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Rev. Richard W. McBride, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s chaplain for a quarter century, will deliver Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s 119th Commencement address. Commencement is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 23, Under the Oaks in front of West Residence Hall.

More than 100 Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni and parents from the Washington, D.C. area joined President Leo M. Lambert for a regional launch of Ever Â鶹ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University on Nov. 19.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ 150 Â鶹ÊÓƵ alumni and parents celebrated the launch of the Ever Â鶹ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University at a kickoff event in Boston Nov. 13.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ seniors Ivy Crank, John Planisek, Lindsay Clement and Chase Rumley have been selected to join Teach for America, a highly selective program that recruits recent top college graduates and working professionals to commit two years to teach in low-income communities across the country. They were among 5,857 applicants in the first of four recruiting periods for the program’s 2009-10 academic year.

Country music sensation Casey Beathard ’90 has been named the winner of the 2008 BMI Country Songwriter of the Year Award, the second time since 2004 that he has received the honor.