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From the President and Board Chair
猫咪社区app University is an institution on the move. We are a community of strivers and dreamers who think deeply, then act boldly. That鈥檚 simply the AU way.
Before women could vote, they attended AU. For over 50 years, AU has held its doors open to exceptional students from DC Public Schools through the Frederick Douglass Scholarship program. Our Washington College of Law is the first law school founded by women, and today we鈥檙e an institution committed to achieving excellence through inclusion.
The footsteps of changemakers echo throughout our history and reverberate through our campus today. Presidents came to AU with messages that challenged our thinking and affected the course of history. They charged us to make the world a better place and helped us lay the foundation of who we are as a community and educational institution.
This legacy of bold leadership guides AU today. In January 2019 we unveiled our five-year strategic plan, Changemakers for a Changing World. It builds upon our strengths of scholarship, learning, and community, and reflects our character as changemakers. Less than a year in, we鈥檝e made meaningful progress.
We鈥檝e opened new centers, like the Sine Institute of Policy and Politics, to explore the most pressing issues of our time. Since its launch, the institute welcomed its inaugural leader, hosted its first class of fellows, and convened discussions on state-level policy innovation and the arts and political voice.
We鈥檙e ensuring that what we teach aligns with how students learn to lead in a shifting professional landscape. To that end, we鈥檝e partnered with businesses and universities in the DC area to develop a digital-literacy credential that prepares students for the data-driven workforce.
We鈥檙e improving how we work at AU, because when our staff and faculty thrive, our students thrive, too. In response to feedback from across campus, we鈥檝e adjusted our fiscal year to better align with peer institutions and federal financial aid.
We鈥檙e putting the spotlight on our role as a changemaking university. Two years after setting the standard for higher education by becoming the first university in the United States to achieve carbon 猫咪社区app, we鈥檙e converting our campus-wide heating system to cut our carbon emissions even further.
And this is only the beginning. In this report, you鈥檒l find stories of AU movers, shakers, and changemakers. We couldn鈥檛 be more honored to lead our distinguished university through this next chapter. It鈥檚 onward and upward from here, Eagles.
Sincerely,
Sylvia M. Burwell
President
Marc N. Duber
Chair, Board of Trustees