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Meetings and Institutes

• Register for Engaged STEM Learning Conference
• Applications Due March 18 for Engaging Departments Institute
• Fall Meeting on Arts and Humanities—Submit Proposals by March 30
  
• Resources and Podcasts from AAC&U’s 2011 Annual Meeting Now Available
• Wye Faculty Seminar on Citizenship and Global Polity: Nominations Due April 15
  

LEAP News

• AAC&U President Carol Schneider to Present on LEAP and High-Impact Practices at ACE Meeting
• AAC&U Board of Directors Issues Statement on Lumina Foundation’s Proposed Degree Profile
  

PKAL News and Meetings

• Applications Due March 11 for PKAL Summer Leadership Institutes
  
• PKAL Invites Participants for Dinner at Engaged STEM Learning Meeting
  

Project Highlights

• Roadmap Project Leaders Kick Off Initiative to Increase Student Success at Community Colleges
• Program on the Status and Education of Women Receives $3,000 Matching Grant
• AAC&U Invites Participation in Spring 2011 Pilot Study on VALUE Rubric Use
• International Journal of ePortfolio Invites Manuscripts

Other AAC&U News

• President Helen Giles-Gee of Keene State College Elected Chair of AAC&U Board; Seven New Directors Named
• AAC&U President Contributes Chapter to Teagle Foundation Book; Speaks at Conference Inspired by Book
  
• AAC&U Appoints Gary R. Brown and Ann S. Ferren as New Senior Fellows
  
• Submit Nominations for 2012 Ness Book Award
  
• AAC&U Seeks Director of Development

Study of Languages Other than English Continues to Grow, Diversify

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AAC&U News is written and edited by Laura Donnelly-Smith. If you have questions or comments about the newsletter's contents, please e-mail donnelly-smith@aacu.org.