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faculty & staff - grants & honors
Student, registrar receive Distinguished Journalism Award at SACRAO
Junior Ashley Edwards and Rodney Parks received the journalism award at the Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers conference in Raleigh for their work on transgenderism in higher education.
Faculty receive Writing Excellence Initiative grants
Lisa Rosenberg, Belle Booker, Kris Zorigian, Angela Owusu-Ansah and Victoria Shropshire will use funding to help develop innovative approaches to writing in various courses.
Rebecca Pope-Ruark wins awards from Association for Business Communication
The associate professor of English was honored for a paper published in the September 2012 issue of Business Communication Quarterly and for her overall contributions to the mission and membership of the association.
Darris Means earns national dissertation award
Darris Means, Elon Academy Associate Director, has been named the first place winner for the Dissertation Award by the American Association for Blacks in Higher Education.
CATL Announces Fall 2013 Teaching & Learning Grant recipients
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning announces the recipients of the Fall 2013 Teaching and Learning Grants.
Applications now being accepted for Diversity Infusion grants
Darris Means selected to receive Award for Co-authored Article
The American College Personnel Association’s Standing Committee on Men and Masculinities will present Darris R. Means, associate director of the Elon Academy, and Donald Mitchell Jr., assistant professor of higher education at Grand Valley State University, with the Outstanding Research Award in March.
Darris Means selected to receive Research Award
The American College Personnel Association’s Standing Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness will present Darris R. Means, Elon Academy associate director, with the 2014 Research Recognition Award in March.
Scott Wolter awarded Department of Homeland Security grant
Lucinda Austin Awarded 2014 Page Legacy Scholar Grant
Austin was also named the 2014 Page Legacy Scholar by the Arthur W. Page Center at Pennsylvania State University.
Grant helps fund Elon research on impact of engaged learning
Faculty and staff are measuring the effects of both international and domestic learning experiences on student learning, student well-being and the way students think from global perspectives.
Frances Ward-Johnson named top advisor by national communications honor society
The National Communication Association recognized the Elon University associate professor with its 2013 "Advisor of the Year" award during a recent convention in Washington, D.C.
Lynne Kurdziel Formato receives a Directors’ Award from the Zodiaque Dance Company.
Performing Arts Associate Professor Lynne Kurdziel Formato received a Directors’ Award from the Zodiaque Dance Company during their Celebration 40 Anniversary Gala at the University at Buffalo.
Four faculty members named CATL Scholars
The four professors will work on projects that explore the way students learn in music, creative writing and English education.
Rebecca Pope-Ruark Earns Awards
Rebecca Pope-Ruark, associate professor of English, earned two awards at the international Association for Business Communication (ABC) conference in New Orleans in late October.
Jon Metzger appears on Grammy-nominated recording
"Christmas" has been nominated for consideration in the 56th Grammy Awards by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Jon Metzger receives ASCAP Plus Award
Jon Metzger receives a Plus Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
Raul G. Barcenes to guest conduct Honor Band at Murray State University
Raul G. Barcenes will guest conduct the 67th Quad State Senior High School Honor Band in Murray, Ky., on Feb. 20-22, 2014.
ABC honors Rebecca Pope-Ruark as 'rising star' and for journal article
The Association for Business Communication presented the associate professor of English with two awards during its recent conference in New Orleans.
Wells Fargo Foundation supports expansion of Elon’s 'Village Project'
A childhood literacy initiative at Elon University will add a summer reading camp to its list of programs for boys and girls in the local community who encounter trouble learning to read.
Jeff Carpenter named Emerging Leader by Phi Delta Kappa International
The assistant professor in the School of Education has been selected by Phi Delta Kappa International as a part of its 2013-2014 cohort of Emerging Leaders.
African & African-American Studies program receives NEH grant
The award includes a film set and $1,200 programming stipend to be used to provide scholarly presentations and exhibit four documentaries with new footage illustrating the history of civil rights in America.
Chad Awtrey awarded NSF grant
Thomas Erdmann profiled in new book
Professor of Music Thomas Erdmann is included in a new book profiling trumpet greats from 1542 until the present day.
Article by Tonya Train and Dave Gammon is Finalist for National Award
The article, first published in the Journal of College Science Teaching in 2012, was a finalist in the 2013 Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Awards.
Lucinda Austin wins national award from AEJMC
The assistant professor in the School of Communications was recognized with the "SuPRstar" honor for her teaching accomplishments and contributions to the public relations profession.
Jennifer Uno receives grant from American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The $2,000 award supports a service-learning course involving sixth graders from Western Alamance Middle School.
Jeffrey Clark Elected to Consortium Board
The Executive Director of Elon's Cultural and Special Programs has been elected to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Presenters Consortium.
Physical plant supervisor & family honored for support of cancer research
Jimmy Curiazza and his Gibsonville family received the recognition from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Byung Lee receives social media grant
The associate professor of communications will spend two weeks at the Des Moines Register.
Jessica Gisclair participates in leadership academy
The Communications department chair was one of 17 academics nationwide to take part in the program.
Susan Patton receives scholarship to Peabody Professional Institutes program
School of Health Sciences celebrates faculty achievement
Paula DiBiasio, Brenda Quincy and Stephen Folger were honored May 21 for service, scholarship and teaching.
Laura Taylor Receives Department of Commerce SURF Award
Laura Taylor, assistant professor of statistics, received a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) award from the Department of Commerce.
Jason Kirk Awarded Eagleton Institute of Politics Research Grant
Darris Means '05 receives outstanding alumnus award
Darris Means ’05 was recognized at a ceremony on May 9, 2013, as the Outstanding Alumnus of the Masters Student Affairs Program at Clemson University.
CATL Announces Spring 2013 Teaching & Learning Grant recipients
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning announces the recipients of the Spring 2013 Teaching and Learning Grants.
CATL and the Multicultural Center Announce 2013-2014 Diversity Infusion Project grant recipients
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning and the Multicultural Center announce the recipients of the 2013-2014 Diversity Infusion Project grants.
Walter Bixby named to American College of Sports Medicine Committee
Bixby has recently been named to a committee for one of the leading organizations in Exercise Science.
Jason Kirk receives research grant
A grant will fund Kirk's study of the South Carolina governorship
Linda Niedziela awarded N.C. Biotechnology Center Grant
Victoria Moore received N.C. Biotechnology Center Grant
University Communications receives 7 CASE Awards
The Office of University Communications was honored in several categories in the annual CASE District III contest.
Stevens, Buechler receive “Best Paper” Award
Betsy Stevens, associate professor of management, and Scott Buechler, assistant professor of business communications, received the “Best Paper” award at the 2013 Association for Business Communication Midwest/Southeast Regional Conference on Mar. 8 in Louisville, Ky.
Mary Gowan named associate editor of International Journal of Human Resource Management
Mary Gowan, professor of management in the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, has been named as an associate editor of The International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM).
Steven Caldwell receives AARP Senior Hunger Outreach and Fellowship Grant
Lucinda Austin awarded Legacy Scholar Grant
Lucinda Austin, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, received $2,500 from the Arthur W. Page Center at the Pennsylvania State University for her proposal, "Examining Principles for Ethical Public Relations Through Use of Social Media."
Resa Walch and Peter Felten receive The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society Grant
The grant will help build a strong, sustainable faculty learning community related to contemplative pedagogy at Elon.
Elon team receives North Carolina Humanities Council grant
