundation for Education and the Australian Embassy on August 15 to discuss the Australian Qualifications Framework. On August 25, Dr. Schneider participated in a panel titled “What Does Quality Look Like in a Productive Higher Education System?” as part of Lumina Foundation’s National Productivity Conference in Indianapolis, IN. On September 23, she will travel to New York City to speak on “Faculty Matters,” at the “Reimagining Community Colleges” colloquium at The City University of New York.

Susan Albertine, AAC&U vice president for engagement, inclusion, and success, made a convocation keynote presentation to all faculty and staff at the College of Southern Maryland in La Plata, MD, August 19 titled "Engaged Learning and Student Success." She also made a keynote presentation of the same title to faculty and staff at Atlantic Cape Community College in Mays Landing, NJ, on August 25.

Debra Humphreys, AAC&U vice president for communications and public affairs, represented AAC&U at the State Higher Education Executive Officers annual Policy Conference from August 9-12 in San Francisco, CA. She also presented a plenary presentation titled “Engaged, Practical, High-Impact: A Twenty-First-Century Vision for Liberal Education” at a faculty development retreat at Utah State University on August 16.

Tia Brown McNair, AAC&U senior director for student success, will join a panel presentation on September 13 at the annual conference of the National College Access Network in St. Louis titled “Building an Equity-Focused College-Going Culture: A Case Study.” On September 28, McNair will attend Excelencia in Education’s Accelerating Latino Student Success (ALASS) Workshop in Washington, DC.