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More than 250 alumni, parents and friends gathered at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan March 9 for the New York launch of Ever Â鶹ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Alumni Association and regional alumni chapters will host the third-annual Welcome to the City events to help graduates get settled in new cities.

A collection of postcards maintained by Belk Library offers a window into Â鶹ÊÓƵ history, from faded photos of the Old Main administration building that burned in 1923 to a newly opened Alumni Gym a quarter century later. Some of those postcards are now available for the public to view just by hopping online.

For the seventh year in a row, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is ranked among the nation's top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2010 college guide, released July 28, ranks schools based on a survey of 122,000 students from across the nation.