Freeman Hall at the entrance to the Belmont University campus.

ANAC Events & Meetings:

• Faculty Work Project Prepares for Belmont University Meeting
• ANAC International Education Mini-Conference, January 19, 2000
• ANAC to Play Active Role at AACU and AAHE Conferences
• ANAC Meeting Schedule & Conference Announcements

• Workload Differentiation/Unit Evaluation
  Group Coordinator: Linda McMillin, Susquehanna University Resource Person: Jon Wergin, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Faculty Governance/Institutional Service
  Group Coordinator: Lawry Finsen, University of Redlands Resource Person: Tom Longin, Association of Governing Boards ¨
• Faculty Career Stages/Faculty Development
  Group Coordinator: Marion Terenzio, The Sage Colleges Resource Person: Allison Pingree, Vanderbilt University

ANAC's second international education mini-conference on Wednesday, January 19, will feature keynote speakers, Christine Corey, Senior Program Specialist in the US Department of Education, who will discuss recent trends in undergraduate international education curriculum development; and Hossein Hakim of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, who will describe models for overseas professional program internships and projects. The day-long mini-conference will also include planning for an ANAC study abroad consortium and an ANAC curriculum grant project in international education. A Conference flyer is being developed for inclusion in the December Bulletin. Ann Kelleher, Dean of Social Sciences at Pacific Lutheran University, is serving as Conference Chair and her office will handle registrations. The registration fee to cover expenses will be $75.

As in recent years, the annual AACU Conference ("Greater Expectations," January 20-22) and the AAHE Faculty Roles and Rewards Conference ("Scholarship Reconsidered Reconsidered," February 3-6) will be scenes of multiple ANAC events. In addition to the international education mini-conference, ANAC activities at AACU will include:

• ANAC Institutional Representatives Meeting (two sessions to fit into the tightly scheduled conference): Wednesday, January 19 - 3:00-5:00 pm, followed by an institutional representatives dinner at a nearby restaurant to be announced, and Thursday, January 20 - Noon-2:00 pm (with buffet lunch).
• ANAC Strategic Initiatives and Research and Communication committees will meet Thursday, January 20 - 7:15-9:00am (with continental breakfast).
• ANAC Conference Sessions: "Is Program Integration Its Own Reward? Moving from Aspiration to Practice" - Thursday, January 20; "The Shift to Institutional Action in Educating for Civic Responsibility" - Friday, January 21; "Reframing the Faculty-Institutional Compact to Achieve Greater Expectations" - Saturday, January 22.

The AACU Conference will be held at the Grant Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC. Additional information will be provided in the December Bulletin.

The AAHE Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Orleans, February 3-6, 2000. ANAC activities at AAHE will include:

• ANAC Faculty Work Project Meeting, Wednesday evening-Thursday, February 2-3 (Wednesday dinner and evening session, Thursday all day). The Faculty Work Project group will complete its deliberations at a lunch meeting, 11:30am - 1:00pm on Sunday, February 6.
• ANAC Conference Session: "Improving Faculty Work Policies and Practices: Renewing the Compact between Faculty and Their Institutions" -- working group coordinators Linda McMillin, Lawry Finsen, and Marion Terenzio will present the project's progress to date and invite input on Saturday, February 5. The project group will also invite conversation about the project at a Conference consulting breakfast, Sunday, February 6.

November 5-6 - ANAC Faculty Work Project Meeting at Belmont University, Nashville, TN (Working group collaborative discussions - email Linda McMillin, Project Manager: mcmillin@susqu.edu or Jerry Berberet: anacjberb@aol.com for information. See related story in November Bulletin.)

November 7 - ANAC PR Directors Meeting at New Orleans Hilton Riverside (reservations 1-800-445-8667), in connection with American Marketing Association Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education, November 7-10 (Contact Jerry Berberet anacjberb@aol.com for information.)

January 20-22, 2000 - AAC&U Annual Meeting: "Greater Expectations," at Grand Hyatt Hotel (reservations 202-582-1234), in Washington, DC (January 19 - pre-AACU ANAC International Education 2000 Mini-conference; January 19-20 - ANAC Institutional Representatives Winter Meeting. ANAC Strategic Initiatives and Research and Communications committees will meet 7:15-9:00 am, Thursday, January 20--continental breakfast provided. See related Bulletin story.)

February 3-6, 2000 - AAHE Faculty Roles and Rewards Conference: "Scholarship Reconsidered Reconsidered," at Hyatt Regency Hotel (reservations 504-561-1234), in New Orleans (February 2-3 ANAC Faculty Work Project Meeting immediately preceding AAHE Conference. See related Bulletin story.)

March 31-April 1, 2000 - Third Annual Drury College Undergraduate / Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Conference. Deadline for student and faculty presentation abstracts: December 17. (For further details see Conference web site: http://www.drury.edu/faculty/ess/irconf/cfp00.html, or contact Dr. Lisa Marie Esposito: lesposit@lib.drury.edu, or call 417-873-7229.)

April 6-8, 2000 - ANAC/AAC&U Conference: "Integration of Liberal and Professional Studies: from Aspiration to Improved Practice," at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA. ANAC Hewlett Project Meetings: 2-5 pm, April 6, and 4-9 pm, April 8. (Contact Eliza Reilly at AACU: reilly@aacu.nw.dc.us or Jerry Berberet: anacjberb@aol.com for information. Watch for Conference program mailing in November and schedule and hotel information in December Bulletin.)

October 5-8, 2000 - Association for Integrative Studies: "Interdisciplinarity: Values in Conflict," 22nd Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. Deadline for submission of Conference Presentation form, March 30. (For Conference details see Conference web site: http://www.muohio.edu/AIS, or contact Sherry Stock: svhe@unidial.com, or call 503-721-6520; or contact William Newell: newellwh@muohio.edu, or call 513-529-2213.)