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A Message From Keywuan J. Caulk

Keywuan J. Caulk (he/him) Keywuan J. Caulk (he/him) is a nationally recognized leader in higher education and social justice whose career is rooted in equity, advocacy, and belonging. A native of Penns Grove, New Jersey, he is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University (B.A. in Psychology) and Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (M.Ed. in Counseling, with dual emphases in Student Affairs and Elementary Education). For well over a decade, he has built award-winning programs and partnerships that center marginalized voices, transformed institutional culture, and inspired communities toward love and justice. At Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Keywuan serves as Director of the Center for Social Justice Education & LGBT Communities, where he fosters affirming environments that center gender, sexuality, leadership, and social justice. He also lectures at Douglass Residential College through Women and Gender Studies and has guest lectured internationally at the University of Venda in South Africa. Keywuan has been a member of ACPA his entire career. He has been an active member of the PAN African Network, participated in Black Student Affairs and LGBT pre-conference institutes, and has shared expertise as a Convention presenter. He completed the 2024 Donna M. Bourassa Mid-Level Management Institute and most recently joined the Social Justice Education Coalition. Keywuan serves as a commissioner on New Jersey’s first Advisory Commission on Advancing LGBTQIA+ Youth Equity and Inclusion in Schools. He founded the Keywuan J. Caulk Scholarship, which supports students of color by removing financial barriers to success.
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Founded in 1994 during the presidency of Charles Schroeder, the purpose of the ACPA Educational Leadership Foundation (501c3 non-profit organization) is “to enhance the student affairs profession and to generate and disseminate knowledge of college students at all levels within higher education” (Article Three of the Articles of Incorporation). The organization is now known as the ACPA Foundation to more concisely communicate its role as the fundraising arm of ACPA College Student Educators International.

The Mission - The ACPA Foundation exists to support the priorities and activities of ACPA by raising funds and developing resources that help the Association fulfill its mission. 

The Vision - The ACPA Foundation will develop sufficient assets to effectively and sustainably fund ACPA’s efforts to provide excellent professional development opportunities to members, advance knowledge in the field, and support the transformative effect of education in the lives of college students.

In order to fulfill its purpose and mission, the Foundation invites members and non-members alike to provide philanthropic support for ACPA's vital initiatives involving research, scholarship, professional development and leadership program.