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The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ campus community is planning efforts to provide support from those suffering the effects of a massive earthquake and tsunami. The efforts were launched at the March 15 College Coffee, where students from Japan spoke about the disaster in their homeland.

An ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ parent and CEO of a company that provides software solutions for the federal government has a piece of advice for entrepreneurs: when writing a business plan, never forget to show how you’ll execute it to make money for investors. Raj Ananthanpillai offered that wisdom and more on March 14 in the LaRose Digital Theatre as the latest university guest in the C. Ashton Newhall Endowed Lecture Series.

The announcement of two major gifts highlighted a 25th anniversary gala event for ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. Students, faculty, staff and friends of the school gathered Feb. 5 to kick off a yearlong celebration of the school's founding in 1985. The gala featured the announcements of major gifts by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ parent and trustee David Porter and the Martha and Spencer Love Foundation.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ honored its generous donors and students who benefit from philanthropy at the university’s Scholarship Dinner in McKinnon Hall on Feb. 28. The annual event gives donors the opportunity to meet with their student scholarship recipients and see firsthand the power of scholarships to change lives.

J.C. Watts, former Republican congressman from Oklahoma and a commentator and strategist, will hold a question-and-answer session at 11 a.m. today in Whitley Auditorium. Watts is visiting campus as the seventh Isabella Cannon Distinguished Visiting Professor of Leadership. He delivered a public lecture last night in McCrary Theatre.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ trustees met in special session Feb. 14 to set the 2011-12 fiscal year budget. As the university begins the second year of its strategic plan, the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Commitment, trustees carefully weighed the demands for additional resources with the financial realities that students and their families are facing.

The fifth annual Professional Discovery Week, a program by Career Services to provide students in all majors with opportunities to explore career options, learn effective job search skills and transition from college to career, runs Monday through Thursday with events scheduled across campus.

The six ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students in Egypt when demonstrations against the nation's president erupted last week have safely departed the country.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ has released its President's List and Dean's List academic recognitions for the 2010 fall semester.