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With their growing number of students who speak little or no English, American school systems have turned largely to one of two approaches for teaching such children. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ senior Lindsay Mann compared the models – “English as a Second Language” and “Spanish Dual Language” – and her work is the first to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on undergraduate research to be presented during CELEBRATE! 2011.

Millions of people on April 22 celebrated Earth Day, a program started in 1970 to raise awareness of the environment and the impact of human activity on the planet. Jeffrey Coker, an associate professor of biology, shares the history of Earth Day while offering ideas to consider in the latest in a series of videos where ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ faculty members share their research and classroom expertise.

RecycleMania 2011 came to a close at College Coffee on April 19 when students and area residence halls were honored for their efforts to reduce the amount of trash that goes into area landfills. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ contest was part of a national competition to see which schools could do the best job at recycling.

What does it take to stand out as a job applicant in a competitive media and marketing industry, where companies are bombarded with applications and portfolios for their few open positions? Five panelists addressed that question and more on April 21 in a panel discussion held as part of the annual Interactive Media Showcase in McKinnon Hall.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ professors, students and alumni continue to make news this spring through their research and campus activities. Notable in March and April was media coverage by the Associated Press of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Poll, faculty scholarship cited by the Huffington Post and mention of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's sustainability efforts by USA Today.

Professor of political science Laura Roselle was featured April 21 in a column in the Huffington Post about the way Libyan officials chose to present their vision for the future of their country.

A “Take Back the Night” march on April 20 brought together hundreds of students to raise awareness of sexual violence on college campuses as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

As demonstrations against the government continue in Egypt, two questions have emerged among many news viewers in the United States: Why now? And how did social media play a role in the protests? Laura Roselle and Rudy Zarzar, two professors in the Department of Political Science, offer answers to those questions in the latest in a series of videos in which ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ faculty members share their research and classroom expertise.

Virginia high school students studying American Sign Language can now take comfort in knowing their work will be counted as a foreign language by in-state public colleges and universities – and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ freshman Hollis Erickson played a critical role in making that happen.

The Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is coordinating a trip on Saturday, April 23, to Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., for students who wish to help clear debris from the recent tornados in surrounding communities.