Julie Lawson wins statewide civic engagement award
The North Carolina Campus Compact has awarded Julie Lawson, Peace’s director of leadership/service, the 2009 Civic Engagement Professional Award. The award recognizes a staff person at a N.C. Campus Compact member campus that has worked toward the institutionalization of service, created and strived towards a vision of service on their campus, supported faculty and students, and formed innovative campus-community partnerships. Lawson received the award last week in Davidson during the Campus Compact’s civic engagement administrator conference. One other person also received the award. N.C. Campus Compact is a coalition of colleges and universities collaborating to increase campus-wide participation in community and public service.

Please watch for news of a celebration of Julie’s award planned for later this week, and congratulate her when you see her! 

See latest photos from Finch Library project
The $3.8 million renovation and expansion of the Lucy Cooper Finch Library is rapidly approaching completion! The interior is being painted and ceiling tiles are going up. You can see photos from inside the library by going here: http://www.peace.edu/content/page/id/797

'Conversations at Peace' now online
Peace College's "Conversations at Peace,"  a series of videotaped discussions about faculty members' work and other activities and initiatives on campus, is now available online. The most recent episode is a half-hour conversation between President Bingham and author Sarah Colton, author of "Tilt 68," a book about the tumultuous year of 1968 and how it changed America. See it here: http://www.peace.edu/content/page/id/903. Other discussions include Dean of Academic Affairs Korrel Kanoy and Communication Instructor Roger Christman discussing plans for the new Finch Library and Lyle Sheppard and Laura Vick talking about Peace's study-abroad program. Links to all earlier episodes are available on this page: http://www.peace.edu/content/page/id/881. The programs have been appearing on the Cooperating Raleigh College's local cable channel 18.

Archaeological Field School open to public on Saturday
Peace’s archaeological field school at Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site is holding a “Public Archaeology Day” on Saturday. Peace employees are invited to join the public in visiting the site and learning about the Peace-led dig. The field school is a cooperative effort through Peace College, the Historic Sites Division of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the N.C. State Office of Archaeology, and the Coe Foundation for Archaeological Research. The site is located near Southport. The field school, which includes six Peace College students and 16 other students from across the country, is being run by Dr. Vinnie Melomo and adjunct instructor and professional archaeologist Tom Beamon. Anyone interested in visiting the site at other times, Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., are free to do so. Anyone interested in getting some experience as an archaeological volunteer should contact Vinnie at vmelomo@peace.edu to schedule a visit before June 11.  

Birthdays
June 4   Kate Trimble, Lauren Gerber
June 7   Larry McDuffie