Archive for September 15, 2015

This springtime festival of colors includes music, dancing, laughter and teasing.  It is a fun-filled, joyous celebration. This holiday begins at sundown on March 20 and ends at sundown on March 21.

Magha Puja Day is a holy day of homage to The Buddha.

The New Year celebrates the love relationship between the Creator and the creation, in the material world. Begins on the evening of March 20 and ends at sundown on March 21.

Celebration of new life; a time of renewal and rebirth.

Festival commemorating Buddha’s death at 80 when he attained Nirvana – the state at which all desires and afflictions are gone, and the cycle of death and rebirth ends.

Delivering Elon Law's fall 2015 Distinguished Leadership Lecture presented by The Joseph M. Bryan Foundation on Sept. 14, former two-term Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm encouraged future leaders to find their passion and commit themselves fully to it.

David Bockino, an assistant professor in the School of Communications, penned his first book, “The Guidebook Experiment: Discovering Exploration in a Hyper-Connected World,” examining how the proliferation of guidebook material has fundamentally altered the nature of travel. 

"Phoenix Cup: ENERGY" gives students, faculty and staff an opportunity to win prizes for conserving or learning about energy.

Lawmakers added several new exemptions to the public records law related to school safety during the budget bill compromise discussions. The bill unveiled Monday night would exempt anonymous safety tips made to school systems and a new statewide database. The expansion of the terrorism exemption to include law enforcements response to organized criminal activity survived budget negotiations as well.