Farmingdale State College 100 Years Anniversary
AASCU congratulates Farmingdale State College on its 100th Anniversary!
Check out the Founding Celebrations page at aascu.org

Fareed Zakaria Will Address the Challenge of Global Competition at AASCU’s Annual Meeting
Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN’s flagship international affairs program, Fareed Zakaria GPS, Editor-at-Large of Time, columnist for the Washington Post and a New York Times bestselling author. Visit the Annual Meeting website at aascu.org/Meetings/annual12/

Still Time to Register for College Media Conference
AASCU and the Council of Independent Colleges are partnering to present the College Media Conference, June 27-29 in Washington DC. The 2012 theme is “New Realities: Campus Coverage and The Media.” Read more

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California State University, Fresno
A new farm market with products grown, produced, packaged or selected by Fresno State students will have a “farm-to-fork” theme to allow customers to shop for their favorite campus products and see how they are produced and processed. A $1.5 million dollar bequest is making construction possible on Gibson Farm Market, which will open in January 2013. Read more

Millersville University of Pennsylvania
A bond has been formed between Millersville University of Pennsylvania students and Penn Manor High School students through a new mentoring program that began with the start of the 2011-2012 school year. On a weekly basis, Millersville University social work majors team up to provide 10th-grade students from Penn Manor with a connection that aims to increase school engagement, attendance and improve grades. Read more

Northern Arizona University
NAU President John Haeger and Coconino Community College President Leah Bornstein have formed a new scholarship that supports students who start at CCC and progress through NAU to get a bachelor's degree. It is a result of a partnership that began four years ago with the CCC2NAU program. Read more

University of Central Florida
Once a semester, employees from the University of Central Florida's Center for Distributed Learning are encouraged to step outside the confines of their normal workday and find solutions to challenging problems or create something unexpected that helps the team accomplish its mission.
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Angelo State University (Texas)
Angelo State University has been awarded a $480,865 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to upgrade the Angelo State Natural History Collections (ASNHC) housed in the university’s Biology Department. Read more

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg University alumnus Joe Jacques and his wife, Joy, have donated $250,000 to the Bloomsburg University Foundation to establish a five-year accounting scholarship that will help students from their freshman year through their master’s degree. The scholarship is for motivated students who continue to show progress. Read more

North Georgia College & State University
North Georgia College & State University received a $1 million donation from BB&T to establish the BB&T Ethical Business Leadership Center as an academic unit in the Mike Cottrell School of Business. Initially, the center will focus on service-learning opportunities with regional not-for-profit organizations. Read more

Southern Polytechnic State University
The Southern Polytechnic State University Center for Nuclear Studies (CNS) has been awarded a $435,000 grant from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to support faculty development in nuclear studies. The grant recognizes SPSU’s accomplishments to date as well as plans for development of a program that addresses the nuclear industry’s pressing need for skilled technical personnel. Read more

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Dr. Valerie Rutledge, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, School of Education, received $116,640 from Tennessee State University to continue the work of the Strengthening Tennessee Elementary Schools – Focus on Mathematics (SITES-M) program with a summer institute. Read more

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Susanne Burgess, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Southeast Center for Education in the Arts, received $600 from the Hamilton County Department of Education for a kindergarten music residency at Battle Academy for Teaching and Learning in 2012. Read more

Adams State College (Colo.)
Adams State College professors Rob Benson, professor of earth science; Mari Centeno, associate professor of political science; and Beth Robison, assistant professor of music, received the 2012 Presidential Teacher Award, recognizing outstanding undergraduate teaching, advising, and mentoring. Read more

California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno was lauded for its solar power-generating parking structures, its new library and numerous other earth-friendly initiatives in the Princeton Review’s “Guide to 322 Green Colleges: 2012 Edition.” Read more

Clayton State University (Ga.)
An essay written by Ruth Caillouet, chair, Department of Teacher Education and associate professor of English Education at Clayton State University, has received the national Virginia Hamilton Essay Award. It recognizes a journal article published in a given year, which makes a significant contribution to professional literature concerning multicultural literary experiences for youth. Read more

Lehman College (N.Y.)
Lehman Economics Professor Mine Aysen Doyran was honored on May 2 at the CUNY Graduate Center with the prestigious Feliks Gross Endowment Award from the CUNY Academy for the Humanities and Sciences for her research on economic development. The Feliks Gross Endowment Award annually recognizes the research of the University’s young faculty. Read more

Lyndon State College (Vermont)
Lyndon State College journalism professor Daniel Williams has been awarded a year-long Fulbright Scholarship to teach in China. He is the second LSC professor to win the coveted award in as many months. Margaret Sherrer won a Fulbright to teach and conduct research in India. Read more

University of Illinois Springfield
The Illinois State Historical Society (ISHS) recently honored Ed Wojcicki, associate chancellor for constituent relations at the University of Illinois Springfield with a 2011 "Superior Achievement Award" for the political memoirs he co-authored with former Illinois senate president Philip J. Rock. Read more

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California State University, San Bernardino
Two teams of Cal State San Bernardino cyber security students captured first place in the Computer Forensics and Business Systems Analysis categories of the 16th annual Information Technology Competition April 21 at Cal Poly Pomona. The advanced skills competition featured competitors from throughout the Inland Empire and Los Angeles County, and was judged by information technology professionals. Read more

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania biology professor Jeff Larkin took four students to participate in a volunteer project to plant 15,000 trees and shrubs at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa. Larkin and the students participated in the first stage of the reforestation: planting nearly 15,000 seedlings. Read more

Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Out of all of the students in the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities, David Walton, a senior chemistry major with a minor in mathematics at Millersville University of Pennsylvania, recently won the 2012 Dr. Ali-Zaidi Award for Academic Excellence. The Ali-Zaidi Award, along with a $1,000 prize and a commemorative medallion, is presented annually to a graduating senior at one of the PASSHE universities. Read more

Millersville University of Pennsylvania
The arrival of new technology will allow music to be seen and heard in a whole new way for music education students and performers at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. The new DCFX Disklavier, a nine-foot grand piano will offer a unique opportunity for interaction with international piano performances for the University. With this electronic technology students will be provided the capability to tutor with internationally famed Yamaha artists, as well as offer performances locally, nationally and internationally. Read more

North Georgia College & State University
Despite differences in language, culture, society and even curriculum, children around the world can face challenges that keep them from learning. To bring together diverse educators to talk about those common issues, North Georgia College & State University hosted "Education as a Human Right: A Conversation," a one-day conference at The Carter Center in mid-April. The event convened educators from Egypt, Europe and the United States to talk about trafficking and movement of people, race, culture, religion, disability, and language and the effect those factors have on education. Read more

University of Central Florida
A student engineering entrepreneur team from the University of Central Florida won the top prize of $100,000 and a summer trip to the White House in a competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The team won the $100K ACC Clean Energy Challenge, a competition of student business plans for companies focused on renewable energy and other “green” energy solutions. UCF’s team bested nine other southeastern regional finalists, including teams from Georgia Tech, Duke and the University of Virginia. Read more

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Racing Mocs team recorded its first top 10 finish competing against more than 100 teams at the Society of Engineers (SAE) international competition in Auburn, Alabama. Read more

Weber State University (Utah)
A recent piano concert in Washington, D.C. began on a high note with news of a $5 million pledge by Sid W. Foulger, a Weber alumnus and board chairman of Foulger-Pratt, a D.C. area-based development, construction and management firm, to endow a school of music at Weber State University. Read more

Winthrop University (S.C.)
Winthrop University’s Assistant Chief of Campus Police Ken Scoggins has been appointed to the 251st Session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy. Scoggins will join an elite group of law enforcement officers from around the world who have had an opportunity to achieve this honor. Read more

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