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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s top prize for undergraduate research and creative achievement assisted senior Omolayo Ojo in her efforts to share why people from Senegal move to the United States, and what effect those moves have on families left behind.

A team that includes Associate Professor Janet MacFall and Assistant Professor Ryan Kirk will use a $25,000 grant from the state Department of Commerce to help grow retail opportunities for farmers in two North Carolina counties.

A February symposium brings graduates, scholars and art lovers to campus to learn about trends in art history and the accomplishments of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ art history alumni. A keynote lecture on Feb. 27, 2015, is free and open to the public.

Tickets are now available at the Center for the Arts Box Office for a Tuesday evening performance of "Rhapsody in Bluegrass."

Kenn Gaither, an associate professor and associate dean in the School of Communications, writes in regional newspapers about his experience growing up the son of a civil rights activist and what a recent South Carolina courtroom decision says about today's struggles for social justice.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ ranked #3 on an annual list of American master's-level institutions whose graduates received Fulbright student awards for 2014-15.

Actively involved with campus groups and organizations, Shannon Foley '13 enjoyed helping other people reach their full potential. Visits to the Student Professional Development Center helped Foley on her own career journey to The Advisory Board Company.

The assistant professor of human service studies had studied the topic as part of her doctoral dissertation and it remains one of her areas of scholarship.

The Liberal Arts Forum hosts the nationally recognized poet in a Whitley Auditorium event at 7:30 p.m. The program is free and open to the public.