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Since last week's launch of the IGNITE annual giving program, 32 young alumni have joined this donor recognition group by making gifts to support the hallmarks of an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ education.

A $500,000 gift from Maurice Jennings Sr. ’57 and his wife, Linda, and Maurice “Burney” Jennings Jr. ’87 and his wife, Dina '87, will establish an endowed professorship at the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Law. The gift includes an estate gift from Burney Jennings, an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ trustee.

The group traveled to Bay St. Louis, Miss., May 23-27 as part of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's ongoing efforts to assist the Gulf Coast community. The group worked on seven houses, including painting and cleaning debris, and visited with families devastated by the storm. The trip was ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's first young alumni service trip, which will be offered in the future. Mandie Rose Danielski ‘02 of Brooklyn, N.Y., traveled to Bay St. Louis and wrote about her experience.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s generous community of supporters made fundraising history this year by donating $16.5 million to the university during 2007-2008. That mark surpassed the previous fundraising record at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ of $13.6 million during 2005-2006.

Kate Catlin '06, an account executive with the Raleigh, N.C., public relations firm MMI Associates, has received the Triangle Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Leadership Award, which honors up-and-coming leaders under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the community.