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The Kernodle Center for Service Learning launched a new program Friday to help students explore volunteer opportunities available to them in Alamance County and surrounding areas. The “Get on the Bus” kick-off in the Moseley Center featured a ribbon cutting by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ President Leo M. Lambert.

Gary Bailey, a counselor for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in the Ellington Health & Counseling Center, served as a member of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Practice Analysis Task Force during 2009.

In a preview to Saturday's football showdown between the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Phoenix and the Wake Forest University Demon Deacons, a feature article in Winston-Salem's regional daily newspaper explores a deep connection shared by both schools' programs - legendary coach D.C. “Peahead” Walker.

Dave Rendall, former vice president of strategic planning at Nortel and founder of Rendall and Associates, will be the first speaker this fall in the C. Ashton Newhall Lecture Series sponsored by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership.

If you’re trying to convince a jury of your innocence, it may help to tell the truth about where you were at the time of a crime – especially if your story bubbles with juicy details, according to a paper by Kyla Mathews '09, an ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alum who won the top prize for her research this summer in a national contest.

Lynne Kurdziel Formato, associate professor of performing arts, just returned from the week long Music Theatre Educators Alliance International Conference in Fredericia, Denmark and Hamburg, Germany.

A report that clarifies the mission of the Multicultural Center, to build on its strengths and reflect an expanded role for diversity education activities, is now available online for students, faculty, staff and other members of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ community to read.

William H. Schlesinger serves as president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an internationally recognized organization dedicated to solving complex global environmental problems through ecological research and working to bridge the gap between science and policy. He visits campus Sept. 16 for the first Voices of Discovery lecture scheduled for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Tammy Cobb, assistant director for community partnerships at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, is one of 24 local volunteers serving as leaders of the 2009 United Way campaign in Alamance County.

BizEd, a magazine for the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, published a short review of professor emeritus David Noer's new book, Healing the Wounds: Overcoming the Trauma of Layoffs and Revitalizing Downsized Corporations, in its September/October edition.