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New student orientation begins Friday, Aug. 28, when members of the Class of 2013 begin moving into residence halls. Read this note for highlights of the orientation schedule and to download the full schedule in PDF format.

Thirty experiential education practitioners gathered on the Â鶹ÊÓƵ campus July 30 to focus on best practices and legal issues in experiential education with the workshop 21st Century Experiential Learning: Examining Best Practices & Managing the Risks.

For the seventh year in a row, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is ranked among the nation's top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2010 college guide, released July 28, ranks schools based on a survey of 122,000 students from across the nation.

Students in a summer sociology course had an opportunity this week to learn about recovery efforts in Iraq by interacting directly with an artist living in Baghdad who answered questions from them in an online chat.

The National Society for Experiential Education has named Â鶹ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert the winner of an inaugural award for his contributions to experiential education. Lambert, one of 29 nominees for the honor, will receive the William M. Burke Presidential Award for Excellence in Experiential Education this fall at the society’s annual conference in Dallas.

The 2009-2010 academic year priorities, developed through Â鶹ÊÓƵ's annual planning process, are now available online. To access the document, click on the link below. Permanent links to the site are found under the "Publications" section at the bottom of E-Net, and also in the "Administration" drop-down menu of the header on Â鶹ÊÓƵ Web pages.

Construction workers were smoothing cement July 15 as they work to complete the new plaza that will grace the entrance to Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Academic Village. The plaza is scheduled for completion Aug. 10, and will be the new home for the university's weekly College Coffee gatherings.

Two Â鶹ÊÓƵ students and a 2009 alum won awards last week for their performance in a moot court competition at the 3rd annual International Human Rights Law Summer Study in Vilnius, Lithuania, a program co-sponsored by the university’s Center for Public Affairs.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is one of the nation's top seven best values for students who want to attend a university with outstanding academics at an affordable cost, says a former managing editor of the Fiske Guide to Colleges in an article on Reader's Digest.com.

The deadliest wreck in the history of the Metrorail system in Washington, D.C., killed the parents of an Â鶹ÊÓƵ DPT alum. Services are scheduled for early next week, with a memorial fund established to honor their memories.