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Polich and his friends built their own solar-powered sailboat and sailed to the Caribbean to explore clean energy sites and communities working toward energy independence.

Kyle Dugger, Demarius Hampton and Saaehim Brooks coded and engineered a laser-timed 40-yard dash machine for their research physics class project.

LCWS brings students together from across the country for experiential learning opportunities in Washington, D.C. Students intern four full days per week for 14 weeks, take classes and tour national monuments.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Rocket team was selected as 1 of 150 teams across the globe to compete in the 2020 Spaceport America Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico against teams from Russia, Brazil, Pakistan, Denmark, Norway, Poland, Switzerland and more.

Hickory Police Department officers will join Â鶹¹ÙÍø's 10 security officers in providing 24-hour coverage to campus. The initial agreement between Â鶹¹ÙÍø and the HPD features a three-year contract with up to four HPD officers assigned full time to the Â鶹¹ÙÍø campus.

The National Council on Teacher Quality recognized Â鶹¹ÙÍø as 1 of 15 schools out of 1,000 nationwide, and the only in North Carolina, for its ability to produce highly qualified teachers of reading.

With more than 40 acres available with a wide range of habitat, biology students at Â鶹¹ÙÍø have an opportunity to gain experience in field research.

The university is adding women's triathlon as a varsity sport, while men's triathlon and men's and women's weightlifting will launch as club sports.

Fox studied chimpanzee behavior for the zoo to document how they interact within a group structure in order to help the zoo better care for the animals. One chimp he studied had actually appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show prior to arriving at the zoo.

Jackie Denny overcame three torn ACLs to star in two sports for the Bears. Denny ranked second in the conference averaging 1.21 blocks a game for Â鶹¹ÙÍø's volleyball team, while her 56.3 percent shooting from the floor led the women's basketball team.

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education recognized Â鶹¹ÙÍø as a larger program due to its conferring 249 graduate degrees in 2016-17.

Chick-fil-A is taking the place of Subway and Grille Works, and Sandwich Shack will be located in Fritz-Conrad Residence Hall.