Archive for October 20, 2009

The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) is pleased to name four faculty CATL Scholars for 2010-2012. The purpose of the CATL Scholars program is to cultivate scholarly and innovative teaching and learning at Elon University. CATL Scholars will receive funding for two years to develop, implement, and assess projects intended to transform student learning.

David Neville, assistant professor of German and director of language learning technologies, published "Cybertext redux: Using DGBL to teach L2 vocabulary, reading and culture," which will appear in the forthcoming issue of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL).

Elon athletics is asking fans to support head football coach Pete Lembo in the 2009 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award competition. The online voting Web site is open through Dec. 2. Read this note for details...

Kevin O'Mara, professor of business administration, and Gary Palin, executive director of the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, presented Oct. 15-17 at the Global Consortium for Entrepreneurship Centers conference (GCEC) hosted by the Rice University Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship in Houston.

Sophomores can now apply online for a new program that offers Elon University students the opportunity to discover who they are, where they want to go in life, and how to achieve their goals. "Charting Your Journey: Life Entrepreneur Program" includes a retreat and a one-credit hour course within cohorts of 12 classmates led by faculty and peer leaders.

Jodean Schmiederer, assistant dean of students, and Mary Wise, assistant vice president for academic affairs, gave an Oct. 18 presentation titled “Changing a Campus Culture to Promote Honor” at the 2009 International Conference on Academic Integrity at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.

Jessica Gisclair, the associate department chair in the School of Communications, presented her paper "Beauty exposed: A survey of traditional values" at the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Oct. 17.