Archive for November 2, 2009

Seven faculty and one undergraduate from Elon presented at the October 22-25 conference of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL). This is the premier conference on SoTL, including faculty from 15 countries and plenary speakers from three continents this year.

From the Wilmington Star-News (10/29/09): The New Hanover County Alcohol Beverage Control board is refusing to provide the StarNews with the salaries of its employees, citing privacy concerns.

From arstechnia.com (10/29/09): The Arizona state Supreme Court has ruled that the metadata attached to public records is itself public, and cannot be withheld in response to a public records request. Such a ruling on file metadata may not seem like a huge win for open government advocates, but it definitely is, given that metadata has unmasked more than one lobbyist's effort to influence Congress.

The second annual "How to Succeed as a Communications Major" event was held Tuesday night in McEwen Theater. Approximately 50 students attended the event, sponsored by the Eta Gamma Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the Communications Honor Society.