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A special Residential Campus Committee has spent the past year drafting a plan that will transform ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's living-learning environment. Through a new website, the committee is inviting a campus conversation about the details of this initiative, a major goal of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Commitment strategic plan.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Black Alumni Network honored five past and present ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ employees Saturday night in a Homecoming banquet to celebrate influential people who contributed to the success of black students on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's campus and to the newly endowed Black Alumni Scholarship.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ football alumnus Chris Werden '09 has signed to play for the Saint-Ouen-l'Aumone Cougars, part of a professional football league in France, according to the (Charleston, S.C.) Post and Courier.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Alumni Association honored five exemplary graduates on Oct. 23, 2010, during the annual Alumni Awards Breakfast held as part of Homecoming. Jack R. Lindley Sr. ’56, Kebbler McGhee Williams '98, Michelle C. Pautz ’03, and Charles “Chuck” and Carole Ann Collard ’89 received the Distinguished Alumnus, Distinguished Alumna, Young Alumna and Alumni Service awards, respectively.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni from all eras returned to campus Oct. 23 for Homecoming festivities that included affinity group reunions, tailgating and football. Relive the moments with a photo gallery of images captured by the Office of University Relations.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumna and trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson ’79, former CEO of Wendy’s International, has issued a challenge to all young alumni: Make a gift of $20 or more during February and she’ll match it 5-to-1. Anderson wants to increase participation in annual giving among ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s young alumni.