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Â鶹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 Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s young alumni.

Churches have always split on doctrinal or political grounds, and prior to the Civil War, that wedge issue, more often than not, was slavery. Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior Amber Woods explored how early churches in Kentucky responded to debates over emancipation, and her undergraduate research is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Mock Trial program will compete Oct. 30-31 among two dozen teams from 14 universities in the 5th Annual Justice Louis Brandeis Mock Trial Invitational Tournament at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is sending one team of verterans representing students from all majors and departments to compete at the tournament.

With the 2010 congressional midterm elections less than a week away, only one third of respondents in the latest Â鶹ÊÓƵ poll believed Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr deserves re-election as he fends off Democratic challenger Elaine Marshall.