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INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has recognized ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ with a 2014 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award, an accolade that reflects ongoing university efforts to celebrate and support students, staff, faculty and alumni of all backgrounds and beliefs.

Pledges of any amount during the campaign, which runs until December, will enter donors in every-other-week drawings for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ-only incentives such as gift cards, sideline passes to a football game and Phoenix Cash.

A new two-part "Phoenix Cup" contest sponsored by the Office of Sustainability gives students, faculty and staff an opportunity to win prizes by making team efforts to reduce their environmental impacts.

An annual meeting in Whitley Auditorium allowed university administrators to talk with staff about goals for the upcoming year.

Intended audience: All new full-time faculty members

A canned food drive on the university's recent Staff Appreciation Day aided Allied Churches of Alamance County, a Burlington, N.C.-based charity that operates a food pantry to serve the region's hungry and homeless.

Gerald Whittington, vice president for business, finance and technology, has announced several promotions effective on June 1.

The university has received a STARS Silver rating from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Charlotte Motor Speedway offers a spectacular holiday light show, movie nights and other fun between Nov. 22 and Dec. 30.

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