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�鶹��Ƶ has won four consecutive Gold STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) Assessment, and it’s thanks in part to campus systems and organizations such as the Food Recovery Network (FRN).

Every year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) allows its college chapters to participate in competitions that showcase the engineering knowledge and finesse of civil engineering students across the country. Two �鶹��Ƶ ASCE teams—Team Surveying and Team Sustainable Solutions—participated and won in the annual competition.

�鶹��Ƶ’s Native American and Indigenous Alliance (NAIA) works each semester to foster a sense of community for �鶹��Ƶ’s Native and non-Native students. But the month of November is an especially busy time for this student organization.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner spoke with about 50 students Friday, Sept. 30, on �鶹��Ƶ’s Fairfax Campus at an event hosted by the student group Democrats at �鶹��Ƶ.

For Areeba Qureshi and Aiza Asam, president and vice president, respectively, of the �鶹��Ƶ’s student organization STEMinists, their mission statement is clear.

For all of her hard work with �鶹��Ƶ's NAACP chapter, rising senior Alaina Ruffin has been recognized with two national NAACP awards.

On April 8, �鶹��Ƶ Debate Team alums and university colleagues honored Professor Warren Decker for his 48 years of coaching and mentoring.

Thanks to her efforts in leading the Patriot Period Project and other ambitious initiatives, Shafuq Naseem is this year’s Gender and Policy Center Leadership Award winner. “Our mission is to address menstrual equity and period poverty on �鶹��Ƶ's campuses.”

Congratulations to the Rising Health Care Leaders at �鶹��Ƶ (RHLM) student organization for receiving the Community Enrichment Award at �鶹��Ƶ's Distinguished Quill Award Celebration. In addition to RHLM winning the Community Enrichment Award, Rehan Saeed, RHLM's former president and a recent graduate of the Master of Health Administration (MHA) program, received the Mentor of the Year Award.

From April 2-4, 14 students from �鶹��Ƶ’s Forensics Team competed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the AFA-NST, which brings students together from across the nation to compete for national championships.