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Courtney Graham and Alex Moss graduated from Â鶹ÊÓƵ this month having made a lasting contribution to their community while studying at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. The duo are the first two alumni of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Civic Engagement Scholar program, which was designed for students looking to make a positive change by partnering with local organizations in need of assistance.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been recognized for the fifth year in a row as a national leader in service-learning and civic engagement. The Corporation for National & Community Service named the university this week to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for service efforts to America's communities

Three of North Carolina’s most influential voices in higher education gathered Wednesday, Feb. 9, for a panel discussion at a civic engagement conference on Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s campus. Their message was simple: state and federal lawmakers should preserve financial aid for students in the ongoing recession, and to stay competitive in a global economy, schools must widen access for those who want to pursue college degrees.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ grandparent Tony Duke Sr., GP ’08, ’09, couldn’t let a little snow slow him down. Nor could the snow stop a coterie of Â鶹ÊÓƵ Leadership Fellows from meeting March 2 with the longtime university supporter.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ junior Amber Mathis has received a Newman Civic Fellows Award from Campus Compact, a national organization that aims to improve community life and to educate college students on civic and social responsibility. She is one of 135 students from 30 states to receive the award.

CELEBRATE! 2011 continued Thursday afternoon at Â鶹ÊÓƵ with four student presentations on academic service-learning projects that involved community outreach over the past year.

Student Global AIDS Campaign, an Â鶹ÊÓƵ Volunteers! club and Â鶹ÊÓƵ's only HIV/AIDS awareness program, will meet this Tuesday, April 5, to discuss events and garner future interest. Events for the semester include a 2-mile run and a dinner.

An organization that helps universities across North Carolina develop an ethos of volunteerism and service among students has awarded Mary Morrison, director of the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, its 2011 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award.

Campus Kitchen at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, a community program to serve meals to those in need in Alamance County, opened for the first time on Tuesday when top university leaders prepared lasagna dishes during a special College Coffee in the 1889 Grill Room.

Alexa Darby, an assistant professor of psychology, will assume the role of academic coordinator for the Civic Engagement Scholars Program effective Jan. 1, 2011.