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Victoria Davis, a 2009 graduate with a double major in international studies and political science, recently received a Phi Kappa Phi Marjorie Schoch Fellowship.The award provides $5,000 toward graduate or professional study.

Student leaders from a variety of academic disciplines were honored April 30 at the annual Omicron Delta Kappa awards ceremony in Whitley Auditorium. The program followed an April 23 ceremony in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and preceded upcoming recognition events for students in the School of Communications, the School of Education and ���ϲ����� College, the College of Arts and Sciences.

New alumni can now download a customized news release announcing their graduation from ���ϲ����� as part of the Class of 2009.

Forget the “girly girl” high heels. When Caitlin Pascarelli walked across stage this weekend to accept her diploma, she sported the oversized black boots to the ���ϲ����� Phoenix mascot uniform that disguised her identity at countless university functions in recent years – and it was the first time since the Phoenix was born in 2000 that the student behind the beak has publicized her role at Commencement.

Do justice. Love kindness. Walk humbly with God. For the Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, the chaplain of Brown University who delivered a sermon May 22 at ���ϲ�����'s Baccalaurate, graduates should follow those simple lessons as they embark on their life journeys.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $16,000 grant to ���ϲ����� associate professor Megan Squire to hire student researchers for an ongoing project initially funded by the NSF in 2007.

Stephen A. Futrell, chair of the Department of Music, has been invited to serve as a panelist for the North Carolina Arts Council Arts & Audiences Grants Panel.

The Piedmont Triad economy is primed for growth in the coming years as the economy rebounds, a panel of top business executives shared Wednesday, but problems remain to be addressed. A discussion on campus sponsored by an award-winning state business magazine shed light on those issues as executives offered ideas to move the area forward.

The weather was perfect, right down to the light breeze that stirred the balloon entryway. Hundreds of ���ϲ����� seniors gathered for one last informal event Wednesday afternoon during the annual “Salute Your Seniors” Senior Class Picnic with faculty and staff on the Green outside of Moseley Center.