2015 Annual Meeting Wrap-Up

More than 1,400 leaders from public higher education came to Indianapolis this year for the 2015 APLU Annual Meeting.  Below you will find important links including the opening video; APLU's op-ed on inclusiveness and free speech; information on getting involved with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science; videos of the 2015 Magrath Awards Finalists; and APLU news that came out of the meeting, including our award winners.  Additionally, if you are already looking forward to next year, you can register at a discounted rate for the 2016 Annual Meeting in Austin.

Opening Video

APLU Indianapolis Star Op-Ed

Read APLU President Peter McPherson's op-ed on inclusiveness and free speech in the Indianapolis Star.

Alda Center for Communicating Science

​Learn more about how the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science works to make communication an essential part of the education of scientists, not an afterthought.

2015 C. Peter Magrath Engagement Scholarship Award Videos

APLU apologizes for the hotel's technical difficulty that prevented the videos from the four finalists playing correctly.
Winner: San Jose State University
Finalist: University of Minnesota
Finalist: University of New Hampshire
Finalist: Texas Tech University
Press Release

APLU Annual Meeting News

• President Janet Napolitano's Keynote Address at the 2015 APLU Annual Meeting
   
• APLU Names Inaugural Recipients of the 1890 Universities Career Exemplar Awards, Celebrates the 125th Anniversary of the Second Morrill Act
   
• APLU Announces 2016 Board of Directors, University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little to Chair of the Board
   
• APLU, AASCU and USDA Give University of Georgia and Oklahoma State Faculty National Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences
   
• APLU Awarded $4.6 Million to Advance Personalized Learning and Proactive Advising at Public Universities
   
• Voluntary System of Accountability Launches College Portraits At A Glance at the APLU Annual Meeting
   
• ​USU, APLU and AAMC Awarded $325K Grant to Develop Tool for Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive Climate at Universities
   
• APLU Task Force Recommends Technology Transfer as a Criteria for Tenure and Promotion
   
• APLU Names Morgan State University 2015 Project Degree Completion Award Winner
   
• APLU Names Four Public Research Universities Winners of 2015 Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Awards
   
• $165,000 Awarded to Public Universities Adopting Innovative Strategic Student Advising Technologies to Boost Success

Social Media

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