Archive for November 6, 2008

Homecoming 2008 offers something for everyone this year, including College Coffee and the Spirit Rally, Golden Alumni luncheon, Young Alumni party, tailgating before the Phoenix football game and the Beach Bash featuring the alumni band The IN-MEN. Make plans to reconnect with Elon and your classmates.

Communications students Mitch Donovan and Jeff Thurm won first place and Emily Robinson took honorable mention in the North Carolina Center for Voter Education PSA competition.

Amy Overman, an assistant professor of psychology, had a column about her experience teaching an online course published in the Nov. 6 edition of Inside Higher Ed, a daily online news site that covers trends and issues that affect colleges and universities.

Elon Law students joined the Young Lawyers Division of the North Carolina Bar Association, local volunteers and law students from around the region on Oct. 25 for  “Wills for Heroes,” a day set aside to draft legal documents for more than 300 emergency responders. 

John A. Allison, chairman and CEO of BB&T, comes to Elon University on Nov. 5 as the 2008 Ethics in Business speaker for the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business. Allison delivers his lecture at 4 p.m. in the LaRose Digital Theater inside the business school.