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Jonathan Reckford leads one of the world’s largest nonprofits focused on homeownership, and on Oct. 28, 2014, he visited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ to share lessons and advice for students dedicated to improving their communities through lives of service.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert and ACC President Algie Gatewood signed an agreement Monday to create a scholarship for students from Alamance Community College who wish to transfer to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ for their four-year degrees.

Yasmine Arrington's "ScholarCHIPS" program has provided 17 scholarships to date to children whose parents are imprisoned, and her work both on and off ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's campus has caught the attention of nonprofit leaders and government policymakers.

From raking leaves to painting front stoops, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students and alumni on Saturday assisted Town of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ residents with sprucing up homes built over the past two decades through Habitat for Humanity.

President Leo M. Lambert has issued his annual report detailing impressive research being done by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty and students.

The School of Communications organized events that encouraged students, faculty and staff to interact with the news.

Sponsored by the Alamance County Rotary Club, one of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's newest student organizations is commited to community and international service alongside professional and leadership development.

President Leo M. Lambert and four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors led dinner conversations on Oct. 6 with students from the university's Historic Neighborhood who wanted to share the lessons they learned from Fall Convocation.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ leaders have dedicated a new facility on West Haggard Avenue that gives performing arts students expanded rehearsal and studio space that complement existing venues in the Center for the Arts.

INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has recognized ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ with a 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award, an accolade that reflects ongoing university efforts to celebrate and support students, staff, faculty and alumni of all backgrounds and beliefs.