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Two dozen members of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Class of 2018 spent six days in July serving meals, building homes with Habitat for Humanity and volunteering at the Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club through a program hosted by the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement.

Rising seniors Krystal Lanclos and Ashley Rose are spending the summer in Newark, New Jersey, to teach in the urban classrooms of a regional nonprofit charter school operator.

A gift from an anonymous donor will be used to support a new endowed scholarship for students who begin their studies at Alamance Community College and wish to transfer to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ to complete a four-year degree. 

The first-year summer experience program offered by the Office of New Student and Transition Programs familiarizes incoming students with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's campus and helps them develop outdoor and team-building skills before classes begin in the fall.

A geographic footprint that aligns with current student and alumni populations made the CAA a natural fit for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, which will host and travel to many top schools in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast for varsity athletic competition.

For the third consecutive year, a program through the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement allowed students to work with a local children's center and assist an HIV/AIDS support group.

Featuring wisdom from returning undergraduates, information about the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Core Curriculum and resources for moving to campus, "Are You Ready?" helps members of the Class of 2018 consider how to best prepare for success at the university.

Caley Mikesell is one of eight fellows from around the world spending June and July in rural India to help research and develop holistic programs aimed at improving conditions for impoverished villages.

The nonpartisan National Council on Teacher Quality has ranked the School of Education #3 in the United States for its special education program and #22 for its undergraduate elementary education program.

Catherine Lee, Emma Luparello and Julie Merritt will each receive a $21,900 scholarship for each of the next two years while working toward teacher licensure as part of their studies in mathematics and the natural sciences.