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Kirstin Ringelberg, Kathy Matera and David Crowe in ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, last month received Faculty Excellence Awards for the 2012-2013 academic year.

New students affirmed their commitment on Thursday morning to the virtues of honesty, integrity, responsibility and respect in the university’s eighth annual Call to Honor program.

President Leo M. Lambert joined with faculty and Residence Life staff on Tuesday evening to set the tone and hopes for student life in the university’s newest residential complex.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, Junot Díaz shared with an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ audience on Tuesday his approach to writing, his concerns about the way minorities are marginalized in the United States - and how he thinks American youth can change the world.

Associate Professor Naeemah Clark writes in a newspaper guest column about the lack of minority female role models on television who can be a positive influence for all girls of color.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff visited the center on the first floor of Belk Library to learn more about support and services available to the campus community.

The 5:30 p.m. program on Wednesday is sponsored by four academic programs: Peace and Conflict Studies, International Studies, Political Science and Policy Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies.

Registration is still open to join faculty and students from around the world in Raleigh, N.C., for an October conference organized by the university's Center for Engaged Learning.

A new location, a live band and big crowds marked the Sept. 7 debut of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's new tailgating experience on Bank of America Drive.

A reception from 4:30-6 p.m. will showcase services and opportunities for students, faculty and staff to improve writing as part of the university's Writing Excellence Initiative. Ice cream and fruit will be served.