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Parents, grandparents and members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community are invited to hear nationally known humorist Jeanne Robertson perform on Friday, Sept. 26, as part of Family Weekend 2008. 

Â鶹ÊÓƵ earns a top national ranking in a new feature included in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Colleges” guide. The magazine named Â鶹ÊÓƵ the top "School to Watch" in a listing of colleges and universities that have made “striking improvements or innovations – schools everyone should be watching.”

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has launched a new sustainability web site to provide an overview of its sustainability initiative. The site serves as a resource for the campus community to learn about sustainable practices and programs at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, to raise environmental awareness and participation, and to foster new ideas.

A team of students led by communications professor Connie Book traveled to Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 8 to document what happened when the first American media market made the historic switch from analog to digital television.

Freshmen gathered in Alumni Gym to pledge their commitment to honesty, integrity, responsibility and respect — the foundation of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s honor code — at the university’s third Call to Honor ceremony Thursday, Sept. 11.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Lambda Chi chapter of Beta Alpha Psi has achieved “Superior Chapter” status and was recognized by the national organization this summer as the “Most Improved Chapter” for 2008. 

“Nickelodeon: Remembering the Good Stuff” is the theme for Monday night when Â鶹ÊÓƵ seniors gather in Alumni Gym for the Senior Class Choice Awards, an informative and social meeting to prepare students for their final year at the university.