Archive for April 30, 2009

Faculty members and students in the School of Communications participated in the annual Broadcast Education Association conference April 22-25 in Las Vegas.

The faculty and administrators of Elon's School of Communications hosted the institution's annual awards ceremony in McEwen Studio B April 30.

From the Charlotte Observer: Gov. Bev Perdue has sent a letter to appointees on state boards and commissions reminding them that they must comply with the Open Meetings Law.

From the Charlotte Observer (4/30/09): A state House committee cleared legislation Thursday that would improve the odds that people illegally denied requests for public documents could get their legal fees paid by the offending government agency.

A repeat 9th grader at “Southwestern High,” Jamal Harris is what the American educational system would describe as an “at risk” student. But the lead character in a play written by Jean Rohr in the School of Education shows that many factors influence student performance – and the first staged reading of her work, “Valued Voices,” met with praise Wednesday night in Whitley Auditorium.

After switching majors from business to elementary education, Ben Smith '09 realized he would be a minority in his field. The questions he would ask led to his senior thesis, “The Difference in the Experiences of Male and Female Beginning Elementary School Teachers,” to be presented April 28 at SURF. His work is the latest in a weeklong series of E-net profiles to spotlight Elon undergraduate research during CELEBRATE! 2009.

Trusteeship, the magazine of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, focused on Elon in its cover story titled "Toward Transformative Change: Finding a Path to Systemic Reform."