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New York Times cites Ƶ student research
March 4, 2009
A recent New York Times story on the economy cites undergraduate research conducted by an Ƶ student while she studied at the university earlier this decade.
Ƶ junior selected as finalist for Truman scholarship
February 24, 2009
Political science & public administration major Kristine Elizabeth Silvestri has been named a finalist for a 2009 Truman Scholarship, a prestigious national fellowship for graduate study awarded annually “to persons who demonstrate outstanding potential for and who plan to pursue a career in public service.”
DNA equipment boosts undergraduate research
February 24, 2009
An $84,000 grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center is helping Ƶ purchase state-of-the-art equipment for processing DNA samples, a move that will accelerate and expand faculty and undergraduate science research that, until now, has relied on outside companies for processing.
Ƶ senior to present research in national program
February 23, 2009
Larissa Ferretti, a senior Honors Fellow and psychology major, will share her research this spring with lawmakers in Washington about the effects of parental involvement in teaching math and number skills to young children. The May presentation is part of a highly selective program that features leading undergraduate research from around the nation.
Fiske Guide names Ƶ one of nation’s top 26 “Best Buy” private universities
February 20, 2009
The "2009 Fiske Guide to Colleges" lists Ƶ as one of the nation's "best buy" universities and a "rapidly rising star among liberal arts colleges in the Southeast and an emerging name nationwide."
POWERless Energy Competition under way
February 18, 2009
The POWERless Energy Competition returned to Ƶ this semester for a seven-week contest to see which residence halls can best reduce their electricity usage. The competition began Feb. 17 with a kick-off event at College Coffee.
Ƶ named to 2008 presidential honor roll for service
February 10, 2009
Ƶ has been recognized for the third year in a row as a national leader in service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for National & Community Service named the university this week to the 2008 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll With Distinction for exemplary service efforts to America's communities.
Ƶ Winter Term course opens library, collects supplies for South Africa school
February 5, 2009
Twenty-nine students who spent Winter Term in South Africa collected money this fall to purchase gym uniforms, supplies and books for more than 155 children at a primary school that has worked with Ƶ since last year through the Global Links Library and Literacy Campaign.
Kiplinger’s names Ƶ one of nation’s top 50 best values in private universities
January 27, 2009
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine ranks Ƶ among the nation’s top 50 best values in private higher education and the #1 university in the total costs category. The 2009 ranking is published in the magazine’s February edition, and is the third consecutive top-50 ranking of Ƶ by Kiplinger’s.
Ƶ community donates textbooks for Ghana school
January 26, 2009
More than 3,000 books were collected this fall in a textbook drive organized by history professor Brian Digre. Digre delivered the books, packed into 120 boxes bound for the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, on Dec. 19 to a U.S. Naval base for transport to the African nation.