Recap: 2014 APLU Annual Meeting

Did you miss any of the 2014 APLU Annual Meeting? We've compiled some of the key moments right here. Please check out the articles, videos, photos, social media and blog postings below and share them widely. 

NEWS at #APLU2014:

• Three Universities Win USU Innovation Pitch Challenge
• Virginia Commonwealth University Wins C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Florida State University Win APLU’s Second Annual MVP Project Degree Completion Awards
• APLU Selects Four Public Research Institutions for 2014 Innovation and Economic Prosperity University Awards
• APLU Announce Winners of the 1890 University Teaching, Research and Innovation Awards
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emily Auerbach and former Penn State Vice Provost W. Terrell Jones to Receive National Distinguished Service Award
• Cooperative Extension & USDA Award Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity
  

SOCIAL MEDIA: Day 3 from #APLU2014

Here are a few of the final comments and pics from Day 3 of the APLU Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Continue to post on Facebook and Twitter using #APLU2014.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Day 2 of #APLU2014

Check out some of the comments and pics from Day 2 of the APLU Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Continue to post on Facebook and Twitter using #APLU2014. See you socially.

SOCIAL MEDIA: Day 1 of #APLU2014

Check out some of the comments and pics from Day 1 of the APLU Annual Meeting underway in Orlando, Fla. Continue to post on Facebook and Twitter using #APLU2014. See you socially.

SLIDESHOW: Framing the Conversation at #APLU2014!

We're making great memories at the APLU Annual Meeting as we work to strengthen public higher education.  Did you make it into the frames? Check out these great sports who did. And be sure to find us Monday during each of the breaks to help us "frame" the conversation.  Be sure to tag your tweet and Facebook postings with #APLU2014.

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Three Universities Win USU Innovation Pitch Challenge

University of Louisville, University of Houston and Cleveland State University won the USU Innovation Challenge Pitch session at the 127th APLU Annual Meeting underway in  Orlando, Florida. Each university received $10,000 to support their economic engagement efforts on their campuses.

Sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, the pitch competition was conceived as a way to address one of the biggest challenges facing both higher education and the economy to address the seeming lack of alignment between what a student learns and what employers need. University representatives pitched innovations on ways to strengthen the university-employer/labor market relationships to a panel of judges. And those ranked highest received the seed money to prototype the idea, explore feasibility, scale the idea or launch it.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emily Auerbach and former Penn State Vice Provost W. Terrell Jones to Receive National Distinguished Service Award Honor Comes from Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ Commission on Access, Diversity, and Excellence

APLU's Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE) named University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Emily Auerbach and the late Pennsylvania State University Vice Provost W. Terrell Jones as the 2014 co-recipients of the CADE Distinguished Service Award for significant contributions to increasing diversity and access in the public higher education community.

Auerbach is the first tenured faculty member to be honored with the Distinguished Service Award while Jones is the first person honored posthumously during the ceremony this afternoon at APLU’s 127th Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

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Cooperative Extension & USDA Award Top Honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity

Recognizing visionary leadership and diversity in educational programming, Cooperative Extension and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today named Robert Kallenbach of the University of Missouri the recipient of the 2014 Excellence in Extension Award, and Cesar Asuaje from the University of Florida this year's National Extension Diversity Award. Both awards were presented during the 127th APLU Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

The Excellence in Extension Award is given annually to one Cooperative Extension professional who excels at programming, provides visionary leadership, and makes a positive impact on constituents served. Five regional awards will also be presented. The National Diversity Award recognizes significant contributions and accomplishments in achieving and sustaining diversity and pluralism. NIFA and Cooperative Extension have sponsored the awards since 1991.

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