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Learn about ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's time-honored customs and most cherished people and places on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's new Traditions Book website.

Ten outstanding ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni will be honored Oct. 22 for professional achievements, community service and contributions to ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ at the annual Alumni Association Awards Ceremony.

If you tripped over lines of wire in the main hallway of McEwen communications building this week, blame Troy Senkiewicz.

The Rev. Dr. Walstein W. "Wally" Snyder '45, whose leadership of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Homes for Children transformed a generation of children, died Aug. 29, at his home in Burlington.

The broadcasting careers of three ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni, Jasmine Spencer '11, Crystal Moyer '11 and Eugene Daniel '11, are off to fast starts in local news for communities in North Carolina, South Carolina and Illinois.

I walk up a set of rickety metal steps on the side of an 18-wheeler and cautiously open a steel door. I am faced with a scene that would make Ray Bradbury shudder: a tiny room jammed with flat-screen monitors playing to a dozen people behind computers wearing futuristic glasses, shouting things like “Go for gold” and “the Flag is down.” But this is not a scene from a foreboding science fiction novel. It’s my life.

For the ninth year in a row, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is ranked among the nation's 376 top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2012 college guide, released Aug. 1, also ranks ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s study abroad program as #4 in the nation, and ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s theater program as #15.

The American Red Cross has provided ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ with information on ways the community can respond to devastation caused by Hurricane Irene.

On August 26, 2011, Professors Joel Hollingsworth and Dave Powell had the opportunity to visit Credit Suisse in RTP, North Carolina.

Leaders of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Black Alumni Network (EBAN) leadership team gathered on campus July 30 to plan initiatives for the upcoming academic year, including enhanced Homecoming events and a new mentoring program to better connect alumni with current students.