Archive for September 27, 2010

Former Newsweek editor and bestselling author Jon Meacham comes to campus on Monday evening for the Baird Pulitzer Prize Lecture based off his critically acclaimed book on America's seventh president. The talk, "Andrew Jackson and the Art of Leadership: Old Hickory in a New Century," takes place at 7:30 p.m. in McCrary Theatre.

Visit the library to see our display of banned books. Enter our daily drawing for a FREE banned book. And join us at College Coffee on Tuesday to learn more about banned books, and get a free bookmark!

Students from Elon College, the College of Arts & Sciences, took part on Sept. 18 in a new initiative from Career Services – a job search “Job Search Camp.” The daylong program gave participants a crash-course on nearly every aspect of how to conduct an effective job search.

From the Salisbury Post (9/26/10): When Salisbury City Council last week took up the issue of what to charge the public for broadband, it was not the first time members had seen the proposed rates. They had met, two at a time, with city staff to go over the figures in advance. That way, they could avoid violating the state law that requires any gathering of a quorum — three or more members — to be public.

Half of all North Carolinians disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling the economy, and less than a third of the state believes his policies have made economic conditions better, according to the latest Elon University Poll.

Laura Roselle, professor of political science, was elected to serve as the 2012 program chair for the Information Technology & Policy (ITP) Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA).

The fourth edition of Visions, Elon’s environmental magazine, will be unveiled Tuesday, Sep. 28 at College Coffee.

Hotelethics.com was launched on Thursday, September 23 by Love School of Business management professor Betsy Stevens and senior accounting major and Business Fellow Jennifer Kirts.