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ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ senior Jana Murdock collected more than $10,000 this spring for Kopper Top Life Learning Center in Liberty, N.C., through a fundraising project that will provide revenue to the Triad nonprofit for years to come.

Three of North Carolina’s most influential voices in higher education gathered Wednesday, Feb. 9, for a panel discussion at a civic engagement conference on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s campus. Their message was simple: state and federal lawmakers should preserve financial aid for students in the ongoing recession, and to stay competitive in a global economy, schools must widen access for those who want to pursue college degrees.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff helped clear debris, trees and other material during an April 30 tornado clean-up service trip to Shaw University in Raleigh, N.C.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ junior Amber Mathis has received a Newman Civic Fellows Award from Campus Compact, a national organization that aims to improve community life and to educate college students on civic and social responsibility. She is one of 135 students from 30 states to receive the award.

Students and staff from ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ gathered May 1 in Graham, N.C., for the dedication of the 20th Habitat for Humanity home built by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ volunteers since the international nonprofit program first established a chapter at the university in 1989.

CELEBRATE! 2011 continued Thursday afternoon at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ with four student presentations on academic service-learning projects that involved community outreach over the past year.

Shaw University in Raleigh has requested ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's assistance for helping to clean up from the damage caused by the tornadoes earlier this month. The Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement has a tornado relief service trip planned for Saturday, April 30.

The Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement organized a group of fourteen volunteers on April 23 to assist with tornado relief in regions of North Carolina affected by recent storms.

The Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is coordinating a trip on Saturday, April 23, to Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., for students who wish to help clear debris from the recent tornados in surrounding communities.