Archive for October 27, 2010

Thanks to the nearly 100 alumni who participated in our inaugural Homecoming Photo Hunt! Our daily winners, Tiffany Warner '08, Lexi Swinimer '07, Rich Nowalk '97, Samantha Gilman '08 and Rob Saunders '08, will receive their signed copies of "Under the Oaks" from President Leo M. Lambert shortly. We look forward to bringing you the second-annual hunt next fall during Homecoming week.

Kevin Boyle's poem "The Lullaby of History" has been included in a book called Literary Trails of North Carolina, published by UNC Press.

From the Beaufort Observer (10/27/10): The Beaufort County Board of Education, meeting in its regular monthly meeting October 25, approved joining a legal consortium led by the NC School Boards Association to challenge or "clarify" recently adopted changes to NC's public records law.

David Copeland, A.J. Fletcher Professor in the School of Communications, received the Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History from the American Journalism Historians Association during the organization's annual convention in Tucson, Ariz.

Acclaimed American pianist Awadagin Pratt visits Elon University on Tuesday evening for a Whitley Auditorium performance as part of the Adams Foundation Piano Series sponsored by the Times-News and Elon University.