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Capital Bank Charitable Foundation made a $3,500 gift to the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy in December to support the program's financial literacy programs for more than 120 scholars and their families.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has launched the public phase of the largest fundraising campaign in the school’s history. The Board of Trustees voted Oct. 10 to set a goal of raising $100 million by 2011 through Ever Â鶹ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University.

During this year’s Senior Class Giving Campaign, members of the Class of 2011 will be encouraged to make a gift to the university to show their support for their Â鶹ÊÓƵ experiences.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 3,000 people have watched President Leo M. Lambert's message about the important role that alumni play in Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s future, including making annual gifts to support the best of an Â鶹ÊÓƵ education. This is the first of several videos the president will share with alumni this year via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and E-Net.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ will begin upgrades to the Walter C. Latham Park baseball facility following the 2010 baseball season. The improvements are made possible by a group of generous donors led by trustee Dr. Bryan Latham and his wife, Janet, of Miami, who made a $250,000 commitment to fund the work.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ trustee Frank R. Lyon ’71 and his wife, Natalie Lyon, of New Canaan, Conn., longtime supporters of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Academy, have made a major gift for the creation of an endowed scholarship that will aid graduates of the college enrichment program for high school students in Alamance County.

A major gift by Â鶹ÊÓƵ trustee Jeanne Robertson and her husband Jerry will provide lead funding for a renovation project for Alumni Gym in Koury Center. The project will upgrade Â鶹ÊÓƵ's home for basketball and volleyball, convocations and other large campus events.