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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ services and programs in downtown Burlington, N.C., have boosted the local economy over the past three years by an estimated $8.1 million, earning an award this month from the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

Jean Rattigan-Rohr, associate professor and director of the Center of Access and Success, Ye He, an associate professor from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Michele Meredith, from the East Queen Street Baptist Evening Institute, presented research at the Mixed Methods Research Caribbean Conference at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica March 13.

The second annual event hosted by the university's "It Takes a Village" Project featured talks, a poster presentation, and musical selections by children involved in a program aimed at helping youth overcome reading difficulties.

With more than 140 local children now involved in an ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ program that helps struggling readers, administrators sought a larger community space to bring families together with their college student tutors.

Furman Moseley '56 met Friday with students in the Center for Access & Success to share his own memories of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and to learn about their collegiate experiences made possible through scholarships he created.

A Wednesday ribbon cutting and open house in Mooney building gave faculty, staff, family and friends an opportunity to tour the new home of four ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ programs that collectively serve underrepresented students from pre-kindergarten through college.

Sixty children taking part in the "It Takes a Village" Project for young readers shared stories and displayed artwork on July 18, 2014, to parents and civic leaders who visited campus to celebrate the end of a summer program.

Sixty children taking part in a university program that helps struggling readers will spend the next two weeks on campus with activities aimed at strengthening their writing and creative expression.

A literacy program created by Associate Professor Jean Rattigan-Rohr received $2,500 to help purchase new books for young children tutored by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ education majors.

The National Association for Music Education recognized its ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ members for their contributions to the "It Takes a Village" Project reading program.