Archive for February 25, 2009

Steven Friedland, a senior scholar and professor at the Elon University School of Law, offered statewide cable news channel News 14 Carolina legal analysis of a federal case against one of two people charged in the March 2008 murder of UNC student body president Eve Carson.

What makes a good leader? As four executives from Elon history – Leo M. Lambert, Earl Danieley, Noel Allen and Chase Rumley – explained Tuesday evening, several answers exist to the question: Optimism, commitment, courage and principle, to name just a few.

It’s not how a company fares at the beginning of a recession that determines its future, a North Carolina business leader told Elon students this week, it’s whether that company takes advantage of opportunities during the downturn. Dr. James A. Tompkins, founder of a global supply chain consulting firm, on Feb. 24 shared stories of what he says are the promises of globalization in the 21st century.