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Councils

Levi Shanks, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President, Academic & Student Affairs
lshanks@aplu.org | 202-478-6047

Rifa Ariella
Senior Associate, Academic & Student Affairs
rariella@aplu.org | 202- 478-6075

CSA Meetings

Summer Meeting

2027 CSA Summer Forum
June 28 – 30, 2027
Atlanta, Georgia

2026 CSA Huddles Series

Upcoming Huddles

CSA Meet & Greet – Kimberly Andrews Espy
October 20, 2026 | 2:00 pm ET

Zoom Registration

2026 Past Events

The Perils of Technology
October 8, 2026 | 2:00 pm ET

Resourcing Student Affairs: Preparing for New Environments
September 10, 2026 | 1:00 pm ET

From Vision to Impact: Building a Student Affairs Data Lake
(featuring the University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
June 2, 2026 | 1:00 pm ET

The Charge for Change: An Ecological Approach to Hazing Reduction
(featuring the Piazza Center of the Pennsylvania State University)
April 23, 2026 | 1:00 pm ET

Meet and Greet with the Council on Legal Affairs
February 12, 2026 | 1:00 pm ET

Featured Project & Initiative

Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance through Research & Education
Agriculture, Human Sciences & Natural Resources
Iowa State University will establish and host a new national Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Education. APLU and the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) chose Iowa State to lead the institute, which is designed to foster and coordinate research and education activities using a One Health approach to comprehensively tackle the AMR problem.