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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.

The Haw River has been key to the region’s growth and development over the centuries, and as associate professor emerita Anne Cassebaum writes in her new book, Down Along the Haw: The History of a North Carolina River, its importance can’t be ignored as efforts continue to preserve one of the region’s vital waterways.

Last year’s iMedia graduates, the first from the program, have landed in an array of positions with organizations across the nation. Of the 32 graduates who responded to a survey from Career Services, 31 are employed full-time in a position directly related to their career aspirations.

Four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business have reached the “final four” of the IMA Student Case Competition and will travel to Orlando in June for the finals.

CELEBRATE! 2011 continued Thursday afternoon at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ with four student presentations on academic service-learning projects that involved community outreach over the past year.

Research shows how the growth of a nation’s economy harms its air quality, at least until citizens live comfortably enough to demand change. Does the same hold true for water pollution? ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Stephanie Franz examined that question, and her work is the last to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on undergraduate research presented during CELEBRATE! 2011.

Student leaders from a variety of academic disciplines were honored April 28 at the annual Omicron Delta Kappa awards ceremony in Whitley Auditorium, an annual ceremony that coincides with CELEBRATE! week. ODK recognizes students who have provided outstanding leadership in their junior or senior years, and who have maintained high academic performance.