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Tyronna McKoy Hooker G’09 and Debra Briggs Hennelly ’88 have been honored in recent weeks as Teachers of the Year in their respective home counties in North Carolina.

Jon Meacham, one of America's most esteemed journalists and a bestselling author, visited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ this week for the annual Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture, and the former editor of Newsweek used his time on stage to share with his audience lessons gleaned from the life of the nation's seventh president.

Predicting an “unprecedented shift” in the political landscape this November, Michael Steele, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, visited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ on Sept. 29 to share reflections on the fall midterm elections while encouraging students to engage with politics through activism and voting.

Academic activist and author Raj Patel visited ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ on Sept 28. for a lecture based on his book The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy. In his discussion Patel probed the nation’s economic structure, explored the economic collapse, and illustrated how achieving a fairer society and sustainable economy are possible.

Former Newsweek editor and bestselling author Jon Meacham comes to campus on Monday evening for the Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture based off his critically acclaimed book on America's seventh president. The talk, "Andrew Jackson and the Art of Leadership: Old Hickory in a New Century," takes place at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre.

Half of all North Carolinians disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling the economy, and less than a third of the state believes his policies have made economic conditions better, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll.

was launched on Thursday, September 23 by Love School of Business management professor Betsy Stevens and senior accounting major and Business Fellow Jennifer Kirts.

North Carolinians are evenly divided on the way President Barack Obama is handling his job as president, according to the latest ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Poll. Nearly half of poll respondents favored an end to tax cuts for households making more than $250,000 a year but keeping cuts in place for everyone else.

Will China be the next world superpower, or will its political system implode as pressure builds from social inequalities that have appeared in recent years as economic advancements fuel its growth? NPR correspondent and China Road author Rob Gifford fears the latter, and in his Sept. 21 remarks as part of the 2010-11 ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Common Reading Lecture, he shared with his audience why that’s the case.

NPR correspondent Rob Gifford, author of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ's 2010-11 Common Reading selection China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power, will speak Tuesday night for the Common Reading Lecture. The book describes Gifford's 3,000-mile journey across Route 312 from Shanghai to China's western border with Kazakhstan.