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A historic ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· building will be lifted from its original location this weekend and moved nearly half a mile, across railroad tracks, to make room for a plaza to be constructed at the front of the Academic Village area on campus.

When Robert Hoppey '09 saw a tough job market in the year leading up to his graduation, he built a "souped-up multimedia resume" that included a video spoof of "The Office" television program to show potential employers his creative side. CBS Evening News took note, too, and Hoppey was featured in a June 8 nationwide segment on the ways college graduates are marketing themselves in an economic recession.

In the tradition of preparing world class teachers for the 21st century classroom, the ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· School of Education this month will host the North Carolina Teacher Academy for the 14th consecutive year.

David Noer, a professor emeritus in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, had his monthly column published June 7, 2009, by the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C.

Jeffrey D. Clark, whose career has taken him to theatre companies in Massachusetts, Missouri and North Carolina, has been named the new executive director of cultural and special programs at ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·.

Faculty and staff have started their move into Lindner Hall, ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·'s newest academic building, as work crews this week continue exterior work on what will be the “greenest” facility on campus upon completion.

The Class of 2009 collected more than $15,000 this year to fund the Senior Class Gift Campaign Study Abroad Grants, which will provide funding to students who are unable to study overseas because of personal financial situations. Class President Danielle Durst presented a check on May 23 to ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· President Leo M. Lambert just prior to Commencement.

The nationally acclaimed political web site RealClearPolitics quoted Hunter Bacot, director of the ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Poll, in a June 3 article that examines North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr’s prospects for re-election in 2010.

Elaine Durr, ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·'s sustainability coordinator, is one of five people profiled in the Triad Business Journal's special report, "Sustainability in Business," which appears in its May 29-June 4, 2009, edition.