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Five people who make a difference in their communities will be honored on campus Nov. 5 in the 14th Annual “Hometown Heroes” awards ceremony. From the man with a fatal disorder who refuses to let his condition temper his spirit, to a guidance counselor who opens her home to troubled high school students, the honorees' own actions show what it takes to lead a noble life.

Charles Irons, assistant professor of history at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, has been named one of ten Young Scholars in American Religion by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture, the premier research institute in the nation working in American religious studies. Details...

These outstanding alumni were honored by the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Alumni Association on Oct. 26 during Homecoming celebrations.

An ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ alum made school history this year by becoming the first person from the school to receive a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant, one of the premier fellowships for post-graduate international study. Details...

After retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor spoke at the dedication of ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s new School of Law in 2006, a lecture in her name was instituted at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ in 2007. Professor A.E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia delivered the inaugural Sandra Day O’Connor Lecture on Thursday, October 18, 2007, in Whitley Auditorium on ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ’s main campus.