Archive for March 20, 2009

Elon University senior Victoria “Tori” Davis has been named the recipient of a DACOR Bacon House Foundation fellowship for graduate study in international affairs, a $10,000 award that will assist her this fall as she begins work toward a doctorate in political science en route to a career with the U.S. Foreign Service.

More than half of North Carolinians are unaware that state laws exist to allow public access to government records, according to the latest Elon University Poll, but nearly all respondents feel democracy is best when it operates openly.

The N. C. Open Government Coalition is reacting today to news that 63 percent of the citizens polled are not familiar with the state’s public records and open meetings laws.

Wally Bixby, an associate professor of exercise science, provided insight for a "Myth Buster" column featured on AARP Bulletin Today, a daily updated online news site for the AARP and its 40 million members.