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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Zipcar fleet is expanding to three vehicles this fall with the addition of a Honda Civic to provide more availability to more than 350 people who take part in the program.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ President Leo M. Lambert used his annual “State of the University” address on Monday to share details of the university’s draft strategic plan that was developed over the summer. Lambert said that many in the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ community believe that the university has “a special destiny” to make important contributions to the landscape of American higher education.

ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ continues its position of national prominence in the 2010 “America’s Best Colleges” rankings released Aug. 20 by US News & World Report. Again this year, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is named by the magazine as the top “up-and-coming” university in the nation on a list of 77 schools that are “leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes.” And in a new US News ranking, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is ranked among the nation’s top schools for its strong faculty commitment to undergraduate teaching.

As ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ prepares for the opening of the 2009-10 academic year, students are asked to read this message in preparation for a potential outbreak of the H1N1 flu on campus.

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ BioBus schedule includes several new changes designed to improve safety and relieve traffic and pedestrian congestion. Read this note for details.

As ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ prepares for the opening of the 2009-10 academic year, Smith Jackson, vice president for student life and dean of students, has prepared a special communication regarding steps the campus community is taking to deal with a possible outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus.

President Leo M. Lambert and senior staff members previewed the 2009-2010 academic year on Aug. 14 for university employees. In two separate meetings, staff provided a summary of recent work and initiatives planned for the coming months.

New student orientation begins Friday, Aug. 28, when members of the Class of 2013 begin moving into residence halls. Read this note for highlights of the orientation schedule and to download the full schedule in PDF format.

Thirty experiential education practitioners gathered on the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ campus July 30 to focus on best practices and legal issues in experiential education with the workshop 21st Century Experiential Learning: Examining Best Practices & Managing the Risks.

For the seventh year in a row, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is ranked among the nation's top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2010 college guide, released July 28, ranks schools based on a survey of 122,000 students from across the nation.