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Former Greensboro mayor Jim Melvin told an audience at Greensboro's Empire Room Friday, March 7 that people enjoy making a difference and will support a project if it is rooted in a good idea. Melvin shared his perspectives on leadership and community involvement during the latest Joseph M. Bryan Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series program. Details...

The ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· board of trustees has approved the budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year, providing major new investments in programs and personnel, and funding several special initiatives. Details…

Darris Means, the assistant director of the Elon Academy at ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ·, has been named one of the Triad’s “40 Leaders Under Forty” by a weekly regional newspaper that covers the business community.

A slight majority of North Carolina residents approve of how Republican Sen. Elizabeth Dole is handling her job and are satisfied with her representation of North Carolina, according to the latest ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Poll, but state residents give low performance marks to President George W. Bush and to Congress as a whole.

The head of a nonprofit corporation that focuses on school reform visits ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· this week for a presentation on engaged learning.

Millard Fuller, the founder of Habitat for Humanity, visits ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· on Wednesday for a talk titled “The Joy of Service” about the benefits of volunteering time to help others.

North Carolina citizens cite the economy as the most important issue facing the state and say it will strongly influence how they vote in the upcoming presidential, congressional and gubernatorial elections, according to the latest ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· Poll.

Jo Watts Williams, who has devoted a lifetime of distinguished service to ¸£ÀûÑÇÖÞ¹ú²ú¾«Æ· and the Burlington, N.C., community, has been selected to receive the university's top award recognizing leadership in business.