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When classes moved to remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Â鶹¹ÙÍø nursing students were forced to complete their clinical rotations online using simulators.

Rash has been a flight nurse for Wake Forest Baptist Health riding on helicopters to distant locations to treat injured patients.

The university gave the investment club a $50,000 endowment to manage, which the club used to buy stock in companies such as Amazon and Gilead. At one point, the club had more than tripled the initial investment.

Professor Mark Hager directed and produced the documentary, which featured North Carolina World War II veterans Harold Frank, James Deal and Kenneth "Rock" Merritt, and he held a showing on campus at Â鶹¹ÙÍø.

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.