We can't wait to see many of you in person for the 35th Annual APPE International Conference in St. Louis, March 5-8! View the conference program to plan your schedule.

With the conference just a few weeks away, it is your last chance to:

• Register for the in person conference. (Rates increase Feb. 15)
• Today is the last day to get the APPE Rate -- Book your hotel TODAY (Use code G-APP1 to get the $174/night rate)
• Become an exhibitor or sponsor (Deadline: Feb. 15)

We hope you'll join us in person or online at one of these upcoming events. More info to come!

March 18, 1 to 2:30 p.m., ET: Doing Good Well: Navigating Ethical Tensions in Philanthropy | Virtual | Free for Members

March 19, 5 to 6:30 p.m., ET: APPE Members Meeting | Virtual | Free for Members

April 8, 1 to 2 p.m., ET: Ethics Roundtable: Eyes Everywhere: The Ethics of Being Watched | Virtual | Free

Oct. 23 to 24: Strategic Decision Making & Ethical Leadership: A Conference for Undergraduate Leaders | The Prindle Institute for Ethics, Greencastle, IN | Free

Our APPE Endowment, a long-term fund designed to secure APPE’s future and ensure we thrive for generations to come, continues to grow. Thanks to your generosity we have now raised more than $20,000!

A special thanks to our newest members of the APPE Legacy Circle (those who give $250 or more):

• Stephanie Bird
• Tom & Joyce Creely
• Karin Ellison
• Ken Goodman
• Kirk Hanson
• J. Brooke Hamilton

You can still donate and join the APPE Legacy Circle!  All gifts, no matter the size, will help.

Newsy and Noteworthy

• At The Oregon Ethics Bowl, Students Make Room For Gray Areas In A World Of Hot Takes
• Georgia Southern Ethics Bowl Team Qualifies For Nationals
• LSU Ethics Bowl Team Earns National Spotlight In Only Its Second Year
• Students Are Challenged Through Ethics Bowl
• YSU Ethics Bowl Team Earns National Bid After Third-place Finish At Regional Competition

Jobs & Events
Have you seen our job and event emails? Limited free access to post jobs and events of interest in the weekly email (as well as in the Info Hub) is a benefit of membership. If you're a member and would like to submit something for consideration, just login to the Member portal, go to Job & Event Postings and click "add." Non-members can access the jobs and events by creating a login but must pay a fee to list positions and events. Reach out to contact@appe-ethics.org for more info.

Ethics Bowl Case to Consider

The Real Costs of Virtual Products (2026 APPE Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl National Competition Case Set)

In cities and states across the U.S., citizens have been raising concerns about the energy usage of data centers that are being courted by offiicials looking to boost tax revenues and jobs. The high enivronmental price of techonological products like Large Language Models (LLMs) and bitcoin is the subject of one of this year's Ethics Bowl cases in the National Competition set.

As the case explains:
"In a January 2025 article in MIT News, Adam Zewe estimates that by 2026 the amount of electricity consumed by data centers may approach 1,050 terawatts-hours—a demand that cannot be met sustainably. Additionally, bitcoin’s energy costs continue to rise, reaching 14.44 terawatt-hours per month in 2024. It has been estimated that bitcoin mining requires 5 percent of global energy consumption. Servers supporting LLMs have been estimated to require 33 percent more energy than program-specific software, and the demand for generative AI is increasing. Thus, as our technologies improve, they become less sustainable and challenge ongoing efforts to minimize fossil fuel usage and slow the rate of climate change."

Read the case (#16) here, then discuss with your friends, family and colleagues.