PEACE CORPS
The Peace Corps has listed this university among its top 25 recruitment schools.
With 38 active members stationed across the globe, this university ranks 23rd in the large school category. The list, which comes out annually, features the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Washington and the University of Florida in the top spots.
Since 1961, the Peace Corps, a federally funded program, has sent American students around the world to provide relief and support to developing communities on a grassroots level.
This university has produced more than 1,100 Peace Corps volunteers since the program’s founding.
MEMORIAL CHAPEL BONFIRE
Forget waiting until after the Terps-Duke men’s basketball game Saturday to celebrate — some students have already started.
On Wednesday night, a group of students lit a bonfire that had been set up for a postgame celebration on the Memorial Chapel lawn, according to the College Park Volunteer Fire Department.
“No the chapel is fine… MD vs Duke bonfire was set early by students… Please be careful…” the fire department wrote in a tweet at about 10:24 p.m. Wednesday.
Despite heavy snowfall, the fire was still burning at about 3 a.m. Thursday.
In December, a few finals week offerings caught fire in front of McKeldin Library, engulfing the Testudo statue in flames.
Memorial Chapel bonfire
MARYLAND BOOK EXCHANGE DEVELOPMENT
Chicago-based firm CA Student Living will take over the development of a mixed-use property at the former site of the Maryland Book Exchange.
The firm will build nearly 300 apartment units and about 14,000 square feet of retail space at Route 1 and College Avenue. CA Student Living took over the property from R&J Co., which will help with the development process, according to the Washington Business Journal.
The company plans to open the property in fall 2015.
