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The 8th annual ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Fall Environmental Forum, a conference for leaders, builders, developers, educators and students “with a vision for a sustainable community,” takes place Oct. 30-31 in McKinnon Hall with some of the biggest names in the regional green economy scheduled to share their experiences.

President Leo M. Lambert and senior staff members previewed the 2011-2012 academic year on Aug. 18 for university employees. In two separate meetings, administrators provided a summary of recent work and initiatives planned for the coming months.

In an effort to welcome new students to campus and through the support of an anonymous gift to the university, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Hillel this summer launched a pilot project where a trio of student interns reached out to dozens of incoming freshmen with the goal of engaging them in the growing Jewish life on campus.

With about 1,425 first-year students, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s Class of 2015 is the largest, most qualified and most diverse in the university’s history.

The Class of 2015 gathered together for the first time “Under the Oaks” in front of the West residence hall on Aug. 26 as ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ administrators, faculty and student leaders welcomed them to the start of their academic journeys during New Student Convocation.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ faculty, staff and students have donated hundreds of school supplies that will benefit children in Alamance County and in Afghanistan.

A $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation will bolster the number of math and science teachers ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ graduates in the years ahead through a partnership with the Alamance-Burlington School System.

As families in luggage-laden minivans and SUVs arrive on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's campus each move-in day, you usually can count on one or two sets of twins to be among the new students. Not this year: the Class of 2015 holds six sets of twins.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's Phoenix athletics program placed 198 student-athletes on the Southern Conference's 2010-11 Academic Honor Roll. ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ had the third highest number of honorees among the conference's 12 colleges and universities.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s sales program in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business has been named a “Top University Sales Program for 2011” by the Sales Education Foundation, a component of The Dayton Foundation nonprofit established to promote university level educational programs in sales through the provision of scholarships, the creation of educational materials and other methods.