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Tom Ritchie, a US-UK Fulbright Visiting Scholar at �鶹��Ƶ in 2025–26, received Echo360’s Global Learning Ambassador award in Chicago after a talk built around the work of �鶹��Ƶ students and �鶹��Ƶ Academy Scholars.

The public health major is helping make everyone she interacts with feel comfortable, from the Mi Casa Living Learning Community floor to the Latinx-Hispanic Union.

During the Summer Academy, �鶹��Ƶ Academy scholars take academic, life skills and college-prep courses. An important aspect of the program includes Evening Sessions, which have historically served as the scholars' extracurricular programming

Your Place in the World: Exploring Identity, Sustainability, and AI was a three-week course taught by a transatlantic team from the US, UK and Ireland.

A new course introduced �鶹��Ƶ Academy students to an international teaching team and fostered cross-cultural connections.

From friendships and community to personal growth and support, students shared what has stood out most during their time at �鶹��Ƶ.

At the 2026 PACE (Pathways to Achieving Civic Engagement) Conference hosted by �鶹��Ƶ, first-year �鶹��Ƶ student, Odyssey Program scholar and �鶹��Ƶ Academy alumna Berenice Sanchez Rosaldo ’20 presented alongside faculty and community leaders on how community storytelling can foster civic engagement.

As �鶹��Ƶ Academy enters its twentieth year, the Phi Cohort represents more than a record-breaking class size. These 30 students embody the promise, potential, and perseverance that have defined �鶹��Ƶ Academy since its founding.

�鶹��Ƶ’s college access and success program recognized several Alamance County high school seniors and four recent college graduates - also alumni of the �鶹��Ƶ Academy - during a May ceremony hosted by President Connie Ledoux Book.

Applications are now open for the next cohort of �鶹��Ƶ Academy students, with faculty and staff invited to help expand access to the college access and success program.