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Staff Highlights

  • APLU’s Director of Congressional & Governmental Affairs Briefs House Democratic Staff on Perkins Loan Program

    Craig Lindwarm
    Vice President, Governmental Affairs

    APLU’s Director of Congressional & Governmental Affairs, Craig Lindwarm, was invited by the Office of the House Democratic Whip, Steny Hoyer, to brief Chiefs of Staff, Legislative Directors, and Legislative Assistants on the importance of passing legislation to extend authorization for the Perkins Loan Program.

  • APLU’s Lindwarm Spoke to NAGPS on PROSPER Act Advocacy

    Craig Lindwarm
    Vice President, Governmental Affairs

    Craig Lindwarm, APLU’s Assistant Vice President for Congressional & Governmental Affairs, spoke to the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students at their spring Advocacy Summit. His presentation helped prepare the students for advocating on concerns related to the PROSPER Act.

  • APLU’s Michaels Presents at Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience

    Shalin Jyotishi
    Assistant Director, Economic Development and Community Engagement

    APLU’s Julia Michaels led a workshop at the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience hosted by the National Resource Center at University of South Carolina. The workshop helped institutions identify and address loss points that knock students off the path graduation and connect those loss points to institutional solutions, with the aim of addressing barriers facing low-income, minority, and first-generation students.

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    APLU’s Shalin Jyotishi joined a webinar panel before the International Economic Development Council (IEDC)’s Higher Education Advisory Committee. The IEDC is North America’s largest non-profit membership organization serving economic development professionals. IEDC’s HEAC focuses on building capacity of economic developers and higher education institutions to work collaboratively to grow jobs, investment and talent in a knowledge economy. A recording of the video may be found here. Presentation slides may be found here.

  • APLU’s Rovito presents on Moonshot Research Initiatives at SXSW EDU

    Sarah Rovito
    Director, Science & Research Policy

    APLU’s Sarah Rovito spoke on a panel on Why & How Universities Should Take on Moonshots at SXSW EDU in Austin, Texas. Rovito joined colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin Bridging Barriers, UCLA Grand Challenges, and Schmidt Futures to share how university-led Grand Challenge, or “moonshot” initiatives, are capable of solving societal problems and conveying the value of research to the public. An audio recording of the panel is available here.

  • APLU’s Julia Michaels Presents on Powered by Publics at the Higher Learning Commission’s Annual Conference

    Julia Michaels
    Executive Director, Center for Public University Transformation (CPUT) & Associate Vice President, APLU

    Julia Michaels, Deputy Director of APLU’s Center for Public University Transformation, was a panelist at two sessions at the Higher Learning Commission’s annual conference on April 8, alongside four institutions from the Big 10, Urban, and Metropolitan clusters of the association’s Powered by Publics initiative. The panels showcased each university’s student success work and how peer collaboration through Powered by Publics is helping them accelerate change on campus.

  • APLU’s Fink Honored with Award for Exceptional Journal Article

    Wendy Fink
    Executive Director, Academic Programs Section & Assistant Vice President, Food, Agriculture, & Natural Resources (FANR)

    Wendy Fink, Director of Food, Agriculture, & Natural Resources, was honored with the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture’s E.B. Knight Journal Award for a journal article she co-authored on employability skills in agriculture.

  • APLU’s Mair Presents on Developing Student-Centered Research Universities

    Bernard Mair, Ph.D.
    Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer | Acting Vice President for Access, Success, & Equity

    Bernard Mair, APLU’s Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer, was a plenary speaker and panelist at the Reinvention Collaborative’s Lamborn-Hughes Institute, where he spoke on developing student-centered research universities.

  • APLU/USU’s Rodriguez Speaks on Connecting Industry Certifications and Degrees Panel

    Andréa Rodriguez
    Director, Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU)

    As part of a two-day cross state meeting themed: Educate for Opportunity, the panel focused on a partnership on coordinating higher education institutions and credentialing bodies to bolster student success and career outcomes as we prepare for the future of work. Andrea shared examples of innovations APLU/USU member institutions are doing around the future of work and shared ways states can collaborate with higher education institutions to connect traditional academic pathways.

  • APLU’s Michaels Presenst at College Completion Summit

    Julia Michaels
    Executive Director, Center for Public University Transformation (CPUT) & Associate Vice President, APLU

    Julia Michaels, Deputy Executive Director of the APLU Center for Public University Transformation, presented on how universities participating in APLU’s Powered by Publics are advancing college access, equity, and completion at College Completion Summit on October 1.

  • APLU Vice President for International Programs speaks on the impact of a Biden Administration on Canadian Higher Education

    Christel Perkins, Ed.D.
    Deputy Executive Director, Coalition of Urban Serving Universities (USU) & Assistant Vice President, APLU

    Bernie Burrola, Vice President for International Programs at APLU speaks to members of the Canadian Bureau for International Education on January 26 on how the new administration’s policies and actions will impact international higher education and Canada. View the session Powered by Publics initiative.

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APLU’s Frederick to Speak at AAC&U Conference on DEI
Alcione Frederick
Assistant Director, Center for Public University Transformation

APLU’s Alcione Frederick will present on engaging students in institutional transformation at the AAC&U conference on diversity, equity, and student success.