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A repeat 9th grader at “Southwestern High,” Jamal Harris is what the American educational system would describe as an “at risk” student. But the lead character in a play written by Jean Rohr in the School of Education shows that many factors influence student performance – and the first staged reading of her work, “Valued Voices,” met with praise Wednesday night in Whitley Auditorium.

After switching majors from business to elementary education, Ben Smith '09 realized he would be a minority in his field. The questions he would ask led to his senior thesis, “The Difference in the Experiences of Male and Female Beginning Elementary School Teachers,” to be presented April 28 at SURF. His work is the latest in a weeklong series of E-net profiles to spotlight ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.

David Noer, the Frank S. Holt Jr. Professor of Business Leadership in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published April 26, 2009, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.

An HIV-positive Namibian woman "just waiting for death to come" found strength to speak for all AIDS victims in the African nation, and she uses her voice today to battle the disease's stigma. A new film by communications major Erin Barnett '09, which tells the activist's story, is the latest in a series of E-net profiles to spotlight undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.

Stephen A. Futrell conducts the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Chorale, Camerata, Festival Chorus and Orchestra, combined with the Front Street UMC Chancel Choir and the North State Chorale, on April 30 in an hour and a half performance of Handel’s master work. The McCrary Theatre event is free and open to the public.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ entrepreneurship students visited the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC in Greensboro, N.C., on April 17. The students participated in discussions with attorneys representing a number of legal areas dealing with entrepreneurial ventures.

Winners of the 13th Annual Philip L. Carret "Thomas Jefferson Essay Competition" were named April 27, 2009, at a recognition dinner in the Center for the Arts.

The Statesville (N.C.) Record & Landmark on April 25 profiled Carson Foushee '07, a leisure and sport management graduate, and his efforts to raise money for the purchase of netting that can help slow the spread of malaria in Africa.

North and South Carolinians are feeling the pinch of a rocky economy, with nearly half of respondents in the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll witnessing their retirement plans lose at least a quarter of their values alongside a drop in the values of their homes.

Everyone knows “that guy,” the one with a pocket mirror who realizes just how good-looking he is. Chances are, if he thinks he’s cute, he’ll assume you’ve been checking him out, too. New scholarship to be presented at SURF by psychology major Ivy Crank ‘09 shows how that’s the case. Her work is the first in a weeklong series of E-net profiles to spotlight ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.