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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson '79 has declared The IGNITE Challenge "a big success." In a new video message, she thanks young alumni for answering her challenge to make gifts to Â鶹ÊÓƵ during February.

A news story in the Times-News of Burlington, N.C., reports that former Â鶹ÊÓƵ baseball player Chase Austin could start his first full year in professional baseball with the Greensboro Grasshoppers.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ junior Taylor Trensch and alumnus Matt Shingledecker '08 have spent much of the past year headlining the national tour of the Broadway musical, "Spring Awakening." This weekend, the Trensch and Shingledecker will enjoy a homecoming of sorts, as the critically acclaimed tour makes a stop at the Durham Performing Arts Center this weekend.

Pamela M. Kiser, Watts-Thompson Professor in the Department of Human Service Studies and interim dean of Â鶹ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s fourth Distinguished University Professor.

Kerrii Brown Anderson ’79, former chief executive officer of Wendys International, shared lessons from her storied career as the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business’ annual Legends of Business speaker on March 4. Anderson encouraged the overflow crowd in LaRose Digital Theatre to seize opportunities, embrace change, give back to the community and cultivate excellent communication skills to succeed in today’s business environment.

A film by alumnus Laith al-Majali, "Captain Abu Raed," can now be purchased as a DVD in the United States.