Archive for March 29, 2011

The wide variety of information sources in the 21st century – coupled with a news media industry weakened by budget cuts – requires citizens to more closely evaluate the motives of governments and businesses that are today in a better position to push their own agendas, according to a panel of researchers who spoke Tuesday for an inaugural conference on politics and the media hosted by Elon University.

An organization that helps universities across North Carolina develop an ethos of volunteerism and service among students has awarded Mary Morrison, director of the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Community Engagement at Elon University, its 2011 Civic Engagement Professional of the Year Award.

Artist-in-Residence and Associate Professor of Music Jon Metzger can be heard on two recently released jazz recordings, including The Stream of Pearls (with pianist Claire Ritter on Zoning Records) and The Blue and Green Project (with saxophonist Jack Wilkins, trombonist Tom Brantley, guitarist Corey Christianson, pianist Per Danielsson, and drummer Danny Gottlieb on Clave-Bop Records).