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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is hosting a special community event Monday afternoon, "Forum on the Death of Osama Bin Laden, Reactions at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ and Around the World, and Future Implications,” where a panel of faculty and students will facilitate a conversation surrounding the terrorist's death. The forum takes place at 5:30 p.m. in LaRose Digital Theatre.

Tyronna Hooker G'09, an exceptional children’s teacher at Graham Middle School in Graham, N.C., and a 2009 graduate of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Master of Education program, has been named the 2011-12 North Carolina Teacher of the Year.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi welcomed its newest initiates, selected for membership from the upper 7.5 percent of the junior class and upper 10 percent of the senior and graduate classes, in a May 2 formal ceremony in McKinnon Hall.

As the Class of 2011 prepares for Commencement in just over two weeks, the Office of Career Services has found that 88 percent of last year's graduates are either employed full time or are enrolled in graduate or professional school, according to results of survey information collected earlier this semester.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ junior Amber Mathis has received a Newman Civic Fellows Award from Campus Compact, a national organization that aims to improve community life and to educate college students on civic and social responsibility. She is one of 135 students from 30 states to receive the award.

What does revenge taste like? Whipped cream, apparently. Dozens of students took part in “Pie Your Professor” at College Coffee on Tuesday morning in a program sponsored by the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity to raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Hundreds of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students will be involved in activities during CELEBRATE! 2011, a weeklong celebration of student achievements in academics and the arts that begins April 26 and runs through May 2. Programs include seminars, art exhibitions, plays, a film festival, dance and music performances.

Students and staff from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ gathered May 1 in Graham, N.C., for the dedication of the 20th Habitat for Humanity home built by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ volunteers since the international nonprofit program first established a chapter at the university in 1989.

Several ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors can speak with media today and this week about the death of Osama bin Laden.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Tracy Schell wanted to stay on campus last summer to prepare for her final year of study, but she needed a paid internship to do so. That’s when she visited Career Services. Now, with her own Commencement just weeks away, Schell not only has work experience on her resume because of the visit - she has a job lined up with one of the region’s largest employers.