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Fifteen first-year students spent a week earlier this summer exploring campus and the surrounding area as they prepared for the transition to their collegiate studies.

University staff recently installed solar panels on a cart used by grounds crews to extend the distance they can travel between battery charges while reducing operational expenses.

Make a purchase at the market, get card punched, win prizes.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Sustainability reusable bags will be given to those who attend the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Community Church Farmers Market Thursday, June 26.

Led by the Office of Sustainability, a May program designed to keep clean and working items out of landfills as students leave campus helped local charities like Goodwill and Habitat for Humanity.

Own a couch or desk or clothes you can't seem to sell on E-net? Instead of tossing them into the nearest Dumpsters this spring when heading away from campus, consider donating usable items to local charities that assist the needy of Alamance County.

The decision to remodel and reduce the amount of paper used resulted in a savings of time and money.

The university has been recognized for the fifth year in a row as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the United States and Canada.

Workers spent Tuesday morning planting a tree in a campus grove known as Under the Oaks after a winter ice storm last month led to the removal of a tree that predated ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's founding.

Several student organizations and departments have partnered to host programs that run through April 26, 2014, in celebration of Earth Week and the university's commitment to sustainability & the environment.