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The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Board of Trustees has elected longtime board member Zachary (Zac) Walker III to serve as a life trustee.

The day will include a Global College Coffee and opportunities for the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community to show they believe in the university by making a gift.

One of the visionaries behind the environmentally friendly cleaning and home care products company will give a talk at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre. Sponsored by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Liberal Arts Forum, the event is free and open to the public.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ trustees have granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members. The action came at the board's spring meeting, which was held on campus Feb. 27-28. 

The associate professor of history is the inaugural recipient of an honor that supports a faculty member in the Department of History whose professional accomplishments are in keeping with ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s teacher-scholar model.

Leaders of a student organization that fights hunger in Alamance County invited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert and his wife, Laurie, to prepare meals with them this month as they celebrated a $5,000 grant to expand their impact across the region.

Two representatives of the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces will visit campus for a Wednesday evening discussion about the Syrian uprising. Their visit is sponsored by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert bestowed the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership this week on an internationally acclaimed artist who directs proceeds from his business ventures to marine wildlife conservation efforts and oceanic research projects.

The first ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll of the spring semester finds support in the Tar Heel State for two familiar names as several national politicians begin to express interest in succeeding President Barack Obama.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's budget for next academic year expands investments in priorities of the university's strategic plan, the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Commitment.