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Members of the “Programming and Event Management” class in the Department of Sport and Event Management organized a “Car Show” event at the Holly Hill Mall in Burlington in November, raising $1,685 for the Walter B. Ellis American Legion Post 63.

Thirty-nine candidates in �鶹��Ƶ’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program received their degrees on Dec. 12, 2010, in an afternoon ceremony that featured an address from the creator of Evidence in Motion, a highly regarded education and business practice consultation company within the physical therapy profession.

From the the Charlotte Observer (12/13/10): The sheriff's office in Lincoln County has apparently found a way around a new law that cracks open previously classified personnel records for government workers: Fired workers won't receive written notification.

An organization that represents private colleges in North Carolina has awarded �鶹��Ƶ a grant of nearly $15,000 to fund a summer program for students about to graduate from local high schools and who make up the inaugural class of the �鶹��Ƶ Academy college access program.

Wally Bixby, associate professor of exercise science, had his paper, "A dimensional investigation of the state anxiety inventory in an exercise setting: Cognitive vs. somatic," accepted for publication in the Journal of Sport Behavior. The article will appear in Volume 34(4) in 2011 and was co-authored by Brad Hatfield from the University of Maryland.

This fall, Coca-Cola Consolidated conducted a promotion in which students who received bottles of Coke products with a designated sticker won an iPod touch screen.

The �鶹��Ƶ Board of Trustees voted Oct. 22 to designate a 56-acre undeveloped tract north of University Drive as the �鶹��Ƶ Forest, a dedicated land preserve and natural area. The action protects the largest remaining intact forest in the Town of �鶹��Ƶ and safeguards thousands of species of plants, animals and other organisms.

�鶹��Ƶ’s fourth annual POWERless Energy Competition concluded this month with students in Danieley Center C receiving top honors for reducing their building’s power usage by almost a third of what it consumed during a baseline measurement period.