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Senior’s efforts leave legacy at local high school
May 31, 2011
It wasn’t enough for Victoria “Tory” Hill to simply show up for student teaching, give her lessons, and then go home. For the Spanish major who graduates Saturday from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, time spent this spring at Eastern Guilford High School will benefit students for years because of her initiative to support Spanish speakers in a school with few resources to help them better learn their native language.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior wins top prize at Duke Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 26, 2011
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior economics major Kaylyn Swankoski was awarded the 2011 Allen Starling Johnson Jr. Outstanding Symposium Presentation Prize for the April 29 presentation of her senior thesis at the Duke Economics Department 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Bloomberg Businessweek ranks ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s entrepreneurship program #19 in the nation
May 24, 2011
The 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek rankings of top undergraduate business schools by specialty rates ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ #19 in the nation for entrepreneurship and #22 for sustainability.
Doherty Scholar wins MIT Elevator Pitch Competition
May 23, 2011
What does it take to sell someone on your idea for a new product or service? A good pitch certainly helps - especially one you can give to a prospective investor in less than a minute, a skill that won ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ junior Brian Serow top prize in a contest at the 2011 MIT Global Startup Workshop in Seoul, South Korea.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior brings ‘Lemonade Day’ to Alamance County
May 23, 2011
Running a lemonade stand can be the first step toward a business career, as hundreds of children will discover Saturday when they set up shop across Alamance County as part of the national ‘Lemonade Day’ project. For Tim Porter, however, Lemonade Day means so much more, and the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior believes what kids have already learned through his efforts will stay with them forever.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ holds 121st Commencement exercises
May 23, 2011
Calling on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s newest alumni to serve a nation “that provides us the opportunities we far too often take for granted,” U.S. Navy Vice Adm. William E. Gortney ’77 spoke of courage, integrity and balance on Saturday morning in Commencement exercises attended by thousands of relatives and friends who gathered Under the Oaks to celebrate the Class of 2011’s academic journey.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Phoenix baseball team captures share of SoCon Title
May 20, 2011
The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Phoenix secured a share of its fourth Southern Conference regular-season title, and third in four years, by rallying for four runs in the bottom of the eight for an 8-7 win over the visiting Furman Paladins on May 19. The win was the 11th for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in its final at bat this season.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ to host Duke TIP Recognition Ceremony on June 2
May 19, 2011
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ will host 270 seventh grade students and their parents for a Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) state recognition ceremony on June 2 at 2 p.m. in Alumni Gym.
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Bateman Team places in top three in nation
May 18, 2011
ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ finished third in the nation in the 2011 Bateman Case Study Competition, a national contest established by the Public Relations Society of America to give university students an opportunity to exercise the analytical skills and judgment required for public relations problem solving.
Six ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ athletics teams earn top academic honors
May 17, 2011
Six ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ athletics teams rank among the nation’s top 10 percent in their sports in the annual NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) report. The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Phoenix men’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s golf, women’s indoor and outdoor track and volleyball teams are among the NCAA Division I teams receiving public recognition awards for their APR scores, the NCAA announced May 17.