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Think you know the officiating nuances of a football game? Not like this you don’t. ������Ƶ seniors Ryan Pauley and Jackie Sapio spent Saturdays this fall watching ACC football games from the conference’s headquarters in Greensboro, documenting every yellow flag and missed call as part of an internship developed through the Department of Leisure and Sport Management.

Jeanne Robertson, a member of the ������Ƶ board of trustees, was featured in the Dec. 14 broadcast of "The State of Things" on North Carolina Public Radio WUNC 91.5. Robertson spoke with host Frank Stasio about her career as a humorist and speaker, and how she approaches her work.

Millard Lee, a custodian for physical plant services, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Lee worked in the afternoons at ������Ƶ and was responsible for custodial service in the Center for the Arts offices and music rooms, as well as monitoring special events there in the evenings.

The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., published a column by Jeffrey Coker, an assistant professor of biology, in its Dec. 11 edition. "Energy savings come home" shares with readers the steps that Coker and his family took to save money and help the environment as it relates to their own power and water consumption.

Thirty-seven candidates in ������Ƶ’s doctor of physical therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 6, 2009, in a ceremony featuring an address from John D. Childs, associate professor and director of research for the U.S. Army in the Baylor University doctoral program in physical therapy.

With their ������Ƶ tutors in tow, 22 children made beelines Wednesday evening for such titles as “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and “Just Grace and the Snack Attack,” books at a local retailer that would, hopefully, foster a deeper love of the written word while rewarding their progress in a reading program organized by an upper level education course.

Judy Esposito, associate professor of human services studies, had an article titled “Student Actors as Mock-clients: Authentic Learning for Human Services Students” in the Fall 2009 edition of Human Service Education.

A Leisure and Sport Management class led by associate professor Hal Walker planned and hosted two events over the fall semester in which students raised $2,800 for philanthropic causes.

From participating in family talent shows to working at Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, ������Ƶ senior Christopher Staskel has always bled theatre, whether acting, dancing or singing. The North Carolina native, the fourth student to be featured in a monthly series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of the university's Lumen Scholars, is now at it again – this time as the mastermind behind an original stage production.