Tuesday, November 12, 2013

#APLU2013 Session Highlights for Tuesday, Nov. 12


 
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Tuesday, November 12, 6:45 – 8:30am: APLU Awards Breakfast (pages 17 and 18 of the linked program): Awards will be given for the 2013 C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award; the 2013 Designees and Award Winners for APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities; and the 2013 Most Visible Progress (MVP) Award, which is part of APLU’s and AASCU’s Project Degree Completion.

Tuesday, November 12, 8:45-9:45am – Three APLU Member-Submitted Concurrent Sessions (pages 14 and 15 of linked program) – 1) Hispanic Student Success: What Works, for Whom and Why; 2) Crowdfunding: New Way of Engagement and Funding; and 3) The University of the Arctic: An International Cooperative Model for Higher Education.

Tuesday, November 12, 10:00-11:00am Closing General Session (page 9 of the linked program) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will discuss the land-grant mission and the role of public universities with agricultural research and innovation.