Emily Miller, associate vice president for policy at the Association of American Universities, was on campus Jan. 10–11 2018 to meet with stakeholders about the AAU’s commitment to teaching excellence. Her public presentation titled “Aligning Practice to Policy: Teaching Excellence at AAU Institutions.” was Jan. 10 from 8:30 to 9:50 a.m. in the Erb Memorial Union’s Redwood Auditorium. Dr. Miller’s talk included the AAU’s findings of key institutional elements that support teaching excellence, the responsibility of AAU institutions to use evidence-based teaching methods to promote student success, and how misalignment of practice and policy can get in the way of that success.