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Four ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ students have won recognition from Stanford University for their entry in a global contest that challenged teams to create something of value using nothing more than water bottles. Their video entry stemmed from the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Innovation Challenge, hosted locally by the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ.

Rev. Richard W. McBride, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s chaplain for a quarter century, will deliver ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s 119th Commencement address. Commencement is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 23, Under the Oaks in front of West Residence Hall.

Issues in Political Economy, an undergraduate research journal co-published by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, where several students have used the annual publication as a springboard to graduate studies in some of the nation’s premiere economic programs.

American School & University magazine has recognized the design of the Colonnades Dining Hall in its 2008 Architectural Portfolio competition. The Colonnades, designed by Spillman Farmer Architects, was among 71 projects receiving outstanding design awards in the post-secondary division.

Inside Higher Ed, an online daily news source covering American colleges and universities, reported Dec. 2 on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s efforts in recent years to increase the total number and percentage of faculty in tenure or tenure-track positions.

University senior Breanna Carrie Detwiler has been named a 2009-2010 George J. Mitchell Scholar, making her the first ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ student to receive the award since the competitive scholarship was created in honor of a former United States Senator who helped broker a peace accord in Northern Ireland.

See what happened at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ last month through the eyes of university photographer Grant Halverson. Events include Homecoming 2008 and the production of "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street" by students in the Department of Performing Arts.

More than 100 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni and parents from the Washington, D.C. area joined President Leo M. Lambert for a regional launch of Ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University on Nov. 19.

About 150 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alumni and parents celebrated the launch of the Ever ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ: The Campaign for the Future of Our University at a kickoff event in Boston Nov. 13.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ seniors Ivy Crank, John Planisek, Lindsay Clement and Chase Rumley have been selected to join Teach for America, a highly selective program that recruits recent top college graduates and working professionals to commit two years to teach in low-income communities across the country. They were among 5,857 applicants in the first of four recruiting periods for the program’s 2009-10 academic year.