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APLU and USDA Announces National Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences
Washington, D.C. – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today honored four public university faculty with national teaching awards recognizing excellence in agricultural sciences teaching and student engagement. Michael Gonda of South Dakota State University and De’Etra Young of Tennessee State University were named national recipients of…
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APLU Announces 2023 Degree Completion Award Finalists
Washington, DC – As part of its ongoing efforts to support public research universities’ efforts to increase degree completion, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named Boise State University, Florida International University, Kent State University, and the University of California, San Diego as finalists for its 2023 Degree Completion Award. The annual award…
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USDA, Cooperative Extension & APLU Award Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity
Washington, DC – Recognizing visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Cooperative Extension, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced the following 2023 awards: The awards will be presented at the APLU Annual Meeting in November, which USDA-NIFA…
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APLU Honors Three Institutions with Council on Research Awards
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today recognized the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of New Hampshire with its Council on Research Awards for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Research, Public Impact Research, and Research Safety and Accountability, respectively. “Congratulations to this year’s COR…
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Colleges and Universities Commit to Student Cost Transparency in APLU Co-Led Effort
Washington, DC — The College Cost Transparency Initiative (CCT) — a task force composed of APLU and the leaders of nine other higher education associations representing college presidents, financial aid offices, and admissions and school counselors — today announced that more than 360 institutions of higher education have voluntarily committed to follow a set of principles and standards that ensure transparency, clarity, and understanding around communicating student…
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Eight New Public Research Universities Join APLU-Led Aspire Institutional Change Network
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU)-led Aspire Alliance today announced a new cohort of eight public research universities are joining the institutional change effort to attract, retain, and support faculty as they work to advance their universities’ education, research, and engagement missions. The Aspire Alliance is part of the National…
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Four APLU Universities Selected as Finalists for 2023 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship Award
Washington, DC – In recognition of their extraordinary community engagement initiatives, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced that four of its member universities have been selected as regional winners of the 2023 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award. As regional award winners, North Carolina State University, The Ohio State University,…
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APLU Names Five Public Universities as Finalists for 2023 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities Awards
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named five universities as finalists for its 11th annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) University Awards. The winners will be announced during the association’s annual meeting in November. The finalists – the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Iowa State University, Kansas State University,…
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APLU Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Race-Conscious Admissions
Washington, DC –Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) President Mark Becker today released the following statement on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on race-conscious admissions. “Public and land-grant universities were founded to provide life-changing opportunities to students who would otherwise not have access to an extraordinary education. As APLU and others argued last year…
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APLU Announces 2023 Malone International Leadership Award Recipient
Washington, DC – The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today announced that Dr. Aaron Wolf, professor of geography at Oregon State University, is the 2023 recipient of the Michael P. Malone International Leadership Award. The Malone Award, a national honor sponsored by APLU and awarded annually, recognizes individuals who advance international education at…
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