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Forty-one percent of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni in the Class of 2011 had accepted a full-time position by the day they received their diplomas, the highest percentage in five years of students reporting employment at time of graduation, according to initial results from the Cap & Gown survey administered by the Office of Career Services to seniors prior to Commencement.

Sixty-eight students representing several majors have been participating this summer in a domestic summer internship programs in both Los Angeles and New York. While in their respective cities, students take an academic course on Mondays and complete internships the rest of the week. The structures of the nine-week programs vary, but students receive the same general experience, as they live, take classes and do internships in a major American city.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors, students and alumni continue to make news this summer through their research and campus activities. Notable in recent weeks was regional media coverage of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ School of Law's full accreditation from the American Bar Association, regional stories and broadcasts on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's new head women's basketball coach, and mention of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll by the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ will revise its Teaching Fellows program following recent action by the North Carolina General Assembly to phase out funding for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows program. The new ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ fellows program will recruit outstanding students nationally as well as those from North Carolina who want to pursue careers in education.

Matt Shingledecker '08 has been cast as Roger Davis in the Off-Broadway revival of "Rent," which opens Aug. 11 at New World Stages in New York City.

An ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student with the goal of one day running for public office is taking part this summer in the Virginia Governor’s Fellows Program, a highly selective internship for rising college seniors, recent college graduates or graduate students from Virginia that places them in the governor’s office and other state agencies.

Twelve incoming freshmen arrived this week for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's annual Pre-Serve program to give back to the local community before they begin classes in the fall.

Fifteen rising juniors at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ have been named recipients of the 2011 Lumen Prize, the university’s premier award that comes with a $15,000 scholarship to support and celebrate their academic achievements and research proposals.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Cedric Pulliam, a political science and international studies double major with aspirations of joining the U.S. Foreign Service, will participate this summer in a highly selective national program that introduces scholars to diplomatic officials and career opportunities in international relations.

Two ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ professors and eight students spent several days in Zambia late this spring to help Habitat for Humanity with building homes for orphans and vulnerable children impacted by HIV/AIDS.