The following is a summary of Division III news from the week of July 13-17.

• The Division III Strategic Initiatives Grant Program more explicitly will promote the philosophy of integrating athletics into campus life, under a recommendation by the Division III Strategic Planning and Finance Committee.
• Division III could consider as many as seven legislative proposals submitted by member conferences at the 2010 Convention.
• The Division III Management Council will consider modifying restrictions on member institutions’ use of outlets such as Twitter or Facebook to distribute information about athletics.
• Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference members will schedule 10 percent fewer contests than permitted by Division III under cost-containment measures adopted by league presidents, but the league reversed an earlier decision to reduce the fields of league tournaments.