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Colby Halligan secured the nation's premier academic award for students dedicated to careers in the environment, tribal public policy or Native American health care.

Hundreds of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students will be involved in activities during CELEBRATE! 2014, a celebration of achievements in academics and the arts that culminates with the university's first ever extravaganza of the arts & sciences open to the public.

Two guest speakers visit campus in May to discuss Appalachian media stereotypes in conjunction with an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Honors Fellow thesis photo exhibition that features intimate photostories of 10 community members in Appalachia.

The campus community gathered Tuesday morning in the Numen Lumen Pavilion to celebrate the life of Ed Watkins, an auto mechanic who died April 18 while fishing with a friend from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Physical Plant.

Donations from the Panhellenic Council benefited Allied Churches of Alamance County and were distributed with help from Campus Kitchen at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

A student-led initiative to raise the visibility of the university's 24 club sports programs started April 12 with a decisive ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ baseball victory over visiting East Carolina University.

The university has been recognized for the fifth year in a row as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada.

The associate professor of education and longtime ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Academy instructor formally takes over this summer for founding director Deborah Long, who is now serving as interim dean of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s School of Education.