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Twelve incoming freshmen arrived this week for Â鶹ÊÓƵ's annual Pre-Serve program to give back to the local community before they begin classes in the fall.

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.

Running a lemonade stand can be the first step toward a business career, as hundreds of children will discover Saturday when they set up shop across Alamance County as part of the national ‘Lemonade Day’ project. For Tim Porter, however, Lemonade Day means so much more, and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior believes what kids have already learned through his efforts will stay with them forever.

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

Â鶹ÊÓƵ senior Jana Murdock collected more than $10,000 this spring for Kopper Top Life Learning Center in Liberty, N.C., through a fundraising project that will provide revenue to the Triad nonprofit for years to come.

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 students, faculty and staff helped clear debris, trees and other material during an April 30 tornado clean-up service trip to Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.