Archive for June 30, 2008

Paul Parsons, dean of the School of Communications, was interviewed June 16 by statewide cable news channel News 14 Carolina about layoffs announced the same day at the News & Observer in Raleigh and the Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, N.C.

Gary Palin, a longtime businessman and educator with expertise in new venture development and social entrepreneurship, has been named executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Elon University and senior lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business.

Bob Anderson, associate professor of political science, was cited in a June 29 front page New York Times story on "political freelancers," people involved in politics without a formal tie to a candidate's campaign.

From planting flowers to improving mascots, a group of local seventh graders shared on June 25 ideas to strengthen their school communities as part of a youth leadership program at Elon University. The audience? Administrators, parents, teachers – and the superintendent of Alamance County's public schools.