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Â鶹ÊÓƵ Hillel sponsored a food drive on campus during the ten-day period between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Students, faculty, and staff donated 137 pounds of food, all of which was donated to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.

Louis Rittberger '06 has spent the better part of his life watching his mother, Betsy Bloch, courageously battle multiple sclerosis. On Saturday, Sept. 11, he'll take a step he hopes will help her and the millions of people suffering wth MS worldwide when he hosts the first Imagine! benefit in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.

Jewish students from colleges and universities throughout North Carolina will be heading to Â鶹ÊÓƵ on September 5 for their biennial leadership retreat. The retreat is sponsored by North Carolina’s Statewide Hillel and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Hillel. Or Mars, Director of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship/Davidson Scholars Program and former Executive Director of North Carolina Hillel from 2000 to 2006, will be the keynote speaker. The retreat will focus on leadership themes. Rachel Stanley, Â鶹ÊÓƵ sophomore and an Â鶹ÊÓƵ Hillel Board member, is Â鶹ÊÓƵ's representative on the statewide planning committee. Nancy Luberoff, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Hillel Campus Director, will lead one of the workshops. Funding for the retreat has been provided by Hillel International Soref "Small and Mighty" division.

Events leading up to Commencement 2010 take place this week as Â鶹ÊÓƵ prepares to graduate its 120th undergraduate class, its MBA and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Law class, and its inaugural class in the iMedia graduate program. Activities for seniors start May 18, with a class picnic, an evening gala, receptions and dinners on the agenda.