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To many Americans, healthy living involves counting calories, watching medical segments on the morning news, or drinking diet soda. Health elsewhere on the planet takes a more active approach, according to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ senior Ryan Bleam, the third student to be featured in a monthly series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of Lumen Scholars.

The Pendulum, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ's weekly student newspaper, received a 2009 national Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press on Oct. 31 at the organization's joint conference with College Media Advisers in Austin, Texas. The Pacemaker is the highest honor ACP gives to its members.

Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine has ranked ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ among the nation’s top 50 best values in private higher education and the #2 university in total costs, a distinction published in the magazine’s December edition. The 2009-10 ranking is the fourth consecutive top-50 placement of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ by Kiplinger’s.

Ever wonder how common earthworms grow back when cut in half? It’s a puzzle whose pieces are today the focus of research by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ senior Amelia Helms, the second student to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of Lumen Scholars.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ senior Danny Bell and junior Charley Costa won top honors this weekend in the 2009 Eller Ethics Case Competition, a prestigious national contest hosted by the University of Arizona and featuring many of the top-ranked undergraduate business schools in North America.

Every room in the Koury Business Center was filled over Fall Break weekend for ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s 3rd annual Carolina Classic Mock Trial Tournament featuring 24 undergraduate teams from 16 universities, including Duke University, the University of North Carolina, Furman University and two-time national champion University of Virginia.

3.5-4.5 1740-1969 These are the two numbers that narrow down three years of high school classes and help present your academic background. About 50 percent of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s applicants fall within this range. You’re unique, more than a number, and we want to know that – but how do you convey it in an application?

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has been named one of five recipients of the Washington Center’s inaugural Higher Education Civic Engagement Award, a new honor given by the national nonprofit organization in recognition of a commitment to service-learning and civic engagement on campus.

Acclaimed Broadway songwriter Craig Carnelia spent two days on campus last week offering master classes for top ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students in the performing arts programs.