Summer Council of Presidents in Annapolis, Maryland
Join AASCU colleagues at our annual summer retreat to explore topics related to embracing the opportunities for positive transformation that come with rapid change. Sessions will focus on ways presidents and chancellors can creatively take charge of institutional destiny and provide leadership around the theme “Harnessing the Winds of Change.” Read more

Calling for Founding Celebrations Submissions
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Featured Innovations at AASCU Member Institutions
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Adams State University (Colo.)
President David Svaldi announced the Adams State SLV Promise Award, which will cover full tuition and fees for qualified students. The SLV Promise Award guarantees all qualified low-income students from the San Luis Valley region will receive sufficient financial aid -- grants, not loans -- to cover the entire cost of their tuition and fees, plus $1,350 for incidental educational expenses, beginning with the regular 2013-14 academic year. The SLV Promise Award will use institutional funds to supplement students’ Pell and Colorado Student Grant awards. Read more

California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge anthropology professor Hélène Rougier and her research colleague, Antoine Balzeau of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and France’s Nation Center for Scientific Research, have used a “super scanner” to identify a unique way extremely thin bony structures are organized in Neandertal skulls, which can help researchers in their efforts to identify the Neandertal remains. It is crucial that scientists studying human evolution and identifying prehistoric humans can single out anatomical traits of a particular species skeleton that are unique to the individuals within that given species. Read more

California State University, San Bernardino
When two Cal State San Bernardino psychology professors received a $100,000 grant in 2010 to create a parenting program to help educate incarcerated mothers to reunite with their young children upon their release, they hoped it would make a positive affect on the women’s rehabilitation efforts to return to society. Through the Maternal Intervention Project, CSUSB professors Faith McClure and Laura Kamptner set out to help incarcerated mothers develop an emotionally close bond with their children to help prevent the next generation from repeating the same cycle of incarceration. Read more

San Diego State University
Many San Diego State University students will travel abroad to prepare for positions of leadership in a global society during spring break. Some of the highlighted destinations where students will conduct research and perform service projects include South Africa, Mexicali and Guatemala. SDSU has more than 350 education abroad programs in more than 50 countries, and more than 30 academic programs or majors at SDSU include study abroad as a graduation requirement.
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2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
A number of AASCU member institutions were recently named to the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, a national program by the Corporation for National and Community Service that recognizes the efforts of institutions to engage students in meaningful, measurable service in the communities their university serves.
Visit this website to learn more about the award and which institutions were honored

Appalachian State University (N.C.)
Brad and Carole Wilson of Raleigh have pledged $3 million to Appalachian State University and the Campaign for Appalachian. Their commitment is the largest made to the university by alumni. Their gift will establish the Wilson Scholars Program, which will be the most prestigious merit scholarship program at the university and will reflect a commitment not only to academic achievement but also to character, leadership and service. Read more

California State University, Fresno
Customers who line up for sweet corn, ice cream, olive oil and other goods produced by California State University, Fresno agriculture students now have a new place to shop for their favorite items with the opening the new Rue and Gwen Gibson Farm Market on the Fresno State campus. The new market is possible because of a $1.5 million dollar bequest to improve the facility; it
has 2,500 square feet of retail floor space and includes a hand-dipped ice cream counter and wine tasting room. Read more

Cameron University (Okla.)
High school students in select southwest Oklahoma communities now have the opportunity to attend a free, residential college planning summer camp, Cameron Connection, thanks to a gift from Dr. Ron and Christie Woodson of Lawton. The Woodsons have pledged $20,000 annually for five years to support the camp. Read more

Dalton State College (Dalton, GA)
The John Willis Mashburn Trust has established a $3 million fund to benefit Dalton State student-athletes for the next 10 years. Read more

University of North Alabama
University of North Alabama math and computer-science faculty recently received a $188,000 National Science Foundation Math/Science partnership grant from the State Department of Education to support the first phase of their three-year initiative designed to improve STEM education in Alabama high schools. Collaborative Partnership to Teach Mathematical Reasoning through Computer Programming (CPR^2), uses an instructional treatment the team has been investigating for its effectiveness which merges computer programming and mathematical problem-solving. Read more

West Texas A&M University
Cornette Library at West Texas A&M University is one of 24 libraries in the state of Texas to be awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) for the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys, a project of NEH’s Bridging Cultures special initiative.
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Governors State University (Ill.)
Governors State University’s Dual Degree Program (DDP) has been selected to receive the Outstanding Program/Project Award from the Commission for Admissions, Orientation, and First Year Experience, a unit of the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). The Dual Degree Program will be honored March 3 at the Awards Ceremony and Leadership/Corporate Partner Reception during the ACPA’s annual convention in Las Vegas. Read more

California State University, Los Angeles
Domnita Dumitrescu, professor emerita of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at California State University, Los Angeles, was recently inducted as a Numerary Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE) under the sponsorship of the King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (KJCC) of New York University. Read more

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Julia Greenawalt, assistant professor in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at IUP, has been selected to take part in a national leadership program. The yearlong Leadership Development Program for Simulation Educators, an initiative of the National League for Nursing, has a competitive application process. Supported financially by Johnson & Johnson, the program is for those interested in assuming a leadership role in the research or administration of simulation programs in nursing education. Read more

San Diego State University
San Diego State University’s Vice President for Business and Financial Affairs, Sally Roush, was honored as the Education CFO of the Year by San Diego Business Journal. Read more

The University of Texas-Pan American
The Pre-Law Advisors National Council (PLANC) selected Jerry Polinard, a political science professor and pre-law advisor at The University of Texas-Pan American, to receive the 2013 Gerald Lee Wilson Award for Excellence in Pre-Law Advising. The award is the highest honor PLANC gives to a pre-law advisor. Read more

University of Central Florida
The Florida Senate celebrated “UCF Day” on Wednesday, March 20, recognizing the University of Central Florida’s many contributions to the state economy during the university’s 50-year history.
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University of Illinois Springfield
University of Illinois Springfield Accountancy Professor Donald Morris’ book Tax Cheating: Illegal--But Is It Immoral? has been named a finalist for the 2012 ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year award in the political science category. These books represent some of the best books produced by small publishing houses in 2012. Read more

University of North Georgia
Bradley Weaver of the University of North Georgia has been honored by the Georgia House of Representatives for his receipt of the FFA's national 2012 American Star in Agribusiness Award, one of the organization's highest honors. Read more

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California State University, Fresno

California state University, Fresno dedicated the Foster Farms Poultry Education and Research Facility, the first in the nation to receive certification from American Humane AssociationTM. The 16,320 square-foot building houses an eco-friendly research and training center that replicates professional poultry production for more than 500 students in the Animal Sciences and Agricultural Education department, a unit of the Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences. Read more

Nearly 1,200 student volunteers at California State University, Fresno raised $37,404 in newspaper sales during “Kids Day,” as they sold special editions of the local newspaper from street corners throughout the central San Joaquin Valley. Proceeds from the annual event benefit Children’s Hospital Central California. More than $450,000 was raised this year. Read more

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
For the 16th year, the IUP Ambassadors student group, which promotes interaction between students and alumni, has been honored by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Affiliated Student Advancement Programs. CASE is a national organization for advancement professionals who work in alumni relations, communications, fundraising, marketing and other areas. Read more

California State University, Northridge
California State University, Northridge associate math professor Maria Rita D’Orsogna is spending her spring break this year in India, sharing the results of her research on particle clusters at an international gathering of some of the top researchers in the world. Read more

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Three IUP Journalism Department students have won one of the top collegiate prizes for watchdog reporting from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. Second-place winners of the 2013 collegiate Keystone Press Award for Public Service/Enterprise reporting are juniors Aleda Johnson, Abbey Zelko, and Charlene Adams. Read more

Jackson State University (Miss.)
Instead of heading to warm sandy beaches or traveling home to visit family and friends, 37 Jackson State University students and five staff members are working five-hour days this week helping Hattiesburg, Miss., residents recover from last month’s tornado that left their community devastated. The “Alternative Spring Break” is coordinated by the Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning in the JSU Division of Student Life. Read more

Millersville University (Pa.)

Two teams of students from the Millersville University Department of Applied Engineering, Safety & Technology took top honors in the International Corrugated Packaging Foundation (ICPF) “Best of the Best” package design competition held in conjunction with the annual ICPF “Careers in Corrugated” teleconference that occurred on February 20. The teleconference was hosted by Michigan State University and was “attended” by 17 other colleges and universities with similar graphic communication and packaging programs. Read more

Michael Blackson, a senior English major from Philadelphia and current editor-in-chief of Millersville University’s newspaper, The Snapper, was recently named the recipient of The College and University Public Relations Association of Pennsylvania’s (CUPRAP) 2013 Communications Internship Award for Students of Color. Blackson is the first student from Millersville University to receive the CUPRAP award since its establishment 30 years ago. Read more

Slippery Rock University (Pa.)

CUPRAP, the association of communicators in education, has selected two posters generated by the Slippery Rock University University Public Relations Office to receive its CUPPIE Awards. Aaron Moore, graphic designer, designed both winning posters. The awards committee sited Moore’s “She Should Have Died That Night,” a poster presentation promoting the University’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Program featuring a lecture by Fay Malkin, a Polish Holocaust survivor, and his “SRU Jazz Generations” poster promoting last October’s SRU Jazz Ensemble Concert, as award winners. Read more

Slippery Rock University's $2.5-million addition to Patterson Hall will be featured in an upcoming Architecture Leaders Today magazine, illustrating SRU's sustainability success in repurposing and remodeling old buildings. The article will be headlined "Additions and Renovations to the Wellness Center at Patterson Hall." Read more

University of Central Florida
UCF employees celebrated the success of believe, the 2012-13 Faculty & Staff campaign, which raised $1,496,612 to support student scholarships, facility enhancement and many other important initiatives. Read more

University of Illinois Springfield
A group of 28 University of Illinois Springfield students spent nearly a week in the Everglades helping to remove invasive plant species as part of the annual Alternative Spring Break trip.
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University of North Georgia
Holly Carpenter Desai and Patrick Pickens of the University of North Georgia will be heading to Washington, D.C., in April to present scientific research on reflectins during Posters on the Hill—an annual event held by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) that enables students from around the country to present posters on their research. Read more

West Chester University (Pa.)
West Chester University’s Forensics Speech and Debate Team earned national recognition at the Pi Kappa Delta Biannual National Speech and Debate Tournament in St. Louis, MO. West Chester placed fifth (Superior) in the individual events sweepstakes and received an Excellent award in overall team sweepstakes. Lanie Presswood was named Top Superior (national champion) in Impromptu Speaking, and Dan Hinderliter was named a PKD All-American for leadership, service, and competitive success. Read more

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