American University

“FORM 990, PART III, LINE 1 CHARTERED BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS IN 1893, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IS AN INDEPEDENT, COEDUCATIONAL UNIVERSITY LOCATED ON AN 85-ACRE CAMPUS IN WASHINGTON, DC. A GLOBAL OUTLOOK, PRACTICAL IDEALISM, AND A PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE DEFINE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. OUR ACADEMIC STRENGTHS ARE GROUNDED IN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND A COMMITMENT TO CULTURAL AND INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D ACADEMIC SUPPORT - THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, ACADEMIC COMPUTER SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND SUPPORT FOR THE SIX ACADEMIC DIVISIONS. STUDENT SERVICES - HEALTH AND COUNSELING, CAREER CENTER, UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR, FINANCIAL AID AND ENROLLMENT SERVICES, SPORTS AND RECREATION. INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SPACE MANAGEMENT, SECURITY, MAIL AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. RESEARCH- RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECTS FUNDED BY FEDERAL AND PRIVATE AGENCIES. PUBLIC SERVICE - THE OPERATION OF WAMU 88.5 FM, A 24-HOUR, 50,000 WATT PUBLIC RADIO STATION LICENSED TO THE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1961. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: PARTNER IN OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SERVICE MANY OF AU'S PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, BUSINESSES, AND INDIVIDUALS EXEMPLIFY THE UNIVERSITY'S COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE. AU VIEWS ITSELF AS A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY WITH A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY. DURING THE 2015 CALENDAR YEAR, MORE THAN 3,200 AU STUDENTS CONTRIBUTED APPROXIMATIVELY 130,000 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE UNIVERSITY WORKED WITH NUMEROUS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN MYRIAD COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING: CAMPUS KITCHEN PROJECT, COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING AND RESEARCH, DC READS, DC READS "KIDS TO CAMPUS DAY", DR. SEUSS DAY, FRESHMAN SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND ONE-DAY SERVICE EVENTS. WORKING WITH DC SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS AU'S SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, TEACHING & HEALTH PREPARES EDUCATION STUDENTS TO BECOME ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. AU PLACES STUDENT TEACHERS IN DC CLASSROOMS FULL TIME FOR 15 WEEKS TO ASSIST IN TEACHING ALL ASPECTS OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. THE DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR HAS PRAISED AU'S PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS WITH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, RANGING FROM PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TO VOLUNTEER TUTORING TO WORKSHOPS AND PROGRAMS ACROSS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE: 1) INSTITUTE FOR INNOVATION IN EDUCATION, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING, ADMINISTERING, AND DISSEMINATING EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND RESEARCH-INFORMED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES. 2) Math for America DC (MfA DC) and From the Laboratory to the Classroom: Building Capacity for Math and Science Teaching in the Classroom (Lab2Class) programs. The goal of both programs is to ensure excellence in science and/or mathematics teaching in DC public and public charter middle and high schools by recruiting, training, and retaining talented science and mathematics teachers who commit to teaching in DC schools for a four-year period. 3) The Team Nutrition program where AU works with the Office of the State Superintendent of Education to expand nutrition education and wellness activities in 12 high-need middle schools in DC. 4) Jumpstart, a program that offers language and literacy development in preschools serving low-income children. Seventy AU students from across campus, known as Corps members, volunteer with this AmeriCorps program, partnering with three public charter schools in Ward 7 and 8. 5) Imagination Quest (IQ) involves collaboration between AU and Imagination Stage. Through an AU grant, more than 60 teachers in the DC public schools, grades K-12, have taken a three-credit graduate course in arts-based teaching and learning. 6) The Eagle Endowment for Public and Community Service is a student-initiated endowment fund that provides service grants to students three times a year. In recent years, grants ranging from $500 to $1,000 have been awarded for projects in DC public schools and elsewhere. 7) WAMU 88.5 FM's Y”

“Form 990, part vi, line 12c board of trustees members are required to complete an annual conflict of interest statement and submit such statement to the secretary of the board who is also the general counsel for the universty. The secretary reviews those statements for potential conflicts and reports such conflicts to the board chair. The disclosure statement also requires all members to notify the board promptly of an actual, apparent, or potential conflict of interest as it arises, so that it can be addressed immediatly and not just once per year.”

“FORM 990, PART VI, LINES 15A & 15B The compensation of all officers of the university is reviewed and approved annually by the compensation committee of the board of trustees, and is subsequently approved by the full board. The committee engages third party experts to benchmark compensation for these positions on an annual basis. The compensation of key employees is set by their supervising officer within the constraints of the board of trustees' approved university operating budget.”

“Form 990, part vi, line 19 governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available as public information on the university's website.”